Ben Houston's 60-plus-year career has been filled with many remarkable projects, accolades and achievements, but he says he's most proud of the people he's worked with during his career. Giving people credit for their effort has been one of his key tenants through his years in construction. "The people who really make the difference are the people who put the work in. Having a trusting relationship throughout the whole chain is by far the most important thing," Houston says. "The folks who put the work in place are the real heroes of our industry. So treating each other with something
Related Links: Dept. of Energy Suspends Work on FutureGen 2.0 U.S. Energy Policy Shaped by Natural Gas, Renewables Development in 2014 Live Oak LNG Live Oak LNG, a fully owned subsidiary of Parallax Energy, plans to build a $2-billion natural-gas liquefaction and export project near Lake Charles, La. Project teams are completing initial study work, which will be followed by federal and state permitting processes."We anticipate completing the initial definition phase and applying for FERC permits within the next few weeks," says Martin Houston, chairman of Parallax Energy and Live Oak."In addition, we believe we will receive notice to proceed
Project teams have broken ground on the State Highway (SH) 71 Express Lanes project in Austin. Officials with McCarthy Building Cos., the Texas Dept. of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) marked the start of construction on January 28. Photo courtesy of McCarthy Building Cos. Local officials turn shovels of dirt at SH 71 Express Project site located at SH 71 and FM 973 near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin. The $96.3 million project will incorporate the building and improvement of express toll traffic lanes on SH 71. Scope of the project includes the design and
The Southern Hotel originally opened in 1907 and shut down in the 1960s. Together with the building's new owners, Woodward Design+Build and Trapolin-Peer Architects partnered on an ambitious restoration and renovation project to restore the building to its original use.
In 1972, Rubicon LLC completed construction of its MDI-1 Unit with the latest technologically advanced control system available at that time. The system controlled all of the facility's major chemical processes.
The Phipps is an office building on the Museum Reach of the San Antonio Riverwalk. Attorney Martin J. Phipps approached design firm Durand-Hollis Rupe Inc. to create a workplace that would break the stereotype of the mahogany-walled lawyer's office.
The LPV-9.2 project constructed a continuous line of hurricane flood protections across reinforced and extended discharge basins at Jefferson Parish Pumping Stations No. 1 through 4, plus modifications to two existing breakwaters at Stations No. 2 and 3.
