Phillips 66, Enbridge partner on Texas pipeline
Greg Garland, CEO of Phillips 66 Jimmy Moreland/HBJ By Olivia Pulsinelli – Senior web editor, Houston Business Journal Dec 11, 2017 Houston-based Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) and Canada-based Enbridge Inc. (NYSE: ENB) are planning to build a pipeline from the Permian Basin in West Texas to the Gulf Coast. The... Read More »
Austin engineering co. buys Sugar Land structural engineering firm
Will Schnier is CEO of Big Red Dog Engineering and Consulting. By Jan Buchholz – Senior Staff Writer, Austin Business Journal Austin-based Big Red Dog Engineering and Consulting continues to grow with the acquisition of MSP Engineering Group PLLC, a structural engineering firm based in Sugar Land. The six-person Sugar... Read More »
Tellurian makes $15B deal for engineering and construction of flagship LNG project
By Joshua Mann Houston Business Journal Nov 13, 2017 Houston-based Tellurian Inc. (Nasdaq: TELL) has awarded Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals Inc. — the Houston-based subsidiary of California-based Bechtel Corp. — a collection of four engineering, procurement and construction agreements for its flagship liquefied natural gas terminal near Lake Charles,... Read More »
Puerto Rico Power Grid Rebuild Challenges Corps, Crews
Crews from Whitefish Energy in Montana repair a tower in Puerto Rico - Photo courtesy of Whitefish Energy Article by: Pam Radtke Russell and Luke Abaffy - Houston Business Journal At least 3,000 workers, 62,000 poles, 338 towers and 6,500 miles of wire will be needed to rebuild Puerto Rico’s... Read More »
Take a tour around Katy ISD’s new $70M football stadium
Katy Independent School District's new $70 million Legacy Stadium is ready for prime time after two years of construction by Houston-based Durotech Inc. The facility held a dedication ceremony Aug. 17 before Katy High School's first game against Austin’s Westlake High School on Sept. 1, which will be aired on... Read More »
NCARB Launches Second Alternative Path to Architect Certification
Architects without a professional degree in architecture can now earn NCARB certi cation through an alternate path. Pixabay Public Domain The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has launched the second phase of its revised certification path for architects without a degree from an accredited program. This newest path... Read More »
New Construction Starts in 2017 to Increase 5% to $713 billion
Dodge Outlook Report predicts moderate growth for most project types – single family housing, commercial and institutional building, and public works, while multifamily housing levels off and electric utilities/gas plants decline. MARKET DATA |OCTOBER 24, 2016 |DODGE DATA & ANALYTICS Dodge Data & Analytics today released its 2017 Dodge Construction Outlook. The report... Read More »
Texas Economist Sees Oil Industry Leveling Out
San Antonio Express-News Oct. 10 --A little more than two years since the start of the worst oil downturn in recent memory, the Texas petroleum industry may finally be looking at the bottom as prices, rig counts and even employment show gains. "We're just looking at these little milestones.... Read More »
USDOT announces recipients of transportation funding grants
Dive Brief: The U.S Department of Transportation announced that 40 projects across the U.S. have received a total of $484 million in grants from the eighth round of its Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program, according to the Engineering News-Record. Of the total amount of grants allotted, the DOT awarded $193... Read More »
Terracon acquires BES
HOUSTON – Terracon recently announced it has acquired Building Exterior Solutions LLC (BES) of Texas. Terracon is a provider of environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials engineering services with many locations throughout Texas. Terracon will retain BES’ 20-plus employees and offices in Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio areas. Founded in... Read More »