Texas Contractor articles from April 2005

Texas Contractor archives from April 2005

Ingersoll-Rand.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Ingersoll-Rand has expanded its dealer network with the addition of Ingersoll-Rand Equipment & Services (IRES) in San Antonio as a new utility equipment dealer, providing more Ingersoll-Rand solutions to customers in Texas. The IRES...

Car Seat Crunch.
April 4, 2005... Staff Roadway Safety For Children Too Statistics show that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children under the age of 14. During National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week February 13-19, the Injury...

Coronado Builders.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Coronado Builders, Ltd. is serving as the construction manager for the Crowley I.S.D. $8,530,500 project to add to and renovate Crowley Middle School and H.F. Stevens Middle School. The design team consists of Richard Jaynes,...

FaulknerUSA.
April 4, 2005... Staff The city of San Antonio has contracted Faulkner USA to develop a new 1,000-room downtown hotel, which will adjoin the Henry P. Gonzales Convention Center. Funding for the hotel, which is expected to top $200 million, will include a...

Lincoln Electric.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Lincoln Electric has formed a team supplier agreement with Penske Racing South, which fields cars for drivers Rusty Wallace, Ryan Newman and Brendan Gaughn. Lincoln will provide the team with a full range of welding and cutting...

Tyson Foods.(Tyson Foods Inc)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Tyson Foods Inc. will reopen the former Oscar Meyer Plant in Sherman, giving the small city of about 36,000 just south of the Oklahoma border an economic boost. Tyson plans to spend approximately $100 million to renovate and...

TTC.(Texas Transportation Commissioners )(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff Texas Transportation Commissioners have approved the state's first pass-through toll agreement to expedite transportation improvements in Montgomery County. The agreement allows TxDOT to move forward with improvements to Farm to...

PHA.(Port of Houston Authority)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff The Port of Houston Authority recently awarded a $1.2-million contract for a mobile coordination center to Science Applications International Corp. and issued a $1.385-million purchase order to CenterPoint Energy for construction of...

CTL[bar]Thompson.(CTLA*Thompson Texas)(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff CTLA*Thompson Texas (CTL|T) has been selected to provide geotechnical design investigations and construction observation and materials testing for The Shops at Arbor Walk, a new lifestyle center being built in north Austin. The...

Critical Care Tops Out.(Brief Article)
April 4, 2005... Staff The Medical City Dallas expansion program reached a milestone February 17 when construction contractors topped out the six-story Critical Care Tower. JBA (Jonathon Bailey Associates) has provided master planning, architecture,...

Wider And More Attractive.
April 4, 2005... Article by Richard G. Pickard Capital Excavation Widens Hwy. 71 Through Bastrop With increasing numbers of people choosing to commute to work in Austin and live in quieter rural communities in Bastrop and Fayette counties, the amount...

Water Conservation Best Practices.
April 4, 2005... By Liz Moucka, Editor Landscaping, irrigation and plumbing practices face changes in light of new Best Management Practices recently adopted for Texas. Water management has become a critical issue throughout most of Texas over the past...

ABC.(Associated Builders and Contractor)
April 18, 2005... Staff Gary Roden, executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO) of AGUIRREcorporation of Dallas, was officially sworn in as the Associated Builders and Contractor's 2005 national chairman. Roden, who has more than 20 years of...

Stanley Consultants.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff Mitchel "Mitch" Ortego , P.E, has joined Stanley Consultants as a project principal where he will be responsible for client business development in the industrial markets within the state of Texas. Stanley Consultants, a worldwide...

McCarthy.(appointment of Craig Christian at McCarthy Building Companies Inc. Texas Div.)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has hired Craig Christian as senior estimator, where he will be responsible for various estimating and bidding activities associated with the company's transportation construction projects. Prior to...

Demolition.
April 18, 2005... Staff The National Demolition Association has made it possible to apply for membership and pay dues online at their website. To qualify for Regular Membership, an applicant must be actively engaged in the demolition industry. Associate...

RCA.(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff In a separate development, the Retail Construction Association's board of directors named Mike McBride, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Westwood, to serve as its scholarship committee representative for the...

Houston AGC.(appointment of Ken Humphries at Houston Chapter/Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff Ken Humphries was recently named vice president of the Houston Chapter/Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. He has served on the chapter board since 1997, as chapter secretary and treasurer and has taken an active role in...

ABC.
April 18, 2005... Staff ABC recognized the U.S. construction industry's top projects of 2004, including these from Texas, during the Excellence in Construction awards breakfast at the association's 2005 national convention in Orlando, Fla. ABC's Excellence...

2004 Eagle Award Winners:.
April 18, 2005... Staff Mega-Projects -- Over $100 million Contractor: S&B Engineers & Constructors Project: Texas City CHP Cogeneration Project, Texas City Client/Owner: South Houston Green Power Architect/Engineer: Burns and Roe...

Carter & Burgess.(Appointments)
April 18, 2005... Staff Landscape Architect Ryan E. Bricker has joined Carter & Burgess as transportation studio leader within the firm's Dallas-Ft. Worth Urban Design & Planning Unit. As a specialist in transportation enhancements, streetscapes and...

HOLT CAT.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff Tom Angotti , a veteran of 15 years with HOLT CAT, has been named business manager of the Electric Power Generation (EPG) business unit, a key element of the company's Power Systems Division. Previously, Angotti was Power Systems...

Road Machinery.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
April 18, 2005... Staff Chuck Paugh has assumed the duties of president of Road Machinery. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the company and for overseeing day-to-day operations. The Komatsu dealer has 10 locations in Arizona, New...

Editor's Report.(Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association)
April 18, 2005... By Liz Moucka Congratulations to these Texans who were recently installed as national industry association presidents. The Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association elected Susan Hollingsworth the first woman president in the...

Resource Recovery.(Brooks Development Authority )
April 18, 2005... By Liz Moucka, Editor Brooks City-Base realizes the benefits of recycling pavement materials. Recycling concrete and asphalt in San Antonio has generally been considered "carrying coals to Newcastle." The Austin/San Antonio area is...

Collecting Concrete Washout.(Cherry Industrial Services )
April 18, 2005... Staff Houston's Cherry Industrial Services collects excess concrete and washout. Because of the damaging environmental effects associated with high pH levels in concrete by-products, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

Captive Insurance.
April 18, 2005... By Daniel T. Keough, President, Innovative Captive Strategies, Inc. Construction firms have begun to manage insurance risks and reduce costs with their own captive insurance companies. Purchasing insurance continues to be difficult and...