Texas Contractor articles from May 2006

Texas Contractor archives from May 2006

Chemical Lime Co.
May 1, 2006... Staff Chemical Lime Company plans to expand operations at its New Braunfels plant with at least $30 million of improvements over the next two years. A state-of-the-art kiln will increase production capacity and retrofitting existing...

Hoar Construction.(Hoar Construction L.L.C. gets renovation project for Triad Hospitals Inc.)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Staff Hoar Construction, LLC recently broke ground on an expansion and renovation project for Triad Hospitals, Inc. in Abilene, Texas. The $13.5-million project at Abilene Regional Medical Center will include building a new three-story,...

Hillwood.(Hillwood Properties)(Crossroads Trade Center business park)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Staff Hillwood is set to begin construction on the 113-acre Crossroads Trade Center business park, located in the southwest quadrant of the I-35E/I-20 interchange in DeSoto. The company plans to have pad sites ready for three buildings...

Cintra-Zachry.(Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte)(Zachry Construction Co.)(Texas. Department of Transportation)
May 1, 2006... Staff Cintra-Zachry, the Spanish-American joint venture that TxDOT chose in late 2004 to develop the Trans-Texas Corridor highway under a Comprehensive Development Agreement, has also been granted a design-build contract to develop a...

AGC of Texas.(Associated General Contractors)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Staff The Highway, Heavy, Utilities and Industrial Branch of AGC of Texas held their annual fish fry March 6, the evening before the TxDOT monthly highway letting. Over 300 members, their employees and families came to the AGC office on...

AGC.
May 1, 2006... Staff Artistic Builders, Inc. project, "Stor Self Storage" in Austin, was honored with "2006 Aon Build America Awards" at the recent AGC of America 87th annual convention in the Building (Less than $5 Million) New category. This project...

The Sister In The Shadow.
May 1, 2006... Article by Liz Moucka Southeast Texas Six Months After Hurricane Rita Hurricane Rita, one of the most intense Atlantic hurricanes ever recorded, made landfall near the mouth of the Sabine River on Sept. 24, 2005, as a category three...

Liturgical Restoration.
May 1, 2006... Staff M.J. Boyle renovation project springboards 100th anniversary of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word Motherhouse Chapel. M.J. Boyle General Contractor is leading efforts to renovate one of San Antonio's historic places of...

Industry News.(construction contracts)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff Centex Construction's Fort Worth office hosted a topping out ceremony on January 6 for the Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. This new healthcare complex will serve the southern region of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, offering a...

HDR.(American Planning Association in post-hurricane recovery )(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff Roger Blevins , AICP, HDR 's national military facilities principal based in the company's San Antonio office, headed up a five-member volunteer team offering post-hurricane recovery planning assistance to the city of Mandeville,...

ICI.(Interface Consulting International, Inc.)(certified cost consultant)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff Christopher L. Hanvey , senior consultant with Interface Consulting International, Inc. , recently attained the certified cost consultant (CCC) certification from AACE International, the Association for the Advancement of Cost...

CEC.(Civil Engineering Consultants appointed Richard Myrick as their Public Works Division Manager)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff Richard Myrick , P.E. has joined Civil Engineering Consultants (CEC) as their Public Works Division Manager. With more than 27 years of experience in the management and design of public infrastructure, Myrick's background includes...

Walter P. Moore.
May 15, 2006... Staff The International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) has named Dilip Choudhuri , P.E., to its national board of directors for a three-year term. Choudhuri is a principal in the Structural Diagnostics Services Group for Houston-based...

Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford.
May 15, 2006... Staff Architectural firm Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford is pleased to welcome recent additions to their firm: Phil Armentrout and Brian Wilcox as projects architects, and Tammy Adams as an administrative assistant in the project management...

Paslay.
May 15, 2006... Staff Clay Paslay , who began his career at DFW in 1981 as a project manager and went on to lead more than $4 billion in airport expansion projects, has retired from his position as Executive Vice President of Airport Development to begin...

Hill & Wilkinson.
May 15, 2006... Staff Greg Wilkinson , chief executive officer of Hill & Wilkinson, Ltd. has been appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to serve on the Board of Regents of the Texas State University System for a term expiring February 1, 2011. Mr....

NTS.(National Trench Safety has opened a new branch in the greater Phoenix area)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff National Trench Safety, LLC (NTS), a Houston-based company specializing in the rental and sales of trench and traffic safety equipment as well as OSHA-compliant training classes, has opened a new branch in the greater Phoenix area in...

Foster and Partners.(construction contracts)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts today announced that it has selected Foster and Partners to design a completely new Annette Strauss Artist Square, currently the city's leading outdoor venue. Named for the late, revered...

The Haskell Co.(construction contracts with Allied Electronics of Fort Worth)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff Allied Electronics of Fort Worth has contracted the Haskell Company to design and build a new 365,000-square-foot headquarters offices and distribution center at 7101 S. Jack Newell Blvd. in east Fort Worth. The new facility will...

Koll/Clayco.(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff Koll Development Company (KDC) and Clayco have completed Fluor Corporation's new global headquarters in Las Colinas eight days ahead of the early completion date called for in the contract. Fluor, one of the world's leading providers...

TxDOT.
May 15, 2006... Staff TxDOT has issued a formal request to the private sector for proposals to develop I-69/TTC, a 600-mile multi-use transportation corridor extending from Northeast Texas to Mexico. "It is apparent to the Texas Transportation...

Green Building.(construction projects awarded)
May 15, 2006... Staff Three Texas projects were recently honored by the AIA Committee on the Environment as among the "Top Ten Green Projects for 2006." - School of Nursing & Student Community Center UT Health Science Center, Houston BNIM...

Industry News.(Associated Builders and Contractors)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff As part of the Associated Builders and Contractor's (ABC) School to Careers Initiative with Dallas ISD, local general contractor McCarthy Building Companies toured Dallas ISD's Samuell and Roosevelt High Schools with students who are...

C&B.(Carter & Burgess appointed Laurin McCracken as Chief Marketing Officer)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Staff Laurin McCracken , AIA, MCR, has joined Carter & Burgess as Chief Marketing Officer. McCracken, a registered architect, planner and senior marketing professional, comes to Carter & Burgess with 25 years of experience in directing...

Business Booming For Silverado Brothers.
May 15, 2006... Written by Tara Deering, Two Rivers Marketing for Vermeer Manufacturing Co. Track trenchers cut through limestone formations in the Texas Hill Country. A good businessman understands that sometimes you need to spend money in order to...

Trenching Through The High Plains.
May 15, 2006... By Liz Moucka UCA prepares for a rocky encounter below the blowing sand. Utility Contractors of America (UCA), like the Texas Panhandle that the company has served since 1987, has been experiencing solid, steady growth the past several...

The Compliance Alliance.
May 15, 2006... By Tara Hart First safety certification designed to prevent industry "faking safety." The Compliance Alliance (TCA), an internationally recognized safety firm based in Houston, has developed the first "Certification of Scope" process...

Waffles and Wafers.
May 15, 2006... By Joe Kusiak/General Manager: MFG Construction Products Fiberglass waffle forms used to form concrete flooring at new TI facility. Construction specifications for the 200,000-square-foot clean room component of Texas Instruments...