No doubt about it: Texas and pickup trucks go hand-in-hand. So it's not surprising that when the $800 million Toyota plant, located on a 2,000-acre site in San Antonio, broke ground in October, the event was celebrated with a "Texas Tundra Tailgate Party," complete with all the trappings of a Texas football game.

Among the dignitaries at the event were Gov. Rick Perry and Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda, honorary chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. and son of the company's founder.

SSOE Architects of Toledo, Ohio, are designing the plant's grading, foundation, structural steel, utilities, heating and air conditioning; stamping, body, weld, plastics and assembly shops; and an administration building and cafeteria.

General contractors for the plant still have not been chosen.

Olmos Equipment Inc. of San Antonio is currently working to prepare the site. The job requires Olmos to excavate and grade 4.5 million cu. yd. of dirt. The San Antonio office of Houston-based W.T. Byler oversaw the site-clearing work that was completed earlier this year.

The plant is slated to start production in 2006 and begin building approximately 150,000 Tundra full-size trucks annually.

LOCATION: San Antonio
START/COMPLETION DATES: October 2003/2006
CONTRACT VALUE: $800 million
SIZEe: 2,000 acres
OWNER: Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America Inc.
DESIGN ARCHITECT: SSOE, Toledo, Ohio
LOCAL ARCHITECT: Marmon Mok, San Antonio
SITE CLEARING: W.T. Byler, Houston
SITE PREPPING: Olmos Construction, San Antonio

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Williams Brothers Construction Co. Inc. of Houston was awarded the $263 million project, the largest single-project dollar amount ever let by TxDOT. The reconstruction is also part of the Katy Freeway Reconstruction project, which broke ground in June of last year and is scheduled for completion in early 2009.

That project is one of the largest highway construction projects in the state's history and the first in the nation to convert a portion of an interstate highway into toll lanes.

Williams Brothers has been awarded two of the project's three contracts that have been let. Bidding will begin next month on the fourth of the nine major Katy Freeway contracts and will involve the total reconstruction of the IH-10/Beltway 8 interchange.

LOCATION: Houston
START/COMPLETION DATES: June 2003/2009
CONTRACT VALUE: $263 million
SIZE: Approximately 3 miles
OWNER: Texas Department of Transportation
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Williams Brothers Construction Co. Inc., Houston.

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RadioShack's new corporate campus is on an approximately 37-acre site in downtown Fort Worth located along the south bank of the Trinity River. When completed, the campus will contain approximately 900,000 sq. ft. of office space.

The Beck Group of Dallas was awarded the project, consisting of seven buildings and a 2,400-car parking garage. Included in the campus will be a broadcast/advertising studio, kitchen/dining hall, conference facilities and a retail showcase space. All of the buildings are linked by a commons building, which will not only serve as a pedestrian way but also the structural means to connect the buildings with electrical, communication, control conduits and HVAC piping systems.

The project will attempt to achieve LEED certification.

LOCATION: Fort Worth
START/COMPLETION DATES: April 2003/September 2004
CONTRACT VALUE: $200 million
SIZE: 900,000 sq. ft.
OWNER: RadioShack Corp., Fort Worth
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: The Beck Group, Dallas
ARCHITECT: HKS Inc., Dallas
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Walter P. Moore, Houston

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4 - Interstate 45 bridge replacement over Galveston Bay

Traylor Bros. Inc. of Evansville, Ind., began construction in October under a $136 million contract to build two new high-level, three-lane bridges on IH-45 across Galveston Bay.
Construction began October 2003 on the two 8,592-lin.-ft.-long, 74-ft.-wide bridges that overlook the Intracoastal Waterway, along with 3,950 lin. ft. of roadway approaches in Galveston County. Demolition of the existing bridge was included in the project.

LOCATION: Galveston
START/COMPLETION DATES: October 2003/2007
CONTRACT VALUE: $136 million
SIZE: Approximately 1.1 million sq. ft.
OWNER: Texas Department of Transportation
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Traylor Bros. Inc., Evansville, Ind.

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5 - Proton Therapy Center

Developed by M. D. Anderson and a group of community, business and industry leaders as a unique partnership between the public and private sectors, the free-standing, 85,000-sq.-ft. facility will be the largest center of its kind in the world using proton-beam therapy for the treatment of cancer.

Currently under construction on the University of Texas Research Park in Houston (1.5 mi. south of the Texas Medical Center), the 85,000-sq.-ft., two-story center will include a synchrotron-particle accelerator and a proton-beam transport system.

The facility will have four treatment rooms, three of which will be equipped with gantries, wheel-like structures that measure 35 ft. in diameter and weigh 200 tons. The gantries will revolve around the patient to precisely direct the proton beam to its desired target. The fourth treatment room will be a fixed-beam room that administers proton-beam treatment from a stationary point.

M. D. Anderson is expected to begin operation of the Proton Therapy Center in early 2006.

LOCATION: Houston
START COMPLETION DATES: May 2003/October 2004
CCONTRACT VALUE: $120 million
SIZE: 85,000 sq. ft.
OWNER: University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
OWNER'S AGENT: Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc, Houston
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Linbeck Construction Corp., Houston
ARCHITECT: c/o owner's agent

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6 - Travis County Loop 1

A joint venture between Zachry Construction Corp. and Gilbert Texas Constructors LP was awarded the $107 million construction contract by the TxDOT to extend the MoPac Expressway (Loop 1) so that it will intersect with the future SH 45. When complete, motorists will have access to an alternate route linking north and south Austin.

Construction began last fall and the extension is scheduled to open September 2007.
The project will directly connect Loop 1 to I-35 via the SH North toll road. The extension, SH 45 North, SH 130 and U.S. Hwy 183A will form four toll roads that will make up the 122-mi. Central Texas Turnpike project.

The scope of the work encompasses the construction of a 3.4 mile, six-lane highway with intermittent frontage roads, three toll ramps and a toll plaza, with six lanes designated for high-speed toll-tag access. In addition, the project includes earthwork, concrete paving, drainage, bridges and more than 500,000 sq. ft. of retaining walls.

The Zachry/Gilbert team began working on a related project last year that called for an interchange facility connecting SH 45 North with Loop 1.

LOCATION: Austin
START/COMPLETION DATES: September 2003/September 2007
CONTRACT VALUE: $107 million
SIZE: Approximately 3.4 miles
OWNER: Texas Department of Transportation
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Zachry/Gilbert, San Antonio

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7 - State Highway 45

Archer Western Contractors is constructing the new $103 million freeway facility on two sections of the Texas Turnpike Authority's SH45 toll-road system in Round Rock. The project consists of direct connectors, frontage roads, ramps and toll-plaza facilities.

The main portion of the project is 1.6 million sq. ft. of bridge deck, elevated at places more than 100 ft. above the existing IH-35. Four levels of bridge soar above IH-35, connecting travelers on IH-35 with the new toll road.

The project includes 29 million lbs. of reinforcing steel, 8.6 million lbs. of structural steel girders, 110,000 tons of asphalt paving and 106,000 sq. yds. of 11-in. concrete paving.
A bonus of $1.7 million will be awarded for completion on or before July 14, 2006.

LOCATION: Austin
START/COMPLETION DATES:July 2003/July 2006
CONTRACT VALUE: $103 million
SIZE: Approximately 2.3 mi
OWNER: Texas Department of Transportation
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Archer Western Contractors Ltd., a subsidiary of the Walsh Group, Chicago

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8 - Presbyterian Hospital of Denton

The $100 million facility is the largest private capital investment in Denton's history. Bovis Lend Lease is moving along steadily on the project, located on 35 acres facing IH-35 and directly adjacent to the existing Denton Community Hospital campus.

The new five-story, 272,538-sq.-ft. building will be connected to the current hospital through a second-story walkway.

The new hospital will include 161 private rooms, with shelled space for an additional 55 beds, a 27-bed emergency department, nine large surgical suites, education and community meeting space, and two medical office buildings and five additional medical office sites for independent developments. The first four-story, 80,000-sq.-ft. office building will be completed in the first quarter of 2005.

LOCATION: Denton
START/COMPLETION DATES: September 2003/2005
CONTRACT VALUE: $100 million
SIZE: 272,538 sq. ft.
OWNER: Triad Hospitals Inc. and Texas Health Resources
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Bovis Lend Lease, Nashville, Tenn
ARCHITECT: Ascension Group Architects LLP, Arlington

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9 - Galveston County Criminal Justice Center

Gilbane Building Co. is performing construction management services in partnership with Kelso for the center, which includes a 1,244-bed jail facility, new courts facility housing the county and district courts and a law-enforcement facility housing the sheriff's office.

The three areas are being constructed simultaneously and will be part of a single campus complex. Together they comprise approximately 605,000 sq. ft.
The judicial portion of the facility will house the court functions and county departments necessary for court operations.

The project started in January with the demolition of several old cotton warehouses that sat on the 60-acre site.

LOCATION: Galveston
START/COMPLETION DATES: January 2003/November 2006
CONTRACT VALUE: $92 million
SIZE: 605,000 sq. ft.
OWNER: Galveston County
GENERAL CONTRACTORS: Gilbane/Kelso, Houston
ARCHITECT: Bay Architects Inc., Webster.

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10 - Pier 1 Headquarters

The new $90 million, 20-story corporate headquarters of Pier 1 Imports encompasses 460,000 sq. ft. of office building space and an adjoining 260,000-sq.-ft. parking deck. Completed in just 18 months, the project is Fort Worth's first high-rise to be built downtown in nearly a quarter of a century.

The reinforced-concrete structure clad in Italian stone, aluminum and glass will house about 1,000 employees when it opens in August. The prominent location is on an axis with the Belknap Street thoroughfare on the northwest edge of the city's central business district.

The facility includes conference and training facilities, an employee fitness center, indoor and outdoor photo studios, a merchandise-sample room and executive suites.

LOCATION: Fort Worth
START/COMPLETION DATES:January 2003/August 2004
CONTRACT VALUE: $90 million
SIZE: 460,000 sq. ft.
OWNER: Pier 1 Imports, Fort Worth
GENERAL CONTRACTORS: Manhattan Construction Co., Dallas, and Thos S. Byrne, Fort Worth
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER: MBC/Dunn Consultants, Fort Worth
DESIGN ARCHITECT: Duda/Paine Architects, Durham, N.C.
ARCHITECT OF RECORD: Kendall/Heaton Associates, Houston
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Brockette/Davis/Drake Inc., Dallas

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11 - Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano

The new Plano campus is Baylor's first facility in Collin County. MEDCO broke ground in January on the $88.1 million campus, which encompasses three fast-tracked projects: a 318,000-sq.-ft. hospital, 188,000-sq.-ft. medical office building and a 420,000-sq.-ft. parking garage.

The hospital will include 96 inpatient beds, 40 day-patient beds and 12 operating rooms. The seven-story parking garage has a precast concrete structure and offers space for more than 1,000 cars.

The seven-story structure has a futuristic design created by PageSoutherlandPage architects. Curtain wall, precast concrete and masonry comprise the building skin. The team has come up with unique solutions for joining the three systems, including custom stainless steel flashing that is fabricated and built into the masonry wall at the header of each window.

The hospital includes a full, 50,000-sq.-ft. basement situated 23 ft. below the first floor. Because of the number of natural springs on the site, MEDCO installed a permanent subsoil drainage system before drilling the building piers.

LOCATION: Plano
START/COMPLETION DATES: January 2003/December 2004
CONTRACT VALUE: $88.1 million
SIZE: 926,000 sq. ft.
OWNER: Baylor Health Care System
GENERAL CONTRACORS: MEDCO Construction, Dallas
ARCHITECT: PageSoutherlandPage, Dallas

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12 - Science and Engineering Research and Classroom Complex

Vaughn Construction is working to complete the new $81 million complex at the University of Houston, designed to be efficient and aesthetically pleasing, by 2005. The 200,000-sq.-ft. complex will feature five floors of laboratory space that will accommodate an estimated 40 research laboratories.

The new complex will have a major impact on the school's academic and research programs including bioanotechnology, DNA and protein chips and synthetic medicinal chemistry.

To ensure functionality for the types of research slated for the building, U of H scientists and engineers had ample input into what would be optimal for their work. Members of the design team assigned to the project have scientific backgrounds in addition to their architectural expertise.

LOCATION: Houston
START/COMPLETION DATES: December 2003/2005
CONTRACT VALUE: $81 million
SIZE: 200,000-sq.-ft.
OWNER: University of Houston
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Vaughn Construction, Houston
ARCHITECTS: Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects, New Haven, Conn.
STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT: Haynes Whaley Associates Inc., Houston
CIVIL ENGINEER: Walter P. Moore & Associates, Houston

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13 - Harris County Civil Justice Center

Vaughn Construction is building the new civil courthouse will help for a new courthouse square composed of a campus with four court buildings in downtown Houston. The courts will face a plaza where the jury assembly room will be centrally located. Each court building will be connected to the jury assembly room and accessible by tunnel. The court complex will encompass five city blocks and has been identified as one of the largest comprehensive court complexes in the country. The 600,000-gross-sq.-ft. civil justice center will rise 17 stories and include 37 courtrooms, tax and ceremonial courtrooms, 6 expansion courtrooms, and two floors for expansion as well as a cafeteria.

The building is a concrete structure with pre-cast concrete-and-glass exterior and interior finishes such as limestone, granite, wood veneer, terrazzo and stainless steel. It is flood protected to an elevation of 41 ft. The project also includes a 120-ft. diameter dome, reminiscent of the existing civil courthouse, a three-story atrium lobby, thirteen elevators, two escalators and vertical transport system for documents. The building will connect to the existing Harris County downtown tunnel system, with provisions for a future connection to the county parking garage.

LOCATION: Houston
START/COMPLETION DATES: February 2003/2005
CONTRACT VALUE: $80 million
SIZE: 300,000 gross sq. ft.
OWNER: Harris County Commissioner's Court
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Vaughn Construction, Houston
ARCHITECT: Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville, Houston
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Walter P. Moore, Houston

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14 - President George Bush Turnpike, section XXIV

Granite Construction Co. was awarded the $75.5 million contract in January 2003 by the North Texas Tollway Authority for construction of a 2.5-mile segment of an existing six-lane divided toll road in Carrollton.

Construction began in March 2003 on the 2.5-mile long segment includes 10 bridges, 2.5 million cu. yds. of excavation and embankment, concrete paving, asphalt paving and special subsurface stabilization. The project, scheduled for completion in 2006, is part of the 5.5-mile extension of the President George Bush Turnpike from Interstate 35E in Carrollton to the Interstate 635/State Highway 161 interchange in Irving.

LOCATION: Carrollton
START/COMPLETION DATES: March 2003/2006
CONTRACT VALUE: $75.5 million
SIZE: Approximately 2.5 mi.
OWNER: Texas Department of Transportation
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Granite Construction Co., Watsonville, Calif

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15 - St. David's Medical Expansion

FCI construction, general contractor for the 170,000-sq.-ft., $65 million expansion of St. David's Medical Center near downtown Austin, is melding modern-day methods with'50's construction. The project involves a three-story tie-in addition to the existing hospital.

When complete, the new structure will double the capacity of the hospital's existing emergency room and will give the facility twice as many operating rooms. The project has involved the demolition of a portion of the existing structure and coming up out of the ground with three floors that will attach to the old building. With a cast-in-place frame, the addition will be covered in a brick façade similar to the old St. David's building.

LOCATION: Austin
START/COMPLETION DATES: Jan 2003/November 2005
CONTRACT VALUE: $65 million
SIZE: 170,000 sq. ft.
OWNER: St. David's HealthCare Partnership
GENERAL CONTRACTORS: FCI Construction, Austin
CIVIL ENGINEER: Griffin Engineering Group, Austin
MECHANICAL ENGINEER: Smith Seckman Reid Inc., Nashville
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Jose Guerra Inc., Austin

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16 - Teasley High School

The project, built on 86 acres, has 375,500 sq. ft. of building areas including a two-story concrete structural frame at the classroom wings. cafeteria, library, gym, theater, vocational-tech and orchestra halls. Structural steel and load-bearing masonry are used throughout the rest of the structure. The site includes baseball and softball field and track with a synthetic turf practice field. The project it on of the largest 4A high schools in Texas.

Approximately 3.5 million bricks, 36, 000 cu. yds. of concrete, and 960 mi. of electrical wiring are being used in the project. An abandoned, renovated historical county bridge will link the athletic fields to the educational facilities across the existing creek bed. A limestone-clad rotunda with terrazzo flooring marks the entrance. The 450 li. Ft. by 26 ft. tall two-story main corridor links the auditorium cafeteria and gymnasium to the academic elements of the building.

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17 - John Paul Stevens High School

Bartlett Cocke General Contractors is constructing Bexar County's newest high school, John Paul Stevens High School, which will open summer 2005 with 1,800 students and eventually grow to 2,500 students. The Northside ISD policy requires that high schools in the district be named for Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, where Justice Stevens currently serves. Within the last five years, NISD has also opened Sandra Day O'Connor High School and Earl Warren High School to serve the growing population in northwest Bexar County.

Located on a 75-acre site of the 1987 Papal Mass, the new $50 million high school is one of nine new schools approved by voters in a 2001 bond issue. The 398,000 sq. ft. art school will be two stories and is designed to allow an abundance of natural light.

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18 - Rockwall Heath High School

Pogue Construction is serving as construction manager-at-risk for the Rockwall Heath High School, a new $54.6 million, class 5A school located on a 78-acre site about midway between the cities of Rockwall and Heath near Dallas. The new school consists of 282,000 sq. ft. and is a short distance from Lake Ray Hubbard. The building features a natural stone-and-brick exterior with a slate roofline.

The project includes an athletic complex with three basketball courts, five practice fields, football field and competition track, softball and baseball fields, eight tennis courts and a weight room with training area.

The fine arts facilities include a choir and band hall, and a "black box" room for
theater. The school also boasts many science labs and state of the art technology.
The project is scheduled to open in summer of 2005.

LOCATION: Dallas
START/COMPLETION DATES:
PROJECT VALUE: $54.6 million
SIZE: 282,000 sq. ft.
OWNER: Rockwall ISD
GENERAL CONTRACTORS: Pogue Construction, McKinney
ARCHITECT: The SHW Group, Dallas

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19 - Richardson ISD Bond Program

Cadence McShane Corp. is nearing completion of the $50 million construction contract in Dallas for the Richardson Independent School District, a seven-project bond program which includes the expansion of the Richardson High School and the J. J. Pearce High School to integrate ninth-grade students into a freshman programming project. It also includes renovation work to four junior high schools and the construction of a new tennis complex.

The Richardson High School project includes 113,864 sq. ft. of new construction and 233,000 sq. ft. of renovations. J.J. Pearce High School will expand by 138,578 sq. ft. with an additional 129,589 sq. ft. of renovations performed on the existing structure.
Cadence McShane will construct a new library, classrooms, science and technology labs, new art and fine arts classrooms and new gymnasiums with associated locker facilities.

Both high schools include renovations to upgrade existing MEP systems, special education, kitchen and other support area improvements, new administration offices and handicapped accessibility updates. Work to the four junior high schools will include renovations to the science rooms and kitchens, ADA compliance work, and miscellaneous flooring, ceiling, and paint upgrades.

This contract represents the fourth major construction manager-at-risk bond program the company has been awarded since 1997.

LOCATION: Richardson
START/COMPLETION DATES: November 2003/Fall 2004
PROJECT VALUE:$50 million
SIZE: Approximately TK sq. mi.
OWNER: Richardson Independent School District
GENERAL CONTRACTORS: Cadance McShane Corp., Dallas
ARCHITECT: PBK Architects Inc., San Antonio

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20 - The Tower

Turner Construction Co. is providing preconstruction and construction management services for the renovation and conversion of the 37-story Bank One Building in downtown Fort Worth into 147 lofts, 168 apartments and 60,000 sq. ft. of retail and office space. The 487,000 sq. ft. building was heavily damaged in a March 2001 tornado and had been considered for demolition.

Construction on the building got under way after extensive asbestos abatement was completed. The project is on a fast-track schedule.

LOCATION: Fort Worth
START/COMPLETION DATES: December 2003, May 2005
PROJECT VALUE: $50.0 million
SIZE: 487,000 sq. ft.
OWNER: TLC Realty Advisors and Greenfield Partners
GENERAL CONTRACTORS: Turner Construction Co., Houston
ARCHITECTS: Corgan Associate, Dallas

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21 - Judson ISD High School

The new 400,000 sq. ft. building on a 100-acre site in San Antonio incorporates native stone and a brick exterior in its design, reflecting a Frank Lloyd Wright design. The project includes a complete new campus with football baseball and soccer fields with grandstands as well as a concession stand, eight tennis courts, sand volleyball courts, and a track-and-field area. The fine arts facilities include a band/music wing, a "black box" room for theater arts and a 400-seat auditorium.

One of the project's challenge was overcoming the highly expansive soil in the area. Additional measures had to be done to reduce the amount of expansion in and around the building and paving areas.

LOCATION: San Antonio
START/COMPLETION DATES: May 2003/May 2005
PROJECT VALUE: $48.2 million
SIZE: 400,000 sq. ft.
OWNER: Judson Independent School District
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Joeris General Contractors Ltd., San Antonio
ARCHITECT: PBK Architects Inc., San Antonio

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22 - U.S. 287, Midlothian relief route

J.D. Abrams LP, in a joint venture with T. J. Lambrecht Construction, was awarded the $46.7 million contract by TxDOT for the relocation of U.S. 287 just south of the Metroplex. When complete, the project will provide a bypass around the city of Medlothian in Ellis county, removing the heavy traffic that passes through the city. Construction began in October 2003 and is estimated to open to traffic spring 2006. The project consists of grading, drainage, bridge systems and paving.

T.J. Lambrecht is performing all the grading activities on the projects, while J.D. Abrams is constructing the underground drainage culverts and bridge structures that will pass over several local highways.

LOCATION: Ellis County
START/COMPLETION DATES: October 2003/Spring 2006
CONTRACT VALUE: $46.7 million
SIZE: Approximately 9 miles
OWNER: Texas Department of Transportation
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: J.D. Abrams LP, Austin, T. J. Lambrecht Construction, Euless

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23 - Leon Creek Power Project

Construction of the new $43 million project, located in San Antonio near Kelly Air Force Base, is being overseen by the Leon Creek Power Partners, a joint-venture partnership between TIC-the Industrial Company and Utility Engineering. The project began in July 2003 and is scheduled for completion by August 2004. Once completed, it will generate more than 200 m.w. to the existing Leon Creek Switchyard. Power is generated from four GE LM6000 Spring combustion turbines in a simple-cycle configuration.

Each of the combustion turbine exhaust is complemented by an emissions reduction selective catalytic reduction structure complete with modular catalysts and an ammonia-injection grid.

LOCATION: San Antonio
START/COMPLETION DATES:July 2003/August 2004
PROJECT VALUE: $43 million
SIZE: More than 200 MW
OWNER: City Public Services
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: TIC-The Industrial Co., Kingwood,
DESIGN ENGINEER: Utility Engineering Corp., Minneapolis, Minn.

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24 - Saginaw High School

Hunt Construction is the general contractor currently working to complete phase one of the new high school, located in Fort Worth's northwest Tarrant County, for the 2005-06 school year. The building will encompass 312,160 sq. feet and hold 1,500 students and include three gymnasiums, a theater and vocational facilities. A second phase, scheduled for completion in May 2008, will add more classrooms to the building. (See Masonry, "Bricks are for Kids," page TK).

LOCATION: San Antonio
START/COMPLETION DATES: February 2003/May 2008
PROJECT VALUE: $42.9 million
SIZE: 312,160 sq. ft
OWNER: Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District, Saginaw
GENERAL CONTRACTOR:Hunt Construction Group Inc., Fort Worth

ARCHITECT: VLK Architects Inc., Arlington

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25 - Harris County Juvenile Justice Center renovation

The Harris County Juvenile Justice Center was originally constructed in 1951 as the county's Criminal Courts Building. The nine-story facility contains more than 338,000 sq. feet, and when completed, it will include 210 juvenile-detention beds, juvenile courts and a juvenile administration office as well as offices for two justices of the peace, the constable and Harris County Precinct 1.

The original entrance was on the west side of the building facing San Jacinto street. After renovation, the new entrance will be on the north side of the building facing the county's court complex.

Work began in August 2003 and required the partial demolition of the exterior and the entire demolition of the interior of the building as well as abatement of asbestos-related material. Another requirement of the county is the salvage and re-use of a number of the original items from within the building such as desks and benches. The Juvenile Justice Center is often referred to as the "Jewel of the Court Complex."

LOCATION: Houston
START/COMPLETION DATES: August 2003/August 2005
PROJECT VALUE: $40.5 million
SIZE: 338,000 sq. ft.
OWNER: Harris County
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. Houston
ARCHITECT: Morris Architects

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