Texas Contractor articles from November 2005

Texas Contractor archives from November 2005

SC&RA.
November 7, 2005... Staff SC&RA has rescheduled its Crane & Rigging Workshop for November 10-12 at the Hilton Americas in Houston because of Hurricane Rita. The workshop will feature presentations from leading industry professionals, a tour of Liebherr...

Constitutional Amendments.
November 7, 2005... Staff Two proposed constitutional amendments affecting transportation and construction matters are among nine set for action by Texas voters at the Nov. 8 constitutional amendments election. Proposition 1 deals with creation of the Texas...

Pape-Dawson.(appointment of David B. Hawkins and Sukrut A. Khatri at Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Staff The officers of Pape-Dawson Engineers have announced two new additions. David B. Hawkins , P.E., will serve as senior project manager for their commercial land development team. Hawkins, who received his bachelor and master of...

HDR.(appointment of Alfredo (Fred) Arce)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Staff Alfredo (Fred) Arce recently joined HDR as water section manager based in the firm's San Antonio office. Arce will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the water section, including staff development, profitability, quality...

Mullis Newby Hurst.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Staff Mullis Newby Hurst, LP, one of the largest writers of construction insurance and surety bonds in Texas, announces the promotion of Jan Johnson to vice president, advancing a 23-year career in the insurance industry. In her new...

McCarthy.(appointment of Chuck Shive at McCarthy Building Companies Inc. Texas Div.)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Staff McCarthy Building Companies recently hired Chuck Shive as civil estimator, where he will be responsible for various estimating and bidding activities associated with the company's civil construction projects. Prior to joining...

HOLT CAT.
November 7, 2005... Staff HOLT CAT recently named Brian Foster , Light Construction sales representative for the Fort Worth area. In his news position, Foster will be responsible for promoting HOLT CAT's diverse line of compact construction equipment and work...

Cadence McShane.(appointment of John P. Young Jr. )(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Staff John P. Young Jr. has joined Cadence McShane Corp., reporting to William L. Brady, vice president, and will work directly with Cadence McShane's project management staff. Young will provide estimating services for Cadence...

RCD.(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Staff Reed Construction DataA[R] has partnered with the Hispanic Contractors Association of Dallas/Fort Worth (HCADFW) and QUOIN. Through this partnership, Reed Construction Data and QUOIN will provide industry resources and benefits to...

H&E.(H&E Equipment Services Hi-Lift Division )(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Staff Recently H&E Equipment Services Hi-Lift Division expanded their service territory to Oklahoma with two new locations in Oklahoma City and Tulsa at 6919 West Reno in Oklahoma City and at 3230 Southwest Blvd. in Tulsa. As a...

McCarthy.(McCarthy Building Companies Inc. Texas Div. reconstructs Belt Line Road)(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Staff McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. recently began reconstruction of 2.4 miles of Belt Line Road between I-30 and SH 183 in Irving. This $22.5-million project for the Texas Department of includes widening this portion of Belt Line Road...

I-R Road Institute West.(Ingersoll-Rand )(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Staff Ingersoll-Rand will open its Road Institute West campus in Phoenix, Ariz., on November 15. Road Institute West complements the Road Institute main campus, located in Chambersburg, Pa., and makes Ingersoll-Rand the only manufacturer...

Zachry Construction.
November 7, 2005... Staff The National Partnership for Highway Quality (NPHQ) bestowed its 2005 Special Recognition for a Small Project award to the Texas Department of Transportation Corpus Christi District and to San Antonio-based Zachry Construction...

PCA Fellows.(Portland Cement Association )(Brief Article)
November 7, 2005... Staff The Portland Cement Association (PCA) Education Foundation awarded seven graduate students with the educational fellowships at the association's recent fall meeting in Chicago. Among them was Tyler Ley from The University of Texas at...

Austin Report.
November 7, 2005... Staff From The Texas Contractor Austin Bureau Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, has announced the Texas of House of Representatives' appointees to the Study Commission on Transportation Financing created by lawmakers earlier this year...

Workers' Comp.
November 7, 2005... Staff CompGroup AGC announced plans to pay $2.25 million in safety dividends to members of their registered purchasing group, which offers workers' compensation insurance to Texas commercial building contractors. Coming on top of a...

Marsha Sharp Freeway.
November 7, 2005... By Liz Moucka Granite builds Lubbock's largest highway project ever, both dollar-wise and in civil engineering. Originally bid as Lubbock's new East-West Freeway, it was given the name Marsha Sharp Freeway, about the same time heavy...

Trade Show Of The Year.
November 7, 2005... Staff The 22nd Annual AGC of Texas Trade & Equipment Show in pictures. The big show has turned off its lights for another year, but it was a grand week in October. The 22nd Annual AGC of Texas Trade & Equipment Show hosted by the AGC...

Neighborhood Market.
November 7, 2005... Staff Commercial retail construction is alive and well in Texas. Wal-Mart has entered the smaller neighborhood grocery market. Smaller stores on less acreage allow Wal-Mart's Neighborhood Markets to be built on a faster timeline than their...

Hoss Equipment.
November 21, 2005... Staff Hoss Equipment Company, an independent dealer in heavy construction and mining equipment, won the small to mid-sized business category at the Greater Dallas Chamber's International Business Achievement Awards. The finalists in this...

TWDB.(Texas Water Development Board )(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Staff From the Texas Contractor Austin Bureau The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) today approved financial assistance totaling $13,530,000 for four water and wastewater projects. The projects and amounts include: City of...

Thermadyne.(construction of distribution center)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Staff Responding to distributors in the South and Southwest United States, who are looking for more flexibility on key Thermal Dynamics air plasma products, Thermadyne has expanded the capability of its Distribution Center in Roanoke,...

Ed Bell Construction.
November 21, 2005... Staff Ed Bell Construction of Dallas has begun construction of new frontage roads along I-20, from I-35E to SH 342. The $14.9-million project will construct eastbound and westbound frontage roads as well as relocate four entrance ramps and...

Sterling.(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Staff Sterling Construction Company, Inc. has been announced as the low bidder on two projects in the San Antonio area. A $12.4-million job for TxDOT encompasses the reconstruction of the shoulders and the rehabilitation of the existing...

J. Lee Milligan.(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Staff J. Lee Milligan has begun a $10.6-million widening and reconstruction project in Amarillo on Western Street from North Loop 335 to Givens Street, along with the widening and reconstruction of Givens Street from Western to Broadway....

Offshore Wind Farm.
November 21, 2005... Staff Texas has signed an agreement to allow the first offshore wind-energy project in the United States, announced Jerry Patterson, commissioner of the Texas General Land Office. The multimillion-dollar lease, signed with...

Austin B&R.(Bridge and road)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2005... Staff Austin Bridge and Road, L.P., of Dallas, has begun repairs on I-20 from I-35E to I-635 in southeastern Dallas County. The $5.3-million project will refurbish more than 13 miles of I-20 and add various safety features to the...

House Transportation Committee.
November 21, 2005... Staff From the Texas Contractor Austin Bureau Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland, has instructed the House of Representatives Transportation Committee to study a variety of topics, including planning for "large transportation corridors,"...

TTC.
November 21, 2005... Staff From the Texas Contractor Austin Bureau The Texas Transportation Commission has approved nearly $12.4 billion in mobility improvement projects under the 2006 Statewide Mobility Program, a major component in the Texas Department...

Editor's Report.
November 21, 2005... By Liz Moucka Texans active in transportation construction have been honored recently, an indication of the support that the industry receives in Texas. San Antonio contractor Tim Word will be inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame...

The Hurricane Rita Experience.
November 21, 2005... By Richard Pickard and Liz Moucka Two contractors explain their jobsite preparations and the effects that the storm had on their projects. As Texas Gulf Coast residents packed their vehicles and headed inland in mid September,...

M.J. Boyle Renovates Box For YMCA.
November 21, 2005... Staff The YMCA of Greater San Antonio is opening a full-service health and wellness facility in Boerne in a renovated former Wal-Mart building. Local contractor M.J. Boyle is heading the adaptive reuse and renovation project, creating...