University of Texas Arlington - Tue March 21, 2023
Project Marks First Use of 'Plastic Road' Material in Texas
A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering professor is using both recycled and unrecycled plastic waste products to fill in surface cracks and reduce rutting in roads — the first use of what's called "plastic road" material in Texas....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue March 21, 2023
JE Dunn Building Austin's New Joint Fire/EMS Station
JE Dunn Construction, the city of Austin and trade partners broke ground on the site of Goodnight Ranch Joint Fire/EMS Station, the fourth of five new high-priority stations that the city is building to meet the demands of a growing city and ensure response times for fire and EMS crews meet established norms....
Healthcare Construction + Operations - Tue March 21, 2023
Hoar Construction Leads Major San Angelo Expansion Job
Hoar Construction announced recently the expansion of the west bed tower at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo, Texas, a key component of a broader, multi-million-dollar capital improvement program that is helping to modernize and expand healthcare services for the residents of San Angelo and surrounding communities....
Texas A&M - Tue March 21, 2023
Texas A&M University Doubles Its Budget for Construction
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Thursday almost doubled the construction budget — from $85 million to $150 million — for Phase One of the Texas A&M-Fort Worth urban research campus....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 08, 2023
Texas Ready to 'Turn Dirt' With $100B Plan
The Texas Transportation Commission (TTC), this August, is expected to approve Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Transportation's record $100 billion, 10-year plan for infrastructure projects across the state to help meet demand for residents amid an ongoing population boom and period of economic growth....
Gov. Abbott - Tue February 21, 2023
Gov. Abbott Appoints Border Czar to Oversee Construction
Gov. Greg Abbott recently announced the new position of Texas Border Czar to oversee border construction and security at a press conference on a Texas border wall construction site in San Benito. Mike Banks has been hired as special advisor on Border Matters to the Governor and will serve as the State of Texas' first-ever Border Czar....
TxDOT - Tue February 21, 2023
El Paso District Wins Design, Construction Awards for I-10
The "We Build Texas" project awards were presented at the Texas Transportation Forum in Austin and TxDOT's El Paso District received two of six honors for the I-10 Connect project in the design and the construction categories....
PV Magazine - Tue February 21, 2023
Ørsted Breaks Ground On Mockingbird Solar Center
Ørsted, a utility-scale renewable energy developer with a large footprint in Texas, announced it has broken ground on the 471 MW Mockingbird solar center. The project is Ørsted's largest solar facility....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue February 21, 2023
Crews Give Series of Houston Highways New Look
As part of the ongoing effort to improve the State Highway 288 corridor in the Houston Metro Area, the Texas Department of Transportation awarded a $40 million contract to Granite Construction in July 2022 that will improve connectivity on the south side of the Houston metro area and access to the Texas Medical Center....
TxDOT - Tue February 21, 2023
W.D. 'Dee' Hilton Jr. Receives TxDOT's 2023 Road Hand Award
W. D. "Dee" Hilton Jr. received the Texas Department of Transportation's 2023 Road Hand Award recently at the annual Texas Transportation Forum. Considered one of TxDOT's highest honors, the Road Hand award was created in 1973 and is given to those who support and have led major transportation projects and programs that have benefitted their communities....
