Texas A&M - Wed November 18, 2020
Texas A&M Approves $35M Rec Center Project
Texas A&M University's Board of Regents has approved the construction of a $35 million recreation center on the south side of A&M's main campus. The recreation center will be off Bizzell Street adjacent to the A&M golf course and across from Krueger, Mosher and Rudder halls....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 18, 2020
Austin Bridge & Road Battles Record Rain on U.S. 82
Austin Bridge & Road LP (ABR) has overcome serious challenges to push forward on the Texas Department of Transportation's highway widening project that covers 20 mi. of highway in Fannin County in order to complete the $71.5 million project in July 2021....
Kirby-Smith Machinery, Inc. - Mon November 16, 2020
Kirby-Smith Hires Gavin Cole as Sales Manager of Fort Worth, Abilene, Waco, Texas
Kirby-Smith Machinery Inc. (KSM) has hired Gavin Cole as sales manager of its Fort Worth, Abilene and Waco, Texas, locations. Cole brings more than 24 years of relevant experience in managing sales and dealer operations to the position, most recently serving as general manager of Briggs Equipment in Houston....
Curry Supply Company - Thu November 05, 2020
Curry Supply Broadens South-Central Presence With Addition of Marshall Hale
Curry Supply Co. has expanded its regional sales team with the addition of E. Marshall Hale as a regional sales manager. Hale, who resides in Texas, will offer direct support for Curry Supply's Houston (Deer Park) location, in addition to operating as the main contact for Curry Supply clients located in southern Texas and southern Louisiana areas....
CEG - Tue November 03, 2020
WLE Brings '5-Star' Service to Landscape Construction
Comparing services provided by a contractor to those of a 5-star hotel might seem like a bit of a stretch, but that's exactly how one Austin, Texas, area businessman is positioning his growing company....
Business Wire - Tue November 03, 2020
S&P Global Energy Awards Names Fluor Finalist for Construction Project of Year
Fluor Corporation announced that the MEGlobal BookraMEG project has been named a finalist for Construction Project of the Year for the 2020 S&P Global Platts Global Energy Awards. In addition, Rocky Plemons, vice president of construction for Fluor, has been named a finalist for the organization's prestigious Lifetime Achievement award....
Esports Insider - Tue November 03, 2020
City of San Antonio to Receive $60M for New eSports Facility
ASM Global, a venue management and services company, and Port San Antonio have announced the initial timeline for the construction of a $60 million facility. The 130,000-sq.-ft. complex includes a 2,500-seat, multi-purpose technology arena that will have an emphasis on eSports....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 03, 2020
Massana Construction Looks to Expand Biz in Texas
It was back in 2001 that Mark Massman and Anna Cablik founded Massana Construction Inc. in Tyrone, Ga. Since then, the company has grown by leaps and bounds and has expanded out west, where it now has a Texas division based in Frisco (near Dallas)....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 03, 2020
Texas A&M Graduate Oversees His First Job as Project Manager
The U.S. 82 in Red River County project is a memorable one for Zak Moore, RK Hall LLC project manager — it is the first job that he is overseeing. Moore, 23, graduated from Texas A&M with a BA in Construction Science in 2019 and was hired by the general contractor almost immediately....
CEG - Tue November 03, 2020
Vermeer RTX1250 Answers Call for WLE
When WLE (Water, Land, Environment) won the bid for a major irrigation project in Austin, Texas, it needed to add to its equipment fleet — without draining its budget. Ashlar Development, an Irving, Texas-based company specializing in upscale residential neighborhoods, sought to reclaim the effluent water produced in its Belterra neighborhood, west of Austin, and reuse it to irrigate the community's common areas....
