J.C. Evans Construction Co. of Leander submitted the low bid of $33.8 million for the Cuatro Vientos (State Loop 20 extension) construction project for South Laredo. Related Links: Design-Build Contract Drives SH 161 Forward Construction Expected Soon for Portion of Manor Expressway Lubbock’s Loop 289 Project Widened from Four to Six Lanes Houston’s District’s IH-10 East Freeway Completed Early Passing Lanes to be Added on Kermit Highway SH 137 Rehabilitation Project Rebuilds 7-Mi Road Texas Sterling Starts $29-Million Harris County Project IH-45-Gulf Freeway Project Near Calder Progresses Castro County Maintenance Project Widens FM 1055, FM 2943 TxDOT Prepares to Fund
Through the approval a $20.75-million contract for URS Corp. of Dallas to begin the preliminary design work for the renovation of Terminals A, B, C and E, which opened with the Airport in 1974, DFW International Airport’s Board of Directors began an eight-year renovation process. Related Links: Texas Adopts BIM for State Design and Construction Projects HyperTrack Speeds Construction at Rice University Houston Firms Redo Norwegian Consulate General Offices Corps of Engineers Awards $119 Million in Contracts Structura Restores Galveston Sites Damaged by Hurricane Ike Texas A&M University Selects CDCS for Housing Project Parking Planners to Build Garage for Stephen
Editor’s note: This article was written for our December issue, and went to press on November 5, the day of the shooting at Fort Hood that took the lives of 13 persons and injured some 20 others. Texas Construction offers its deepest sympathies to the families of those injured or killed in the heinous act of violence. Courtesy Randy Cephus/USACE The 45-acre, 32-building Combined Arms Collective Training Facility at Fort Hood. Courtesy Randy Cephus/USACE Fort Hood�s mock village is part of the base�s mobilization mission, which includes training of some 58,000 soldiers from the base as well as outside units
PageSoutherlandPage, which focuses on urban building, civic participation and professional projects, has won the 2009 Architecture Firm Award from the Texas Society of Architects, which represents the AIA in Texas. Photo: PageSoutherlandPage Austin Convention Center. Photo: PageSoutherlandPage Discovery Green in Houston. The firm will receive its award later this week in Houston at the 70th Annual Convention and Design Products & Ideas Expo. The society’s selection of PSP, which has offices across the Lone Star State, was based on three areas of achievement: exemplary design, practice and personal development, and professional and community involvement. “PSP supports its employees in performing
The Dallas Cowboys’ Irving, Texas, practice facility collapsed on May 2, 2009, injuring 12 people, because wind-load demands exceeded the structure’s capacity to resist a thunderstorm’s 55 mph to 65 mph gusts, which were well below the 90 mph wind-speed specifications set by ASCE 7-98 and ASCE 7-05 Standards for that location, according to a draft report released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a nonregulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Photo: Courtesy NIST Buckling of the steel frame of the Dallas Cowboys practice facility is seen in the upper left of the photograph (marked
Related Links: Employee Training at Intermodal Hub Becomes National Model Texas Supreme Court Confirms Rights of Subcontractors to Sue GCs Green Building Credential Maintenance Program Created Hamilton Form Co. Receives 2009 Best of Richland Hills Award Balfour Beatty Construction Project Wins New Mexico Project of the Year Cherry Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Houston Port of Houston Authority Chairman Earns Engineering Award Gilbane Golf Classic Charity Event Yields $74,000 for MDA The Green Building Certification Institute launched a credentialing maintenance program recently for LEED accredited professionals, or LEED APs, and Green Associates with a goal of
Related Links: Record Precipitation Doesn’t Rain on Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge Parade Construction Begins on Laredo’s $26 Million State Loop 480 TxDOT Rebuilding State Highway 115 Through Andrews Concrete Culverts at Sand Bend, 4-Mile Draw Get New Slabs Central Texas Roadways Get Annual Facelift, Seal-Coating Sam Houston Tollway Ramps Get Upgrades Parker Rd Bridge Demolition Closes U.S. 75 Overnight for Four Days Work began recently on a $1.5-million stimulus project in Pecos County to rebuild 8 mi. of U.S. 385 south of Fort Stockton. The project will include strengthening the underlying base structure of the section of highway with cement
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Related Links: Collin County Regional Airport Starts New Flight Control Tower Houston Light Rail Project Selects JV Team for $121 Million Project Dallas Area Rapid Transit Awards Blue Line Extension Contracts EPA Announces $179 Mil in ARRA Funds for Wastewater Infrastructure EPA Awards $6.8 Million to City, POH to Reduce Diesel Emissions URS to Manage Love Field $1-Billion Capital Development Program Fluor, Global Industries to Pursue Offshore Projects PHA Commission Approves Fiber Optics Security Upgrade In a move to improve aging water infrastructure and protect health and the environment for the state of Oklahoma, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded
Cadence McShane completed the three-story, 170,823-sq-ft West Pointe Center in Houston. Related Links: Houston Community College Finishes First Phase of Development Project First Phase of Paris Greenville Campus Master Plan Opens Dallas County Satellite Campus in Irving Completed Tarrant County College Campus Seeks LEED Certification for Project Cadence McShane Completes 99,000 SF Elementary in Pasadena Plano ISD Starts 76,000 SF Addition, Renovation at Vines High School McShane Development Forms Alliance with Harrison Street Trinity River Project's 50-Ton Steel Bridge Pieces Make Big Entrance Texas Children's Hospital Tops Out Construction on West Campus Construction Starts on Baytown Apartment Complex Houston-based Cadence
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