PROJECT COST: $53,690,478 Photo: Bay Architects Texas City High School Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The new Texas City High School has been designed and located to be part of the community’s Town Center Complex, which includes the civic center; community center and natatorium; the city library and city hall. All of these facilities are part of a city park that includes playgrounds, walking trails and live oaks. The 2,200-student school includes fully-equipped science facilities; career and technology labs; gymnasium and athletic programs; a multi-purpose cafeteria; and a performance auditorium, along with fine art spaces,
PROJECT COST: $54,553,962 Photo: Goody Clancy Texas Tech University Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration project at Texas Tech University includes a new, four-story, 150,000-sq-ft academic facility conforming with the traditional Spanish Renaissance architecture of the campus. The project includes 22 technology rich classrooms; comprehensive undergraduate and graduate level student services; grouped and individual study areas; faculty and staff office spaces; and conference and large meeting spaces. Particular attention was given to site design to create multi-level, outdoor rooms and areas
PROJECT COST: $78,000,000 - TIE Photo: David Dillard, D2 Architecture The Stayton at Museum Way Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 The Stayton at Museum Way retirement community, located on a 2.8-acre site in Fort Worth's cultural district, includes three interconnected, 11-story towers built over a two-level, below-grade concrete parking structure. The 800,000-sq-ft project has an schedule of just 22 months. Its proximity to the Trinity River presents several challenges. The design team created a soil retention system that would allow the 25-ft-deep excavation for the garage to be done
PROJECT COST: $62,200,000 Photo: PBK Architects Tomball Memorial High School Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The new Tomball Memorial High School – Tomball ISD’s second high school – will serve approximately 2,200 students in a two-story, 350,000-sq.-ft. building. Its arched entry was inspired by the architecture of the former Cherry Street school, which was built in 1936. The front portion of the new high school will house the main administrative offices, which are located near the library. The building is organized by departments. Each department also includes an administrative suite that includes offices for counselors
PROJECT COST: $81,000,000 Photo: Jacobs "Grow the Force" Advanced Individual Trainee Barracks Complex 1 Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 Construction of the "Grow the Force" trainee barracks at Fort Sam Houston follows two earlier projects (Task Orders One and Two) performed by design-build contractor Hensel Phelps. Following the completion of three, 1,200-person dormitories on the Medical Education and Training Campus, the contractor was awarded Task Orders Three and Four. Task Order Three includes a full-sized, 1,200-person barracks, as well as facility connections to the post-wide local area network for
PROJECT COST: $98,54,0000 Photo: W.W. Webber President George Bush Turnpike, Section 28 Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 Section 28 of the President George Bush Turnpike is one part of an ongoing series of projects currently under construction by the North Texas Turnpike Authority. The project is 2.3 mi in length and includes 1.4 mi of bridges that cross the environmentally sensitive Rowlett Creel estuary system. The project is the first of the last four northern sections that will ultimately connect IH-20 in Grand Prairie with IH-30 in Garland and
PROJECT COST: $100,000,000 Photo: Whr Architects Research Park Complex-Stage II, Dental Branch Replacement Building Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 The new Dental Branch Replacement Building is the latest addition to the 485,000-sq-ft, phased UT Health Science Center Research Park Complex. The project includes a 296,500-sq-ft dental school replacement building and a 2,000-sq-ft central plant expansion. The six-story DBRB functions as a research, educational, clinical and patient care facility. Features include dental clinics; simulation and pre-clinical labs; clinical support labs; a clinical research lab; classrooms; a learning resource center; student
PROJECT COST: $65,000,000 Photo: Rice University Rice University Brockman Hall for Physics Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The new Brockman Hall for Physics building on the Rice University campus serves as a state-of-the-art space for the teaching and research mission of the university’s physics and astronomy department. The facility will include vibration and noise controlled underground laboratories to support work in atomic, molecular and optical physics; biophysics; condensed matter physics; nano-engineering and photonics. In addition to the labs, the space will include lab support space, interaction spaces, meeting spaces, instructional spaces, and offices for faculty,
PROJECT COST: $187,699,904 Photo: Austin Bridge & Road DART Blue Line Extension Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 The DART Blue Line is an expansion of an existing track running from Garland to Rowlett. The Dallas Area Rapid Transit project includes 4.8 mi of light-rail double-track guideway running along an existing freight rail right-of-way. Existing right-of-way widths vary from 100 to 150 ft. The extension will be at-grade double track, will include fencing or other physical barriers along the right-of-way for security purposes and includes one station. The project begins
PROJECT COST: $325,000,000 Photo: BalFour Beatty Construction Dallas Convention Center Hotel Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 Owned by the City of Dallas and operated by Omni Hotels, the new Dallas Convention Center Hotel is located on eight acres in the heart of downtown Dallas. It is connected, via a landscaped skybridge, to the Dallas Convention Center. The 1.14-million-sq-ft facility will include the 23-story, 1,000-room hotel; more than 80,000 sq ft of meeting space and ballrooms; multiple restaurants; a sports bar; spa; a fitness center; and a pool deck. The
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