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As part of ENR’s annual Best Projects competition, this year we’ve added a new award for outstanding safety. ENR Texas & Louisiana is singling out one project and recognizing it for its outstanding safety record and job-site procedures. Although safety is a factor in each one of our other categories, this particular award truly emphasizes the importance of safety.

After careful deliberation, a panel of independent judges selected 38 winners for ENR’s 2012 ‘Best Projects’ in the Texas and Louisiana region.

ENR Texas & Louisiana announces that Dallas-based TDIndustries has been picked as our 2012 “Specialty Contractor of the Year.”

Specialty contractors in the Texas and Louisiana region are pulling in less revenue than last year, but most firms are moving up in the ranking compared to 2011, according to the results of our 2012 survey.

Despite the continued decline in natural gas prices, construction opportunities remain strong in the market, particularly in Texas and Louisiana. In this week's ENR cover story " Pipeline Pressure," ENR contributor Jack Buehrer reports on the growing needs of the natural gas industry. The Interstate Natural Gas Association

Based on its strong steady growth in both its architecture and engineering practices, ENR Texas & Louisiana named HDR its 2012 Design Firm of the Year.

DFW is in the midst of a $2.2-billion program that not only aims to update the airport’s facilities, it also transforms how the airport works with the design and construction community.

Energy companies made announcements big-dollar deals this week to expand liquefied natural gas facilities, but down price could have an impact on a broad range of construction projects.