Tue February 27, 2018
Moody Foundation Grant Brings 4,000 Volunteers to Rebuild Galveston County
The Moody Foundation granted $860,000 to the United Way of Galveston County to help home rebuilding efforts in Galveston County, Texas, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. More than 8,000 homes lacking flood insurance were completely flooded in Dickinson, Texas City and other Galveston County communities in the wake of the storm....
Juan A. Lozano – ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue February 27, 2018
Texas Announces $1B for Mitigation Efforts After Harvey
HOUSTON (AP) Texas communities that were hit hard by Hurricane Harvey will be able to apply for more than $1 billion in federal funds that can be used on projects to help prevent or lessen damage from future storms, Gov....
Tue February 27, 2018
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers OKs New $1.2B Reservoir to Supply Water for Growing North Texas
PARIS, TEXAS (AP) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved Texas' first new reservoir in 30 years with hopes of providing water to North Texas' rapidly growing population. Construction of the Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir will begin in spring, northeast of Bonham....
Tue February 27, 2018
Michael Baker International Wins $6.1M Contract on Major Dallas Freeway
Michael Baker International, an engineering, planning and consulting services firm, announced that it was recently awarded a $6.1 million contract by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to provide Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) services for the Lowest Stemmons Freeway project....
Tue February 27, 2018
HOLT Cat Celebrates Groundbreaking for Its New Facility in Georgetown
HOLT Cat, the Caterpillar equipment and engine dealer of south, central, north and northeast Texas, recently celebrated the groundbreaking of an 85,000-sq.-ft., full-service sales, rental and parts facility in Georgetown, Texas....
Tue February 27, 2018
BNSF Plans $375M Program
BNSF Railway Company announced that its 2018 capital expenditure program in Texas will be approximately $375 million. To ensure BNSF continues to operate a safe and reliable rail network, nearly half of this year's spending in Texas will be for the maintenance of its rail, ties and ballast — the main components of the track on which trains operate....
Tue February 27, 2018
Del Mar Grows Workforce
CM Labs Simulations, developer of Vortex training simulators, is helping Del Mar College's Division of Workforce and Economic Development to narrow the skilled labor gap by implementing a Vortex Advantage simulator in its heavy equipment operator training....
Tue February 27, 2018
TTI HQ Building at RELLIS Campus Reaches Milestone
The topping out ceremony for the Texas A&M Transportation Institute's (TTI's) new headquarters building Jan. 18 turned into an appreciation ceremony for the building's construction workers, of TTI itself, and for the vison that made TTI's location at the Texas A&M University System's RELLIS Campus possible....
Cindy Riley - Tue February 27, 2018
$1B Hidden Ridge Development Being Built in Irving
As the first phase of a $1 billion mixed-use project being constructed by telecom heavyweight Verizon and Dallas developer KDC, Pioneer Natural Resources is making plans to relocate to its new headquarters in Irving, Texas....
Tue February 27, 2018
Mortenson Uses TCC-2500 for Rocksprings Wind Farm
M.A. Mortenson Company was selected by French-owned renewable energy company Akuo Energy to construct Rocksprings Wind Farm, a 149-megawatt wind farm. The project, covering 15,620 acres of private land approximately 30 mi....
