Texas Contractor articles from August 2006

Texas Contractor archives from August 2006

When The Federal-Aid Highway Act Turned 50.
August 7, 2006... Staff Not long after President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act on June 29, 1956, a stretch of U.S. 75 in Navarro County near Corsicana was the first Interstate Highway contract to be awarded in Texas under the new...

Dallas Deck Park.(Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation )(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Staff The Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation has unveiled a proposal to construct a park on the north side of downtown Dallas. No real estate - no problem. The unusual Woodall Rodgers Deck Park would require the construction of a...

Halff Assoc.(Halff Associates Inc. appoints John J. Teague )(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Staff John J. Teague , P.E., has joined the Austin office of Halff Associates, Inc. as the land development project manager. Teague, who was previously in Halff Associates' McAllen office, joined the company in 1999. He has managed and...

Hoar Construction.(Hoar Construction appoints Brian Cook)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Staff Hoar Construction recently announced the promotion of Brian Cook to contract manager, where he will be responsible for overseeing contract preparation and administration. He will also be instrumental in the development of the firm's...

Leggette, Brashears & Graham.
August 7, 2006... Staff Leggette, Brashears & Graham, Inc. a professional ground-water and environmental engineering services firm, has named John Ashworth and James Beach as senior associates in their Austin office. John Ashworth, who has over 30...

JL Steel.
August 7, 2006... Staff Oscar Trevino , president of J.L. Steel LP, was recently elected as president of the North Central Texas Council of Governments 2006 - 2007 executive board. He was also named chair of the Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition and...

Holt Cat.(Holt Cat appoints Justin Kahle )(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Staff HOLT CATA[R], the CaterpillarA[R] construction equipment and industrial engine dealer for South, Central, North, and Northeast Texas, recently named Justin Kahle to be their undercarriage specialist for the Irving location. In his...

Bury+Partners.(Bury+Partners appoints Brad Harwick )(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Staff Brad Harwick has joined Bury+Partners as their senior director of marketing. He joins the firm with over 12 years of management experience in marketing, strategic planning, business development, and media/community relations. Harwick...

AGC.(Cummings Electrical, Inc.)(Associated General Contractors of America)(Linbeck Construction Corp.)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Staff At their annual convention, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) recognized three Texas firms as winners of the AGC/Willis Construction Safety Excellence Awards, awarded to contractors who demonstrate a cultural...

Hispanic Contractors.
August 7, 2006... Staff Home Depot has presented a brand new covered trailer to the Austin Boy Scouts Troop 1254 with the cooperation of the U.S Hispanic Contractors Association, Amigos En Azul (Hispanic Police Officers Association) and the Hispanic...

AIA.(American Institute of Architects, WDG Architecture)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Staff A WDG Architecture design team that included Vincent M. Hunter, AIA, director of design for WDG's Dallas office, recently received a design award from the Northern Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for...

Katy Medical Arts.(Mathis Group, Inc.)(Cadence McShane Corp.)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Staff The Mathis Group, Inc. has contracted Cadence McShane to provide comprehensive design-build services for the new 60,000-square-foot Katy Medical Arts Center. The three-story Medical Arts Center, situated on a 4.5-acre site on W....

Hobby Airport.
August 7, 2006... Staff Clark Construction Group, LLC has started the first phase of the William P. Hobby International Airport expansion project for the Houston Airport System. Phase 1 consists of three stages: a five-gate expansion of the Central...

HKS.(HKS Architects merges with Stein-Cox Group)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Staff HKS Architects, Inc., a top-five national architectural/engineering firm headquartered in Dallas, has merged with The Stein-Cox Group, a Phoenix, Ariz.-based health care design firm. The merger allows HKS to leverage its specialty...

Air Compressor Solutions.
August 7, 2006... Staff Air Compressor Solutions in Odessa has added Ingersoll Rand generators to its product offering, which includes Ingersoll Rand portable air compressors and light towers, plus air tools, drilling, winch, and hoists products. ...

DART.(Dallas Area Rapid Transit)(United States. Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Staff Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) received a $700-million Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) from the Department of Transportation this week. This FFGA will allow DART to begin a $2.5-billion expansion that will lead to the doubling...

SH 130.
August 7, 2006... Staff A $1.3-billion private investment, Texas' first concession agreement, was approved June 29 by the Texas Transportation Commission for the construction of the southern 40 miles of State Highway 130. The agreement is with Cintra-Zachry...

Asphalt Training.(National Asphalt Pavement Association)(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Staff The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) has launched a program of online training in conjunction with Pavia Systems. The first learning modules available include "Components of Compaction," "Cool-Weather Paving" and "Safety...

Group Contractors.(Group Contractors, LLC appointed Ronald Barber )(Brief article)
August 7, 2006... Staff Group Contractors, LLC, a Baton Rouge-based industrial and heavy civil construction company, has hired Ronald Barber as its Houston development director. Barber will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Group's satellite...

First Day On The Job.
August 7, 2006... By Richard Rybka, Topcon Positioning Systems GPS technology allows McCarthy Building to make haste at the Port of Houston. Remember your first day on a new job? You showed up right on time and ready to go. Then your new boss came by,...

GPS Fleet Tracking.
August 7, 2006... Staff Caprock's Investment in GPS Tracking, Fleet Management Software Pays Big Dividends Caprock Specialty Contractors, LLP is a full-service concrete specialty contractor. Operating in 28 states, the Dallas-based company and its...

Victory Park.
August 21, 2006... Staff Construction is under way on two seven-story residential towers in Victory Park, a major mixed-use development north of downtown Dallas, that surrounds the city's American Airlines Center. Designed by the Dallas office of WDG...

TERP Funds GPS Update.
August 21, 2006... Staff In the Houston area, a new truck purchased with financial incentives from the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP), which is administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), has a GPS (global positioning system)...

TLC Trucks/El Paso Great Dane.(Brief article)
August 21, 2006... Staff TLC Trucks & El Paso Great Dane has been named a franchise dealer for East Manufacturing. In business since 1999, the company serves the West Texas and Southern New Mexico market. "We decided to partner with East because we...

Interstate Surveying.
August 21, 2006... Staff Stanley Consultants, Inc. has acquired Interstate Surveying, Inc., an Austin-based survey firm founded in 1989. Interstate Surveying serves residential and commercial development clients in the Austin area, including Waterstone...

Cadence McShane.
August 21, 2006... Staff Cadence McShane Corporation joined the festivities as Groendyke Transport, Inc. celebrated the grand opening and ribbon cutting for their new 32,500-square-foot truck maintenance facility 8503 Sheldon Road in Channelview, Texas....

Architectural Fun Kit.(educational toy)(Brief article)
August 21, 2006... Staff The 3-D Home Kit allows students to experience what it's like to work as an architect as they design and construct 3-D models of their own dream homes. The kit, invented by Amherst, Massachusetts, designer Daniel Reif, has evolved...

Dynapac Expands Texas Production.(Brief article)
August 21, 2006... Staff Dynapac dignitaries from Sweden and Texas assembled June 29 to celebrate the grand opening of their newly upgraded and expanded North American vibratory compactor production line in the northern San Antonio suburb of Selma, Texas....

Customer Care And Quality.
August 21, 2006... By Brian Anderson TJ Stankiewicz finds that quality equipment helps him provide quality service. Whether you're clearing land, building a house or constructing a skyscraper, there is always one aspect of the contractor/consumer...

HDD In The Mall.
August 21, 2006... Staff Horizontal directional drilling saved Victoria Mall's time and its floor. The directional drilling equipment routinely used for installing underground utilities is turning up in some unusual places as project and property owners...

Texas Transportation Forum.
August 21, 2006... By Liz Moucka, Editor First meeting of its kind to bring together planners and contractors. The most influential people in Texas' highway construction industry converged in Austin in early June. TxDOT, with the aid of its cosponsors...