Oct. 16--Nearly a decade before the "Ike Dike" or "coastal barrier" became accepted jargon for coastal residents of southeast Texas, there were geotubes. Installed on the beaches of Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula in 2001, geotubes -- nicknamed "sand socks" -- were sediment-filled oval sleeves made of a special fabric, anchored to an apron placed in a trench along the dune line. Their intent ... Read More

Oct. 16--Citing concerns about seven endangered and threatened species found only in the Edwards Aquifer, the cities of Austin, San Marcos and Kyle have joined two groups in a threat to sue two federal agencies in order to stop Kinder Morgan's Permian Highway Pipeline from going through the Texas Hill Country. Over the past week, leaders with the three cities have voted to join the Barton ... Read More

Oct. 16--Klyde Warren Park on Tuesday unveiled its plans for at least a $100 million expansion -- dubbed "Klyde Warren 2.0" -- that will add another 1.5 acres west toward Field Street and build a pavilion for indoor events. At an event at Savor restaurant in the park on Tuesday, final renderings for the pavilion and plans for expanded green space were shown to stakeholders and city officials. ... Read More

Oct. 14--The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved three separate planning documents Monday that identify its priorities for spending nearly $8 billion over the next several years to improve Oklahoma's roads and bridges. An eight-year construction work plan was the largest of the three planning documents approved Monday. The rolling plan, which is updated and renewed annually, identifies ... Read More

Videos showing the partial collapse of the under-construction Hard Rock Hotel on Canal Street on Saturday morning will be of great help to investigators trying to piece together what set off the catastrophe, according to structural engineers who have studied collapses. Often, experts seeking to understand disasters must use unreliable eyewitness accounts and hunt for other clues in the ... Read More

Oct. 11--The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday approved initial funding for a $131 million flood mitigation project that would cut a new channel in downtown Houston and improve several bridges over White Oak Bayou, allowing water to flow freely beneath them during floods. The new channel, dubbed the North Canal Bypass and first envisioned in the 1970s, would reroute water just ... Read More

Oct. 8--Developers have filed building permits for the downtown Dallas-area high-rise that will be home to thousands of Uber employees. The 25-story office tower is being built on the eastern edge of downtown in Dallas' Deep Ellum district. It's a project of Westdale Properties and developer KDC. The 470,000-square-foot office building -- the largest such project in the works for the downtown ... Read More

Oct. 8--Oklahoma City's new proposal for tax-funded projects doesn't violate the state's constitutional prohibition against multiple subjects in legislation and the city isn't bound by that provision in any case, the city told the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Responding to a lawsuit filed last month by former Oklahoma City councilman Ed Shadid, the city told the high court in written arguments last ... Read More

Oct. 8--An uptick in Dallas-area office construction may be the best indicator of what developers are thinking about the economy. Construction kicked off on as many as 10 North Texas buildings during the third quarter. While most of the projects were small, the bump in building activity increased D-FW office construction totals to the highest volume in three years. This late in an economic ... Read More