ENR Texas & Louisiana 2021 Top Starts Preview
Top Starts project details were derived from data provided by Dodge Data & Analytics, reports from within the public record and information provided by the project teams.
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ENR Texas & Louisiana 2021 Top Starts
| Rank | Project/Location | Project Cost ($ Mil.) | Start Date/ End Date |
Owner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VENTURE GLOBAL PLAQUEMINES (LNG) EXPORT FACILITY Plaquemines Parish, La. |
8,500 | Oct. 2021 2024 |
Venture Global LNG Global Headquarters | EPC: KZJV, Joint Venture of KBR and Zachry Group |
| 2 | SURFACE WATER SUPPLY PROJECT Harris County, Texas |
1,486 | Sept. 2021 Sept. 2025 |
West Harris County Regional Water Authority and North Fort Bend Water Authority Program Manager: DE Corp. |
Design: Freese and Nichols; Black & Veatch; AECOM Construction: S.J. Louis Construction of Texas; Harper Brothers Construction CM: DEC |
| 3 | DIAMOND GREEN DIESEL PORT ARTHUR REFINERY Port Arthur, Texas |
1,450 | May 2021 2nd Half ’23 |
Darling Ingredients Inc./Valero Energy Corp. | GC/Engineer: Valero Energy Corp. |
| 4 | METHANEX METHANOL PLANT NO. 3 Geismar, La. |
1,250 to 1,350 | Oct. 2021 Early 2024 |
Methanex Corp. | Not Disclosed |
| 5 | INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL PROJECT (MICKEY LELAND INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL (MILT); FEDERAL INSPECTION SERVICES (FIS) BUILDING RENOVATION AND EXPANSION) Houston |
970 | Feb. 2021 July 2024 |
City of Houston | Design: Fentress Architects Inc. (MILT); HOK & Page/ (FIS) CM: Joint Venture of Austin Commercial & Gilbane Building Co. (MILT); Hensel Phelps Construction Co. (FIS) |
| 6 | REG GEISMAR RENEWABLE DIESEL EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Geismar, La. |
950 | Oct. 2021 2023 |
Renewable Energy Group (REG) | Not Disclosed |
| 7 | OAK HILL PARKWAY ROADWAY Austin |
700 | July 2021 Jan. 2026 |
Texas Dept. of Transportation | Civil: AECOM Technical Services Inc. GC: Colorado River Constructors, a Joint Venture of Fluor and Balfour Beatty CM: Atkins North America Inc. |
| 8 | LAKE RALPH HALL Ladonia, Texas |
575 | June 2021 June 2026 |
Upper Trinity Regional Water District | Design: Freese and Nichols Inc. (Leon Hurse Dam & Pump Station); Huitt Zollars Inc. (Roads and Bridges Improvements); Lamb-Star Engineering LLC (CEI Roads & Bridges Improvements); Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc. (General Engineering Consultant); Black & Veatch Corp. (Transmission Pipeline); Jacobs Engineering Group (Transmission Pipeline & Balancing Reservoir); Halff Associates Inc. (Lake Headquarters & Operations/ Maintenance Facilities) GC: Granite Construction Co. (Leon Hurse Dam); Flatiron Constructors Inc. (Roads & Bridges Improvements); Archer Western LLC (Pump Station); Garney Cos. (Transmission Pipeline & Balancing Reservoir); Texas Mitigation Solutions LLC (Aquatic Mitigation) |
| 9 | OMNI PGA FRISCO RESORT Frisco, Texas |
520 | May 2021 March 2023 |
TRT Holdings Inc. | Design: SB Architects GC: Brasfield & Gorrie |
| 10 | LOEWS ARLINGTON HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER Arlington, Texas |
500 | Oct. 2021 March 2023 |
Loews Hotels & Resorts | Design: HKS Inc. GC: JE Dunn Construction |
| 11 | TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AUSTIN NORTH CAMPUS Austin |
485 | April 2021 Feb. 2024 |
Texas Children’s Hospital | Design: Page/ GC: McCarthy Building Cos. |
| 12 | UT HEALTH SCIENCE INPATIENT FACILITY San Antonio |
430 | March 2021 2024 |
University of Texas Health Science Center | Design: EYP Architects CMAR: Vaughn Construction |
| 13 | MESQUITE SKY 345-MW WIND FARM Callahan County, Texas |
427 | Jan. 2021 Dec. 2021 |
Clearway Energy Group | EPC: Blattner Energy |
| 14 | CHEVRON PHILLIPS OLD OCEAN 1-HEXENE UNIT Old Ocean, Texas |
400 | Sept. 2021 2023 |
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC | GC: S&B Engineers & Constructors Ltd. |
| 15 | ELM BRANCH SOLAR FARM 163 MW & BRIAR CREEK SOLAR 153 MW Ellis and Nevarro Counties, Texas |
380 | March 2021 Sept. 2021 |
Lightsource BP | GC: McCarthy Building Cos. |
| 16 | HOUMA NAVIGATION CANAL LOCK COMPLEX Dulac, La. |
346.6* | Dec. 2021 Dec. 2027 |
Owner: Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District Funding Agent: Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority |
Architect: Cheramie+Bruce Architects GC: Sealevel Developer/CM/Structural: APTIM CM/Civil: T. Baker Smith |
| 17 | ENID KAW LAKE WATER SUPPLY PROGRAM Enid, Okla. |
317 | April 2021 Oct. 2023 |
City of Enid, Okla. | Design: Garver CM: Garney |
| 18 | EAST LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL AND WEST MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, Wichita Falls, Texas | 283 | Nov. 2021 May 2024 |
Wichita Falls Independent School District | Design: Huckabee GC: Bartlett Cocke General Contractors LLC |
| 19 | ACCIONA FORT BEND COUNTY SOLAR PV FARM Fort Bend, Texas |
280 | June 2021 2022 |
Acciona | EPC: Wanzek Construction Inc. |
| 20 | NORMAN REGIONAL HEALTHPLEX EXPANSION Norman, Okla. |
280 | July 2021 Early 2024 |
Norman Regional Health System | CM: JE Dunn ConstructionDesign: HGA |