Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 10, 2019
Rapid Growth in North Texas Leads to Added Lanes on I-20
Spurred by fast growth in northern Texas, crews are adding frontage lanes to I-20 in Grand Prairie, Texas. The new lanes will be wider frontage roads. Cost of the project is set at $54 million. The project includes construction of new frontage roads and ramps, reconstruction and reconfiguration of the intersections at Robinson Road and Carrier Parkway, reconstruction and reconfiguration of a section of Westchase Drive south of I-20, construction of U-turns at Carrier Parkway and Belt Line Road and construction of sidewalks along I-20 frontage roads and a section of Robinson Road and Carrier Parkway....
Ferrovial - Tue September 10, 2019
$910 M Project Extends North Tarrant Express
Ferrovial, through a consortium led by its toll road subsidiary Cintra Infraestructuras, is building and operating a new extension (segment 3C) to the North Tarrant Express in Texas, worth $910 million....
Harris County Flood Control District - Tue September 10, 2019
Major Buffalo Bayou Repairs Being Made to Contain Erosion
The Harris County Flood Control District in coordination with the Buffalo Bayou Partnership has begun completing major repairs along Buffalo Bayou, between Shepherd Drive to Sabine Street, to contain erosion and bank failures caused by Hurricane Harvey....
PR Newswire - Tue September 10, 2019
Raytheon Plans McKinney Facility
Raytheon announced today that it will build a 200,000-sq.-ft. facility supporting 500 new high-tech jobs at its Space and Airborne Systems headquarters in McKinney, Texas. Construction will be completed in late 2020....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 03, 2019
Practice Makes Perfect for $937M Texas Job
Construction on a $937 million power plant in Southeast Texas is progressing smoothly — due in part to lessons learned from the recent construction of two other Entergy gas turbine power plants. The Montgomery County Power Station (MCPS), under construction at the existing Lewis Creek Power Plant near Willis, Texas, is the first new Entergy power plant in Texas in 40 years....
CEG - Tue September 03, 2019
Iron Bound Hosts Big Two-Day Auction in Seminole, Texas
Contractors, farmers and ranchers descended on Seminole, Texas, Aug. 20 to 21 for Iron Bound Auction's two-day equipment sale. This was the second-biggest sale in the company's history. A huge selection of construction and oilfield equipment was available to both online and in person bidders....
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers - Tue August 27, 2019
Ritchie Bros. Sells More Than $45M of Equipment in Houston, Texas
Ritchie Bros. sold more than 5,300 equipment items for more than $45 million at its latest Houston, Texas, auction on Aug. 20 to 21. More than 7,250 people registered to bid in the two-day auction, including more than 5,850 registering to participate online....
Vermeer Texas-Louisiana - Wed August 14, 2019
Vermeer and Bobcat Equipment Dealership to Open in Victoria, Texas
Vermeer Texas-Louisiana, the authorized dealer of Vermeer construction equipment in Texas and Compact Construction Equipment LLC, the authorized Bobcat dealer in south, central and west Texas have announced plans to open a new, co-branded facility in Victoria later this fall....
Texas Tech University - Tue August 13, 2019
ASCO Donates $5M to TTU's School of Veterinary Medicine
Agriculture and construction equipment dealer, Associated Supply Company Inc. (ASCO), will contribute $5 million to Texas Tech University for the School of Veterinary Medicine, located at the Health Sciences Center campus in Amarillo....
CEG - Tue August 13, 2019
Steel Masters LP Transforms Historic Houston Tower Into Hotel
With construction booming across the country, tower cranes are part of every big city skyline, including Houston. Some of the work, however, is being done by smaller, less visible distant cousins — mini-cranes....
