Hill International with headquarter’s in Houston, recently acquired Boyken International Inc., which also has offices in Houston. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Donald R. Boyken, Boyken International CEO, will serve as senior vice president and south regional manager for Hill’s Project Management Group. Related Links: Building IT Into Construction Dallas Logistics Hub Buildings Achieve Gold LEED Certification STV Acquires Dallas-Based Civil Structures Inc. TxDOT Selects Leader for New Rail Division BNSF Names Dean Wise Vice President, Network Strategy HKS, Hill & Wilkinson, Complete Dallas’ Ronald McDonald House Yates Construction Relocates North Texas Office Operations
With Building Information Modeling, or BIM, swiftly becoming the newest technological advance for the construction industry, McGraw-Hill Construction in Texas recently invited leading A/E/C firms and owners to share ways in which they are using BIM and where it is providing benefits on their projects. Photo: Tonie Auer Fred Cardenas, virtual design and construction manager for Austin Commercial, address the conference in Las Colinas. Two events, “BIM: The Future of Construction – Healthcare,” were held recently in Las Colinas on March 3 and in Houston on March 4. These conferences spotlighted industry leaders who provided the latest information in real-time
With offices in Austin and San Antonio, O’Connell Robertson earned a 2009 Greater Austin Business Award for its contributions and philanthropy to support education. Related Links: Turner Construction Grows Green Business Sterling Construction Completes $65M Purchase of Utah’s RLW Overhead Door Corp. Acquires Wayne-Dalton’s Door Business ‘Real Men Drive Pink’ Promotes Male Breast Cancer Awareness McKinney’s Greenhaven Earns LEED for Homes Silver Certification Gonzales Wins AASHTO Public Transportation Honor Lubbock’s Lee Lewis Construction Wins CNA Leadership Safety Award Fort Worth Intermodal Airport, AllianceTexas, Celebrates 20 Years Re:Vision Dallas Competition Selects Winner for Inner-City Project Construction and Real Estate Consulting Firm
Dallas-based Jaster-Quintanilla completed a merger with Mehta West Brasher Group LLC of Dallas and has assignments from Austin to Arlington. Among them is the Armed Forces Guard and Reserve Center at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport with Turner-Hickey & Associates. The $40-million construction project includes a three-level 209,000-sq-ft center with a vehicle maintenance facility and storage building. Related Links: Dallas ISD Taps SHW for New High School Campus Design The Stayton at Museum Way Secures $165 Million Aries Capital Invests $22 Million in San Antonio River Walk Austin’s Perry Brooks Building Shows Off New Facelift Smith Seckman Reid Awarded GSA BIM Contract
Houston-based Venturi Outcomes opened a Houston office led by Lorrie Foreman. The firm offers cost evaluation, forensic accounting and negotiation services. The firm also conducts time-delay analysis and schedule evaluation to identify hidden costs, recover lost time and restore project momentum. Related Links: Turner Construction Grows Green Business Sterling Construction Completes $65M Purchase of Utah’s RLW Overhead Door Corp. Acquires Wayne-Dalton’s Door Business ‘Real Men Drive Pink’ Promotes Male Breast Cancer Awareness McKinney’s Greenhaven Earns LEED for Homes Silver Certification Gonzales Wins AASHTO Public Transportation Honor Lubbock’s Lee Lewis Construction Wins CNA Leadership Safety Award Fort Worth Intermodal Airport, AllianceTexas,
Longview Bridge and Road Ltd. was the apparent low bidder on Segment 5 of Tyler District’s Toll 49 project, which runs approximately 2.5 mi between FM 756 and SH 110 in Whitehouse. The project is scheduled to break ground by early March and take approximately two-and-a-half years to complete. Related Links: Dallas Bridge Construction Gets Thumbs Up Transportation Commission OKs 74 New Projects Worth $2 Billion Construction Begins on $1B DFW Connector Project Arlington's FM 157/Collins Street Bridge at IH-30 Opens The $15.6-million project was made possible by funding from Proposition 14, which borrows money against future gas tax revenues
The commission of The Port of Houston Authority approved up to $20.1 million for 2010 costs for construction and rehabilitation of the Houston Ship Channel. Related Links: Dallas Highway Concrete, Asphalt Recycled on SRT/U.S. 75 Project Houston Light-Rail Moves Forward With $1.5B Expansion Project DART Leads Multi-Team Approach With $5.3M in Federal Grant Funds Port of Beaumont Opens New Orange County Wharf Austin Picks MWH Constructors to Build Water Treatment Plant No. 4 Utah DOT Selects Fluor-Led Team for $1.1B IH-15 Corridor Expansion Commissioners authorized payment to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for PHA’s share of expenses associated with
McKinney’s Greenhaven multifamily community received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Homes Silver certification. Awarded to the first completed building at the property, Greenhaven will be the first multifamily garden community in Texas to be distinguished as a LEED-certified facility by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes Green Building Rating System. The project was developed by Dallas-based Fore Property Co. Greenhaven in McKinney is the first multifamily garden community in Texas to be a LEED certified facility. Related Links: Turner Construction Grows Green Business Sterling Construction Completes $65M Purchase of Utah’s RLW Overhead Door Corp. Acquires Wayne-Dalton’s
Houston-based Smith Seckman Reid Inc. secured a national Indefinite Delivery – Indefinite Quantity contract with the U.S. General Services Administration for Building Information Modeling services as part of a multi-disciplined group of firms. Related Links: Dallas ISD Taps SHW for New High School Campus Design The Stayton at Museum Way Secures $165 Million Aries Capital Invests $22 Million in San Antonio River Walk Austin’s Perry Brooks Building Shows Off New Facelift Cadance McShane Selected for 1.2M SF Reconstruction Project Turner Selected to Build Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Texas Children’s Hospital Awards Gowan Mechanical Contract Bob Moore Construction Finishes
Fort Worth’s The Stayton at Museum Way – operated by Senior Quality Lifestyles Corp. – secured financing for the nonprofit life-care retirement community, constructed on 2.5 acres of land at Stayton Street and Museum Way in the Fort Worth Cultural District. Stayton at Museum Way, a new retirement community in Fort Worth, is being built by Andres Construction in the city’s cultural district with a completion target date of summer 2011. Related Links: Dallas ISD Taps SHW for New High School Campus Design Aries Capital Invests $22 Million in San Antonio River Walk Austin’s Perry Brooks Building Shows Off New