| 08/22/2010 | Asarco Cleanup Plan for El Paso Smelter Site Headed to Texas Commission
El Paso Times
Aug. 22--Creative uses suggested for the old Asarco smelter include trendy marketplaces and solar farms. |
| 08/22/2010 | Oklahoma Road Contractor Defends Safety Record After Worker Fatality
Tulsa World
Aug. 22--The company that employed a man who died in a construction accident on the Gilcrease Expressway last week has had 19 serious safety violations in the past six years, records show. |
| 08/21/2010 | Gov't Report: Gulf Oil Drill Ban Affects 23,000 Workers
Associated Press/AP Online
WASHINGTON - A six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico would directly put more than 9,000 people out of work and indirectly affect another 14,000 jobs, according to a memo from the nation's top drilling regulator. |
| 08/20/2010 | Houston Slows Light-Rail Projects as Cash Ebbs; Stalled FTA Funds Add Concern
Houston Chronicle
Aug. 20--Facing a $49 million budget shortfall this fiscal year, the Metropolitan Transit Authority has begun to slow construction on two light rail lines and may embrace more drastic measures in the coming months as uncertainty grows over a $800 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration. |
| 08/18/2010 | North Texas Tollway Authority Accepts $1.8-Billion Project
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Aug. 18--The North Texas Tollway Authority is now formally committed to building the Southwest Parkway project from downtown Fort Worth to Cleburne. |
| 08/20/2010 | Worker Deaths Spiked in Texas Amid Recession
Houston Chronicle
Aug. 20--In what may be a dark twist on the lighter blow Texas took during the recession, on-the-job deaths rose in the state in 2009 even as workplace fatalities nationwide dropped 17 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. |
| 08/18/2010 | $80-Million Freeway Linking IH-10 and Franklin Mountains Gets Green Light
El Paso Times
Aug. 18--EL PASO -- The Trans Mountain Road freeway between Interstate 10 and the Franklin Mountains will be built after all. |
| 08/16/2010 | City Considers Spending $18M To Repave Sam Houston
Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas
Aug. 16--Victoria businessman Gary Breech knows there's no gain unless there's some pain when it comes to rebuilding a badly deteriorated Sam Houston Drive. |
| 08/14/2010 | South Texas Communities Praise Caterpillar Operations
Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas
Aug. 14--Waco restaurateur Sammy Citrano said having a Caterpillar plant in that city has been a boon to the community's economy. |
| 08/12/2010 | TRVA Approves $80.7-M Budget for Fort Worth's Trinity Uptown
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Aug. 12--FORT WORTH -- The Trinity River Vision Authority approved an $80.7 million budget Wednesday for fiscal 2011 that includes more money for land acquisition and funding for new bridges that are part of the Trinity Uptown project. |
| 08/11/2010 | New DART Financing Schemes Revive Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Rail Plan
The Dallas Morning News
Aug. 11--Just six weeks after telling board members that it couldn't be done, DART executives on Tuesday presented their bosses with a 20-year financial plan that keeps the Orange Line rail service on track to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. |
| 08/10/2010 | New El Paso Spaghetti Bowl Interchange May Exceed Budget
El Paso Times
Aug. 10--EL PASO -- A legal but controversial real estate maneuver could cost taxpayers millions of dollars more to buy land for the new East Side Spaghetti Bowl. |
| 08/10/2010 | News Release: Jacobs Announces Design/Build Contract With Williams Bros. Construction and Alamo RMA
PRNewswire-FirstCall
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it received a contract from the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (Alamo RMA) through Williams Brothers Construction to provide design/build services for the US 281/Loop 1604 Interchange in San Antonio, Texas. |
| 08/08/2010 | Texas Among States Affected by Historic Site Rule That May Slow Some Stimulus Projects
McClatchy/Tribune
WASHINGTON _ A routine federal requirement that's intended to preserve historic sites threatens to delay some economic stimulus projects around the country. |
| 08/09/2010 | South Padre Island 39-story Luxury Condo To Be Tallest Tower in Texas' Valley
Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas)
Aug. 09--SOUTH PADRE ISLAND -- A developer based in Monterrey, Mexico, is planning to build a 39-story condominium tower on the Island, which would be the tallest building in the Rio Grande Valley. |
| 08/06/2010 | Stimulus Funds $34M South Texas Toll Road
The Brownsville Herald
Aug. 06--Federal, state and local dignitaries gathered Thursday near Old Port Isabel Road on FM 5ll to break ground on a $34 million toll road designed to improve truck movement to the Port of Brownsville. |
| 08/05/2010 | North Texas Tollway Authority Will Preserve Ties With Old-Line Contractors
The Dallas Morning News
Aug. 05--The board of the North Texas Tollway Authority this morning voted to stick with its often-criticized practice of relying on a small handful of longtime contractors, who have raked in tens of millions of dollars over the years by working for the agency. |
| 08/05/2010 | El Paso AGC Offers Contractors Training in Spanish
El Paso Times
Aug. 05--EL PASO -- The El Paso Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America is partnering with OSHA to offer safety training in Spanish. |
| 08/05/2010 | News Release: Orion Marine Group Announces Contract Award of About $13M
PrimeNewswire
HOUSTON, Aug. 5, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) (the "Company"), a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced a contract award of approximately $13 million. |
| 08/05/2010 | News Relase: Frank Gehry's Santa Monica Place Mall Deconstructed in a Green Renovation by Omniplan of Dallas
Business Wire
Santa Monica Place (www.santamonicaplace.com), a 1980 design by the renowned architect Frank Gehry, has been radically repositioned with a green renovation that opens Friday, August 6, announced Dallas, Texas-based architecture firm Omniplan (www.omniplan.com). |
