Royal Caribbean - Wed August 10, 2022
Royal Caribbean Cruise Terminal Takes Shape in Galveston, Texas
Construction crews are making good progress on the new Royal Caribbean terminal at the Port of Galveston as the cruise company recently released new photos showing the updated work. Construction began in summer 2021 and will be completed in fall 2022....
Timeout. com - Wed August 10, 2022
Juneteenth Museum Construction Under Way in Fort Worth
A new and much-anticipated museum is under way in Texas: the National Juneteenth Museum. The $70 million, 50,000-sq.-ft. facility will be built of timber in Fort Worth. Architectural renderings reveal a building with multiple triangle-shaped segments overlooking an open air courtyard, all on a rectangular footprint....
TxDOT - Wed August 10, 2022
Texas Transportation Commission Awards Nearly $150 Million in New Transit Projects
The Texas Transportation Commission recently awarded more than $68 million in federal and state funds to transit providers across the state. Combined with an award granted in June, TxDOT is distributing more than $146 million in funding, a 65 percent increase compared to funds approved in the summer of 2021....
ABC 13 - Tue August 09, 2022
Senate Approves $31 Billion Solution for Ike Dike Flooding
The U.S. Senate recently approved a bill that would authorize federal agencies to plan for an estimated $31 billion project intended to protect the Texas coast from hurricanes. Hundreds of millions of dollars have already gone into studying the idea to build a system of concrete gate barriers at the mouth of Galveston Bay....
Compute North - Tue August 09, 2022
Construction Progresses at Data Center in Granbur
Compute North is building a 300MW data center at a gas-fired power plant in Texas. The blockchain & HPC data center firm has announced that construction is under way to build a 300MW data center next to the Wolf Hollow Generating Station in Granbury, in Hook County....
Construction Index - Tue August 09, 2022
Ferrovial Receives $279M to Upgrade Three Water Plants
Ferrovial has been awarded three water contracts in Texas with a combined value of $279 million. The contracts, which have been won by subsidiary PLW Waterworks, are for the construction of treatment plants....
PRNewswire - Tue August 09, 2022
First Phase of Pavilion for Women Construction Complete
The first phase of Texas Children's Pavilion for Women's $201 million expansion within the Texas Medical Center is complete, providing a more accessible entrance for patients arriving to the Pavilion....
TxDOT - Tue August 09, 2022
Simmons Takes Over as TxDOT's Newest Chief Engineer
TxDOT has announced that Linden native and longtime resident of Atlanta, Texas, Lance W. Simmons, has been appointed as the agency's chief engineer. In his new role, Simmons, a 28-year TxDOT veteran, will direct and coordinate TxDOT's statewide engineering and district operations to ensure the state's transportation system is built and operates in a safe, efficient and effective manner....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 09, 2022
Williams Brothers Reconfigures Interchange Near Port Arthur, Texas
Changing the complete design of an interchange is no small task, but that is what crews from Williams Brothers Construction are achieving near Port Arthur in Jefferson County, Tex. Maintaining road safety standards and improving traffic flow are the key reasons for the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) $70 million project to upgrade and improve the U.S....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 12, 2022
Crews Demolish Medical Campus
JR Demolition and Excavation Inc. completed the demolition of former building that housed the Medical City Behavioral Health services of the Wysong Hospital campus in McKinney, Texas. The rectangular-shaped five-story structure (no basement) had a two-story wing and other smaller structures on the north side....
