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April 2024

WPI Celebrates Women in Construction Week

HOUSTON, TX — WPI recently acknowledged Women in Construction Week by highlighting the company's only female Vice President, Branch Manager, and Welder on its social media pages, as well as ending the week off with a lunch to celebrate women in construction on International Women's Day. WPI also ordered women in construction shirts for women in the division.

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AGC’s new officers (left to right): Doug Maibach, Trey Pebley, Rick Andritsch, and Don Weaver.

Photo courtesy of Robby Brown + Sundt Construction

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AUSTIN, TX — From major highway groundbreakings to new safety funding, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) marks another month …

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US-Mexico Rail Crossing Celebrated in National Engineering Competition

LAREDO, TX — Wilson & Company Inc. has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American …

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Archer Western Completes Lake Texoma Raw Water Pump …

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Trinity River Authority’s CRWS Junction Box 1020J Replacement …

Joe Mannon

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Manhattan Construction Company Promotes Browning to Senior Vice …

Halff Names Stanford as Construction Services Practice Leader

Texas Transportation Commission Welcomes Gordon as New Commissioner, …

Skanska Celebrates Completion of Historic Riverside Hospital Renovation

Austin Transit Partnership Selects Contractor to Deliver Operations …

Granite Secures $495M in Tactical Infrastructure Work

Team Selected to Deliver New US-70 Roosevelt Bridge …

TDIndustries Awarded Three National Construction Honors by Associated …

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Bob Hall Pier Reconstruction Project Receives Project of …

Halff’s Toteja Recognized With Two Local ASCE Awards

COMTO to Honor DART President & CEO and …

Rokbak Recognizes Dealer of the Year and Partnerships …

STV’s Chisholm Named APWA North Central Texas Member …

TxDOT Turns Recycled Tires Into Stronger Roads in …

TxDOT Asphalt Testing Adopted as National Standard

TxDOT Announces Moore as Texarkana Area Engineer

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USDOT Awards Texas GulfLink the License to Construct …

From left to right: Senior Vice President Leigh Hollis, Richardson Mayor Amir Omar, Richardson Operations Manager Jarred Overbey, and Director of Land Development Dan Warfield

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Charity Golf Tournament Awards $74,000 to TBI Warrior …

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American Constructors Clay Shoot Raises $110,000 for Boys …

Bell Trucks America and ASCO Launch Partnership

Takeuchi-US Promotes Wade to New Dealer Development Manager …

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2026 AED Summit Brings Record Number of Industry …

GMW JCB Celebrates Opening of New Facility in …

Gilbane and Galveston ISD Celebrate Ribbon Cutting of …

Skanska Breaks Ground on New Career and Technical …

VLK Joins EMS ISD in Celebrating the Opening …

Construction Underway on Davenport Elementary School in Canutillo …

Pfluger Architects and Lamar CISD Open Doors to …

Chief Executive Officer Jeff Hansen and Chief Operating Officer Brad Hendrickson

Adolfson & Peterson Construction Celebrates 80 Years of …

FlatironDragados Integrates Texas Operations With Pulice Construction to …

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The ProLift Rigging Company Relocates Midland and Odessa …

Zachry Construction Corporation Introduces New Branding

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Hyundai E&C Hosts Large-Scale Nuclear Technology Seminar in …

Bonneau Shares Urban Planning Expertise With Texas City …

LAN Hosts Community Leaders to Mark Expansion in …

USACE, Air Force Celebrate Ribbon Cutting of Net-Zero …

Pfluger Architects and Texas State University Unveil Stadium …

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Turning the Tide: How Contractors Can Turn Hard Lessons Into Resilient Infrastructure

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Texas is Sinking: What Contractors Must Know About Soil Subsidence, Slopes, and Erosion

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Kirby-Smith Machinery

Today’s hydrodemolition robots specialize in a wide range of concrete removal and repair jobs, including roads and bridges.

AGC’s new officers (left to right): Doug Maibach, Trey Pebley, Rick Andritsch, and Don Weaver.

Photo courtesy of Robby Brown + Sundt Construction

Scaffolding system around a building

Genie’s S-85 XC FE Telescopic Boom Lift

Brian Hayden, 2026 Global Operator Challenge World Champion

Around the Country

UCLA Health’s new neuropsychiatric hospital is being built on a site with four pre-existing buildings.

Section 3 of the I-69 Ohio River Crossing Project involves the construction of Bridges 3 and 5, which are curved to direct I-69 southward and create a new interchange with Veterans Memorial Parkway.

One segment of the I-95 Revive project, Section BS2, stretches from the Betsy Ross Bridge interchange to Bridge Street in northeast Philadelphia.

The SR-14 project is replacing an outdated two-lane route with a modern roadway designed to current safety standards.

For the construction of Corridor Q in Virginia, a Caterpillar 777 Off-Highway Truck is loaded with shale by a Caterpillar 992 Wheel Loader.

The Oslo Road project in Indian River County, Florida, will double the number of evacuation routes for residents by adding new access points to I-95.

Construction on the Lafayette Avenue Bridge is expected to conclude in June 2027.

The South Lawrence Trafficway, or K-10, is being widened to a four-lane highway between Lawrence and Lenexa, Kansas.

The Frank J. Wood Bridge, an 815-foot-long, four-span steel plate girder and concrete structure, is expected to be complete in late 2026 or early 2027.

The crew spent approximately two days physically sliding the launch truss across the landslide in Alaska’s Polychrome Pass.

600,000 tons of material were removed as part of the I-70 Floyd Hill Project in Colorado.

3.6 miles of Highway 93 are being reconstructed and raised up to 8 feet near Henderson, Minnesota.

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