Articles by Louise Poirier

Full-service recycling and demolition contractor Cherry Cos. has been named ENR Texas & Louisiana's 2019 Specialty Contractor of the Year. The Houston-based firm has been family-owned and operated since 1952, and is one of the largest recyclers in Texas and Gulf Coast, recycling more than 2 million tons of concrete and asphalt, and thousands of tons of steel every year.

Wendy Lopez has been selected as the recipient of ENR Texas & Louisiana’s sixth annual Legacy Award.

Tokyo-based architect Kengo Kuma and Associates and Dallas-based HDF incorporated organic-inspired shapes for the Rolex Building, a seven-story office building in the Harwood District of Dallas that was completed in August 2018.

During each Best Projects contest, ENR Texas & Louisiana honors one project as our overall Project of the Year. This year, our judges selected three finalists.

ENR’s Excellence in Safety Award is now in its seventh year as part of the annual regional Best Projects competition. This year, ENR Texas & Louisiana is singling out six projects for their outstanding safety records and job-site procedures.

Next-gen industry leaders, selected as ENR’s 2019 top achievers, tackle key construction issues at New York City event

Contractors see healthy markets ahead for the five-state region through the end of 2019 and into 2020, with minor bumps along the way.

Piecemeal funding necessitated dividing this flood reduction project into more than 70 individual projects.

Less-than-ideal site conditions and utility dilemmas complicate construction of UT San Antonio’s new science and engineering building.