Tag: Texas

October 6, 2023

Though as of Oct. 6, no general contractor had been selected, the Biden administration is fast-tracking construction of barriers along a 20-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexican border in Starr County, Texas, according to the Federal Register. The issue of border […]

March 27, 2023

Method Studio, Okland Construction and BHB Structural Engineers are collaborating on the five-story Baltic Pointe office building in Draper, Utah, that serves as a pilot project to explore the practicality of mass timber for future commercial construction throughout the Mountain […]

March 24, 2023

Texas is a hot market for Minneapolis-headquartered Adolfson & Peterson Construction, and the general contractor is primed to take advantage of it. A&P recently tapped Tommy Meserole as director of preconstruction for central Texas. Based in Austin, Meserole brings more […]

January 18, 2023

The new policy also prohibits contractors from winning county work if they have been convicted of a crime following a worker death or injury, landed on OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program list or faced OSHA fines for egregious disregard for […]

January 18, 2023

With 27 years of construction experience under his belt, Corbett Nichter was recently named executive vice president at Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based MAPP. The general contractor has projects across the country and specializes in retail, office, warehouse and hospitality work among […]

December 13, 2022

Texas has historically been the country’s fossil fuel capital, but the state is increasingly investing in renewable energy production. In fact, by next year Texas will get more electricity from solar and wind power than methane gas, also known as […]

November 3, 2022

In early August 2022, Texas DOT warned that the project had design flaws so significant that “the bridge would collapse under certain load conditions” if it were finished per the current design. It cited a 2020 independent review that had […]

September 8, 2022

The Texas DOT coffers will be flush due to funding from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the UTP document said, as well as $50 billion from two voter-approved initiatives that distribute money collected from oil, gas and sales […]

July 13, 2022

ENR Texas & Louisiana is pleased to announce the winners of its 2022 Best Projects competition! After a month of hard work, an independent panel of experts from all corners of the AEC industry reviewed a total of 94 projects […]

March 16, 2022

Keyan Zandy wants to improve the industry for the next generation of builders. Announced as its new CEO March 1, Zandy has worked at Skiles Group, a Dallas-area healthcare specialist contractor, for over eight years. Projects completed by Skiles Group […]

January 18, 2022

The DOJ’s resolution with Hunt comes less than a month after Malvern, Pennsylvania-based Balfour Beatty Communities (BBC), the U.S subsidiary of Balfour Beatty and one of the country’s largest providers of privatized military housing, pleaded guilty to one count of […]

October 21, 2021

On Oct. 11, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order limiting vaccine mandates, even for private employers. This flies in the face of President Joe Biden’s September announcement that all large employers must require their employees to be vaccinated […]

September 30, 2021

According to Hancock, the following laws will have a great impact on contractors who work in the state. Here’s more detail on what each one does: SB 219 Contractors Not Liable for Design Defects: In most states, the contractor is […]

September 28, 2021

Construction started this summer on Texas Children’s Hospital for children and women in Austin. The freestanding hospital, which will serve families in Austin and Central Texas, is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2024. McCarthy Building Cos. […]

August 12, 2021

CCC Group will pay $225,000 to Gary Williams, a former employee who was allegedly the target of repeated harassment and discrimination, and $195,000 distributed among six other Black employees who worked for CCC Group in 2016 and whom the EEOC […]

July 21, 2021

Abbott has said he will use the emergency declaration to fund and construct a border barrier in the state, which Luca said is the only thing unusual about the project compared to any other job the Facilities Commission undertakes. The […]

July 7, 2021

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) last week officially began construction on the Oak Hill Parkway project in the Austin area. Decades in the making, the Oak Hill Parkway project will accommodate current and future growth by adding lanes for […]

June 14, 2021

It’s unclear whether Abbott has the authority to build a wall on his state’s southern border, according to NBC News. While some of the land is owned by the federal and state governments, much is also private property, which was […]

September 11, 2020

The plaintiffs have amended their original complaint against Fisher and the other defendants to include the new information. The lawsuit takes aim against Fisher’s capabilities as a builder as well. “Builder Defendants claim that they can single-handedly build a border […]

November 1, 2019

More than 30 regulations are included in the latest waiver including the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, the National Historic Preservation Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. It covers construction of physical […]