Texas Contractor articles from June 2008

Texas Contractor archives from June 2008

Speed Fab-Crete Goes For TERP.(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Staff Texas State Senator Kenneth 'Kim' Brimer (R-Fort Worth), a fifth-generation Texan who has served the families of Tarrant County in both the Texas Senate and Texas House of Representatives, is pictured here congratulating Speed...

Boyken International Grows Houston Team.(Boyken International has appoints Garry Walker and Krisa Thomas )(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Staff Boyken International, a worldwide program management and consulting firm, has added two members to the company's Houston project management team. Garry Walker and Krisa Thomas will provide support for Boyken International's...

PSI Managers Growing In The Firm.
June 2, 2008... Staff The independent engineering and testing firm, Professional Service Industries, Inc. (PSI), is pleased to announce Drew Curran has successfully completed PSI's Manager-In-Training (MIT) program. Curran is a graduate of the University...

HKS Promotions To Vice President.
June 2, 2008... Staff Dallas-based HKS, Inc., a top-three architectural firm, has promoted Brain Cargill , AIA; Jason Crist , AIA, LEED AP; Sean D'Artra , AIA; Greg Frnka , AIA; Jason Hale , AIA; Shae Hensley , AIA; David Holland , AIA, LEED AP; Zach...

Duke To Build For Galderma.
June 2, 2008... Staff Duke Realty Corporation (Duke) has been selected to develop a 50,000-square-foot, two-story built-to-suit office building for Galderma adjacent to its existing headquarters building and distribution center on 4.61 acres off I-35W,...

Turner SMU Project Achieves LEED Gold.
June 2, 2008... Staff The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded Southern Methodist University's (SMU) Embrey Engineering Building with a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for New Construction (LEED-NC) certification at the Gold level, making...

Transportation Commission Appointees Announced.
June 2, 2008... Staff Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Deirdre Delisi of Austin and William Meadows of Fort Worth to the Texas Transportation Commission for terms expiring Feb.1, 2013. The appointments, announced April 30, are subject to confirmation by the...

Tellepsen Awarded Rice University Contracts.
June 2, 2008... Staff A fourth-generation Houston builder, Tellepsen has been awarded more than $50 million in construction and pre-design contracts for three expansion projects on the Rice University campus in downtown Houston. All will replace older...

Perpetual Pavement Evaluated.
June 2, 2008... Staff The Texas Transportation Institute has announced their findings on perpetual pavement tests conducted by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) over the past several years. In 2000, the TxDOT began constructing sections of...

Ahern and Custom Equipment Form Join Coverage.(Custom Equipment, Inc. and Ahern Rentals Inc. announced distributor relationship )(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Staff Custom Equipment, Inc. and Ahern Rentals Inc. are proud to announce the formulation of a formal distributor relationship between the two companies. Ahern Rentals has agreed to provide rental, retail sales and service coverage for...

Equipment Depot Promotes Kunka To Leadership.(Equipment Depot has appoints Kelly Kunka as president and chief executive officer )(Brief article)
June 2, 2008... Staff Equipment Depot founder Don Moes has announced that Kelly Kunka has been promoted to president and chief executive officer of the Waco-based regional forklift, aerial lift, tractor, and materials handling equipment company. ...

Braud Joins HDR Management.
June 2, 2008... Staff Tom Braud , AIA, has joined HDR Architecture, Inc. as vice president and senior health care planner in the Houston office. Braud joins HDR with over 29 years of experience in planning and designing health care facilities throughout...

Viking Construction Micro Surfacing With Akzo Nobel.
June 2, 2008... Staff Bexar County maintains streets surrounding the city of San Antonio Bexar County's Infrastructure Services Department (ISD) wrapped up its 2007 pave- ment surface maintenance treatment season with the micro surfacing of arterials...

Improving US 69 Near Mineola.
June 2, 2008... Staff Longview Bridge & Road widens US 69 in Northeast Texas TxDOT is continuing to widen US Highway 69 through the rural counties of Northeast Texas as part of the Highway Trunk System program, even as plans march forward for the...

Perpetual Pavement Evaluated.
June 16, 2008... Staff The Texas Transportation Institute has announced their findings on perpetual pavement tests conducted by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) over the past several years. In 2000, the TxDOT began constructing sections of...

TDIndustries Announces Directorship and Two Promotions.
June 16, 2008... Staff TDIndustries has announced the appointment of Dora Ann Verde to its board of directors. Verde, a CPA and partner in the public accounting firm of Garza/Gonzalez & Associates in San Antonio, will serve as chairperson for TDIndustries'...

Mike Worth To Represent Sennebogen In Southwest.(Brief article)
June 16, 2008... Staff Sennebogen has appointed Michael (Mike) Worth as regional sales manager serving the states of Utah, Nevada, Texas, New Mexico, and California. Worth brings 35 years of experience in the mining equipment business, including 15 years...

CEC Welcomes M. Gary Martin.(Civil Engineering Consultants)(Brief article)
June 16, 2008... Staff Civil Engineering Consultants (CEC) welcomes M. Gary Martin, P.E. as a senior project manager in its Public Works Division. Martin recently joined CEC with more than 29 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering in...

Ivy Steel Acquires Pilot Steel.
June 16, 2008... Staff Ivy Steel & Wire of Houston has purchased Pilot Steel of Pompano Beach, Florida, announced Mike McCall, President of Ivy Steel. Pilot is a supplier of reinforcing steel and accessories to the south Florida concrete construction...

Orion Lands Port Contract.
June 16, 2008... Staff Orion Marine Group, Inc., a leading marine contractor serving the heavy civil marine infrastructure sector, has been awarded a contract of nearly $25 million to design and build a new dock for a private customer in South Texas. The...

HCSS Employee Ownership Honored.
June 16, 2008... Staff Construction software developer HCSS has received an award for Innovations in Employee Ownership from the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) and the Beyster Institute (BI). HCSS is one of only three organizations to...

Ahern and Custom Equipment Form Coverage.(Distribution agreements between Custom Equipment, Inc., and Ahern Rentals Inc.)(Brief article)
June 16, 2008... Staff Custom Equipment, Inc., and Ahern Rentals Inc. are proud to announce the formulation of a formal distributor relationship between the two companies. Ahern Rentals has agreed to provide rental, retail sales and service coverage for...

Hobart Bros. Offers Free Poster.(Hobart Brothers Co.)(Brief article)
June 16, 2008... Staff Hobart Brothers has created the fourth in an ongoing series of free educational welding posters that address the 10 most common welding problems and their likely causes and solutions. The problems discussed apply to SMAW welding....

Transportation Commission Appointees Announced.
June 16, 2008... From the Texas Contractor Austin Bureau Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Deirdre Delisi of Austin and William Meadows of Fort Worth to the Texas Transportation Commission for terms expiring Feb.1, 2013. The appointments, announced April 30,...

TWDB Approves Water Infrastructure Projects.
June 16, 2008... From the Texas Contractor Austin Bureau The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has approved financial assistance totaling $17,000,800 for eight water and wastewater infrastructure projects. The projects include: Hidalgo County...

Robert Barnes Named President and COO of DBI.
June 16, 2008... Staff Dee Brown, Inc. is proud to announce the promotion of Robert V. "Rob" Barnes, III, to president and chief operating officer. Rob begins his new position as president of the more than 50-year-old masonry company, following his...

Successful School Bond Elections Encouraging for Construction.
June 16, 2008... By Liz Moucka Uncertainty if not outright pandemonium has affected various construction niches over the past several months. In Texas, building construction for the educational market remains very strong. Last month, 75 Independent School...

CEMEX Balcones Doubling Production Capacity.
June 16, 2008... By R. G. Pickard Zachry Construction Assists Plant Expansion in New Braunfels CEMEX' Balcones plant near New Braunfels is nearing completion of an expansion project begun in January 2007 that will double the facility's existing...

Lightweight Concrete Forms Just The Prescription.
June 16, 2008... Staff Doka USA and McGoldrick Construction create cantilevered look for the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital Like its namesake, the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital in San Antonio is known to be first among its...

Going Green From The Ground Up.
June 16, 2008... By Jo Ann Jarreau, ASLA, LEED AP President, Jarreau Inc., Houston, Texas New green building guidelines to address sustainable landscaping The green build wave is rising, and right now general contractors have the opportunity to ride...

Beck Tops Out Texas Capital Bank.
June 16, 2008... Staff Dallas' new Texas Capital Bank building topped out impressively at a height of 292 feet this past March. About 350 people attended the topping out ceremony for the office tower under construction by The Beck Group at 2000 McKinney in...