TxDOT - Tue February 23, 2021
Construction Crews Demo I-45's Holland Road Bridge
Progress on the I-45 expansion project between FM 517 to FM 1764 in Galveston County continued with the demolition of the Holland Road bridge over the mainlanes of I-45. As part of the project, the existing I-45/Holland Road intersection will be converted so that Holland Road will go under the mainlanes of I-45....
Atlas Copco - Tue February 23, 2021
Atlas Copco Employee-Led Water for All Organization Supports Texas Relief Efforts
Atlas Copco USA's employee-driven Water for All program, in partnership with Can'd Aid, has announced it will provide support to the state of Texas with fresh, clean drinking water. This support responds to the recent ice and snowstorms causing widespread power outages, resulting in resident's inability to obtain heat, water, food and medicine....
Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority - Tue February 23, 2021
Great Hills Constructors Will Rebuild 183 North Project
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's board of directors approved Great Hills Constructors as the Apparent Best-Value Proposer (ABVP) to design and construct the 183 North Mobility Project. This allows the agency to move into final contract negotiations with an expected contract execution date by spring 2021....
PR Newswire - Tue February 23, 2021
Sungrow Supplies Energy Storage Project in Fort Worth
Sungrow, a global inverter solution supplier for renewables, announced that it has forged a contract to supply its fully integrated Energy Storage System to the 100 MWac Chisholm Grid project in Fort Worth, Texas....
PR Newswire - Tue February 23, 2021
Diamond Green Diesel Receives Port Arthur Approval
Darling and Valero jointly announce that their 50/50 joint venture, Diamond Green Diesel ("DGD"), has received approval from both companies' boards of directors to proceed with the construction of the renewable diesel production facility to be located at Valero's Port Arthur, Texas refinery....
Road and Bridges - Tue February 23, 2021
WSP USA Will Undertake Dallas I-30 Highway Project
The Texas DOT (TxDOT) has selected WSP USA to provide road design services for the I-30 Dallas Canyon Interchange project and the planning of highway improvements in the Odessa District's Permian Basin....
Case - Tue February 23, 2021
Case, Nueces Power Equipment Support Hurricane Recovery
Case Construction Equipment and Texas-based dealer Nueces Power Equipment provided equipment and support for a two-week Team Rubicon operation that continued each organization's support of Hurricane Harvey response and recovery — still ongoing more than three years after the hurricane hit the region....
Roads and Bridges - Tue February 23, 2021
Record $24B Worth of Construction Keeps Contractors Busy
In its 2021 progress report, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) outlines the continued momentum the agency has maintained despite a global pandemic and the historic challenges associated with such an unprecedented time....
News-Journal - Tue February 23, 2021
Samsung Considers $10B Texas Chipmaking Plant
Samsung Electronics Co. is considering spending more than $10 billion to build its most advanced logic chipmaking plant in the United States in Austin. The world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker is in discussions to locate a facility in Austin capable of fabricating chips as advanced as three nanometers in the future, according to sources....
BASF - Tue February 23, 2021
BASF Advances Its Renewable Energy Commitment in Texas
BASF is collaborating with EDF Energy North America to improve the energy balance and reduce carbon dioxide emissions of two of its production sites in Texas. The companies have signed a 35 MW Wind Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that will bring 25 MW wind power to BASF's Verbund site in Freeport and 10 MW wind power to the Pasadena site....
