| 03/07/2010 | Trinity Toll Road Faces Levee Work Delays
The Dallas Morning News
Mar. 7--The prospects for the Trinity Parkway are dimmer now than they have been in years. |
| 03/06/2010 | Trench Collapse Kills Construction Worker in Texas
The Monitor (McAllen, Texas)
Mar. 6--ALAMO -- A 25-year-old construction worker died Friday afternoon when the walls of the trench he was working in collapsed and pinned him to a sewer main, officials said. |
| 03/06/2010 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial: After Decades, Tollway Plan Taking Shape
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Mar. 6--Quickly, name a year from 2004 through 2013 that has NOT been officially declared as the year Tarrant County residents would drive on the Southwest Parkway. |
| 03/05/2010 | Okla. Would Get Millions for Highway Projects Under Jobs Bill
The Daily Oklahoman
Mar. 5--WASHINGTON -- The House cleared a bill Thursday that will boost road funding in Oklahoma and other states and offer tax breaks to businesses that hire the unemployed. |
| 03/05/2010 | Growing Dallas-Area City Needs New Pump Station
Rockwall County Herald-Banner
City Manager Vicki Mikel said the Pump Station No. |
| 03/04/2010 | Senators Balk at Stimulus Funds for Foreign-backed Wind Farms
The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON _ A group of senators wants to halt stimulus funding for several wind projects over concern that the program has subsidized too many jobs overseas. |
| 02/24/2010 | TXU Customers Eligibal for Free Solar Panel Installation Program
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Feb. 24--Would you like to have energy-saving solar rooftop panels installed at your home, without any upfront cost? |
| 03/06/2010 | Texans Blame Smart Meters for High Electric Bills
The Dallas Morning News
Mar. 6--Oncor Electric Delivery recently installed a new "smart meter" at Tricia Lambert's son's home. |
| 03/05/2010 | Press Release: Beck Announces Completion of Second Phase of Austin's Domain Project
Business Wire
The Beck Group announces the completion of the second phase of the Domain project in Austin, Texas, called Domain 2. |
| 03/08/2010 | Foes Try To Poke Hole in Ike Dike Proposal on Bolivar
Houston Chronicle
Mar. 8--CRYSTAL BEACH -- Hurricane Ike raged ashore on the Bolivar Peninsula in September 2008 with more fury than anywhere else, but Larry Campbell's vacation house lost only a few shingles and the break-away garage walls on the first floor. |
| 03/06/2010 | Okla. Contractor Urgently Needs Subcontractors for Fort Sill Contract
The Daily Oklahoman
Mar. 6--LAWTON -- A Lawton construction firm with a $100 million contract for work at Fort Sill is calling for help. |
| 03/03/2010 | El Pase Offers Green Incentive for Multifamily Housing Builders
El Paso Times
Mar. 3--EL PASO -- The city has added another incentive for multifamily development, offering a bonus to builders who meet specific green building benchmarks. |
| 02/24/2010 | Construction To Start Soon on 14-Screen Theater near Lake Worth
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Feb. 24--Dallas-based Starplex Cinemas said it expects to begin construction in the next few weeks on a 14-screen theater near the booming shopping and dining corridor of Lake Worth. |
| 03/07/2010 | Less Stimulus Funds Go to Minority Firms
Associated Press/AP Online
WASHINGTON - Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising chorus of demands for the Obama administration to be more inclusive and more closely track who receives government-financed work. |
| 02/20/2010 | Ground Finally Breaks on Southwest Parkway
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Feb. 20--After four decades of talk about the need to build Southwest Parkway, dirt is finally starting to move. |
| 02/22/2010 | Press Release: AUI Contractors Lands Hurst Library Expansion
PRNewswire
FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- AUI Contractors of Fort Worth was recently selected to construct the new $3.7 million Hurst Library Expansion using a Construction-Manager-at-Risk method of project delivery. |
| 02/13/2010 | Houston Church's Fate in Advocates' hands: Demolition Set for May if no Offer Accepted
Houston Chronicle
Feb. 13--With the clock ticking toward May demolition of its unused Houston Heights sanctuary, Immanuel Lutheran Church's governing body has rejected a plan to save the historic building by leasing it for use as a museum of Texas art. |
| 02/21/2010 | Another Hole Appears in Tulsa's I-44 bridge
Tulsa World
Feb. 21--Another hole has opened up on Interstate 44 in east Tulsa, closing one lane to traffic and creating a bottleneck in the area Sunday morning. |
| 02/18/2010 | Dallas Awarded $43M in Fed Grants for Roads, Streetcars
The Dallas Morning News
Feb. 18--Dallas pedestrians, including tourists and daytime workers alike, will have a new way to get from downtown to Oak Cliff, thanks to surprise federal funding announced Wednesday for a starter streetcar line. |
| 02/19/2010 | Carl Icahn Places Bet on High-speed Rail
Tulsa World
Investor Carl Icahn is backing a startup company that would build trains to run on President Barack Obama's high-speed rail network, challenging international manufacturers that dominate the market, the company said Thursday. |
| 02/18/2010 | Cement Industry Says New EPA Regulations Would Cost Jobs
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Feb. 18--A day after Texas sued the federal government over global warming, the U.S. cement industry kicked off a campaign against tighter environmental regulations, releasing a study on the economic impact of regulations and dropping hints about filing a lawsuit. |
| 02/09/2010 | Press Release: Jacobs Gets Construction Services Contract for ExxonMobil Production's East Tex. Field Project
PRNewswire
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a contract from ExxonMobil Production Company to provide construction services for ExxonMobil's enhanced oil and gas recovery project at the Hawkins Field in Wood County, Texas, about 100 miles east of Dallas. |
| 02/16/2010 | Texas Re-Examines Interstate 35 Corridor Needs
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Feb. 16--EULESS -- The Trans Texas Corridor plan is dead, but motorists must still face the fact that billions of dollars of road work remains to be done along the Interstate 35 corridor. |
| 02/17/2010 | Warrior Unit Progresses at Fort Bliss
El Paso Times
Feb. 17--Above, Department of Defense Deputy Comptroller Mike McCord, left, tours the construction site for the new Warrior Transition Unit Facility on Tuesday at Fort Bliss with Sundt Construction Inc. project manager Frank Bejarano. |
| 02/16/2010 | Tetra Tech Awarded 152-MW Okla. Wind Project
Business Wire
Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded a $40 million contract to design and build a 152-megawatt (MW) wind farm outside of Woodward, Oklahoma. |
