Texas Contractor articles from March 2007

Texas Contractor archives from March 2007

Jensen Construction.
March 5, 2007... Staff The North Texas Tollway has broken ground on the new Lewisville Lake Toll Bridge that will link the Dallas North Tollway to Interstate 35E north of Dallas when completed. The $93-million, four-lane bridge was designed by Turner,...

Cadence McShane.(Roger Pavlovich promoted)(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Staff Roger Pavlovich has been promoted from senior project manager to vice president in Cadence McShane Corporation's Dallas office, where he will be responsible for the development and acquisition of new business opportunities and lead a...

Granite Properties.
March 5, 2007... Staff Granite Properties has hired Aaron Bidne as a new development manager, announced David R. Cunningham, director of Development/Construction. Headquartered in Plano, Bidne initially will take the lead for construction management of...

Pape-Dawson.(appointments at Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers Inc.)(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Staff The officers of Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. proudly announce the addition of three new engineers for their firm. Elaiza Alvarez , engineer I, received her Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the University of the...

Walter P. Moore.(Walter P. Moore and Associates Inc. promotes its executives)(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Staff Walter P. Moore has announced that David Landis , P.E.; Tom Magnusson , CPA; Mashari Nassar , P.E.; Charles Penland , P.E. LEED[R]AP; and David Platten , P.E., were promoted to senior principals of the firm. A national...

HKS.
March 5, 2007... Staff HKS, Inc., a top-five architectural firm, promoted Frank Effland , AIA; Jerry Fawcett , AIA; Gerry Hicks , AIA; Anita Linney-Isaacson , AIA; Brian McFarlane , AIA; Mark Williams , AIA; and Frank Yin , PE, to associate...

Walton South/Baird Building.(JMI Realty Inc inks deal with Walton South LLC )(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Staff Walton South, LLC was recently selected by JMI Realty, Inc as the general contractor for The Van Zandt Hotel + Residences in Downtown Austin. Located near Town Lake, at the intersection of Red River and Davis Street, The Van Zandt is...

Bob Moore Construction.(achievements)(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Staff Bob Moore Construction has been accepted as a member of the OSHA Local Partnership program, one of only five general contractors in north and east Texas to earn this recognition. The OSHA Partnership is a program that grants...

Turner Construction.
March 5, 2007... Staff Turner Construction has begun work on The Tower Residences at the Stoneleigh Hotel, a new 22-story luxury residential high-rise adjacent to the historic Stoneleigh Hotel, which is undergoing an extensive restoration. Located in the...

Certified Equipment.(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Staff Certified Equipment Sales & Service is adding TxDOT chassis inspections to its list of services at its Pasadena facility. The chassis inspection covers DOT requirements and applies to all heavy trucks registered in the state. ...

TTC.(Texas Transportation Commission's meeting )(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Staff During the January 25 meeting of the Texas Transportation Commissioners held in Duncanville, the commission approved $2 million to fund a study for the feasibility of an east-west, fully controlled access corridor with rail through...

Skanska.(National Armed Forces Physical Rehabilitation Center)(Brief article)
March 5, 2007... Staff Opening ceremonies for the world-class Center for Intrepid -- National Armed Forces Physical Rehabilitation Center have taken place in San Antonio. This distinctive, four-story, 60,000-square-foot building and 10,000-square-foot...

Microsoft.
March 5, 2007... Staff Microsoft Corp. has chosen a 44-acre site in the Westover Hills section of San Antonio as the site for a new $550-million data center. At 470,000 square feet, the two-building complex will be nearly as big as the Alamodome.

TTC.
March 5, 2007... Staff Gov. Rick Perry has appointed two new members to the Texas Transportation Commission. The five-member commission oversees statewide activities of the Texas Department of Transportation. Fred A. Underwood of Lubbock is president...

Attack Of The Armadrillo.
March 5, 2007... By Liz Moucka Doing their part to make HDD safer, these modern inventors also succeeded in bringing more torque power into play. With safety becoming a more important aspect of every construction project, the boring equipment industry...

UCT.(Underground Construction Technology)(exhibitions of construction equipment industry)
March 5, 2007... By Liz Moucka Underground construction show spotlights sewer rehabilitation and HDD. The Underground Construction Technology (UCT) conference and exhibition returned to Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center this year. The...

Strong Arm Tactics.(production management of Wheeler Coatings SA)
March 5, 2007... Staff Wheeler Coatings improves productivity and reduces fleet costs with Strong Superdumps Most asphalt producers see adding trucks to their fleet as a sign of good times, that they're winning bids and hauling more material to job...

Capitol Aggregates.
March 19, 2007... Staff Capitol Aggregates, Ltd. has sold its Central Texas ready mix operations to Texas Concrete Materials, Ltd., based in Austin. Bob Engberg, president of Capitol Aggregates, said the move "is another step toward achieving our long-range...

LBG-Guyton.(Brad Cross appointed at LBG-Guyton Associates)(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Staff Brad Cross has been named an associate at LBG-Guyton Associates. Cross has over 20 years of experience in the field of ground-water and surface-water hydrology, water resources, environmental assessments, and project management. He...

CEC.(Cameron E. Cornett appointed at Civil Engineering Consultants)(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Staff Cameron E. Cornett , P.G., has joined Civil Engineering Consultants (CEC) as project engineer in the Public Works Division. Cornett is a professional geoscientist with more than 10 years' experience in surface and groundwater...

Doosan.(Rick Byers appointed at Doosan Infracore America)(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Staff Doosan Infracore America (DIA) announces the appointment of Rick Byers as Western region sales manager for Doosan Compact Equipment. As the Western region sales manager for Doosan Compact Equipment, Byers is responsible for rolling...

Pape-Dawson.
March 19, 2007... Staff The officers of Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. have announced the promotion of Dr. Troy M. Dorman , P.E., to vice president Water Resources. Dorman received his bachelor's degree in hydrology from Tarleton State University. He went on...

LAN.
March 19, 2007... Staff Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lori R. Jamail as manager of corporate marketing. Jamail has more than 10 years of marketing experience, including two years with LAN as a senior...

Hoar Construction.(construction of office buildings)(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Staff Hoar Construction, LLC participated in the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new $38-million Granite Westchase 2 office building in Houston. Hoar Construction is general contractor for the new facility which will be located...

AZEK.
March 19, 2007... Staff AZEK Building Products Inc., manufacturer of trimboards and mouldings, announces DW Distribution Inc. as the new supplier of AZEK products to Texas and Oklahoma. DW is a wholesale distributor of building material and millwork items,...

Heldenfels.
March 19, 2007... Staff Fred W. Heldenfels IV, president of Heldenfels Enterprises, recently announced that his firm had been awarded the contract to manufacture and erect the pre-cast/pre-stressed concrete structural components for the new Dallas Cowboys'...

Dewberry.(contract)(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Staff Dewberry, a nationwide engineering and emergency management services firm headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, recently contracted with the city of Garland, Texas, to develop a comprehensive and coordinated debris management plan. The...

Corgan Associates.
March 19, 2007... Staff Corgan Associates, Inc., the ninth largest U.S.-based architectural and interior design firm, opened the doors to its new corporate headquarters in Dallas' West End at 401 N. Houston St., the first new construction project in this...

Ormat.(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Staff The Texas Land Office awarded Texas' first lease for geothermal energy production in early February to Nevada-based Ormat. Ormat paid $55,645 to lease the submerged land for an average of about $5 an acre, or more than twice the...

TxDOT.(Texas. Department of Transportation)(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Staff Interstate 69 from Texas to Michigan is included on a short list of interstate corridors being considered for fast track development by federal transportation officials, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary. E. Peters has announced....

Robroy Industries.(Donna Waterstraat and Vijay Kumar Tahiliani promoted)(Brief article)
March 19, 2007... Staff The Conduit Division of Robroy Industries recently promoted two of its team members. Donna Waterstraat was promoted to the position of Operations manager. Reporting to Donna will be the Plant Production manager along with Materials...