| 02/10/2012 | Texas A&M Regents Approve Construction Projects
The Eagle
Feb. 10--The Board of Regents moved forward Thursday with a quartet of construction projects at Texas A&M, including giving the go-ahead for a $120 million expansion and renovation of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. |
| 02/09/2012 | More Players Join Shale Party
Houston Chronicle
Feb. 09--Pipelines and foreign corporations spurred a surge in the value of mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry in 2011, marking a new phase in the burgeoning U.S. shale boom, according to a report released Wednesday. |
| 02/09/2012 | Multi-Family Development Could Benefit Bridge City
The Orange Leader
Feb. 09--BRIDGE CITY -- A new multi-family complex could soon be coming to Bridge City. |
| 02/09/2012 | Renewable Energy Developer Completes $11 Million Fund Raise for National Portfolio
PRNewswire
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pioneer Green Energy, an Austin-based utility-scale wind and solar developer, has secured $11 million of financing for development of its portfolio of wind projects across the U.S. The funds come from an undisclosed institutional investor with substantial experience in the wind industry. |
| 02/05/2012 | College Station Reins in Green Projects
The Eagle
Feb. 05--The College Station City Council opted to go green in 2008, making its intentions clear in the first sentence of a new 66-word policy statement: "College Station is committed to being a leader in resource conservation and protection of our environment." |
| 02/07/2012 | Sierra Club Files Lawsuit to Delay Trans Mountain Road Project
El Paso Times
Feb. 07--An environmental group has hauled the state and federal governments into court, alleging they haven't followed their own environmental rules as they've fast-tracked the expansion of Trans Mountain Road. |
| 02/07/2012 | Jacobs Receives Contract from Methanex
PRNewswire
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today it was awarded a contract from Methanex Corporation, the world's largest supplier of methanol to major international markets, to provide engineering services for a potential methanol production facility in Louisiana. |
| 02/07/2012 | Angelo State University Opens Doors to New Recreation Center Expansion, Designed by SmithGroupJJR
MARKETWIRE
Angelo State University (ASU) has opened the doors to a new 22,000-square-foot recreation and wellness center in the heart of its San Angelo, Texas campus. |
| 02/04/2012 | As Weatherford Traffic Worsens, Bureaucracy Holds Up Highway Project
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Feb. 04--WEATHERFORD -- The Ric Williamson Memorial Highway is being built without a dime of federal money. |
| 02/02/2012 | Houston's Musuem of the Fine Arts Hires Steven Holl Architects to Design Expansion
Houston Chronicle
Feb. 02--The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has selected Steven Holl Architects to partner with its board and staff in developing a long-awaited expansion, including a new building at the corner of Bissonnet and Main streets. |
| 02/05/2012 | UT Arlington and the City Join Forces to Revive Downtown
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Feb. 05--ARLINGTON -- When Lana Wolff was growing up in Arlington during the 1950s and 1960s, the city felt like a small college town. |
| 02/02/2012 | Remedial Construction Services Launches New Division
MARKETWIRE
Remedial Construction Services, LP (RECON), based in Houston, Texas, announced the launch of a new division, Recon Oil Field Services. |
| 02/02/2012 | TxDOT Discusses Hwy 77 Project
Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas)
Feb. 02--HARLINGEN -- Key public officials were briefed Wednesday on plans to upgrade Highway 77 to interstate status by Texas Department of Transportation officials, who fielded questions about a cost estimate of $1.4 billion and a 2037 completion date to connect the Rio Grande Valley to I-37 at Corpus Christi. |
| 02/03/2012 | CB&I Awarded Storage Tank Contract
Business Wire
CB&I (NYSE:CBI) announced today that it has been awarded a contract, valued in excess of US$60 million, by Battleground Oil Specialty Terminal Company, LLC (BOSTCO) for the engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of storage tanks and associated works for its grassroots black oil storage terminal on the Houston Ship Channel. |
| 02/02/2012 | Texans Could Pay Higher Motor Vehicle Registration Fees to Bring in New Money for Roads
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Feb. 02--Texas automobile owners could face higher annual motor vehicle registration fees in the coming years to raise new revenue for roads. |
| 02/02/2012 | Leetex Construction Awarded Contract for Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility
Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
According to DOD: Leetex Construction, L.L.C., Dallas, Texas, was awarded a $9,433,577 firm-fixed-price contract. |
| 01/01/2012 | Eyeing the TIGER Grants
Railway Track and Structures
Many projects received an opportunity to get a head-start on New Year's resolutions with the announcement in mid-December that $279 million in funds had been awarded to rail-related projects through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery or TIGER Discretionary Grant program. |
| 01/01/2012 | Commercial Construction Starts Increase in October
Mortgage Banking
The value of new construction starts grew 12 percent in October, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $469.8 billion, according to New York - based McGraw - Hill Construction's Dodge Index. |
| 02/01/2012 | Drillers Must Now Disclose Fracking Chemicals
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Feb. 01--A new Texas Railroad Commission rule requiring oil and natural gas operators to publicly disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing of natural gas and oil wells takes effect today. |
| 01/30/2012 | BG Group to Purchase Additional LNG From Sabine Pass Facility; Construction to Start in 2012
Datamonitor
BG Group has reached agreement with Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., to purchase an additional two million tonnes of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, over a 20-year period from the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana, US. |
| 01/30/2012 | KBR Appoints Darrell Hargrave President of Industrial Services
Business Wire
KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced the appointment of Darrell Hargrave to President of KBR's Industrial Services business unit. |
| 01/27/2012 | Boom in Wind Power May be Headed for a Bust
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Jan. 27--Texas remains the runaway leader in wind-power generation capacity among the 50 states. |
| 01/27/2012 | Fitch Rates San Antonio, TX Water System Revenue Bonds 'AA+'; Outlook Stable
Business Wire
Fitch Ratings has assigned the following ratings to San Antonio, TX's water system bonds, issued for the benefit of the San Antonio Water System (SAWS): |
| 01/28/2012 | Cudd Energy Begins Work on Facility
Odessa American
Jan. 28--ODESSA, Texas -- Cudd Energy Services of Odessa, has embarked on a $12 million project to consolidate two yards in Odessa thanks to growth of the company, officials say. |
| 01/27/2012 | FAA Plans to Move Fort Worth Offices
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
Jan. 27--The Federal Aviation Administration is planning to move its Southwest Region office to a new state-of-the-art building at Alliance in far north Fort Worth in 2015. |
