In this year’s Top Design ranking, URS Corp. takes the No. 1 spot, with more than $342.3 million in Texas billings during 2008. Related Links: Top Design Firms - Main Feature Story Top Design Firms - Ranking/Chart Top Design Firms - Ranking by Industry Sector Texas Construction’s annual ranking of the state’s Top Design Firms this year includes 90 architectural and engineering firms, down from last year’s 95. Despite the slightly lower participation, however, this year’s Top Design ranking represents an upturn in collective billings. Together, the 90 firms listed here generated approximately $2.9 billion in billings from Texas projects
While parts of the region continue to recover from Hurricane Ike, one year after the storm K-12 and university work continue to be strong building sectors in South Texas. Photo: Courtesy of Skanska USA Building Skanska USA Building has constructed the Professional Zone, a classroom and library building, for the University of Texas - Brownsville/Texas Southmost College in Brownsville. Related Links: Galveston Recovery “We’re not different here than other areas of the state,” says Perry A. Vaughn, executive director of the Rio Grande Valley chapter of the AGC in Harlingen. “We’re starting to see and experience a slowdown, particularly on
Although the number of new projects has declined due to tight financial markets and the recession, several Texas Top Design Firms finished 2008 in good shape and continue working on projects. Photo: AkerZvonkovic Photography Turner Partners designed an addition to the Village High School in Houston. The three-story project consists of 21 classrooms totaling 45,000 sq ft of new facilities. Related Links: Top Design Firms - Wrapup Feature Top Design Firms - Ranking/Chart Top Design Firms - Ranking by Industry Sector Photo: John Lindy Photography Turner Partners performed the site master planning and designed a 1,100-seat sanctuary addition to the
UT Regents Endorse Unprecedented $2.56 Billion Plan 10/01/2009 Investment to Boost UT Science, Engineering, Technology The University of Texas System board of regents endorsed an investment of $2.56 billion in early August to boost competitiveness in key scientific areas. Regents approved 22 capital construction projects valued at more than $1.5 billion for the 2007 fiscal year. The projects are in addition to 22 others approved by the regents since August 2005 totaling $954.4 million. The capital projects are focused on providing the UT System academic and health institutions with state-of-the-art equipment, facilities and start-up packages designed to recruit top research
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Nationwide research is firming up the case for “intelligent” compaction, or IC, a construction method three decades in the making that could save billions of dollars a year in potholed roads, cracked bridges, broken dams and blown-out tires. But as it represents a huge cultural shift in project delivery, the industry is struggling to find a standard way to roll it out. (Photo: Courtesy of Iowa State University.) Researchers test a �smart roller.� (Photo: Iowa State University.) Three rollers face off in a field trial. Such tests across the U.S. are under way, focusing on evaluating the benefits of �intelligent�
Related Links: Funding for Austin�s Manor Expressway Speeds Project Ahead Fort Worth Street Widening, Improvement Project Under Way Bridge Beams Go Up in Woodall Rodgers Extension Project in Dallas Plano�s Eastbound Parker Road Bridge at U.S. 75 Completed Stimulus Projects Started on Longview Roads The Texas Transportation Commission approved the selection of private-sector consulting firm Grant Thornton of Chicago to conduct an immediate top-down management and organizational review of the Texas Department of Transportation. The firm will gather and analyzing information about the agency and its operations before proposing recommendations to increase productivity and cut costs. The commission outlined goals
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Related Links: Corgan Converts Natatorium Into Culinary Arts Building New Texas A&M Agriculture Headquarters Breaks Ground Dallas Cowboys Break Ground on Mega-Merchandise HQ El Paso Boasts Building Activity Frenzy Hanson Installs Modular Bridge at New Braunfels Middle School The University of Houston awarded a $50 -million, undergraduate-housing construction project to Hardin Construction Co., an Altanta-based company with a branch in Austin. The seven-story, 300,000-sq-ft building on the university’s central campus will accommodate incoming freshmen and represents the university’s goal to increase the campus residential population and, ultimately, to house the entire first-year class in campus residences. The facility will include
Related Links: Funding for Austin�s Manor Expressway Speeds Project Ahead Transportation Commission Selects Private Firm for Agency Review Fort Worth Street Widening, Improvement Project Under Way Bridge Beams Go Up in Woodall Rodgers Extension Project in Dallas Plano�s Eastbound Parker Road Bridge at U.S. 75 Completed Stimulus Projects Started on Longview Roads $88-Million IH-35 Project in Waco Moves with Bridge Demolition Odessa�s New $24-Million JBS Interchange Opens Sam Houston Tollway Construction Improves Exit Ramps TxDOT Implements Safe Routes to School Program in West Texas Construction Contract Let for Segment 3A of Toll 49 in Tyler Work Continues on Laredo�s FM