Business Wire - Tue January 24, 2023
Company Selects Bryan, Texas for Site of Its Newest Facility
Saint-Gobain, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed LLC, recently announced that the company intends to build a new manufacturing facility and distribution center in Bryan, Texas, reaffirming its commitment to provide sustainable, quality products to its customers in the southern United States....
TxDOT - Tue January 24, 2023
Joint Venture Will Resume Texas Harbor Bridge Project
The Texas Department of Transportation recently announced that work will resume on the new Harbor Bridge's main spans. "The resumption of work on the main spans is positive news because it indicates construction progress is now under way on the project's cable-stayed portion of the bridge," said TxDOT Corpus Christi District Engineer Valente Olivarez Jr....
Telsa - Tue January 24, 2023
Musk, Telsa to Spend $770M to Expand Austin Factory
Tesla has registered with the state of Texas to expand its electric vehicle factory in Austin this year. January filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration reveal that Tesla plans to spend upward of $770 million on the construction of facilities there, including for battery cell testing and manufacturing, cathode and drive unit manufacturing, and a die shop, among other things....
TxDOT - Tue January 24, 2023
Officials Advance Houston's Multi-Billion-Dollar I-45 Project
After almost two years of discussion and negotiation, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has announced that it has reached common ground with city of Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County officials, which will help advance the I-45 North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP)....
Yoder & Frey - Mon January 16, 2023
Yoder & Frey Launches Houston Auction Site
Yoder & Frey, founders of the Kissimmee Winter Auction for heavy construction and agricultural equipment, makes ready for 2023 with the launch of a new auction site in Houston. On Dec. 15, Yoder & Frey went live with its new Houston site, hosting its first sale, cutting the ribbon at the new purpose-built auction facility....
Tesmec - Wed December 28, 2022
Tesmec Trencher Makes Its Global Impact Around World
As the saying goes, when the going gets tough … the tough get going. This is the reason why customers have been choosing Tesmec Trencher for their jobs in the hardest rock, not just in the United States, but globally....
Gov. Greg Abbott - Tue December 27, 2022
Largest Green Hydrogen Facility Coming to Lone Star State
Gov. Greg Abbott recently celebrated the announcement of Air Products and The AES Corporation's (AES) new mega-scale green hydrogen facility in Wilbarger County. The project is anticipated to create more than 1,300 construction jobs, 115 permanent operations jobs and 200 transportation and distribution jobs....
Kenworth - Wed December 28, 2022
Texas Native Wins National Trucking Excellence Award
A distinguished veteran with nearly 16 years in the U.S. Army received the annual "Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence" award during a special ceremony held recently at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C....
TxDOT - Tue December 27, 2022
Multiple Construction Jobs Under Way in Odessa District
A $36.6 million project to add passing lanes and to rehabilitate approximately 10 mi. of Highway 302 in Loving County is under way. The project stretches from the just west of FM 1933 in Mentone to just east of Purple Cattle Guard Road....
TxDOT - Tue December 27, 2022
Texas Clear Lanes Initiative Reaches Pre-Pandemic Level
COVID-19's effects on Texas traffic levels lingered throughout 2021, with delays on the state's most congested roadways growing but still below pre-pandemic gridlock conditions, according to a new study performed by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)....
