When ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston decided to build a $156-million state-of-the-art plant for processing its sweet potato product line, the Omaha, Neb.-based company turned to long-time construction partner Fisher & Sons, Burlington, Wash., for design/build services.
Critical to the success of the $3.5-million Texas State Capitol Dome & Roof Repairs & Repainting project, Betco Scaffolds, Austin, Texas, provided an intricate scaffold system under a $544,755 contract with Flintco, the Austin-based general contractor.
Delivered by the Houston office of SpawGlass in August 2010, this $61-million project comprised interior and exterior renovations to Terminal C at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
The largest facility ever constructed at the Houston Zoo—the $25-million African Forest Exhibit—was delivered by Gilbane Building Co., Houston, on time and on budget in June 2011.
Skanska USA Building, Houston, completed Texas A&M University's Agriculture Headquarters in College Station, Texas, a month ahead of schedule and on budget. The $49-million, BIM-facilitated project includes two structures: the five-story, 170,000-sq-ft Headquarters Building and a two-story, 12,500-sq-ft Visitors Center.
Located at Texas State Technical College, on the former Harlingen Air Force Base, the two-story, 38,000-sq-ft University Center was completed on time and on budget in June 2011 by the Harlingen office of SpawGlass Contractors.
Gibbs Construction, New Orleans, renovated and restored the U.S. Custom House in New Orleans, a National Historic Landmark and one of country's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture.
Turning a dark tilt-wall, 76,800-sq-ft warehouse with 25-ft ceilings into Class A office space for Ultra Electronics of Austin, Texas, challenged the Austin, Texas, office of SpawMaxwell, a Balfour Beatty company.
The first LEED-Platinum higher-education building in Texas, the $28-million, 74,343-sq-ft Student Services Building was delivered by Hill & Wilkinson, Richardson, Texas, in August 2010.