Photo: Studio RED Architects The recently completed University of Houston-Clear Lake Pearland Campus. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The new 31,000-sq-ft University of Houston-Clear Lake Pearland Campus multi-purpose building, which will serve as the new home for the Pearland Economic Development Corp., has been completed. Designed by Houston-based Studio RED Architects, it was completed ahead of schedule by Pearland-based Palmer Construction.
Dallas-based Green Energy Management Services completed a reverse merger with Dallas-based CDSS Wind Down. GEM will become a wholly owned subsidiary and sole operating entity of CDSS, now Green Energy Management Services Holdings. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" As a result of the merger, former shareholders of GEM were issued shares of CDSS’ common stock in exchange for shares of GEM and own approximately 80% of the public company, with CDSS’ shareholders owning the balance. GEM CEO Michael Samuel was appointed as chairman, president, CEO and director of CDSS; GEM CFO Robert Weinstein is the CDSS CFO; William D’Angelo,
Chicago-based CTLGroup, a consulting and testing firm, expanded with an Austin office. Also an engineering and materials consulting firm, its new Southwest hub will serve clients in five markets: building and facilities, energy and resources, litigation and insurance, materials and products, and transportation. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The addition continues a growth trend, CEO Jeff Garrett, tells Texas Construction. CTLGroup’s Wash., D.C., office recently moved to a larger location and added two new principals. It expanded consulting services with a new geotechnical services practice. “We have a lot of projects in Texas,” Garrett says. “We have handled litigation
Providence Christian School students begin the year in the school’s new 40,000-sq-ft building, which includes classrooms, a science lab, art rooms, Latin rooms and a gym. Additionally, a new library and enrichment wing for preschool and kindergarten classes will be completed in December. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The first phase of construction began in November 2009. Dallas-based SmithGroup/F&S provided architecture services and Dallas-based Rogers-O’Brien Construction Co. performed the construction.
TxDOT revised its Texas’ 100 most congested roadway segments, and a new list reveals that the greater Houston area has five of the top 10 and the Dallas area has three. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The list was compiled using traffic speed data to calculate delay instead of estimations based on traffic volume. It pinpoints the traffic hotspots in the state with the goal of assisting transportation planners in prioritizing roadway and transit projects. Texas A&M University’s Texas Transportation Institute worked with TxDOT to develop the list and improve methodology. TTI worked with INRIX of Kirkland, Wash, a
A construction worker died as a result of injuries suffered when a piece of steel plate fell on him during construction of a new water tower for the City of Pryor, Okla. Early on the morning of August 12, welder Robert Shane Hoesli, 21, of Clyde, Kan., was standing on an I-beam pallet holding three half-ton steel places, which would form the stem of the water tower, says Corp. Sue Greninger with the Prior Police Dept. She adds that the men had secured two of the 10-ft tall by 12-ft wide, curved steel plates and were attempting to get the
Dallas-based McCarthy Building Cos. won three bid packages by Dallas Independent School District for work at nine campuses. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" A $12-million bid package includes renovations at Annie Webb Blanton, Nancy Moseley, Richard Lagow and John W. Runyon elementary schools. McCarthy will construct a new 27,000-sq-ft wing at Moseley. The program manager is Richardson-based Parsons, and architect is Dallas-based Jennings, Hackler & Partners. A $13-million package includes additions and renovations at four campuses. T.G. Terry Elementary and the Learning Alternative Center for Empowering Youth at Village Fair will get interior renovations and MEP upgrades. McCarthy will
Dallas-based Corgan received the 2010 PCI Design Award from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute for its work on the John A. Dubiski Career High School in Grand Prairie. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Dubiski Career High School is a career and technology campus focusing on equipping students with workplace skills. It features a precast concrete exterior that simulates veined, chiseled natural shell stone. The look was achieved by randomly placing on the form surface organic pigments and fossilized scallop shells made from rubber molds of real shells, then pouring a low-slump concrete mixture into the form. Precast components were supplied
Studio RED Architects, Houston, is a finalist in an international competition for master planning and concept design of Our Lady of LaVang pilgrimage site in Quang Tri, Vietnam. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Competitors were given the task to develop a master plan for the existing site to include a 5,000-seat basilica, 400-key guest house, multiple chapels and shrines, a museum gallery and other support facilities. The Studio RED proposal for the master plan concept and design focuses on main goals of cultural influence, religious inspiration and sustainability.
Dallas-based BOKA Powell designed the new Frisco Discovery Center, an adaptive re-use that converted a former warehouse into an arts, education and cultural center. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" BOKA Powell provided architecture for adapting 25,000 sq ft of empty warehouse space–part of a 150,000-sq-ft building once occupied by rocket maker Beal Aerospace –into a destination for the city of Frisco. The open space is now home for a 100-seat black-box theater, gallery and Sci-Tech Discovery Center hands-on learning center. Dallas-based Balfour Beatty Construction built the project, which was funded by the Frisco Community Development Corp.
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