Texas Contractor articles from February 2006

Texas Contractor archives from February 2006

Centex.(opens new facilities)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Staff Centex Construction's Fort Worth office announces the topping out of the $65-million Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. This new 375,000-square-foot health care complex will serve the southern region of the Dallas/Fort Worth...

Cadence McShane.(Cadence McShane Corporation been appointed)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Staff Neal L. Harper, president of Cadence McShane Corporation, has announced that M. Shawn Pyatt has been promoted from controller to vice president -- finance at the construction firm's headquarters location in Dallas. As vice president...

Thornton-Tomasetti.(appoints Kim Lin )(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Staff Thornton-Tomasetti Group, a 500-person international engineering and design firm, announced that Kim Lin , P.E., has been promoted to senior associate from associate. A registered engineer with over 24 years of project management...

HKS.
February 6, 2006... Staff HKS, Inc., a top-five architectural firm, has announced a number of in-house promotions. Danny Babin, AIA; Matthew Clear, AIA, NCARB; Jess Corrigan, AIA; and John Hesseler, AIA, have been promoted to principals/senior vice...

Hanson.(achievements and awards)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Staff Hanson Brick, the largest brick manufacturer in North America, recently presented two major performance awards to its Athens, Texas, brick manufacturing facility -- "Plant of the Year" and "Best in Class." The Athens plant, which...

Cowboys Stadium.
February 6, 2006... Staff Tarrant County work crews have begun demolition of the more than 150 Arlington residences and small business structures that will be removed to make way for the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. According to the city of Arlington, reusable...

ROMCO.
February 6, 2006... Staff A strong year in the Texas construction industry helped heavy equipment distributor ROMCO Equipment Company command some national attention. United Rotary Brush presented ROMCO with their President's Award after ROMCO's sales of...

Dallas Performing Arts.
February 6, 2006... Staff Groundbreaking ceremonies recently signaled the start of construction on the $275-million Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. The following venues comprising the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts will represent the highest...

MEDCO.(Baylor All Saints Medical Center adds facilities)(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Staff Baylor All Saints Medical Center broke ground in December on its largest expansion ever. The 99-year-old medical center is adding a 92-bed women's hospital on the southwest corner of Eighth Ave. and West Magnolia Ave. in Fort Worth,...

Brownsville.(Brief Article)
February 6, 2006... Staff The 1937 George Kraigher House in Brownsville has been saved from demolition thanks to an agreement between the city and the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College (UTB/TSC) to allow the university to take over...

ARTBA.(American Road & Transportation Builders Association)
February 6, 2006... Staff The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) issued a call for nominations for its 7th annual "PRIDE Awards," which honor "excellence in community relations and public...

McCarthy.
February 6, 2006... Staff McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has hired Kyle Masters as marketing coordinator for the firm's Texas Division. In this role, Masters will be responsible for preparing proposal responses, graphic design, presentations, award...

Live Sliplining.(water pipe installation)
February 6, 2006... By Phil Snyder, The Snyder Agency, for HOBAS Pipe USA Summit Contracting installs HOBAS pipe under live runway in McAllen. A federal mandate, rehabilitation of a water supply line at a Texas airport and a very special water pipe from...

Concrete Results.
February 6, 2006... Staff North Texas city's street reconstruction projects produce "concrete" results Article provided by the Cement Council of Texas. Most cities have departments, processes and budgets devoted to the replacement of older, worn out...

Proprietary Mix Designs.
February 6, 2006... Staff TACA's Position Statement #1 advocates performance, not prescription, to ensure results. Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association There has been a quiet, yet strong and steady, movement that has begun regarding mix design...

Manhattan Construction.
February 20, 2006... Staff Manhattan Construction Company recently hosted its fifth annual charity golf tournament at Cypresswood Golf Club in Houston. This year's tournament included 224 golfers and raised approximately $28,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy...

Aon.
February 20, 2006... Staff Aon Construction Services Group announces the appointment of Phil Shaw as director, Surety. In this role, Shaw will be responsible for primary account management duties on commercial and contract accounts for the Dallas office,...

The Allen Group.(appoints Leslie Jutzi)(Brief Article)
February 20, 2006... Staff Leslie Jutzi has joined The Allen Group's Texas operations, The Dallas Logistics Hub, where she will direct governmental affairs and community relations efforts. Jutzi comes to The Allen Group from the city of Callas, where she was...

ARTBA.(American Road and Transportation Builders Association honors Randy Machemehl )(Brief Article)
February 20, 2006... Staff Randy Machemehl , an engineering professional at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, is the 2005 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) S.S. Steinberg Award. The award was announced January...

Insituform.(Insituform Technologies Inc. awarded)(Brief Article)
February 20, 2006... Staff Insituform Technologies, Inc. has been named the 2005 Contractor of the Year by the North Texas Branch of the American Public Works Association/Texas Public Works Association. "Insituform is the type of contractor we love to work...

RCMA.
February 20, 2006... Staff W.J. "Skip" Leonard, director of Technical Service for the Henry Company, Garland has been installed as secretary-treasurer of the Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association. The Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association is the...

Quoin.(Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America appoints )(Brief Article)
February 20, 2006... Staff The QUOIN Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America has announced the officers of its 2006 board of directors: Board Chair Robert V. Barnes Jr., Dee Brown, Inc. Chair Elect Wally Bryce, Coronado Builders, Ltd....

PSA-Dewberry.(gets contract for Rockwall County public libraries)(Brief Article)
February 20, 2006... Staff The Dallas office of PSA-Dewberry, an award-winning architectural/engineering firm that has designed major library projects throughout the country, has been selected to design the new 52,000-square-foot Rockwall County Public Library...

RSC.(RSC Equipment Rental opens new store at Fort Worth)(Brief Article)
February 20, 2006... Staff RSC Equipment Rental recently opened a new store in Weatherford, west of Fort Worth. The facility is situated on two acres at 2201 Tin Top Road, Suite 400, and provides customers with access to a fleet size of $3 million and more...

TTC.(Texas Transportation Commission authorizes)(Brief Article)
February 20, 2006... Staff During their January meeting, the Texas Transportation Commission authorized a $13-million construction project that will improve roads around the Red River Army Depot near Texarkana. "This action by the Texas Transportation...

HKS.
February 20, 2006... Staff Craig Beale , FAIA, FACHA, CHC, CHE, a principal for 13 years with Dallas-based HKS, Inc., has been elected to the firm's executive committee. Beale takes his place in the firm's four-person executive committee comprised of Ronald L....

Pape-Dawson.
February 20, 2006... Staff Pape-Dawson Engineers has named Thomas A. "Tom" Griebel vice president, Corporate Development to lead strategic business development initiatives, with emphasis on the firm's Austin office. Most recently, Griebel served as the...

Cadence McShane.
February 20, 2006... Staff Glenn A. Denham has been promoted from director of Business Development to vice president - Business Development for Cadence McShane's headquarters in Dallas. A 23-year veteran of the construction industry, Denham joined Cadence...

HOLT CAT.(Frank L. Warren Jr. appointed)(Brief Article)
February 20, 2006... Staff HOLT CATA[R] recently announced the appointment of Frank L. Warren Jr. as general manager for HOLT Rental Services. In addition to his new responsibilities, Warren will continue to manage all aspects of governmental, paving,...

MCG.
February 20, 2006... Staff Manitowoc Crane Group has appointed Chuck Mogged to its America's management team as senior vice president of operations. Reporting directly to John Wheeler, executive vice president of MCG Americas, he will be responsible for...

Editor's Report.
February 20, 2006... By Liz Moucka The announcement in January from the U.S. Commerce Department about the "Agreement in Principle" with Mexico on cement imports came as welcome news to local contractors. Even with the numerous upgraded cement...

Katy Freeway.
February 20, 2006... Article by Richard G. Pickard Dissected and reconstructed, this Houston freeway yield firsts and opportunities for research. Houston's Katy Freeway, as the 24-mile section of IH-10 west of downtown Houston is known, was designed and...

Dos Puentes.(developed by Gilbert Texas Construction Corp.)
February 20, 2006... Staff Gilbert Texas completes Corpus Christi's I-37/US 77 interchange in half the time. In English, it means two bridges. These two bridges, with a construction value of $8.8 million, will soon improve traffic flow and safety for...

Research By Rental.(of construction equipments )
February 20, 2006... By Ed Sullivan Roger Landry finds the right portable saw Roger Landry's apprenticeship in masonry began at a very young age, helping his father build high-end brick and stone homes in Indiana. Although only 12 years old, the youngster...

Kevlar Storm Room.
February 20, 2006... Staff Texans are well acquainted with the destruction caused by both hurricane and tornadoes. We have been taught the "safe" places, and pass the knowledge on to our children, but most loss of life from wind damage occurs when tornadoes...

Belle Oaks.(resort community destroyed in Hurricane Rita)(Brief Article)
February 20, 2006... Staff Amid the destruction of Hurricane Rita, stately pine and oak trees of a 157-acre golf course/boating community development under construction near Beaumont also succumbed to the wrath of nature. Jerry Braxton, co-developer of the...