Granite Construction Co. led design-build on the $182.7-million Section 6 of the Chisholm Trail Parkway, a 13.1-mile toll road that accounts for almost half of the 27.6-mile parkway.
To support the military's goal of expanding its Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the UAS Maintenance Hangar in Fort Hood, Texas.
The 111,500-sq-ft U.S. Coast Guard Houston-Galveston Sector Building was completed in October 2013 at Ellington Field. Planning for the project began after Hurricane Ike caused significant damage to the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Field Office in Galveston in 2008.
Thinkery, formerly the Austin Children's Museum, turned to The Beck Group to lead construction on its 35,000-sq-ft facility located just north of downtown Austin.
Barriere Construction was tasked with demolishing and rebuilding a defunct 230-kV electrical substation for Entergy Services in New Orleans because of the increased power demand from the city's new BioDistrict.
At the request of Chevron, Versabar Inc. developed the VersaCutter, a subsea cutting tool that provides a safer, more efficient and environmentally friendly way of severing subsea structures such as platforms and pipelines no longer in operation.
In a city that sits below sea level and is surrounded by water, drainage projects can be complex and crucial undertakings. Now more than halfway complete, the Pump to the River project will improve drainage in part of New Orleans by increasing capacity and shortening the distance to the basin. Related Links: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project Corps of Engineers Brings $100 Million Drainage Project To New Orleans Corps of Engineers Begins $48M Underground Drainage Project In New Orleans Designed and constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the project spans almost