Wed November 08, 2017
N.M. County Selects Contractor to Build Road to Spaceport America
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) Dona Ana County officials have chosen a contractor to build an improved road to Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that county commissioners selected Mountain Slates Construction to build the nearly 24-mi....
Ellen Knickmeyer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed November 08, 2017
Fire Clean-Up 'For the Record Books' in California
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) Government officials outlined plans for what they said will be the largest fire clean-up in California history, aimed at removing hazardous substances and ash from 8,400 homes and other structures burned in Northern California wildfires....
Chuck Harvey - Wed November 08, 2017
$113M Project Improves Colorado Springs Gateway
A $113.1 million design-build project will streamline a major interchange — Interstate 25 at Cimarron Street (U.S. 24) — referred to as the gateway to Colorado Springs. Considered one of the busiest interchanges in the Colorado Springs area, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is addressing the situation with the second largest highway project in Colorado Springs history....
Tue November 07, 2017
Houston, Texas Central Sign Agreement for Bullet Train
In a city whose official seal boasts a train as a symbol of progress, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Texas Central railroad company reached agreement on Aug. 17 to work together on an economic development and jobs-creating plan for a bullet train that will revolutionize travel in the state....
Tue November 07, 2017
CyrusOne Expands North Texas Presence With Allen Data Center
CyrusOne, a premier global data center REIT, announced today plans for a new state-of-the-art data center campus in Allen, Texas, north of Dallas. The project will consist of three phases, with construction commencing in October....
Lori Tobias - Tue November 07, 2017
WestStar Bank Announces 14-Level Tower Will Transform El Paso Skyline
For the first time in nearly 40 years, a major commercial office building is on the drawing board for downtown El Paso. WestStar Bank announced this fall that it will build the 14-level WestStar Tower at 601 N....
Tue November 07, 2017
TxDOT Clears Hurricane Debris
As of mid-October, the Texas Department of Transportation has collected more than 10 million cu. ft. of debris — or the equivalent of about 186 football fields — in the four districts most impacted by Hurricane Harvey since landfall Aug....
Tue November 07, 2017
Kirby-Smith Promotes Gary Boyd to Dallas Service Manager
Kirby-Smith Machinery Inc. announced the promotion of Gary Boyd to service manager in Dallas. Boyd, who joined the company in 2009, will manage the branch service operations for Kirby-Smith Machinery's Dallas facility....
Ryan Johnson - Tue November 07, 2017
Up-and-Coming Contractor Has Texas Seeing Orange
Oscar Orduño could have easily followed in his father's footsteps by working in the bakery business. After all, Orduño came from a family of bakers. Both his grandfather and father owned bakeries in Mexico, and Orduño was destined to do the same....
Tue November 07, 2017
Texas Seeks $61B for Harvey Damages to Public Infrastructure
The state of Texas needs more than $61 billion in additional federal assistance to rebuild the public infrastructure of the Texas Gulf Coast damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, according to Commissioner John Sharp with the Governor's Commission to Rebuild Texas....
