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Refine versus shine: Defining and defending design intent with refined concrete

Construction Specifier

Owners and design teams are not protected by todays inadequate and vague polished concrete specifications. Contractors and design teams will continue to pay out contingencies without understanding what went wrong and how to protect themselves in the future.

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$12B Texas bullet train construction could start this year

Construction Dive

Texas Central Partners is pressing on with the Dallas-to-Houston line and will appeal a court ruling that denied it railroad designation and land rights.

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NextDecade Advances Contested Rio Grande LNG Despite Legal Hurdles

Construction Today

Located in Brownsville, Texas, this large-scale facility aims to establish a powerful presence in the global LNG market, contributing to US energy exports and local economic growth. The Rio Grande LNG project, led by NextDecade, is an ambitious $18.4 billion venture in the US liquefied natural gas (LNG) market.

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[VIDEO] Pre-designed Industrial Building in Kilgore, Texas

Business Facilities

in Kilgore, Texas, has invested in construction documents for a 53,000 SF industrial building with flexible floor plans. Kilgore Economic Development Corp.

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Fluor-led JV wins $700M Texas highway contract

Construction Dive

The Irving, Texas-based company will handle design, construction and capital maintenance on a section of one of the most congested corridors in the Lone Star State.

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Gensler designs Texas’ first full mass timber building

BD+C

Once completed in July, Texas will have its first full mass timber building in the First United Bank building.

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TxDOT fires FIGG from $800M Harbor Bridge design

Construction Dive

The agency decided that the engineering firm's role in the 2018 FIU bridge collapse is "significant enough" to warrant asking Flatiron-Dragados to have another firm design the bridge's main spans. Last week, a Texas authority halted construction on another FIGG bridge.

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