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.
EnWave USA’s new Biomedical District Steam Plant accomplishes a major goal of disaster preparedness planning in New Orleans in the wake of the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Zachry Group was selected to provide full-scale engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a new production plant at BASF’s Verbund site in Freeport, Texas.
The George and Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center project consisted of the full historical restoration and adaptive reuse of what were two separate townhouses built in the 1870s.
Balfour Beatty, working as managing partner, led the BARC joint venture team with Azteca, H.J. Russell and CARCON in the $140-million, 400,000-sq-ft DFW International Airport Terminal A Phase II renovation and improvement project.
Texas A&M University houses the only veterinary school in the state of Texas—a program that is ranked in the top five in the country. The school is expanding its footprint at the College Station campus with a new Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Education Complex and by renovating and expanding the existing Small Animal Hospital.
In the heart of the Texas Medical Center near downtown Houston, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is creating a new front door for the campus.
A robust transportation sector in Texas as well as continued vitality from energy, infrastructure, education and hospital projects in Texas and Louisiana helped deliver a high-performance 2014 for design firms based or working in the Gulf Coast. Related Links: ENR Texas & Louisiana Top Project Starts of 2014 ENR Texas & Louisiana Top Design Firms 2014 The top 75 firms in ENR Texas & Louisiana's annual ranking of the region's largest designers reported combined revenue of $5.1 billion last year, compared with $4.1 billion in 2013—a nearly 25% increase that extends a three-year growth spurt in the region.The top three
Hunt-Zachry, A Joint Venture, is surging past the half-way mark in constructing a $325-million, 800,000-sq-ft addition to San Antonio's bustling Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. The joint venture team is a partnership between Hunt Construction Group, An AECOM Company, and Zachry Construction Corp. Image Courtesy of Hunt Construction Group San Antonio hopes that sleek architecture and multiple amenities will help make Gonzalez one of top convention centers in the U.S. Photo Courtesy of Hunt Construction Group An 800,000-sq-ft addition will nearly double the size of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. Related Links: Digging Deeper: School Charts
Construction is brisk in Texas and Louisiana. The region posted big increases for project starts in all sectors, particularly in energy, transportation and water infrastructure. The top 25 projects of 2014 totaled $28.9 billion, more than double the previous year's $12.5 billion. Related Links: ENR Texas & Louisiana Top Starts 2013 ENR Texas & Louisiana Top Starts 2012 "The market is robust, and there are a lot of opportunities in all segments, including mixed-use," says Jack Baxley, president and CEO of Dallas-Fort Worth-based TEXO, a commercial trade association of 1,400 general contractors, specialty contractors and suppliers in northern and eastern
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