Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 13, 2019
UTHealth Begins Construction on New $125M Hospital
In what will be the first major construction of a state mental health hospital in more than two decades, work has begun on a facility in Houston that will provide services for people needing inpatient acute psychiatric care or support to help transition back to their home communities....
TxDOT - Tue August 13, 2019
TxDOT Breaks Ground on Innovative Intersection Project
Another diverging diamond intersection (DDI) is coming to Travis County, following a groundbreaking ceremony on July 24 for the I-35 at Parmer Lane project. The Texas Department of Transportation was joined by Texas Transportation Commission Chairman J....
Steel Dynamics Inc. - Tue August 13, 2019
Steel Dynamics to Build $1.9B Flat Roll Steel Mill Site
Steel Dynamics Inc. has announced the selection of Sinton, Texas, as the site for the company's previously announced new state-of-the-art, electric-arc-furnace (EAF) flat roll steel mill. Sinton is located approximately 30 mi....
Business Wire - Tue August 13, 2019
TxDOT Awards Sterling $23.4M Springtown Project
Sterling Construction Company Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Texas Sterling Construction Co. , was selected by the Texas Department of Transportation to reconstruct a 1.5-mi. portion of FM 51 near Springtown, Texas....
TxDOT - Tue August 13, 2019
Commission Approves $101M for Lufkin District Projects
Texas Transportation Commissioners approved more than $779.3 million in construction projects statewide, and included more than $101.5 million in new construction projects for the nine-county Lufkin District....
TxDOT - Tue August 13, 2019
TxDOT to Replace Portion of Interchange With Concrete
A section of the U.S. 59 and SH 149 interchange south of Carthage will receive new concrete pavement and an upgrade in traffic control and lighting during the coming year according to plans approved in July by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)....
TxDOT - Tue August 13, 2019
TxDOT Breaks Ground on SH 71 at Colorado River Project
The Texas Department of Transportation was joined today by officials from Bastrop County and the city of Bastrop to kick off construction of the SH 71 at the Colorado River project. The project includes the construction of nine independent bridges, a new westbound exit ramp across the river, as well as a new eastbound entrance ramp at the Union Pacific Railroad....
Kirby-Smith Machinery - Mon August 12, 2019
Kirby-Smith Machinery Promotes Chuck Riddle to Governmental Sales Manager
Kirby-Smith Machinery Inc. announced the promotion of Chuck Riddle to Governmental Sales Manager. Riddle had previously served as Governmental Sales Manager of Oklahoma. With this expanded role, he will now oversee all governmental sales activities for the company's 11 locations throughout Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Missouri....
Fri August 02, 2019
Leslie Doggett Industries Acquires Truck Enterprises Inc.
Houston-based Leslie Doggett Industries, through its Doggett Truck Group, has acquired privately-held Truck Enterprises Inc. Truck Enterprises was founded in 1980 and is an authorized Western Star, Detroit Diesel and extreme heavy-duty trailer dealer located in El Paso, Texas....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 24, 2018
$802.9M Harbor Bridge Takes Shape in Corpus Christi, Texas
Supported by extensive research and planning, a modern and massive new $802.9 million U.S. 181 Harbor Bridge is taking form in Corpus Christi, Texas. The project includes replacement of the existing Harbor Bridge and reconstruction of portions of U.S....
