TxDOT - Tue August 09, 2022
Simmons Takes Over as TxDOT's Newest Chief Engineer
TxDOT has announced that Linden native and longtime resident of Atlanta, Texas, Lance W. Simmons, has been appointed as the agency's chief engineer. In his new role, Simmons, a 28-year TxDOT veteran, will direct and coordinate TxDOT's statewide engineering and district operations to ensure the state's transportation system is built and operates in a safe, efficient and effective manner....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 09, 2022
Williams Brothers Reconfigures Interchange Near Port Arthur, Texas
Changing the complete design of an interchange is no small task, but that is what crews from Williams Brothers Construction are achieving near Port Arthur in Jefferson County, Tex. Maintaining road safety standards and improving traffic flow are the key reasons for the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) $70 million project to upgrade and improve the U.S....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 12, 2022
Crews Demolish Medical Campus
JR Demolition and Excavation Inc. completed the demolition of former building that housed the Medical City Behavioral Health services of the Wysong Hospital campus in McKinney, Texas. The rectangular-shaped five-story structure (no basement) had a two-story wing and other smaller structures on the north side....
Texas A&M - Tue July 12, 2022
Texas A&M Receives Grant for Hempcrete Material Study
A plan from Texas A&M University researchers to 3D print new resilient buildings using hempcrete has the potential to lower the environmental impact of traditional construction methods and make housing more affordable and available....
Texas Motor Speedway - Tue July 12, 2022
Renovations Under Way at Lil' Texas Motor Speedway
Lil' Texas Motor Speedway is getting more than a Lil' renovation. The 1/5-mi. asphalt oval will undergo a major facelift to help realize NASCAR Cup Series driver Christopher Bell's vision of bringing Micro Sprint racing to the facility the Oklahoma native has long considered his home track....
Yanmar - Tue July 12, 2022
Yanmar Announces Opening of New Location in Gainesville, Texas
Yanmar America Corporation has announced the opening of a new regional distribution center in Gainesville, Texas. The 54,000-sq.-ft. facility will distribute tractors, UTVs and related products to dealers and customers in the Texas market....
commerce. gov - Tue July 12, 2022
Taiwan Company Selects Sherman for New $5B Plant
Hsinchu, Taiwan-based global semiconductor silicon wafer company, GlobalWafers, announced recently that it plans to build a 300-millimeter silicon wafer factory in Sherman, Texas, which is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 20 years....
KCI Technologies - Tue July 12, 2022
KCI Technologies Acquires Texas-Based Company AmChel
KCI Technologies Inc. , a multi-disciplined engineering firm with offices throughout the United States, has announced the acquisition of AmChel Communications Inc., a Texas-based telecommunications firm....
Uvalde Leader News - Tue July 12, 2022
H-E-B Pledges $10M for Robb Elementary Construction
H-E-B chairman Charles Butt and the Butt family, as well as H-E-B stores, have pledged a combined $10 million donation for the construction of a new elementary school in Uvalde. "Our first store in Uvalde opened in 1959 and Uvalde people are our people," Butt said in a press release....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue July 12, 2022
Colorado River Constructors Rebuild U.S. 290 in $674M Job
According to the U.S. Census estimates, Austin showed one of the largest population gains of any metro area in the United States. The city grew by more than 53,000 people in a single year, representing the fourth largest increase in the country....
