Within about two years, construction teams successfully retrofitted an existing power-generation station into the world’s largest post-combustion carbon-capture facility to be installed on an existing coal-fueled power plant.
Dow’s Crack More Ethane project sought to increase the ethane cracking capacity at the site’s LHC 3 unit by nearly 25% while maintaining flexibility to switch propane feedstock.
Renovations and new construction were included in the scope of this $31-million project on the Witte Museum campus, which was established in 1926 along the banks of the San Antonio River.
The judges selected the winning ENR Texas & Louisiana entries based on the following criteria: overcoming challenges and teamwork; safety; innovation and contribution to the industry and community; construction quality and craftsmanship; and design function and aesthetics.
With chronic droughts draining reservoir levels to 30% capacity or less in Abilene, the city hired a team to complete the installation of an advanced water treatment system as part of a major upgrade project to the city’s Hamby Water Reclamation Facility (WRF).
Constructing a 77,860-sq-ft facility for the University of Louisiana Athletics Program in less than 11 months posed scheduling and planning challenges, but the university’s decision to include a state-of-the-art hydrotherapy room proved especially difficult.
The University of Houston’s new Guy V. Lewis Basketball Center is a 53,000-sq-ft, three-level building that features identical facilities for men’s and women’s basketball, including practice courts, basketball offices, administration and team support areas and site improvements.