Ben Margot and Julie Watson - Tue April 11, 2017
Jet Zips Through 'Star Wars Valley', Park Service Considers Paving Job For Growing Fan Base
Silence and stillness settled over the deep, sunbaked gorge as a pair of photographers sat on a cliff, waiting. Then the rumbling started. As it grew louder, they scrambled into position. Within seconds, a thunderous roar reverberated from the steep, narrow canyon as an F-18 fighter jet streaked through it, passing beneath their feet....
Jeff Daniels - CNBC - Fri April 07, 2017
As California Approves Billions for Road Plans, Construction-Related Stocks Rise
California's $54 billion plan to fix roads and fund highway improvements cleared a major hurdle on April 6, passing in the state legislature and setting the stage for what could become a massive spending spree....
Mon April 03, 2017
Sterling Inks Deal to Buy Tealstone
Sterling Construction Company Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Denton, Texas-based Tealstone Construction for approximately $85 million, subject to specified post-closing adjustments....
Dylan Baddour - Houston Chronicle - Mon April 03, 2017
Residential Boom Bolsters Texas City
Texas City, better known for petrochemical landscapes than landscaped subdivisions, is poised for an unprecedented growth spurt as the region's residential boom continues its southward advance. The Houston Chronicle reports the transformation of a vast expanse of interstate-fronting prairie into a mixed-use commercial hub began with a fancy outlet mall and a sprawling Buc-ee's....
Mon April 03, 2017
WhiteWater Begins Agua Blanca Pipeline Construction
WhiteWater Midstream has commenced construction of the Agua Blanca pipeline, an intrastate natural gas pipeline in the Delaware Basin, Texas. This Agua Blanca pipeline will run from Orla, Texas, to Waha Hub and initially service portions of Culberson, Loving, Pecos, Reeves and Ward counties....
Matthew Tresaugue - Houston Chronicle - Mon April 03, 2017
Green Zone Housing Helps Veterans
In the heart of this small town, on a patch of grass near historic homes and antique shops, is an old shipping container. It's like ones used in the Port of Houston, hardly a sight to behold. At least not yet....
Mon April 03, 2017
New Virtual Tour of South Mountain Freeway Now Online
As the Loop South Mountain Freeway moves toward completion in late 2019, a new flyover animation reflects updated plans for the 22-mi.-long corridor. The six-and-a-half minute virtual tour of the South Mountain Freeway, the largest single freeway project in state history, is available at SouthMountainFreeway.com....
Mon April 03, 2017
Stonehenge-Like Structures Will Showcase Aesthetics
Looking a bit like a colorful Stonehenge or large-scale modern art, a series of concrete columns and walls at a west Phoenix intersection may be a little puzzling to passers-by. They're actually mock-ups the Arizona Department of Transportation is using to test aesthetics, including paint colors, for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway....
Mon April 03, 2017
Arizonans Shape ADOT's Long-Range Transportation Plan
Playing the part of a transportation planner isn't always easy, especially when it comes to balancing priorities for Arizona's highway system with the realities of limited funding. When the Arizona Department of Transportation turned to the public and stakeholders last fall to tell us what's most important to them over the next 25 years, nearly 6,000 people statewide responded through a quick and interactive online survey....
Mon April 03, 2017
Wildlife Have Preferences for Crossing Highway
It turns out that some types of wildlife like to go over a state highway, others tend to go under it and still others can go either way. Those are initial results of a survey of camera-monitored usage of a new $9.5 million wildlife crossing of State Route 77 near Oro Valley in northeastern Pima County....
