The Texas Department of Transportation’s Tyler office let the construction contract for Segment 3A of Toll 49 to Longview Bridge and Road Ltd. for $37.9 million, $15 million less than TxDOT anticipated during planning. Related Links: Funding for Austin�s Manor Expressway Speeds Project Ahead Transportation Commission Selects Private Firm for Agency Review Fort Worth Street Widening, Improvement Project Under Way Bridge Beams Go Up in Woodall Rodgers Extension Project in Dallas Plano�s Eastbound Parker Road Bridge at U.S. 75 Completed Stimulus Projects Started on Longview Roads Wichita Falls Flyover North to West Ramp Opened $88-Million IH-35 Project in Waco Moves

Related Links: Funding for Austin�s Manor Expressway Speeds Project Ahead Transportation Commission Selects Private Firm for Agency Review Fort Worth Street Widening, Improvement Project Under Way Bridge Beams Go Up in Woodall Rodgers Extension Project in Dallas Plano�s Eastbound Parker Road Bridge at U.S. 75 Completed Roadwork recently began in the Longview area and should be finished by the end of fall. The projects include: U.S. 259 (Eastman Road) between IH-20 and U.S. 80 (Marshall Avenue), U.S. 80 between the Spur 63/SH 31 split, and the Harrison County Line. The projects were made possible by funding from the American Recovery

Related Links: DART Light Rail Scheduled to Land at DFW Airport in 2013 DHS Grant Jump Starts Houston Ship Channel Security District Port of Houston Awards Electrical Contract, Approves Green Energy Due to increased funding from the state legislature and recent rules modifications, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is making efforts toward inspecting all of the state’s 1,735 high and significant-hazard dams. So far this year, a total of 550 high- and significant-hazard dams have been inspected. In 2008, 316 dams were inspected, while 293 dams were inspected in 2007. Current legislative funding has allowed for hiring an additional

Related Links: Congress Promotes Green-Building Practices with Financial Incentives Adolfson & Peterson Marks Safety Milestone, Earns ABC Award Rider Appointed to Industrialized Building Code Council Corrpro Houston Crew Earns Safety Excellence Award Former Austin District Engineer Hired by Williamson County Tellepsen Launches New Brand to Mark Anniversary Mike Kress, VP With The Bayou Companies in Houston, Dies The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has been named a platinum level member in the TCEQ’s Clean Texas program, which is designed to reward organizations whose environmental performance goes beyond compliance with environmental laws. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Related Links: Congress Promotes Green-Building Practices with Financial Incentives Adolfson & Peterson Marks Safety Milestone, Earns ABC Award Rider Appointed to Industrialized Building Code Council Corrpro Houston Crew Earns Safety Excellence Award Former Austin District Engineer Hired by Williamson County TCEQ Names M.D. Anderson New Clean Texas Member Mike Kress, VP With The Bayou Companies in Houston, Dies Fourth-generation Houston commercial and industrial builder Tellepsen celebrates its centennial anniversary this year with the launch of a new brand: A Cornerstone of the Community. The brand is designed to reflect the company’s continued support of building industry and local community. The

As part of a planned 300,000-sq-ft, four-building complex for the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the Texas A&M University System broke ground in early summeron its $62.4-million Agriculture Headquarters Building and Visitors Center on its main campus in College Station. A rendering shows new dormitory facilities for the University of Houston. The facility is being built by Hardin Construction and was designed by HADP Architecture . Related Links: Corgan Converts Natatorium Into Culinary Arts Building UH Freshman Housing Facility Construction Under Way Dallas Cowboys Break Ground on Mega-Merchandise HQ El Paso Boasts Building Activity Frenzy Hanson Installs Modular Bridge

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Congress wants to increase incentives for green-building practices with the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, informally known as the Waxman-Markey bill. Related Links: Adolfson & Peterson Marks Safety Milestone, Earns ABC Award Rider Appointed to Industrialized Building Code Council Corrpro Houston Crew Earns Safety Excellence Award Former Austin District Engineer Hired by Williamson County TCEQ Names M.D. Anderson New Clean Texas Member Tellepsen Launches New Brand to Mark Anniversary Mike Kress, VP With The Bayou Companies in Houston, Dies The bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26 and was headed for the Senate

Going green for the Collin County Community College Preston Ridge campus also meant saving green in the $3.5-million conversion of the college’s natatorium into a culinary arts building. A rendering shows one of the new kitchen labs in the Collin County Community College Preston Ridge Culinary Arts building, designed by Corgan Associates and built by Hunt Construction. Related Links: New Texas A&M Agriculture Headquarters Breaks Ground UH Freshman Housing Facility Construction Under Way Dallas Cowboys Break Ground on Mega-Merchandise HQ El Paso Boasts Building Activity Frenzy Hanson Installs Modular Bridge at New Braunfels Middle School Dallas-based Hunt Construction - the

Related Links: Congress Promotes Green-Building Practices with Financial Incentives Adolfson & Peterson Marks Safety Milestone, Earns ABC Award Rider Appointed to Industrialized Building Code Council Former Austin District Engineer Hired by Williamson County TCEQ Names M.D. Anderson New Clean Texas Member Tellepsen Launches New Brand to Mark Anniversary Mike Kress, VP With The Bayou Companies in Houston, Dies The Houston-based crew of Corrpro Cos. Inc., a subsidiary of Insituform Technologies Inc. of Chesterfield, Mo., was recently honored with the Houston Business Roundtable Gold Award in Safety Excellence. The Houston Business Roundtable has been recognizing Greater Houston area industrial contractors for