Aug. 16--A glut of oil is headed to the Gulf Coast in the months and years ahead, triggering a race among a growing number of entrants to build deepwater crude export terminals in the Gulf of Mexico to ship most of that oil to foreign markets. Companies have proposed at least eight offshore oil-export terminals -- many requiring billions of dollars in investment -- that would stretch from off ... Read More

Aug. 14--Houston pipeline operator Kinder Morgan plans to invest $170 million in various expansion projects along the Houston Ship Channel. The company confirmed on Wednesday that it plans to invest $125 million to boost pipeline connections and speed up loading at its Pasadena Terminal and the nearby Jefferson Street Truck Rack. Another $45 million will be used to build a butane-on-demand ... Read More

By the time the 2024 hurricane season rolls around, the east bank of St. John the Baptist Parish will have protection against a storm surge for the first time in its history. Unless Mother Nature has other plans. Future openings of the Bonnet Carre Spillway, like the record 79-day opening this year, could push the timeline back, federal and local officials say. That's because, like most of the ... Read More

Aug. 7--Contractors will begin working this week to remove a crane that collapsed into a Dallas apartment building nearly two months ago, killing one and injuring five. The owners of Elan City Lights, said Wednesday that clearing the wreckage from the deadly accident during a June 9 windstorm would take two months at least. "Over the next few weeks several pieces of heavy equipment, including ... Read More

Aug. 6--Lawmakers are looking at various options including expropriation of railroad property to get around opposition by Kansas City Southern Railway that threatens to delay completion of the Comite River Diversion Canal project, U.S. Rep. Garret Graves said Monday. After 40 years of waiting, construction has finally begun on the canal aimed at channeling flood waters from the eastern part of ... Read More

Aug. 5--Developer Bright Realty has started construction on another office building in its Castle Hills community in Lewisville. The four-story Crown Centre in Castle Hills is the first phase of a 135-acre office campus at State Highway 121 and Carrollton Parkway. The 109,000-square-foot building will open in mid-2020 and was designed by Dallas-based architect Corgan. "Crown Centre is a ... Read More

Aug. 5--Two builders are teaming up to build a new transit-oriented development. High Street Residential, the residential division of Trammell Crow Co., and Olympus Property are building 383 rental units in downtown Carrollton. The project -- called Olympus on Broadway -- is the fourth phase of an apartment and retail development adjacent to Carrollton's DART commuter rail station. The more ... Read More

Aug. 5--FORT WORTH -- The Reby Cary Youth Library planned for a vacant lot on East Lancaster will be a "beacon for the neighborhood" and a shining reminder of the building's namesake, designers say. Fort Worth is investing nearly $5.5 million in the 8,000-square foot family library at 3851 E. Lancaster Ave. That's between Haynes and Mount View avenues in an area dominated by car lots and other ... Read More

Aug. 3--The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded Houston its first grant aimed at mitigating flooding since Hurricane Harvey hit nearly two years ago, laying the groundwork for new gates on the Lake Houston dam and detention basins in Inwood Forest. Both projects have estimated price tags of about $47 million, with $35 million coming from the federal government. The state, through ... Read More

Jul. 31--Six construction workers who were injured when a floor of a north Houston high-rise collapsed this week have filed a lawsuit, seeking damages for their injuries and claiming negligence by the companies involved in the project. Chron.com reported Monday that there were as many as nine workers atop the building in the 3400 block of N. Main Street, just east of Interstate 45 North when ... Read More