Texas A&M University has new plans in place to expand its engineering enrollment up to 25,000 students by 2025. This ’25 by 25’ initiative was driven largely by the need for more engineers across the United States, including Texas. Courtesy of Texas A&M University Engineering A rendering of the proposed Texas A&M University Engineering Education Complex. Related Links: Texas A&M University “The demand for engineering education at Texas A&M has never been higher,” says Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin. “The Texas Workforce Commission has projected the need for engineers entering the workforce will increase significantly over the next 12
McKim & Creed, Inc. a Texas-based engineering, geomatics and planning firm, announced that it has purchased the assets of North Carolina-based United Engineering Group, Inc. (UEG), which provides mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection design services for the energy, healthcare, higher education, state government, industrial and transportation markets. Related Links: McKim & Creed, Inc. United Engineering Group, Inc. The acquisition is effective as of January 1, 2013.This acquisition will enhance McKim & Creed’s engineering capabilities and services, and strengthen its experience and expertise in the energy, healthcare and educational markets.“The United Engineering Group acquisition will have little immediate impact on
The Texas Transportation Commission has selected AGL Constructors, a consortium comprised of Archer Western Contractors, LLC, Granite Construction Co. and The LANE Construction Co., as the developer of a 28-mile corridor of Interstate 35E from Dallas to Denton. Photo courtesy of TXDOT AGL Constructors will develop a 28-mile corridor of Interstate 35E from Dallas to Denton. Related Links: Texas Department of Transportation This initial phase of the project will include construction along the entire 28-mile stretch of I-35E, from I-635 north to U.S. 380, but there are three additional phases that could be tackled once funding becomes available to TXDOT.“Phase
NCCR’s Build Your Future Campaign recently teamed up with the Construction Education Foundation of North Texas and North Lake College to host the second annual Construction Career Day at CEF/NLC’s West Campus, the DFW Education Center in Irving Texas. Related Links: Build Your Future Campaign Construction Education Foundation This was one of several events held in Houston, North Carolina and Orlando, Fla., that offered students the chance to meet with construction professionals.More than 800 high school juniors and seniors attended the Dallas event, representing 35 north Texas high schools. The event featured equipment and welding demonstrations, opportunities to speak with
The Odebrecht Organization awarded its first annual Odebrecht Award for Sustainable Development in the United States in October. A team from Houston’s Rice University brought home first place for their solution for oil companies venturing further offshore – an island constructed for workers to live on while working deep sea oil fields. Photo by David A. Brown, dabfoto From left to right: Neeraj Bhatia, the teams advising professor; David Peebles, VP of Business Development, Odebrecht; winning team members Joanna Luo, Weijia Song, and Alexander Yuen. Photo courtesy of Neeraj Bhatia A rendering of the Rice University team's man-made island, or
The Texas Dept. of Transportation has selected a developer for the expansion of state highway 99, Grand Parkway, a 184-mile outer loop that will give area drivers a third route to get around the Houston metropolitan area, the agency announced September 27. Zachry-Odebrecht Parkway Builders, a design-build joint venture between Zachry Corp. and Odebrecht that was formed specifically for this project, will construct three phases of SH 99. Related Links: Texas Dept. of Transportation Zachry Corp. Odebrecht “Zachry and Odebrecht will operate as a fully integrated joint venture, responsible for design and construction,” says Tara Snowden, manager of Government Relations
Cajun Constructors Inc., a subsidiary of Cajun Industries LLC announced this week that it has acquired Industrial Design & Construction, a privately held general industrial construction firm with a primary focus in mechanical construction. Related Links: ENR Texas & Louisiana Contractor of the Year: Cajun Industries Cajun Industries LLC Industrial Design & Construction While Cajun has been known primarily in the industrial civil side of the business, its industrial mechanical side has always taken more of a back seat in recent years, says William J. Clouatre, vice president of Business Development for Cajun Constructors.“We’ve had more industrial clients ask us
ith $168 million in funding from state legislators in hand, along with an additional $2 billion in funding that the Texas Department of Transportation identified in its budget earlier this year, the 38-mile US 290 corridor, one of the most congested roads in Texas, will see expansion work up to 20 years sooner than expected. Photo by Nick Escobedo US 290 north of the IH 610 W interchange is one of the areas that will be under construction next year. Photo courtesy of TxDOT A timeline showing the revised schedule and expected bid amounts of the US 290 work. Related
Oil and gas giant ExxonMobil announced last week that it will invest more than $200 million to expand its Baton Rouge chemical and lubricants plants, which will mean increased capacity for synthetic lubricant base stocks manufacturing and lubricants blending, packaging and storage. According to Exxon, the expansion will boost the company’s worldwide capacity of synthetic esters and alkylated naphthalene by more than 25%, making Exxon’s Baton Rouge chemical plant the world’s largest producer of these two products, the company claims.These plans include the construction of a “state-of-the-art” blending center for synthetic aviation oil at Exxon’s Port Allen, La., lubricant blending
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