About two dozen buildings at Fort Sam Houston, some dating back almost as early as the post’s 1876 origin, are being transformed into modern, energy-efficient offices, barracks and other facilities for military personnel and federal employees. The work is part of the $3 billion in Base Realignment and Closure and other construction programs ongoing at military installations in San Antonio. Photo: Joint Program Management Office. An aerial view of one of Fort Sam Houston’s historic areas, where structures dating back to the 1890s will be renovated to provide modern offices and barracks. “Fort Sam Houston has the most historic structures
Using construction management at risk on the $15.5-million renovation of the National Museum of the Pacific War allowed the Texas Historical Commission and the Admiral Nimitz Foundation to get more bang for their buck and have the project delivered in the tight time frame required to open on the prescheduled, historic date, Dec. 7. Related Links: Pacific War Museum CM-at-risk was “so critical for the success of the project,” says Joe Cavanaugh, THC site manager at the museum. “The goal was to try and build an exhibit and museum for the amount of money we’re spending that was maximum value
North Texas and Oklahoma have not escaped the economic downturn, with designers and contractors finding fewer construction starts than a couple of years ago. Photo: Scott + Reid. Scott + Reid completed an interior build-out of Energy Future Holdings. Photo: Turner Construction. Turner Construction Co. is building Deloitte University, a learning and leadership development center in Westlake near the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. “North Texas, Dallas and Texas as a whole are still fairing well as compared to the rest of the country,” says Matthew Papenfus, vice president and general manager of Turner Construction Co.’s Texas operations in Dallas. “We
...rebuilding the Downtown Inner Dispersal Route. The $75-million project, which includes 44 bridges, is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Walton Construction Co. of Dallas received a $20.4-million contract last fall to build a 165,000-sq-ft defense logistics warehouse and distribution center at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City. Completion is scheduled for 2011. Oklahoma private projects JE Dunn is building the $50-million, 46-bed Oklahoma Heart Hospital South Campus, and Thompson also expects to start construction on two rural hospitals in the coming year. The company has several other projects in the pipeline. He anticipates health
When Joe Cavanaugh talks about Pearl Harbor, Bataan, Midway and other focal points of World War II in the Pacific Theater, it takes a moment to realize he isn’t referring to the actual historic locations but rather exhibits at the newly renovated National Museum of the Pacific War on East Main Street in downtown Fredericksburg. Photo: Richter Architects Richter Architects of San Antonio designed additions to the recently re-opened George H. W. Bush Gallery at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg. Related Links: CM-at-Risk Gives Nimitz More Bang for its Buck “At Pearl Harbor, there is an
Texas A&M University’s Department of Construction Science has teamed up with Skanska USA Building to create a unique learning opportunity for students. Photo: Skanska USA. Texas A&M students are learning about construction management from Skanska USA Building officials as the company constructs the school’s Agricultural Headquarters Building. Photo: PageSoutherlandPage. PageSoutherlandPage designed the 150,000-sq-ft classroom building for the University of Houston Sugar Land and Wharton County Junior College. “The Agriculture Headquarters Building in College Station has been a teaching laboratory,” says Matt Daniel, vice president of Skanska in Houston. Skanska officials guest lectured in a senior capstone class and held the
The recently completed $15.5-million renovation of the Lorenzo de Zavala Archives and Library Building in Austin means documents and artifacts that illustrate Texas’ rich history are now better protected and more accessible to the public. Photo: Bailey Architects. An interior view of the Texas State Library Archives building, which recently underwent a renovation, the first major upgrade to the half-century-old building since its original construction. Photo: Bailey Architects. Harvey-Cleary’s CM-at-risk contract for the renovation of the archives and library building (shown, exterior) allowed the firm to coordinate early with the Texas Facilities Commission. “The Zavala building was the first central
Even as the Texas economy begins climbing out of the doldrums, construction activity in the state will likely remain slow, leading economists say. “Things will get better, but it is not going to be a sharply upward trend,” says Terry L. Clower, director of the Center for Economic Development and Research at the University of North Texas in Denton. “It will be a slow go and a bit of slogging through the mud for developers for the rest of 2010.” Wind farms, such as the E.ON Climate and Renewables’ project completed in October near Roscoe, could be a bright spot
The Texas Dept. of Transportation anticipates using money from a variety of sources to let more than $4 billion in projects in 2010, up significantly from last year. “Going from $2.7 billion in 2009 to $4.2 billion will be a big increase over what contractors saw for bidding opportunities,” says John Barton, TxDOT assistant executive director for engineering operations. Pace Services of Cypress is repairing approximately 19 mi of State Highway 73 between Port Arthur and Winnie in Jefferson County with $5.5 million in stimulus dollars. Thomas L. Johnson, executive vice president of Associated General Contractors of Texas in Austin,
The Remington Medical Resort of San Antonio was designed to be a first in its industry, combining patient care and therapy with the luxuries of a hotel resort. As the project morphed conceptual ideas to design, the team worked to make the project feasible, not only for the San Antonio location but also for future projects in different parts of Texas and the United States. Related Links: Best of 2009 Best Of Slideshow Award of Excellence Slideshow Throughout design and construction, the team worked to streamline the project in order to standardize construction methods and provide a baseline from which
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