Dallas College - Tue November 29, 2022
Dallas College Receives Grant for Construction Training Courses
Dallas College has been awarded a $3.5 million Skills Development Fund grant from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to train more than 1,500 employees in construction-related courses. The grant, announced at a special check-signing ceremony with TWC Commissioner Aaron Demerson, is aimed at expanding trainees' current job responsibilities and increasing productivity for Texas employers....
Link-Belt Cranes - Tue November 29, 2022
Big B Crane Hits Stride With Link-Belt Cranes
In the last 24 months Big B Crane of Burleson, Texas, has purchased six Link-Belt lattice crawler cranes from local Link-Belt Cranes distributor HOLT Crane & Equipment of Irving, Texas. In June 2021, Big B Crane purchased two 238 HSLs and a 248 HSL, a 298 HSL in September 2021, a 348 Series 2 in June 2022 and a second 298 HSL in July 2022....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue November 29, 2022
McCarthy Drives Piles for Solar Farm
Solar power, like other renewable energy sources, is big news these days. But for it to be truly useful to the power grid, solar power needs to be more than panels on the rooftops of a few homes. Solar power needs to be harvested on a massive scale....
ASCO - Wed November 16, 2022
Hitachi Awards ASCO New Service, Sales Territory in Texas, Oklahoma
Associated Supply Company (ASCO), a provider of construction, agriculture and material handling equipment, announced that it has been awarded the Texas and Oklahoma sales and service territory for construction and mining equipment by Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas Inc....
gov.texas.gov - Tue November 01, 2022
Gov. Abbott, Officials Break Ground On Loop 1604 Project
Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Transportation Commission Chairman J. Bruce Bugg, Jr. celebrated the groundbreaking for Segment 2 of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Loop 1604 North Expansion project in San Antonio on Oct....
TxDOT - Tue November 01, 2022
Texas Project With More Than 130 Mi. of Cable Barrier Pays Off
A recent review of four TxDOT districts shows the success of more than 130 mi. of new cable barriers. The cable barriers were installed in Lufkin, Pharr, Waco and Fort Worth using part of the $600 million Road To Zero funds allocated by the Texas Transportation Commission in 2019....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 01, 2022
Adolfson & Peterson Complete New PGA Headquarters
The PGA of America moved into its new $33.5 million, 106,622-sq.-ft. headquarters in Frisco, Texas, a Dallas suburb. The facility is a four-story building situated on a 600-acre campus. Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) completed the construction this year, having started work on the building in September 2020....
CEG - Tue November 01, 2022
VIDEO: Vermeer & Bobcat of Lubbock Host Annual Customer Appreciation Event
Vermeer Texas-Louisiana and sister company Bobcat of Lubbock held their annual tailgate party for customers on October 28 at the companies' Slaton Road facility. A cold rain did not dampen the enthusiasm for the popular annual event as approximately 300 enjoyed lunch and an opportunity to win tickets to the Texas-Tech vs Baylor game the following day....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue November 01, 2022
J3 Company, BGE Inc. Overhaul Robert S. Light Boulevard
Buda, Texas, in Hays County, has doubled in population since 2020; it is on pace to continue to grow rapidly as are other communities near the explosive expansion in nearby Austin. Congestion is bound to get worse as the number of semis rolling through town increases and the delays at the railroad crossings get longer....
TxDOT - Tue November 01, 2022
TxDOT's Eddie Valtier Receives Dewitt C. Greer Award
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) El Paso District Deputy District Engineer Eddie Valtier was recently recognized with the Dewitt C. Greer Award. The recognition is awarded to one recipient every year and is one of the "Big 5 Awards" presented by TxDOT and administered by Texas A&M University at the annual Texas Transportation Short Course....
