Texas Contractor articles from July 2005

Texas Contractor archives from July 2005

Tellepsen.(Student housing projects)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Staff Tellepsen Builders of Houston has recently been awarded five multi-family housing projects totaling $60.6 million. One of the company's most unique student housing projects, The Sanctuary Lofts, will turn a 70-year-old church in San...

United Rentals.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Staff United Rentals, Inc. has opened two new Texas branches. The Lufkin 8,000-square-foot facility at 2508 Spence Street will serve customers in Angelina County with equipment rentals, new and used equipment sales, repair and maintenance...

Volvo Rents.(MBB Equipment Rentals L.L.C opens new center.)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Staff MBB Equipment Rentals, LLC has opened a Volvo Rents center at 401 Interstate 45 South, Conroe, to serve a rapidly growing construction market in the metropolitan Houston area. The new rental center, an independently owned and...

Cadence McShane.
July 4, 2005... Staff The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) will purchase the Riata Gateway shell, an incomplete office building owned by Trammell Crow Co. near Hwy. 183 in Austin. Construction resumed April 29 on the building, which was halted...

TxDOT.(Texas Department of Transportation)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Staff The Texas Department of Transportation's Wichita Falls District Office has announced that the US 82/277 Kell Freeway Direct Connect Interchange with US 287/281 will be built years sooner than expected, thanks to the Texas Mobility...

Sterling.(Sterling Construction's contracts)(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Staff Sterling Construction Company was low bidder on two TxDOT contracts with a combined value of approximately $24 million. The larger of the two awards, valued at over $21.2 million, encompasses the building of storm sewers and concrete...

Cadence McShane Builds For Office/Manufacturing.(Brief Article)
July 4, 2005... Staff Neal L. Harper, president of Cadence McShane Corporation, is pleased to announce that the firm has been selected to construct the new 140,000-square-foot headquarters facility for Special Products & Mfg., Inc. A development of...

Finding The W In Victory.
July 4, 2005... By Richard G. Pickard Hospitality Construction in downtown Dallas is once again on the rise with Hillwood's Victory Plaza. Hillwood Development Company, chaired by Ross Perot Jr., is developing the new Dallas Victory Park Center in...

Safety Awareness For Everyone.
July 4, 2005... Staff North Texas builders learn to promote safe work habits. Thousands of construction workers recently participated in Northeast Texas' first "Construction Safety Stand-Down" promoting incident-free work environments through the...

Southwest Airlines.(Construction of Headquarters)
July 4, 2005... Staff While other airlines are on the verge of bankruptcy, Southwest Airlines continues to grow, being consistently one of the most profitable airlines in the United States since the company was founded in 1971. With their excellent...

Editor's Report.
July 18, 2005... By Liz Moucka On June 17 Gov. Rick Perry signed SB 1354, affecting aggregate quarry operations along the Brazos River watershed in Palo Pinto and Parker counties by establishing a 20-year pilot program of stricter permitting and...

SB 1354.
July 18, 2005... By Liz Moucka, Editor A pilot program targets rock quarries in Palo Pinto and Parker counties within the Brazos River watershed. Gov. Rick Perry recently signed SB 1354, affecting aggregate quarry operations along the Brazos River...

Financial Focus.
July 18, 2005... By Jesse Abercrombie Trusts Can Help You Achieve Estate-Planning Goals I've been interviewing electrical contractors and others in the construction business lately about their perceptions of investing as it relates to working with...

Hillwood/Hines.(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... Staff Momentum at Dallas' Victory Park continues to build as Hines and Hillwood have announced plans to develop a two-phase, two-building, 800,000-square-foot class A office complex just north of downtown Dallas. The first phase, One...

Mack Trucks.(Texas Mack Sales LP)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... Staff Mack Trucks, Inc. has recognized East Texas Mack Sales L.P. of Longview as their top distributor for 2004 in the Southwest Region. Categories included in the selection criteria include sales, facilities, personnel, leasing, service,...

Texas Contractors Equipment.(appointment of Jack Silverman as warehouse distributor)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... Staff Jack Silverman, sales manager, and Ron Bundy, regional manager, of J. A. Echols & Associates Co. representing Slide Sledge, LLC, have announced that Texas Contractors Equipment, Inc. of Houston has been appointed the authorized...

Texas Department of Insurance.(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... Staff Obtaining a surety bond is often a difficult and confusing task for small contractors. To assist Texas contractors, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has developed a special resource page on its website to guide businesses...

ARTBA Study.(American Road and Transportation Builders Association)(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... Staff Annual construction equipment expenditures by highway, bridge and other transportation contractors far outpace those of general building contractors, an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis of U.S....

Walter P. Moore.(Walter P. Moore and Associates Inc. appoints Srinivas M. Sangineni )(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... Staff Walter P. Moore announces that Srinivas M. Sangineni , P.E., has joined the firm as senior associate and managing director, Traffic/ITS Services in the Dallas Infrastructure office. An expert in transportation analysis, advanced...

Hoss Equipment.(appoints Clint Preston )(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... Staff Clint Preston has joined Hoss Equipment Company to direct the day-to-day operations of the Hoss Custom Rebuild Program (HCR), one of the world's most detailed and respected heavy construction and surface mining machinery rebuilding...

MPS Machinery.(appoints Warren Leith )(Brief Article)
July 18, 2005... Staff MPS Machinery is pleased to announce the addition of Warren Leith to the sales force. Formerly a factory representative with Terex-Simplicty, he has lived in Texas for over 20 years. Leith, who resides in Plfugerville, will cover the...

HOLT CAT.(appointments)
July 18, 2005... Staff HOLT CAT, the Caterpillar[R] construction equipment and industrial engine dealer for South, Central, North, and East Texas, has announced a number of new representatives. Arturo Aguero will serve the Laredo area of Webb, Zapata and...