Texas Contractor articles from April 2009

Texas Contractor archives from April 2009

Skanska Completes HS in the Valley.
April 6, 2009... Staff Skanska USA Building Inc, a leading international commercial construction management company, has completed a $58-million construction project of the new Palmview High School in Mission, TX. The new school opened to students on Jan....

McDougle Named HOLT Crane General Manager.
April 6, 2009... Staff HOLT Crane & Equipment, the Link Belt Crane Distributor for Central, North, East, and Southeast Texas, has named Scott McDougle as general manager. In his new position, McDougle will be responsible for managing all aspects of HOLT's...

AIA Announces Fellows.(American Institute of Architects)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Staff The 2009 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated 112 AIA members to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members with at least 10 years of membership in the AIA who have made...

TAMHSC To Expand.
April 6, 2009... Staff Gov. Rick Perry has announced the state will invest $5 million to expand and recruit researchers to the Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) College of Medicine's Institute of Regenerative Medicine at Scott & White Hospital.

Case and True Value.(Case Construction Company Inc.)(True Value Company)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Staff Case Construction Equipment has announced a supplier agreement with True Value Company, one of the world's largest retailer-owned hardware cooperatives. The agreement enables more than 1,000 True Value Rental, Taylor Rental, Just Ask...

Sakai Announces CISCO Ford Equipment as Dealer.
April 6, 2009... Staff SAKAI offers a full line of high-quality, high-productivity vibratory soil compactors, seven 4,000-vpm vibratory asphalt rollers designed for Superpave, and other perpetual pavements as well as combination vibratory/pneumatic rollers...

Bob Moore Builds Rooms To Go Distribution Center.(Bob Moore Construction Inc.)(Rooms To Go Inc.)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Staff General contractor Bob Moore Construction has been selected to build the 1-million-square-foot Rooms To Go distribution center west of Houston on the south side of I-10 between the cities of Katy and Brookshire. Rooms To Go will act...

Balfour Beatty Acquires RT Dooley.
April 6, 2009... Staff Dallas-based Balfour Beatty Construction U.S. has acquired RT Dooley Construction of Charlotte, NC. The latter will become part of Balfour Beatty's Southeast Division. Balfour Beatty Construction U.S. is a $2.4-billion leader in the...

Corgan Associates Promotes Horstman.
April 6, 2009... Staff Corgan Associates, Inc., one of the largest U.S.-based architectural and interior design firms, has named Eric Horstman as principal. Horstman's new responsibilities will include additional client interface and new business pursuits....

Friedrichs Honored By TSPE.(Texas Society of Professional Engineers )(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Staff Edwin C. Friedrichs, P.E., LEED AP, has been named by the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) - Greater Houston Chapter as the 2009 Engineer of the Year. The selection of Friedrichs is a result of his distinguished record...

HOBAS Pipe Promotes Max.
April 6, 2009... Staff HOBAS Pipe USA has promoted Steve Max to vice president - Commercial. He will oversee the Commercial department, which is responsible for estimating, quotations, shipping, and customer service. The company's legal issues also fall...

Signature Contracting Services.
April 6, 2009... By Liz Moucka Young landscaping firm grows despite declining economic conditions. Who would have thought to start a landscaping business during the longest drought that North Texas had seen in 50 years? Corey Tompkins, Willie Propes...

Glulam Timbers Enhance Hermann Park.
April 6, 2009... By Donald Jaenicke Vaughn Construction is using glued laminated timber in the construction of pavilions at Houston plaza development. The past and future are coming together at a historic city park in downtown Houston as planners,...

Precast Concrete Work Completed At Cowboys' Stadium.
April 20, 2009... Staff Heldenfels Enterprises, Inc. has completed its installation and finish out of the precast/prestressed concrete seating risers and walls for the new Dallas Cowboys' Stadium. Heldenfels along with its subcontractors -- Precast...

McCarthy Expanding Bayport Terminal.(McCarthy Building Companies Inc. Texas Div. )(Brief article)
April 20, 2009... Staff McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has begun construction on the Port of Houston Bayport Terminal Complex Phase I Wharf. The project, valued at over $100 million, will include a 1,332-foot extension to the existing Bayport Terminal...

Longhorn Equipment To Carry New Wacker Neuson Line Of Compact Equipment.
April 20, 2009... Staff Longhorn Equipment, a leading rental company and distributor of construction equipment throughout Central Texas, recently signed an agreement adding the new Wacker Neuson line of compact construction equipment to its product list....

Hirschmann Announces Two Texas Premier Dealers.(Brief article)
April 20, 2009... Staff Hirschmann Automation and Control (PAT), located in Chambersburg, PA, has named Laguna Crane & Field Service of Aransas Pass and Universal Crane in Huntsville as Premier Dealers for the state of Texas. Both companies are full-service...

Leathers New Senior VP For Hanson Pressure Pipe.
April 20, 2009... Staff Hanson Pressure Pipe has named Mike Leathers as senior vice president of the company. Leathers previously served as senior vice president of sales for Hanson Pressure Pipe and the South Central Region of Hanson Pipe & Precast. In his...

JQ Hires Two For Dallas.
April 20, 2009... Staff Jaster-Quintanilla (JQ), one of the top engineering firms in Texas, recently announced two new hires in its Dallas office. As the new business development director, Amanda Wheeler is responsible for the marketing, business...

Skanska USA Announces Promotions.
April 20, 2009... Staff Skanska USA Building Inc. has named Marty Massey as Skanska vice president of operations to its dual track program. Skanska began the dual track program in 2006 to provide the opportunity for any operations team member to become a...

A Fond Farewell.
April 20, 2009... By Liz Moucka Since 1893, the 14 Associated Construction Publications have served the heavy, highway, and civil construction community in the United States. With titles like California Builder & Engineer, Midwest Contractor, and New...

View Inside The Flue.
April 20, 2009... By Liz Moucka Spider's custom float platform enabled safe interior work in two 450-foot-tall chimneys at Luminant's Oak Grove Power Plant. In building what may be one of the last coal-fired electric plants in Texas, Flour Corporation...

Moving The Outdoors In.
April 20, 2009... Staff Volvo construction equipment moves dirt at Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo In mid-February in Houston's Reliant Park, the air is thick with anticipation of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Many Texans make the trek to...

SpawGlass Starts New ACCD Campus in Round Rock.(Spaw-Glass Construction Corp.)(Austin Community College District)(Brief article)
April 20, 2009... Staff This past February, the Austin Community College District celebrated the groundbreaking of its new campus in Round Rock, TX. The ceremony, attended by hundreds of area community and business leaders, included a skydiver delivering a...

HCSS Expanding Into New HQ.(Company overview)
April 20, 2009... Staff Construction software developer HCSS has broken ground on a new, company-owned office building on an 8-acre campus in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land. Rosenberger Construction of Sugar Land is the contractor for the new...