Texas Contractor articles from July 2008

Texas Contractor archives from July 2008

Turner Begins Cedar Valley College Project.
July 7, 2008... Staff Cedar Valley College (CVC) and Turner Construction Company broke ground in early April on CVC's new 108,000-square-foot Science and Veterinary Technology Building at 3030 North Dallas Avenue in Lancaster, about 15 miles south of...

Walter P Moore Promotions.
July 7, 2008... Staff Jennifer L. Peek, P.E., PTOE, has been named managing director of Houston Traffic Engineering Services for WALTER P MOORE. She was recently recognized as a 10-year employee at the 2008 stockholder's meeting and is a principal with...

Westwood Promotes Kensing, Segura.
July 7, 2008... Staff Westwood Contractors, Inc. is pleased to announce the promotions of two senior staff members. Lisa Kensing assumes the position of vice president and chief financial officer. Kensing joined Westwood's accounting department in 2007,...

HKS Opens Arlington Office.
July 7, 2008... Staff HKS, Inc. celebrated the opening of its new Arlington office with a ceremonial ribbon cutting with (left to right) Nasser Gittiban, associate with HKS, Inc.; Wes Jurey, president and CEO of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce; Robert...

Iron Planet Auctions Growing.
July 7, 2008... Staff IronPlanet[R] (www.ironplanet.com ) online auction company completed a record-breaking first quarter, with gross auction sales of $77.6 million -- an increase of 135 percent over the first quarter of 2007. IronPlanet, which...

Dow Chemical Opens New Plant.
July 7, 2008... Staff The Dow Chemical Company celebrated the startup of the new phenolic glycol ethers production plant in Freeport. The new plant will serve the growing demand for several grades of DOWANOL(TM) Propylene Glycol Phenyl Ether (PPh) and...

Vestas Chooses Houston for Wind Research.
July 7, 2008... Staff Vestas, the world's largest supplier of wind turbines, has chosen Houston as the location for its new research center in the USA. The Houston-based center will further consolidate Vestas' presence in one of its main markets. ...

State Auditor Warns of Insufficient Dam Inspections.
July 7, 2008... From the Texas Contractor Austin Bureau Texas has nearly 1,700 dams that pose risk of high or significant loss of life or property if they should fail, but the state is failing to provide timely and adequate inspections of those structures,...

Glowacki Leads Turner in Houston.(Turner Construction Company has appointed Joe Glowacki)(Brief article)
July 7, 2008... Staff Turner Construction Company has appointed Joe Glowacki vice president and general manager for Turner's Houston region. Glowacki will have overall responsibilities for implementation and delivery of Turner's Houston-area projects and...

Skanska Promotes J.P. Chandler.
July 7, 2008... Staff Skanska USA Building Inc. announced today the promotion of J.P. Chandler to senior project manager for its Houston office. During his eight years with Skanska, Chandler has primarily been involved with the construction management of...

Bury + Partners Hires Ross.
July 7, 2008... Staff Bury+Partners announces the addition of Patrick J. Ross, P.E. as a senior associate/senior project manager in their Houston office. Ross brings nearly 20 years of experience in the planning, design and construction of highway and...

Reusable Cofferdam Keeps Project Green.
July 7, 2008... Article by Liz Moucka Portadam helps Austin Bridge & Road work "green" to make the Gruene's River Bridge safer for rafters. The small town of Gruene (pronounced 'green') is barely a speck on the Texas map near New Braunfels, between...

TxDOT Fort Worth Tests TXI ESA.
July 7, 2008... By Liz Moucka Reduced settling of embankment with expanded shale aggregate saves taxpayer dollars. Results of a study are coming in regarding the amount of settlement in a bridge embankment experiment along SH 360 in Grand Prairie. The...

Zeus Dethroned.
July 7, 2008... Article by Liz Moucka Cleveland Wrecking has removed the derelict mobile offshore drilling rig near Freeport. The tale of the drilling rig known as Zeus came to an end in early July. The 190-foot-tall Zeus Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit...

Linbeck Group.
July 21, 2008... Staff Melvin Hildebrandt , Linbeck Group, LLC vice chairman, has been elected to serve as a board member of Trelligence, Inc., a building information modeling software development company. He also serves on Linbeck's board of directors and...

Good Fulton & Farrell.
July 21, 2008... Staff Dallas-based Good Fulton & Farrell, one of the largest architecture firms in North Texas, announces the promotion of six new principals to the ownership team. The title of principal is used at Good Fulton & Farrell to denote...

Robroy Industries.(Robroy Industries Inc. has promoted Starla Bickerstaff)(Brief article)
July 21, 2008... Staff The Conduit Division of Robroy Industries has promoted one of its associates, Starla Bickerstaff , to marketing manager/director of Corrosion College. Bickerstaff began with Robroy Industries in August 2005 as executive...

Walton Construction Company.
July 21, 2008... Staff David Pinson, president of the Dallas Division of Walton Construction Company, LLC, recently announced the hiring of Matt Allen as project executive. "Matt has more than 27 years of industry knowledge and experience in project...

QUOIN AGC.(Associated General Contractors of America )(Brief article)
July 21, 2008... Staff The QUOIN Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) has announced the officers of its 2008 board of directors. QUOIN is the local trade association whose membership includes commercial contractors, service and...

Civil Engineering Consultants Announces New Hire.
July 21, 2008... Staff Civil Engineering Consultants (CEC) announced the addition of George W. Peck , P.E. as development division manager. Peck is a registered Professional Engineer with 17 years of experience in land development. His experience includes...

John A. Daugherty Jr. Elected To Luxury Real Estate/Board Of Regents' Executive Committee.
July 21, 2008... Staff The Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents has elected John Daugherty Jr. -- founder/president of Houston-based John Daugherty, Realtors -- as one of the 12 new members to its Executive Committee. John Daugherty Jr. will serve as...

Texas Changing Procurement Proposals.
July 21, 2008... By Liz Moucka I was planning this month's report to highlight all the wind power developments that have been announced for the Lone Star State over the past few weeks -- from T. Boone Pickens making known his plans to build a $10-billion,...

Topcon Automated Trimmer Speeds Grade Prep.
July 21, 2008... By Daniel C. Brown T.J. Lambrecht Construction outfitted their GOMACO road base trimmer with GPS controls. Building a new highway by conventional methods is a laborious process. Getting a perfect grade often involves base...

No Room to Maneuver.
July 21, 2008... By David Pinson, Walton Construction Company Walton Construction faces challenges of working in tight space at Palomar in Dallas. When developing a hotel, anyone in the construction industry will say success depends on location,...

AirHogs Alight In Grand Prairie.
July 21, 2008... Article by Liz Moucka Hill & Wilkinson oversees construction of new family-oriented baseball venue in North Texas Illustrations courtesy of Hill & Wilkinson Grand Prairie has a history rich in aviation. It is home to the Naval Air...

Addison Vitruvian Park.
July 21, 2008... Staff Site preparation has begun on Vitruvian Park, a billion-dollar multifamily, retail and commercial development commencing construction in Addison, Texas, a growing community adjoining the north side of Dallas. The 99-acre sustainable...

Bartlett Cocke Builds MARC at San Antonio.(Medical Arts and Research Center)
July 21, 2008... Staff San Antonio-based Bartlett Cocke General Contractors recently topped out the new clinical practice home for The UT Health Science Center and conducted a tour of for media and local officials. The facility will be called the Medical...