| 07/27/2010 | Competition emerges for Historic 1920's Hotel Sabine in Port Arthur
The Port Arthur News
July 27--PORT ARTHUR -- At the eleventh hour of signing a contract option on the historic Hotel Sabine in downtown Port Arthur, a Spring, Texas, man stepped to the podium Tuesday also wanting to develop the property. |
| 07/28/2010 | Platinum LEED HQ in Fort Worth To Reflect Conservation Mission
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
July 28--FORT WORTH -- As anyone who has lived in Texas for at least two seasons knows, there are two types of opposing weather events that never change: soaking spring downpours and withering summer droughts. |
| 07/28/2010 | El Paso Moves to Designate 88-Year-Old school Historic
El Paso Times
July 28--EL PASO -- The City Council on Tuesday started the process of declaring Houston Elementary School a historic building, setting in place a political battle over the future of the Five Points landmark. |
| 07/22/2010 | Okla. City Skyline Fills With Tower Cranes, Bucking Economic Downturn
The Daily Oklahoman
July 22--Just a couple of years ago, any effort to secure just one or two tower cranes would have been complicated by a still dizzying amount of high-rise construction across the country. |
| 07/23/2010 | Texas OKs Public Education Fund To Build Charter Schools
The Dallas Morning News
July 23--AUSTIN -- A sharply divided State Board of Education opened the door today to tapping the state's education trust fund for charter school facilities, despite warnings that the action could harm the fund. |
| 07/25/2010 | Minority-Owned Firms Not Getting Fair Share of City Contracts
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
July 25--ARLINGTON -- Years after pushing the Dallas Cowboys to set goals that would ensure that women- and minority-owned businesses got a fair share of stadium construction contracts, the city has learned that more than 80 percent of its own prime contracts are being awarded to businesses owned by white men. |
| 07/19/2010 | Backup Relief Well Within Feet of Target in Gulf
Houston Chronicle
July 19--ON BOARD THE DEVELOPMENT DRILLER II -- BP believes it can kill its runaway Macondo well in coming weeks by drilling a relief well into it and pumping it full of heavy fluid and cement. |
| 07/16/2010 | Commuter Rail System Part of Downtown Tulsa Master Plan
Tulsa World
July 16--Jack Crowley thinks Tulsa is a fantastic place. |
| 07/14/2010 | TxDOT Awards $34-Million East Loop Project in South Texas
The Brownsville Herald
July 14--The sights and sounds of tractor-trailer rigs traveling through state Highway 48 to International Boulevard in Brownsville could become less of a nuisance for motorists and businesses in a few years. |
| 07/14/2010 | Four 10-Ton Angels Saved From Destined for Demo Fort Worth Civil Courts Building
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
July 14--FORT WORTH -- Four 10-ton limestone carvings of a winged Lady of Justice won't be left in limbo much longer. |
| 07/18/2010 | El Paso 'Bridge to Nowhere' Once Went Somewhere
El Paso Times
July 18--EL PASO -- The El Paso Times librarian received an e-mail last week with one of the most asked questions regarding roads in El Paso. |
| 07/19/2010 | Dam Safety Threatened in S. Texas Where Rio Grande River Structures Need Repair
The Brownsville Herald
July 19--The Rio Grande Valley remains at risk after officials have not followed longstanding recommendations to shore up river dams along the U.S.-Mexico border, a Brownsville Herald investigation shows. |
| 07/13/2010 | Detours on Dallas' Woodall Rodgers, Riverfront Connections Start This Week
The Dallas Morning News
July 13--Traffic headaches associated with the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge construction begin Wednesday and won't end until the bridge opens in mid- to late 2011. |
| 07/06/2010 | Manhattan Construction Tapped to Build Bush Library
The Dallas Morning News
July 06--One of former President George W. Bush's top financial donors has close ties to the construction company picked to build the presidential library at SMU, Bush officials have confirmed. |
| 07/12/2010 | Oil Pipeline Crew Has Major Economic Impact in Stillwater
Stillwater NewsPress
July 12--STILLWATER, Okla. -- An oil pipeline crew working in Payne County could be an economic boon to Stillwater, Chamber of Commerce officials said this morning. |
| 07/09/2010 | South Texas Nuclear Project Additons Under Construction
Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas
July 09--BAY CITY -- Pre-construction site preparation work for South Texas Project Units 3 and 4 is underway. |
| 07/12/2010 | El Paso's $74-Million U.S. Courthouse Finally Complete
El Paso Times
July 12--EL PASO -- After more than four years of construction and an opening delayed by more than 18 months, the Albert Armendariz Sr. United States Courthouse will finally open to the public today. |
| 07/11/2010 | Oklahoma Still Hopes for High-Speed Rail Funds
Tulsa World
July 11--WASHINGTON -- Oklahoma, shut out in the Obama administration's much-ballyhooed competition for billions in high-speed rail construction funds, is not giving up. |
| 07/06/2010 | News Release: AUI Contractors First Texas Firm to Receive ABC's Green Contractor Certification
PRNewswire
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- AUI Contractors of Fort Worth was recently named a Certified Green Contractor by Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC), a national construction trade association. |
| 07/02/2010 | DFW Construction Sector Has a Deep Hole To Build Out Of
The Dallas Morning News
July 02--Reports of a jump in North Texas homebuilding and a turnaround in apartment leasing are welcome news for the area's construction industry. |
| 07/06/2010 | Spill Cleanup Falling Far Short of BP Claims on Oil Removal
The Washington Post
In the 77 days since oil from the ruptured Deepwater Horizon began to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, BP has skimmed or burned about 60 percent of the amount it promised regulators it could remove in a single day. |
| 07/01/2010 | Scientists Dispel Oil Rig Disaster Myths
United Press International
U.S. scientists say worst-case scenarios circulating on the Internet about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have little scientific basis. |
| 07/04/2010 | Two Tulsa Contractors Honored for Safety Success
Tulsa World
Two Tulsa companies were among four businesses recently honored by the Oklahoma Department of Labor at the 2010 Oklahoma Safety & Health Conference held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Catoosa. |
| 07/05/2010 | EDITORIAL: Texas Air: EPA Scolds Adversary TCEQ
El Paso Times
July 05--El Paso leaders have long said the state agency that regulates environmental quality was long overdue some comeuppance. |
| 07/02/2010 | Pipelines in Fatal Texas Explosions Weren't Properly Marked
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
FORT WORTH, Texas _ Two Texas natural gas pipelines that exploded last month, killing three people, had not been properly marked, according to state records. |
