PROJECT COST: $69,649,806 Photo: PBK Architects University High School Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The new University High School is a two-story, 350,000-sq-ft building with a brick over metal stud facade. Specialized spaces include an 850-seat auditorium, competitive gymnasium, two auxiliary gymnasiums, library, cafeteria/dining and an expansive career and technology education program. Site development includes practice and competition fields with bleachers and press boxes, greenhouse and concession stands. The design team was faced with a unique challenge during the design phase, as the site is located alongside a vaguely defined FEMA floodplain. Because the exact
PROJECT COST: $51,000,000 Photo: Jacobs Engineering University of North Texas Business Leadership Building Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The new Business Leadership Building at the University of North Texas is a 180,000-sq-ft, four-story classroom and administration building serving a student body of approximately 5,650. It will also be used by 112 faculty members and a staff of 51. Built with the future in mind, the building anticipates future use by 7,500 student and 140 faculty members. It offers 24 classrooms of various sizes and more than 222 offices for faculty, staff and doctoral students. BIM
PROJECT COST: $47,044,014 Photo: McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. Westside Water Treatment Plant Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 Key Facts Location: Fort Worth Construction Start Date: August 2009 Expected Completion Date: December 2011 Utilizing BIM? Yes Seeking LEED certification? No Owner/Developer: City of Fort Worth, Fort Worth General Contractor: McCarthy Building Companies Inc., Dallas Construction Management Firm: Black & Veatch, Fort Worth Civil Engineer: Camp Dresser & McKee Inc., Fort Worth Next Project »
PROJECT COST: $44,500,000 Photo: Archer Western Contractors Woodall Rogers Deck Park Bridge (SP 366) Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 Key Facts Location: Dallas, Texas Construction Start Date: September 2009 Expected Completion Date: June 2011 Utilizing BIM? No Seeking LEED certification? No Owner/Developer: Texas Dept. of Transportation, Dallas General Contractor: Archer Western Contractors, Arlington Next Project »
PROJECT COST: $220,000,000 Photo: W.W. Webber LLC SH 121 & U.S. 75, Segment 4 Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 Segment 4 - also known as the Sam Rayburn Tollway/U.S. 75 Interchange - is one part of the North Texas Tollway Authority SH 121 corridor from Farm-to-Market 423 to U.S, 75. Work includes new construction of a six-lane tollway on SH 121 and reconstruction of U.S. 75 to eight lanes. The work allows for tolls to be collected using an electronic toll-collection system. Tolls can be paid via transponder units
PROJECT COST: $1,350,000,000 Photo: SH130 Concession Co. LLC SH 130 Segments Five & Six Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 Segments 5 and 6 of State Highway 130 comprise a 40-mi route through Travis, Caldwell and Guadalupe counties to IH-10 near Seguin in Central Texas. The two segments are part of the larger, 89-mi SH 130 project that, when complete, will run east of Austin. The new highway will parallel IH-35 and is intended to relieve the freeway�s traffic volume through the Austin-San Antonio corridor. It will be a four-lane
PROJECT COST: $123,028,658 Photo: Sundt Construction Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facilities, IBCT 1 and IBCT 2 Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 Recent work at El Paso's Fort Bliss includes the design and construction of 12 Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facilities. The TEMFs are located within the IBCT complexes and are used to maintain vehicles and other equipment. When complete, the TEMF structures will total approximately 320,000 sq ft to service 3,268 vehicles. Forty-eight ancillary storage buildings will be provided on the TEMF sites that will be used for the storage of
PROJECT COST: $58,747,000 Photo: Gensler Texas A&M University at Texarkana - Multi-Use Library and Physical Plant Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 When completed in June, the new multi-use library and physical plant will join the previously constructed Science and Technology building on the new Texas A&M University at Texarkana campus. The two new buildings are the second components of a five-phase project that will eventually accommodate up to 10,000 students. The library is a four-story, 187,612-sq-ft building providing student services, offices and classroom space. The 14,612-sq-ft central plant, designed to be expanded, will be the
PROJECT COST: $47,596,691 Photo: Jacobs Texas Army National Guard � Armed Forces Reserve Center Joint Vehicle Maintenance Facility Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 Key Facts Location: El Paso (Fort Bliss) Construction Start Date: January 2009 Expected Completion Date: May 2010 Utilizing BIM? Seeking LEED certification? Yes - Silver Owner/Developer: State of Texas Adjutant General’s Department, Austin General Contractor/Construction Manager: CF Jordan Construction, El Paso Architect/Structural and MEP Engineer: Jacobs, Dallas Civil Engineer: Huitt-Zollars Inc., Fort Worth Main Specialty/Subcontractors:The Garick Group Inc., El Paso; Diversified Interiors Inc., El Paso; Infrastructure Constructors, El Paso Next Project »
PROJECT COST: $62,400,000 Photo: Kirksey Texas A&M University, Agricultural Headquarters Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 This 300,000-sq-ft, four-building complex combines 14 agriculture departments with student classroom space, public assembly, campus dining and office space. Anchoring the complex and showcasing the history and future of agriculture is a new visitors’ center and museum. “Agriculture is Life” is the theme driving the design and construction of the Agriculture and Life Sciences complex. More than 600 faculty, staff and researchers will call this new complex home. Although the owner is not seeking LEED certification, the project is designed
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