ENR Texas & Louisiana's August 3 print edition will feature our annual Top Contractors, where we'll be ranking the region's top construction firms by regional revenue and by sector.
Architecture and engineering firms across the Southwest booked plenty of work during 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic looms over the remainder of 2020, the impacts of which could result in a stark turnaround from last year.
Design work is kicking off on the Upper Trinity Regional Water District’s conveyance system, which will be one of Texas’ largest water supply projects to be built in the last 30 years.
Garver saw its regional revenue grow by 25% during its centennial year of 2019 to a record high. To help keep pace, the firm hired more than 140 employees in this region alone last year, and now employs more than 600 across the five-state region, where 22 of Garver’s 34 nationwide offices are based.
Bridges and roads each received the poorest grades of “D-” from the Mississippi Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in its the 2020 Report Card for Mississippi’s Infrastructure out of the 12 graded categories. The report card, released April 14, gave Mississippi an overall grade of “D+” for its infrastructure systems.
Galveston, Texas-based Callan Marine Ltd. has been awarded a $97.9 million contract as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project, which aims to deepen and widen the channel. This is the second multi-million dollar contract awarded by the Corps’ Galveston District.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change lives daily, the construction industry is continuing to adapt. Across the region, work continues, with strict attention to safety and sanitation protocols.
Shepley Bulfinch recently celebrated its 10th anniversary in the Phoenix market, and recorded 48% year-over-year growth in regional revenue during 2019.
