CEG - Tue April 20, 2021
Texas Women in Construction — Meet Kaisha Plambeck of Skanska USA
Kaisha Plambeck offers a very succinct answer when asked what she likes about being in the construction world — "I really get to be myself."The Texas native who once dreamed of a career in design has found both comfort and success as a senior project engineer at Skanska USA and could not be happier....
Manhattan Construction - Tue April 20, 2021
Firm Earns Award Recognition for Houston Airport Project
Manhattan Construction Company recently announced work on the United Technical Operations Center at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, has earned a national Excellence in Construction Pyramid Award, presented during the ABC Convention 2021 in Grapevine, Texas, on March 10....
Solar Power World Online - Tue April 20, 2021
Rosendin Kicks Off Construction On 500-MW Solar Project
In southeastern Texas surrounded by farmland, Rosendin's Renewable Energy Group (REG) has begun building the largest solar power project in the state. The Aktina Renewable Power Project calls for the installation of 1.4 million solar modules across 4,000 acres in Wharton County, located outside the Houston metro area....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 20, 2021
Longview Bridge and Road Reconstructs Texarkana Highway
Longview Bridge and Road is reconstructing 6 mi. of I-30 from the Arkansas State Line to Kings Highway in the city of Texarkana [Bowie County], replacing the four-lane [two lanes in each direction separated by a median] asphalt highway with six concrete lanes to handle an increase in traffic that is impacting the area....
Link-Belt Cranes - Tue April 20, 2021
Derr and Isbell Construction Work Quickly With Link-Belt TCC-1400
Construction is under way at The Stack, a 16-story project in Deep Ellum, a historic downtown Dallas neighborhood. Derr and Isbell Construction LLC of Euless, Texas, has a long company history of lifting structural steel and precast for projects across the country, and was awarded the contract for the 474,000 sq....
WFAA. com - Mon April 19, 2021
Officials Green Light $1.7B in Funding for DART Line
The Dallas City Council recently unanimously approved continuing with the building of a second light rail alignment going through downtown Dallas, also known as D2. The city council also said it would support DART in obtaining a Federal Transit Authority [FTA] grant to help fund the project....
Skanska - Mon April 19, 2021
Skanska Promotes Joe Lindemann to VP of Operations
Skanska USA has announced that Joe Lindemann, an industry veteran with 38 years of experience in commercial construction, has been promoted to vice president of operations in north Texas. Lindemann, who is based in Skanska's north Texas office, joined the company in 1983 as a laborer and was most recently a project executive – field operations....
CEG - Wed April 07, 2021
Iron Bound Auctions Hosts Two-Day Sale in Seminole, Texas
Iron Bound Auctions held a two-day sale on March 23 to 24 at its main site in Seminole, Texas. Sales Manager Tony Peters reported almost 1,100 lots were sold over two days. The auction was a live event, with bidding available online as well....
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers - Wed April 07, 2021
Ritchie Bros. Breaks Bidder Record at Fort Worth Auction
Ritchie Bros. conducted its largest Texas auction ever in March 2021, attracting 76 percent more bidders year over year and achieving more than $95 million in gross transaction value — surpassing its previous Texas sales record, set in June 2020, by 17 percent....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 07, 2021
Officials Approve Billions of Construction Dollars for Projects
Like the rest of the country, the COVID-19 pandemic hit Texas hard, but despite this medical emergency, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) currently has more than $24 billion worth of highway, bridge and infrastructure construction projects under way – the largest in the state's history....
