Texas Contractor articles from August 2004

Texas Contractor archives from August 2004

Brownsville.(South Texas Rehabilitation Hospital)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... Staff South Texas Rehabilitation Hospital, a subsidiary of Ernest Health Inc. of Albuquerque, N.M., has announced plans to build a 40-bed long-term care hospital in Brownsville with room for future expansion. The hospital, which will be...

Wellspring.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... Staff Joseph Marcino has joined Wellspring International Inc. as its executive vice president of sales. Wellspring is a leading provider of wireless, point-of-use utility submeters for all building types. Marcino brings over 33 years...

JLG Industries, Inc.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... Staff JLG has announced an expansion of the company's world-class service and support for its products through the establishment of ServicePLUS, a wholly owned subsidiary. In response to customer needs, services offered through ServicePLUS...

Volvo Rentals.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... Staff Volvo Construction Equipment Rents, Inc. of Asheville, North Carolina, has announced the signing of a franchise agreement for Volvo equipment rental centers in the Dallas, Texas, metropolitan area. Smithco Enterprises, LLC of...

Volvo CE.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... Staff Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has sold its compact motor grader business to Champion LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina, a company organized by Gary Abernathy, manager of the Volvo compact motor grader product line since 1997....

Austin Area Hospitals.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... Staff St. David's HealthCare Partnership has announced a new $100-million investment in Central Texas that will allow significant expansion of the health care partnership's services and facilities. This investment, Phase II of St. David's...

Behr.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... Staff Hillwood has sold 22.5 acres in the Roanoke section of its AllianceTexas development to Behr Process Corporation, one of the countries leading manufacturers of paints and stains. A subsidiary of Masco Corporation, which is 180th on...

GeoShack.(Spectra Laser Products, Inc.)(GeoShack North America )(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... Staff Spectra Laser Products, Inc. of Oklahoma City has joined forces with GeoShack North America in an ongoing effort to bring a greatly expanded product line, additional service capabilities, product support, and training to contractors...

Steele & Freeman.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... Staff Steele & Freeman Inc. recently completed construction on a new retail center at the southwest corner of Blue Mound Road and Lawson Road in North Fort Worth. The Blue Mound Center was built for Merritt Capital Partners of Dallas and...

Beck.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2004... Staff The Beck Group is pleased to announce the promotions of Mikuel Draper to senior superintendent; Dipul Patel to project administrator and Ray Wilson to senior superintendent. The Beck Group offers a full spectrum of professional...

Educational Institutions.
August 2, 2004... By Liz Moucka, Editor Throughout Texas, construction of schools from kindergarten through post-secondary has continued to thrive despite a recession. "The amount of work in the K-through-12 market is phenomenal and it doesn't seem to...

Silent Knight.
August 2, 2004... Staff New fire protection system provides the security of a safe night for guests at the Wyndham Arlington hotel. Many of the guests at the Wyndham Arlington hotel in Arlington enjoy some excitement in their lives. After all, the...

The Cardiac Institute.
August 2, 2004... Article by Liz Moucka, Editor Haws & Tingle expands and renovates this Wichita Falls landmark hospital, which will house a premier cardiac center. We've all seen the hospital shows where everyone in the operating room performs their...

The Perfect Mix.
August 2, 2004... By Charles W. "Chuck" Nixon, vice president, Carter & Burgess New facility at University of North Texas Health Science Center combines research and education. A higher percentage of the population is considered "aged" today than ever...

Critical Care Tower.
August 16, 2004... By Liz Moucka, Editor Rapidly advancing technology has spurred hospital upgrades and expansions at Medical City Dallas. The early stages of construction are well under way for the new six-story Critical Care Tower for Medical City...

Editor's Report.(Editorial)
August 16, 2004... By Liz Moucka Optimized Aggregate Gradations The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has been conducting lab tests in preparation for field trial projects to study the effects of optimized aggregate gradations on fresh and...

Candor Construction.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2004... Staff Candor Construction is working with Baruch Properties to build a 34-acre retail and office development in The Colony in the northern DFW metroplex. The site is on State Highway 121 and Standridge Drive with surrounding sites that are...

Volvo.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2004... Staff Volvo hasn't so much lifted the wraps off its V-ACT engine technology as allowed a tantalizing peek under the covers. Not due in service until the new Tier-3 (US) and Step 3 (EU) emission legislation start to come into force in...

GeoShack.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2004... Staff Scott Beathard, president of GeoShack announced a new division to focus on the rental market for construction lasers and survey instruments. Products included in the GeoShack Rents(tm) line are available on a daily, weekly or monthly...

ChevronTexaco.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2004... Staff As an initiative to reach out to the growing Hispanic trucking community, ChevronTexaco Global Lubricants is instituting bilingual (Spanish and English) labels on most of its commercial products within North America, including its...

Green Certification.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2004... Staff The Houston architecture firm, Kirksey, was awarded LEED(r) 2.0 Silver Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for the SpawGlass Construction Corporation Office Building. This was the first green building in the city...

Salt Draw Bridge Rebuilt.(Brief Article)
August 16, 2004... Staff It was a dark and stormy night that dropped more than 18 inches of rain in places of Reeves County in early April. Flooding that resulted from the torrential rains filled arroyos in that empty expanse of West Texas east of the Davis...

Subgrade Preparation.
August 16, 2004... By Donald H. Taubert, Director, Promotion & Technical Service Capitol Cement Zachry Construction Corp. Builds State Highway 151 at IH Loop 410 in San Antonio. The construction of this much anticipated, much needed route from the...