Texas Contractor articles from July 2007

Texas Contractor archives from July 2007

Aliana.
July 2, 2007... Staff Dignitaries gathered with Aliana Development Company to mark the groundbreaking and official start of construction for Aliana, a 2,000-acre mixed-use development located at the east side of Grand Parkway and FM 1464 in Fort Bend...

PPG.
July 2, 2007... Staff PPG Industries of Pittsburgh has appointed Robert Krystyniak as manager, strategic alliances, for the company's Construction Market Team where he will identify and develop collaborative opportunities in the construction market....

ICI.
July 2, 2007... Staff Jason A. Robin has joined Interface Consulting International, Inc. as project consultant. With a growing demand in the industrial marketplace, Robin will be responsible for quantifying and analyzing construction claims dealing with...

LAN.
July 2, 2007... Staff Five LAN Engineers from its Infrastructure Group have been selected to speak at 2007 ASCE International Pipelines Conference in Boston, Mass. The group, directed by LAN vice president Rafael Ortega , P.E., will also highlight its...

Hensley.
July 2, 2007... Staff Dallas-based Hensley Industries, Inc. has announced that their new foundry in China is online and in production as of April 1, 2007. This new production facility, operating under the name of Hensley Lingfeng, replaces the original...

Mack Truck.
July 2, 2007... Staff Bruckner Truck Sales, Amarillo, Texas, was selected by Mack Trucks, Inc. as their U.S. Distributor of the Year. Bruckner operates nine locations in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, and has been a Mack distributor since 1948. B.M....

Boyer.(Boyer Inc. contract with AUSA)(Brief article)
July 2, 2007... Staff Boyer, Inc. has recently become a distributor for the equipment manufacturer AUSA, and will sell a complete line of AUSA equipment at its northwest Houston facility where it also plans to offer parts and service. Its staff of...

Cadence McShane.(Jones Development Company)(Industrial Works Investment Fund)(Brief article)
July 2, 2007... Staff Jones Development Company and Industrial Works Investment Fund have selected the Dallas office of Cadence McShane to construct I-45 Tradeport I, a new 520,000-square-foot industrial facility. The speculative facility is the first...

Port of Houston.
July 2, 2007... Staff On May 11, the Port of Houston Authority and the Port of Galveston signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore opportunities for the development and use of property on Pelican Island. The MOU calls for both ports to...

HOK.(appointment of Lyn Rosenberg-Johnson and Mike Stagner at Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum Inc.)(Brief article)
July 2, 2007... Staff Lyn Rosenberg-Johnson has joined HOK Houston as associate project architect. Ms. Rosenberg-Johnson has nearly 10 years of experience in institutional, industrial, commercial, and residential facilities for governmental agencies as...

Fibrebond.
July 2, 2007... Staff Rich Horton has joined Fibrebond Corporation as director of Business Development within the school construction sector for Texas. Fibrebond, the leading manufacturer of concrete structures for the education, telecommunications and...

Hillwood.(achievement of Russell Laughlin)(Hillwood Properties)(Brief article)
July 2, 2007... Staff Russell Laughlin , Hillwood Properties senior vice president and 35W Coalition Transportation Committee chairman, was recognized as a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Road Hand, the department's highest honor that...

Dallas' First Calatrava Bridge.
July 2, 2007... Staff Williams Bros. Construction has begun work on the first of three signature bridges designed by Santiago Calatrava for the Trinity River Corridor. Williams Bros. Construction Co. Inc. has begun building the first Calatrava...

Meeting North Texas Water Demands.(Boyer Inc.)
July 2, 2007... Staff Barge-mounted Link-Belt crane is the key to an unusual water pipeline trenching project for Boyer, Inc. north of Fort Worth. The Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) is now in the process of expanding its raw water conveyance...

TAMU.(Texas A&M University)(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... Staff The Texas A&M University System's board of regents has approved plans for construction of a $100-million engineering building at Texas A&M University. Perkins+Will of Houston is the architect for the project, which has not yet been...

AUI.(appointment of Mario Carbone and promotion of Mitch Chappell and Tony Rader at AUI Contractors)(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... Staff AUI Contractors, a full-service general contractor serving the public and private sectors, has promoted Mitch Chappell to director of civil construction services and Tony Rader to director of sales and marketing and hired Mario...

Bury+Partners.(appointments of Dwayne Shoppa, Diego Gonzalez and Charles Hickman)(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... Staff Bury+Partners has welcomed Dwayne Shoppa to their team as a project manager. Shoppa has over six years of experience in general civil site work, water, wastewater, drainage, grading, road, storm sewer, stormwater detention, and water...

PB.(appointment of Lisa Nungesser at International Advisory Board of The Women's Transportation Seminar)(Parsons Brinckerhoff)(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... Staff Lisa Nungesser, a senior vice president at PB (Parsons Brinckerhoff), has been named to the International Advisory Board of The Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) for a four-year assignment. WTS is a national organization dedicated...

CEC.(appointment of Charles Aldrete at Civil Engineering Consultants )(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... Staff Civil Engineering Consultants (CEC) has welcomed Charles Aldrete, P.E., as a senior project manager in their Transportation Division. Aldrete has 25 years of experience in the design and management of freeways, urban streets and...

CEI Roofing Texas.
July 16, 2007... Staff CEI Roofing Texas, LLC of Dallas was recently honored by Firestone Building Products for having earned the Master Contractor Award every year since its inception. For the past 20 years, Firestone Building Products Company has...

CMI.(new door manufacturing plant from CraftMaster Manufacturing Inc.)(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... Staff CraftMaster Manufacturing, Inc. (CMI) has opened a new door-manufacturing plant in Garland, Texas, to produce its complete line of CraftMasterA[R] Interior Doors. The 253,000-square-foot facility, located just northeast of Dallas, is...

AT&V.(tank storage and pipeline facilities contracts of American Tank and Vessel Inc.)(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... Staff American Tank & Vessel, Inc. (AT&V) has received board approval from the Export-Import bank of the United States ( Ex-Im Bank) for the development of tank storage and pipeline facilities for The Republic of Ghana. AT&V based in...

Walter P. Moore.(national winner for construction of University of Phoenix Stadium)(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... Staff The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has announced that Walter P. Moore is the National Winner ($75 Million & Greater category) of its 2007 IDEAS2 Awards for the University of Phoenix Stadium. The IDEAS2...

TxDOT.(resignation of Michael Behrens at Texas Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... Staff Michael Behrens, executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation, has announced that he will retire from the department at the end of this fiscal year, August 31. Behrens, a 37-year TxDOT veteran, has served six years as...

McGillivray Consulting.
July 16, 2007... Staff Dallas-based Bearfire Resorts LLC has hired McGillivray Consulting Group (MCG) of Orlando, Fla., as the project manager for a winter sport-themed resort in the Dallas/Fort Worth midcities. Bearfire Resort will use "Snowflex," a...

C&B.(appoinment of David R. Messersmith at Carter and Burgess Inc.)(Brief article)
July 16, 2007... Staff David R. Messersmith, FAIA, has joined Carter & Burgess as senior project manager, focused on higher education and institutional projects in the Building Programs division of Carter & Burgess - Fort Worth. Among his many...

Speed Fab-Crete.
July 16, 2007... Staff David Bloxom, veteran Fort Worth/Dallas design-builder, has been elected president of the Southwest chapter of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA). Bloxom is president of Speed Fab-Crete, 55-year-old full-service...

Editor's Report.(new bills for construction industry)(Editorial)
July 16, 2007... By Liz Moucka The 80th Texas Legislature has adjourned from another interesting session and Governor Perry has not given indication of calling a special session in the near future. One of the most notorious bills this session dealt...

Planning Ahead.(plans for wastewater treatment capacity expansion)
July 16, 2007... By Sarah M. Kresta, P.E., LAN, Inc. and Liz Moucka, Texas Contractor Rosenberg expands their wastewater treatment capacity in preparation for the influx of Houston suburbanites headed their way. Fort Bend County southwest of Houston...

Fraser Mining To The Rescue.(use of high density polyethylene pipes)
July 16, 2007... By Matt Schroder, The Plastics Pipe Institute Emergency HDPE pipeline helps save Corsicana from severe drought conditions The drought of 2005-06 is on record as being one of the worst in North Texas' recorded history. Community leaders...

HDPE Pipeline Helps Corsicana Weather Drought.
July 16, 2007... By Matt Schroder, The Plastics Pipe Institute Fraseer Mining installs 26,000 linear feet of line in 16 days. The drought of 2005-06 is on record as being one of the worst in North Texas' recorded history. Community leaders throughout...

ACP Feature Articles Online: www.acppubs.com.
July 16, 2007... Staff You can find these articles on the ACP website under the respective magazine's title. Simply go to www.acppubs.com . California Builder & Engineer RDO At Working Show Site A well-attended RDO Equipment Co."California Big...

Rosenberg Plans For Population Growth.(LAN Inc.)
July 16, 2007... By Sarah M. Kresta, P.E., LAN, Inc. and Liz Moucka, Texas Contractor LAN, Inc. engineers and LEM Construction expand this wastewater treatment facility in preparation for the influx of Houston suburbanites headed their way. Fort Bend...