TEXAS

CEG - Tue September 03, 2019

Iron Bound Hosts Big Two-Day Auction in Seminole, Texas

Contractors, farmers and ranchers descended on Seminole, Texas, Aug. 20 to 21 for Iron Bound Auction's two-day equipment sale. This was the second-biggest sale in the company's history. A huge selection of construction and oilfield equipment was available to both online and in person bidders....

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers - Tue August 27, 2019

Ritchie Bros. Sells More Than $45M of Equipment in Houston, Texas

Ritchie Bros. sold more than 5,300 equipment items for more than $45 million at its latest Houston, Texas, auction on Aug. 20 to 21. More than 7,250 people registered to bid in the two-day auction, including more than 5,850 registering to participate online....

Vermeer Texas-Louisiana - Wed August 14, 2019

Vermeer and Bobcat Equipment Dealership to Open in Victoria, Texas

Vermeer Texas-Louisiana, the authorized dealer of Vermeer construction equipment in Texas and Compact Construction Equipment LLC, the authorized Bobcat dealer in south, central and west Texas have announced plans to open a new, co-branded facility in Victoria later this fall....

Texas Tech University - Tue August 13, 2019

ASCO Donates $5M to TTU's School of Veterinary Medicine

Agriculture and construction equipment dealer, Associated Supply Company Inc. (ASCO), will contribute $5 million to Texas Tech University for the School of Veterinary Medicine, located at the Health Sciences Center campus in Amarillo....

CEG - Tue August 13, 2019

Steel Masters LP Transforms Historic Houston Tower Into Hotel

With construction booming across the country, tower cranes are part of every big city skyline, including Houston. Some of the work, however, is being done by smaller, less visible distant cousins — mini-cranes....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 13, 2019

UTHealth Begins Construction on New $125M Hospital

In what will be the first major construction of a state mental health hospital in more than two decades, work has begun on a facility in Houston that will provide services for people needing inpatient acute psychiatric care or support to help transition back to their home communities....

TxDOT - Tue August 13, 2019

TxDOT Breaks Ground on Innovative Intersection Project

Another diverging diamond intersection (DDI) is coming to Travis County, following a groundbreaking ceremony on July 24 for the I-35 at Parmer Lane project. The Texas Department of Transportation was joined by Texas Transportation Commission Chairman J....

Steel Dynamics Inc. - Tue August 13, 2019

Steel Dynamics to Build $1.9B Flat Roll Steel Mill Site

Steel Dynamics Inc. has announced the selection of Sinton, Texas, as the site for the company's previously announced new state-of-the-art, electric-arc-furnace (EAF) flat roll steel mill. Sinton is located approximately 30 mi....

Business Wire - Tue August 13, 2019

TxDOT Awards Sterling $23.4M Springtown Project

Sterling Construction Company Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Texas Sterling Construction Co. , was selected by the Texas Department of Transportation to reconstruct a 1.5-mi. portion of FM 51 near Springtown, Texas....

TxDOT - Tue August 13, 2019

Commission Approves $101M for Lufkin District Projects

Texas Transportation Commissioners approved more than $779.3 million in construction projects statewide, and included more than $101.5 million in new construction projects for the nine-county Lufkin District....