Ritchie Bros. - Tue February 23, 2021
Ritchie Bros. Sets Record Amount of Bidders at Auction
Ritchie Bros.' 100-percent online auctions continue to drive strong results for consignors in 2021. In February, the company sold more than 4,600 items located at its Houston auction site to online buyers around the world for more than $47 million....
Robby Chakler – CEG SENIOR EDITOR - Tue February 23, 2021
Unprecedented Snowstorm Temporarily Shuts Down Lone Star State
The unprecedented snowstorm that saw dangerous amounts of snow and ice blanket the Texas area brought everything to a screeching halt. That included portions of the more than $24 billion worth of construction projects in the Lone Star State, which is a record-breaking dollar amount for current projects across the state at one time, according to the Texas Department of Transportation....
Skanska - Mon February 22, 2021
Skanska Tops Out Bowden Campus at St. Philip's College
Construction firm Skanska announced that it has reached a significant milestone on St. Philip's campus with the steel topping out of the Bowden Campus Center. The Bowden Campus Center will replace the original building from the 1940s....
PR Newswire - Wed February 10, 2021
Regulators Approve 135-Mi. Pipeline in Permian Basin
United States regulators have given the go-ahead for work to begin on almost all of the route of the 135-mi. Double E Pipeline that would link growing natural gas production areas in the Permian's Delaware Basin to delivery points near the Waha Hub in Texas....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 10, 2021
Joint Venture Takes on Texas Harbor Bridge Project
Crews from the joint venture of Flatiron/Dragados LLC (FDLLC) are working hard to complete the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) design-build, $802.9 million U.S. 181 Harbor Bridge Project (HBP) in Corpus Christi....
PR Newswire - Tue January 26, 2021
Crews Complete Construction of Amadeus Wind Project
BayWa r.e. has completed construction and achieved financial close of the Amadeus Wind project in Texas. Located northwest of Abilene in Rotan, the 250 MW wind farm has begun selling power into the grid and will generate enough clean, renewable energy to meet the electricity needs of more than 74,800 homes annually....
Renewable Energy - Tue January 26, 2021
Clearway Energy Group Begins Building Mesquite Sky
Clearway Energy Group has commenced construction on Mesquite Sky, a 345 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Callahan County, Texas. Clearway also closed $427 million in construction debt financing, for which Mizuho Bank Ltd....
Roadbridges. com - Tue January 26, 2021
Largest Wildlife Crossing in U.S. Officially Opens in S.A.
The city of San Antonio recently announced the opening of the Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge — the largest wildlife crossing in the United States. Reclaiming natural habitat above Wurzbach Parkway, the Robert L.B....
Tyler Paper. com - Tue January 26, 2021
Odessa-Based Company to Build Hydrogen Facility Job
Odessa-based Saulsbury was recently awarded a contract to construct a 30 ton per day hydrogen liquefaction facility for a specialty gas company. "This award represents a significant achievement for Saulsbury, as well as our client, as we work to support the environmental and renewable programs of the future....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 26, 2021
Williams Brothers Nears Finish of $259M Houston Job
Williams Brothers Construction Co. Inc. is now in Phase 4 of the seven phase, $259 million, I-610 West Loop/I-69 Southwest Freeway Interchange improvement project in Houston that began in late December 2018 and is expected to be completed in 2024....
