Texas Contractor articles from February 2007

Texas Contractor archives from February 2007

Watson.(Watson Inc. has opened a new manufacturing facility )(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Staff Watson Inc., a Fort Worth-based manufacturer of auger-type foundation drilling equipment, has opened a new and larger manufacturing facility located adjacent to their existing shop and corporate office. The new building contains 10...

HDR.(appointment of Arthur "Bud" Colwell at HDR Inc.'s Shiner Moseley office)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Staff HDR has named Arthur "Bud" Colwell vice president at its Corpus Christi HDR/Shiner Moseley office. Colwell is a senior project manager whose primary area of expertise is in structural and marine engineering. A registered professional...

Weaver and Tidwell.(James (Jim) R. Jordan has joined the board of Construction Financial Management Association )(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Staff James (Jim) R. Jordan , CPA, director of construction services for Weaver and Tidwell, LLP, has been named to the board of the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA). Jordan has more than 30 years of accounting...

HOK.
February 5, 2007... Staff HOK/Houston welcomes Fred Vasquez as senior project manager, Manuel Esquivel as senior project manager, Ryan Wilson as senior interior designer and John Dupuy as urban designer. Fred Vasquez has over 19 years of management...

Pape-Dawson.(promotion of Todd Blackmon, David Martinez and Curtis Ostrander at Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers Inc.)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Staff Todd Blackmon , P.E. has been promoted to Sr. Project Manager for Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. He received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University in 1996 and has been working for Pape-Dawson since graduation....

CEC.(appointment of Ismael (Ish) Garza at Civil Engineering Consultants's transportation division)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Staff Civil Engineering Consultants (CEC) has welcomed Ismael (Ish) Garza , P.E., PTOE as senior traffic engineer in their Transportation Division. Garza has 34 years of civil and traffic engineering experience. During his years of...

TERP.(Texas Emissions Reduction Plan)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Staff The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced a round of Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) grants with an application deadline of February 28, 2007. For this round, the cost per ton limits on non-road projects...

North Tarrant Express.
February 5, 2007... Staff The Fort Worth District of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has requested private sector proposals to speed up development of the North Tarrant Express. Approximately one-quarter of the needed funding has been...

Cherokee Bridge & Road.(Department of Transportation's contract for replacing bridges )(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Staff TxDOT will be replacing three aging concrete bridges built in 1930s on old US 290 [FM 3078] just west of the Balmorhea State Park in southwestern Reeves County. Cherokee Bridge & Road will be replacing the existing 24-foot-wide...

H.H. Howard and Sons.(H.H. Howard and Sons, Inc.)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Staff The busy lighted intersection of US 259 and State Highway 155 north of Ore City near Gilmer in northeast Texas will be replaced with a grade-separated interchange. H.H. Howard and Sons, Inc. of Daingerfield was awarded the TxDOT...

Bay Ltd.(Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
February 5, 2007... Staff The Texas Department of Transportation and Bay, Ltd. will begin widening RM 2828 from FM 3240 to SH 16 in Bandera County. The work on the 3.3-mile section of RM 2828 is part of the safety bond funding. The $1.3-million project...

Hunter Industries.
February 5, 2007... Staff Hunter Industries has completed a $48.8-million upgrade to IH 35 through New Braunfels six months ahead of schedule. Crews upgraded this segment to eight main lanes and frontage roads from just south of SH 46 north to north of BUS...

City of Irving.
February 5, 2007... Staff Officials from the city of Irving, the University of Dallas and Southwest Premier Properties have been meeting with developers in hopes of turning about 350 acres of the area surrounding Texas Stadium into major mixed-use development...

Weaver and Tidwell.
February 5, 2007... Staff Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P. has merged with McDonald, Fox and Lund, P.C. Founded in 1950, Dallas-based Weaver and Tidwell represents a broad range of clients including publicly and privately held businesses and corporations and...

Jack of all Trades.
February 5, 2007... By Larry Trojak Genie Telehandler fills many needs for Brazos County Sheriff's Office construction. Material handling, something of a generic, catch-all phrase, has recently started to take on a whole new significance on today's job...

Do-It-Yourself Project.(San Antonio Water System)
February 5, 2007... By Kimberly Paggioli, P.E., Marketing Manager, HOBAS Pipe USA City crews slipline a sewer line in San Antonio "We can do that," occurred to the San Antonio Water System (SAWS), and they were right. This city-owned public utility now...

Presbyterian Hospital's Hamon Tower.
February 5, 2007... Staff This past November, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas broke ground on a new six-story patient-bed tower, named the Hamon Tower in recognition of Dallas philanthropist Nancy B. Hamon's $10-million gift to the Presbyterian Healthcare...

Cadence McShane.(contract with PM Realty Group L.P.)(Brief article)
February 19, 2007... Staff Cadence McShane Corporation has been selected by developer PM Realty Group to complete Block B at Park Lane, a new 3,000,000-square-foot, mixed-use development including retail, dining, grocery, residential, entertainment, and luxury...

Tellepsen.(Tellepsen Builders L.P.)(Brief article)
February 19, 2007... Staff Tellepsen Builders was recently awarded $73 million in liturgical construction projects in the Greater Houston area. The combined projects include new worship, administrative and recreational facilities for Prince of Peace Catholic...

Weir Bros.
February 19, 2007... Staff Weir Bros. Inc., one of Dallas' largest excavating and construction companies, has purchased 81 acres from Hillwood near the BNSF Intermodal Yard at the Alliance Global Logistics Hub to develop a container storage facility. Weir...

Group Contractors.
February 19, 2007... Staff Group Contractors, LLC, an industrial construction company with an office in Deer Park, has hired Bill Nasse as business development manager. Nasse will be responsible for marketing Group's construction capabilities to the...

Granite Properties.
February 19, 2007... Staff Granite Properties President Michael Dardick has announced that Gregory P. Fuller has been promoted to chief operating officer (COO), a new position for the firm. As COO, Fuller will have full responsibility for Granite's "Service...

Pape-Dawson.(appointments of Eric Simpson, Dustin Goss and Matthew W. McLeod at Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers Inc.)(Brief article)
February 19, 2007... Staff The Officers of Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. have announced several new additions. Eric Simpson , P.E., sr. project manager, received his Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University in 1992. Mr. Simpson...

Atlas Copco.(appointment of Keith Becker and Thomas M. Ling at Atlas Copco Construction Tools LLC)(Brief article)
February 19, 2007... Staff Atlas Copco Construction Tools LLC has appointed Keith Becker as the new national service manager, responsible for sales at the Texas and Ohio service centers. Becker brings many years of hydraulic systems experience to his position....

Breakers In Galveston Bay.(Traylor Brothers Inc.)
February 19, 2007... By Liz Moucka Five Allied hammers help Traylor Bros. break the concrete of the old causeway. The latest in a 147-year-long history of causeways connecting Galveston Island to the mainland is beautifully taking shape. Traylor Bros....

The Leading Edge.
February 19, 2007... Staff Staggered shanks turn rippers and buckets into trenchers. Somewhere in the Texas Hill Country, a few contractors who wish to remain anonymous slice through the native limestone, a.k.a. Austin chalk, blue shale, not with a...

Women In Construction Week.
February 19, 2007... Staff The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of Women in Construction (WIC) Week March 4-10. NAWIC exists to enhance the success of women in the construction industry, and every...