Texas Central - Tue May 18, 2021
Texas Central Allocates $1.6B Contract for High-Speed Rail
Texas Central Railroad is leveraging the experience and expertise of Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. [Kiewit] and affiliate Mass. Electric Construction Co. [Mass Electric] to install the core electrical systems needed for the high-speed train from Dallas to Houston to operate....
Bechtel - Tue May 18, 2021
Advanced Power Selects Bechtel for Cutlass Solar Project
Advanced Power has selected Bechtel to complete the engineering, procurement and construction of the Cutlass Solar Project in Fort Bend, Texas. The solar PV project will add 140 MWDC to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas' Houston Zone, enough to power approximately 15,000 homes with zero-carbon electricity....
Associated Press - Tue May 18, 2021
Homeland Security to Fix Flood Issue in Rio Grande Valley
SAN DIEGO (AP) The Biden administration announced recently that it will begin work to address the risks of flooding and soil erosion from unfinished sections of the wall on the U.S. border with Mexico and will cancel military-funded contracts as it shuts down one of President Donald Trump's signature domestic projects....
Water Power Magazine - Tue May 18, 2021
Granite Construction Wins Leon Hurse Dam Contract
Granite Construction has won a $160 million contract from the Upper Trinity Regional Water District for work on the Leon Hurse Dam project in Ladonia, Texas. The project is a component of the overall Lake Ralph Hall project which will be one of Texas' newest lakes and one of the state's biggest water projects in the last 30 years....
Rubble Master - Tue May 18, 2021
Rubble Master to Host Crushing, Screening Demo Days
Following the opening of the new Texas factory store, Rubble Master is inviting contractors and aggregate producers to a live demonstration of its equipment on June 10 to 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Rubble Master Demo Days take place south of Dallas, Texas, at 2852 W Simonds Rd., Seagoville, Texas, 75159....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 05, 2021
Pegasus Link Constructors Leads $1.7B Project
Construction of the $1.7 billion 11-mi. 635 East Project that is reconstructing and widening I-635 from U.S. 75 to I-30, including the I-635/I-30 interchange, began in spring 2020. Pegasus Link Constructors (PLC) was awarded the contract from the Texas Department of Transportation in May 2019, which has the joint-venture of Fluor Enterprises Inc....
CEG - Tue April 20, 2021
Bottom Line Equipment Expanding Its Baytown Facility
Two years ago, the management group at Bottom Line Equipment made a commitment that it would double the company's revenue in five years. A $4 million investment in its busiest location is the next move in its strategic plan to achieve that goal....
CEG - Tue April 20, 2021
Texas Women in Construction — Meet Kaisha Plambeck of Skanska USA
Kaisha Plambeck offers a very succinct answer when asked what she likes about being in the construction world — "I really get to be myself."The Texas native who once dreamed of a career in design has found both comfort and success as a senior project engineer at Skanska USA and could not be happier....
Manhattan Construction - Tue April 20, 2021
Firm Earns Award Recognition for Houston Airport Project
Manhattan Construction Company recently announced work on the United Technical Operations Center at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, has earned a national Excellence in Construction Pyramid Award, presented during the ABC Convention 2021 in Grapevine, Texas, on March 10....
Solar Power World Online - Tue April 20, 2021
Rosendin Kicks Off Construction On 500-MW Solar Project
In southeastern Texas surrounded by farmland, Rosendin's Renewable Energy Group (REG) has begun building the largest solar power project in the state. The Aktina Renewable Power Project calls for the installation of 1.4 million solar modules across 4,000 acres in Wharton County, located outside the Houston metro area....
