TEXAS

Giles Lambertson - Fri April 28, 2017

Opinion: Eminent Domain Makes Eminent Sense for Border Fence

President Trump's desire to build a fence along sections of America's southern border will be helped along, if necessary, by expropriation of property. If it comes to that, the president will be on firm constitutional ground....

Richard Webner - Wed April 26, 2017

Softwood Tariff Driving up Housing Price

The Trump administration announced April 26 that it plans to slap a roughly 20 percent tariff on softwood lumber imported from Canada, a move that would likely drive San Antonio's fast-growing home prices even higher....

Fri April 14, 2017

Texas Senate Considers Mandatory Rest Breaks for Construction Workers

A Texas Senate panel considered legislation Tuesday that would require construction companies to give workers mandatory rest breaks — an effort to prevent illnesses and deaths from the sweltering Texas heat....

Thu April 13, 2017

San Antonio Business Owner Receives PIRTEK's National Franchise of the Year Award

PIRTEK Broadway in San Antonio, TX, was named PIRTEK USA's National Franchise of the Year for 2016. Owners Dean and Lisa Akin received the award in March during PIRTEK's annual conference in Orlando....

Mon April 10, 2017

Marathon Selects Fluor for Texas Refinery Contracts

Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced today that it was selected by a division of Marathon Petroleum Corporation (Marathon) to execute the engineering and procurement scope for a major reconfiguration at Marathon's Galveston Bay and Texas City, Texas refineries....

Kelsey Bradshaw - MySanAntonio - Thu April 06, 2017

Texas DOT Spends $809.2 Million For Bridge Replacement

Crews broke ground last week on the $809.2 million Harbor Bridge replacement project, a structure that, by 2020, will will be the new link from downtown Corpus Christi to North Beach and attractions like the U.S.S....

Mon April 03, 2017

Sterling Inks Deal to Buy Tealstone

Sterling Construction Company Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Denton, Texas-based Tealstone Construction for approximately $85 million, subject to specified post-closing adjustments....

Dylan Baddour - Houston Chronicle - Mon April 03, 2017

Residential Boom Bolsters Texas City

Texas City, better known for petrochemical landscapes than landscaped subdivisions, is poised for an unprecedented growth spurt as the region's residential boom continues its southward advance. The Houston Chronicle reports the transformation of a vast expanse of interstate-fronting prairie into a mixed-use commercial hub began with a fancy outlet mall and a sprawling Buc-ee's....

Mon April 03, 2017

WhiteWater Begins Agua Blanca Pipeline Construction

WhiteWater Midstream has commenced construction of the Agua Blanca pipeline, an intrastate natural gas pipeline in the Delaware Basin, Texas. This Agua Blanca pipeline will run from Orla, Texas, to Waha Hub and initially service portions of Culberson, Loving, Pecos, Reeves and Ward counties....

Mon April 03, 2017

Dallas Firm Poised to Take Advantage of Growing Markets

In the spring of 2016, West Texas Rebar Placers completed a small highway project for the Texas Department of Transportation just outside of Cleburne. The Dallas-based company laid nearly 85 ft. (26 m) of storm pipe, placed a new precast box culvert and poured headwalls....