A tight site, distinctive exterior and strict schedule required careful planning and execution on the Harwood District’s new Class AA office tower.

Construction jobs also increase as stay-at-home orders loosen and states re-open construction. 

An 11-story office tower in Dallas, Texas was set to be brought down in a controlled demolition in Feb. 16, which dropped the outer shell of the building but failed to bring down the structure’s concrete core. 

Six months after Terex Peneir SK415 crane collapsed onto a Dallas apartment building, killing one, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined the crane’s owner, Bigge Crane and Rigging Co. citing serious violations.

Weather delays, precise installations and a fast-track schedule are among the challenges faced by project team.

In 2012, DFW International Airport moved to replace Terminal A’s building system after the original system had reached the end of its service life.

“Some of the fastest-growing areas in the country are located in North Texas, including Fort Worth and the North Dallas 121 area,” Meloni McDaniel says.

Despite nail biting over predictions of 20-mph winds, crews on Aug. 22 erected the 200-ton center segment of the eastbound steel arch on the Margaret McDermott Bridge in Dallas.