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Phot Courtesy of Texas A&M Planned engineering complex will consolidate disparate campus facilities by 2016. Related Links: Texas A&M Launches 25 By 25 Initiative Texas A&M University aims to more than double its engineering-school enrollment, announcing plans to accommodate up to 25,000 students by 2025. Officials say its "25 by 25" initiative will help fill current and projected workforce gaps in Texas and in the U.S. and will create a new complex at its College Station campus that consolidates multiple undergraduate engineering facilities to focus on education, rather than research."The demand for engineering education at Texas A&M has never been

Texas A&M University has new plans in place to expand its engineering enrollment up to 25,000 students by 2025. This ’25 by 25’ initiative was driven largely by the need for more engineers across the United States, including Texas. Courtesy of Texas A&M University Engineering A rendering of the proposed Texas A&M University Engineering Education Complex. Related Links: Texas A&M University “The demand for engineering education at Texas A&M has never been higher,” says Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin. “The Texas Workforce Commission has projected the need for engineers entering the workforce will increase significantly over the next 12

McKim & Creed, Inc. a Texas-based engineering, geomatics and planning firm, announced that it has purchased the assets of North Carolina-based United Engineering Group, Inc. (UEG), which provides mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection design services for the energy, healthcare, higher education, state government, industrial and transportation markets. Related Links: McKim & Creed, Inc. United Engineering Group, Inc. The acquisition is effective as of January 1, 2013.This acquisition will enhance McKim & Creed’s engineering capabilities and services, and strengthen its experience and expertise in the energy, healthcare and educational markets.“The United Engineering Group acquisition will have little immediate impact on

The Texas Transportation Commission has selected AGL Constructors, a consortium comprised of Archer Western Contractors, LLC, Granite Construction Co. and The LANE Construction Co., as the developer of a 28-mile corridor of Interstate 35E from Dallas to Denton. Photo courtesy of TXDOT AGL Constructors will develop a 28-mile corridor of Interstate 35E from Dallas to Denton. Related Links: Texas Department of Transportation This initial phase of the project will include construction along the entire 28-mile stretch of I-35E, from I-635 north to U.S. 380, but there are three additional phases that could be tackled once funding becomes available to TXDOT.“Phase

Construction has seen a bit of a lull in 2012 in Texas and Louisiana, but local experts are noting signs that the industry will strengthen heading into 2013. Related Links: Engineering News Record McGraw-Hill Dodge "We started 2012 off slowly, and then everything kind of picked up toward the middle to latter part of the year," says Brian Freeman, executive vice president and general manager of Texas operations for Skanska USA. "We saw a lot of good projects, but there's still a lot of pent-up demand. In the health care sector, infrastructure, even higher ed, Texas is a growing market."According

According to our independent panel of judges, the high caliber of every submission in this year's ENR Texas & Louisiana Best Projects competition made selecting winners incredibly difficult.

David B. Walls has been promoted to president and CEO of Austin Industries. He succeeds Ronald J. Gafford who will continue to serve as chairman of the firm, which is the parent company of Austin Commercial, Austin Bridge & Road and Austin Industrial. Walls has been with Austin Commercial since 1980 and president since 1996. He is a director of the Texas contractors association TEXO. Named to succeed him at Austin Commercial is William McAdoo, who was unit senior vice president in the central and South Texas region. With $1.5 billion in 2011 revenue, Austin ranks 33rd on ENR's list

Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Occidental Petroleum Corp. are proceeding with the construction of the previously announced BridgeTex Pipeline.

NCCR’s Build Your Future Campaign recently teamed up with the Construction Education Foundation of North Texas and North Lake College to host the second annual Construction Career Day at CEF/NLC’s West Campus, the DFW Education Center in Irving Texas. Related Links: Build Your Future Campaign Construction Education Foundation This was one of several events held in Houston, North Carolina and Orlando, Fla., that offered students the chance to meet with construction professionals.More than 800 high school juniors and seniors attended the Dallas event, representing 35 north Texas high schools. The event featured equipment and welding demonstrations, opportunities to speak with

Panda Power Funds broke ground November 8 on its 758-megawatt natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power plant in Sherman, Texas. The facility is being built by a turn-key consortium of Bechtel and Siemens Energy Inc. on a 204-acre site. Photo courtesy of Panda Power Funds Artist representation of the 758-MW Panda Sherman, Texas Power Plant. Photo by Sonia Taylor, Bechtel Panda Power Funds, Bechtel and Siemens Energy Inc. join with Texas officials to break ground on the Sherman, Texas power plant November 8. From left to right: Sam Scuchi, Rich Marl, John McCann, Rick Gummo, Todd Whorten, Jeff Brightman, Morad Hekmat and