Texas Contractor articles from December 2007

Texas Contractor archives from December 2007

Equipment Depot And JLG.(Company overview)
December 3, 2007... By Steven Olive A team benefiting an increasing number of Central Texas contractors. In a highly competitive rental market, service makes the difference. Fast service combined with reliable equipment - like JLG's SkyTrak telehandler -...

Ridgemont.(construction of Lakeside Commerce Center )(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Staff Ridgemont Co. has begun construction for Granite Properties on its 43-acre Lakeside Commerce Center in Flower Mound. The development is located at the corner of Lakeside Drive and Silveron Boulevard, approximately two miles west of...

Barlett-Cocke.
December 3, 2007... Staff San Antonio-based Bartlett Cocke General Contractors has named Roberto Rios , former CFO of Galo Properties, Inc., as its new chief financial officer. Rios joins the firm with more than 25 years of finance experience and will oversee...

Continental Equipment.(promotion of Jean Mault )(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Staff Jean Mault has been promoted to the position of product support sales manager, where she will work with Continental Equipment's five North Texas territorial product support representatives to develop programs to benefit their...

CEC.(Civil Engineering Consultants appointed Tony Cortes )(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Staff Civil Engineering Consultants (CEC) is pleased to welcome Tony Cortes as the new construction coordinator. Cortes, founder and former owner of Cortes Contracting, Inc., has more than 35 years of experience in utility construction of...

Hill & Wilkinson.(appointment of David Huse )(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Staff Hill & Wilkinson, Ltd. has appointed David Huse , LEEDA[R] AP, as group manager for the firm's industrial and manufacturing group. Huse has 11 years' experience in the construction industry. He joined Hill & Wilkinson in 1997 as a...

SpawGlass.
December 3, 2007... Staff Robert (Bob) K. Farmer has joined SpawGlass Contractors, Inc. as director of preconstruction services for the Austin, San Antonio and South Texas regions. Farmer will coordinate all preconstruction activities with the project...

Manitou.(Manitou North America, Inc's new customer service center )(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Staff Manitou North America, Inc. (MNA) opened its new customer service center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony during a national dealer meeting held in Waco October 16. The new center is an expansion of an existing facility and will...

CertainTeed.
December 3, 2007... Staff The CertainTeed plant in Waco received a Special Recognition Award from The Society of the Plastics Industry's (SPI) Occupational Health and Environmental Issues Committee for having safety performance in 2006 better than the...

Foremost Paving.(Texas. Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Staff Foremost Paving of Weslaco has begun work on TxDOT's expansion of FM 494 (Shary Road) in the Sharyland/Palmhurst area between McAllen and Mission. The Shary Road project limits are from FM 495 in Sharyland to FM 1924 (Mile 3 Road) in...

Allied Building Products.
December 3, 2007... Staff Allied Building Products Corp., one of America's largest distributors of roofing, siding, waterproofing, and windows, is conducting "AlliedBuilding.com Free Gas Giveaway," in which five winners will receive free gas for one year. The...

Epic Construction.(Abilene Texas State Veterans Cemetery)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Staff Epic Construction has begun work on the new Abilene Texas State Veterans Cemetery. Located on a rolling field near Lake Fort Phantom Hill, four miles north of Interstate 20, the 63-acre cemetery will have an ultimate capacity of...

Linbeck.(Linbeck Construction Corp's contract with Rice University )(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Staff Construction is under way at Rice University in Houston on Brochstein Pavilion, an innovative new structure that will become a gathering place for students, faculty and staff. Linbeck is building the new 6,042-square-foot facility,...

Hill & Wilkinson.
December 3, 2007... Staff Hill & Wilkinson, Ltd. reports more than $50 million in new construction contracts during the past quarter, citing strong construction activity in retail, sports, education, aviation, and health care. Among the project awards are the...

United Rentals.(new branch)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Staff The new United Rentals branch in Amarillo is now open at 4438 Canyon Drive, just north of SW 45th Ave. and west of I-27 following their grand opening in late September. "We are excited to be a part of the economic development in...

JCD Construction.(Clark Construction Company Inc's contract with VIA bus line )
December 3, 2007... By Liz Moucka Teaming with Clark Construction of Texas to install concrete bus pads along San Antonio streets. San Antonio streets have been feeling the weight of bus traffic the past few years with sections adjacent to bus stops...

Austin Commercial In Block 21.(contract with Stratus Properties)(Brief article)
December 3, 2007... Staff Austin Commercial has begun construction for Austin-based Stratus Properties and the Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund on their Block 21 development in Austin. Occupying a former vacant lot in downtown Austin's 2nd Street District, Block 21...

TBG Partners Knows Texas Landscaping Heals.
December 3, 2007... Staff The landscape architecture and planning firm, TBG Partners, has provided site planning, sustainable design and landscape architectural services for the new 32-acre Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, located at the...

Burt-Watts.(Burt-Watts Industries, Inc's contract with Seton Medical Center)(Brief article)
December 17, 2007... Staff Burt-Watts Industries, Inc., a leading Austin-based commercial general contracting firm, was selected to provide general contracting and construction management services for the Seton Family of Hospitals' new 7,000-square-foot,...

HOK Houston.(appointment of Michael Lu and Keith Knickerbocker)(Brief article)
December 17, 2007... Staff Michael Lu has joined HOK Houston as a registered MEP engineer. Michael brings with him over 13 years of experience in completing Engineering objectives for the design and delivery of projects in a number of markets including Higher...

Roadtec.(appointment of Jamie Winkler )(Brief article)
December 17, 2007... Staff Roadtec announces the appointment of Jamie Winkler as National Sales Manager-South. Winkler will cover the southeastern U.S. and Texas. He was promoted to the position after having successfully covered his own territory since 2005....

Watson and Chalin.(Boler Company is acquiring Watson and Chalin Manufacturing Inc.)(Brief article)
December 17, 2007... Staff Officials of The Boler Company have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Watson and Chalin Manufacturing, Inc. Watson and Chalin is a premier manufacturer of truck drive-axle suspensions; auxiliary suspensions including steerable...

MasonGreenstar.(papercrete-block factory )(Brief article)
December 17, 2007... Staff Zach Rabon, president and founder of MasonGreenstar, an alternative building company, plans to open a papercrete-block factory in Mason, Texas, by year's end. The plant will be able to create 7,500 blocks in a 10-hour cycle - or up...

PS&Co./Sprouse & Anderson.(Padgett Stratemann and Co.)(Sprouse and Anderson LLP)(Brief article)
December 17, 2007... Staff San Antonio-based Padgett, Stratemann & Co. LLP (PS&Co.), one of the largest CPA and business advisory firms in Texas, has merged with Sprouse & Anderson LLP, a leading Austin-based CPA firm. PS&Co. clients include a variety of...

Austin Commercial.(contract with Granite Properties Inc.)(Brief article)
December 17, 2007... Staff Austin Commercial is the general contractor for Granite Properties and Gables Residential's two-tower high-rise complex on Akard Street. The $200-million complex will consist of a 24-story residential tower with 296 apartments and a...

Call For Nominees.
December 17, 2007... Staff Nominations are now being accepted for the ARA Insurance Services/National Equipment Register Award, an honor bestowed upon an individual who has helped the equipment rental industry fight equipment theft. The ARA Insurance...

Walker Parking.(Walker Parking Consultants appointed Gina Nichols )(Brief article)
December 17, 2007... Staff Walker Parking Consultants, the nation's recognized leader in parking consulting, has appointed Gina Nichols as director of business development for the company's Houston office. Nichols has more than six years of experience in the...

WALTER P MOORE.(Walter P. Moore and Associates Inc's Matthew Brightman won the Javier F. Horvilleur Outstanding Young Engineer Award)(promotion of James Jacobi and Viral Patel)(Brief article)
December 17, 2007... Staff WALTER P MOORE announces that Matthew Brightman, P.E., S.E., LEEDA[R] AP, has been chosen the 2007 recipient of the firm's "Javier F. Horvilleur Outstanding Young Engineer Award." Brightman is a Senior Associate and Project Manager...

McCarthy.(McCarthy Building Companies Inc. Texas Div. appointed Richard Lester )(Brief article)
December 17, 2007... Staff McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. recent hired Richard Lester as senior project manager for the firm's Texas Division. He is currently working on the Dallas County Institute for Forensic Science. Prior to joining McCarthy, Lester...

Editor's Report.
December 17, 2007... By Liz Moucka This issue includes the final installment of our Construction Industry Education series. Each installment included two articles in our local book - one written with a national perspective, the other with regional emphasis....

Highways To Usher In The Troops.
December 17, 2007... By Liz Moucka J.D. Abrams builds and improves series of highways in and around Fort Bliss. Having multiple projects located continuously is an advantage for any contractor in managing equipment, materials and crews. Such is the...

Frost Constructors Energizes Delivery for Citizens Bank.
December 17, 2007... Staff Logistical challenges forced Frost Constructors to "jump through the hoop" on this fast-tracked project. Frost Constructors, Inc. recently completed construction of a new bank building that changed the face of Humble, Texas. The...

Keeping The Best.
December 17, 2007... By Liz Moucka Train and retain the great staff you have in a competitive market. Teach Them English Irene Zucker, a consultant and principle of VerbaComA[R] Executive Development in Plano, is president of the Dallas Chapter of the...