Texas A&M - Tue July 12, 2022
Texas A&M Receives Grant for Hempcrete Material Study
A plan from Texas A&M University researchers to 3D print new resilient buildings using hempcrete has the potential to lower the environmental impact of traditional construction methods and make housing more affordable and available....
Texas Motor Speedway - Tue July 12, 2022
Renovations Under Way at Lil' Texas Motor Speedway
Lil' Texas Motor Speedway is getting more than a Lil' renovation. The 1/5-mi. asphalt oval will undergo a major facelift to help realize NASCAR Cup Series driver Christopher Bell's vision of bringing Micro Sprint racing to the facility the Oklahoma native has long considered his home track....
Yanmar - Tue July 12, 2022
Yanmar Announces Opening of New Location in Gainesville, Texas
Yanmar America Corporation has announced the opening of a new regional distribution center in Gainesville, Texas. The 54,000-sq.-ft. facility will distribute tractors, UTVs and related products to dealers and customers in the Texas market....
commerce. gov - Tue July 12, 2022
Taiwan Company Selects Sherman for New $5B Plant
Hsinchu, Taiwan-based global semiconductor silicon wafer company, GlobalWafers, announced recently that it plans to build a 300-millimeter silicon wafer factory in Sherman, Texas, which is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 20 years....
KCI Technologies - Tue July 12, 2022
KCI Technologies Acquires Texas-Based Company AmChel
KCI Technologies Inc. , a multi-disciplined engineering firm with offices throughout the United States, has announced the acquisition of AmChel Communications Inc., a Texas-based telecommunications firm....
Uvalde Leader News - Tue July 12, 2022
H-E-B Pledges $10M for Robb Elementary Construction
H-E-B chairman Charles Butt and the Butt family, as well as H-E-B stores, have pledged a combined $10 million donation for the construction of a new elementary school in Uvalde. "Our first store in Uvalde opened in 1959 and Uvalde people are our people," Butt said in a press release....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue July 12, 2022
Colorado River Constructors Rebuild U.S. 290 in $674M Job
According to the U.S. Census estimates, Austin showed one of the largest population gains of any metro area in the United States. The city grew by more than 53,000 people in a single year, representing the fourth largest increase in the country....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed June 29, 2022
Billion-Dollar Upgrades Press On at George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Construction teams are making significant progress on the $1.3 billion upgrades to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston. The IAH Terminal Redevelopment Program (ITRP) is the largest capital development program that the city has invested in the airport since it opened in 1969....
TxDOT - Wed June 15, 2022
Crews Begin Interstate 10 Widening Project Near El Paso
Officials with the Texas Department of Transportation El Paso held a press conference recently to discuss the new construction project to widen Interstate 10. The goal of the project is to "improve capacity, operation, circulation and safety" along the interstate, according to a statement....
CEG - Tue June 14, 2022
South Star JCB Breaks Ground On New Lewisville Facility
The visibility of the JCB brand in the Lone Star State is on the rise recently thanks to entrepreneurs like Chris Meinecke and a unique effort on the part of JCB to recruit new dealers in key markets. Meinecke's company, South Star JCB, broke ground recently in Lewisville, Texas, on what he said will be the flagship location in the Dallas-Fort Worth area....
