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GridUnity® and CYME announce a partnership to drive innovation across utility engineering operations

Distributed energy analytics software leader, GridUnity, is partnering with Eaton’s CYME International T&D to transform the speed and accuracy of complex utility engineering calculations Jan 23, 2018, 7:22pm EST SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — @DistribuTECH – GridUnity, a pioneer in distributed energy analytics software-as-a-service, is announcing a new platform integration partnership with Eaton’s CYME International T&D. The…

Permit Us Now, LLC

Permit Us Now, LLC is an industry recognized technical services firm providing building permit expediting, consulting, project management and CADD services. They realize that a growing amount of small to large-sized organizations want to focus on core services and use their internal design and construction staff more efficiently. HOW MUCH MONEY DID YOU LOSE LAST YEAR…

Issue 23

February 2018

Issue 22

January, 2018

Kay Davis Associates Bringing a personal touch to project management

For almost 20 years, Dannette K. Davis worked as a Project Manager and Director in Construction. But after years of working for someone, she knew there was a better way to do the work that had consumed her for almost two decades. So, she stepped out and started her own company. Kay Davis Associates (KDA)…

Texas Bullet Train moves ahead with federal environmental report

Federal Railroad Administration releases its Draft Environmental Impact Statement on high-speed train Preferred North Texas-to-Houston route outlined Passenger station locations identified, boosting local economy DALLAS [Dec. 15, 2017] – The Texas Bullet Train made a big push forward today as federal regulators for the first time outlined a preferred route between North Texas and Houston,…

CenterPoint Energy to send crews to Puerto Rico in early January to help support power restoration efforts

As logistics are finalized, the company will notify media By News Provider HOUSTON, Dec. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — As part of a nationwide, coordinated power restoration plan involving several investor-owned electric companies, CenterPoint Energy, Inc.’s (NYSE: CNP) electric utility is sending 68 employees in early January to accelerate the ongoing power restoration efforts in Puerto Rico. CenterPoint Energy’s team…

Mayor Turner is Looking for Small Businesses to Help Build Up Houston

For the past three years, the City of Houston’s Office of Business Opportunity has managed an executive education program called Build Up Houston that supports construction companies currently operating and doing business in the Greater Houston Area. Since its inception, 23 small businesses have graduated from this intense seven-month program with the most recent cohort collectively…

Low community college transfer rates in Texas hinder progress towards increasing diversity in engineering and computer science

By News Provider Chicago—January 2, 2017—A report examining Texas community college transfer students by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) found that very few women and minorities pursue engineering and computer science degrees at Texas universities. The research team’s goal was to assess the progress of women and minorities transferring from community colleges to four-year…

Intel Issues Updates to Protect Systems from Security Exploits

Intel and Its Partners Have Made Significant Progress in Deploying Updates as Software Patches and Firmware Updates Intel has developed and is rapidly issuing updates for all types of Intel-based computer systems — including personal computers and servers — that render those systems immune from both exploits (referred to as “Spectre” and “Meltdown”) reported by…

Contractors: Don’t Go Starting a Construction Project Until You’ve Read This

If you lose money on a design or construction project, you can always generate more money from future work. You see, money can be replenished and there’s lots if it. However, if you lose time working on activities that are not core to your business or you are unfamiliar with certain processes like city building…

Anadarko Announces Open Season For West Texas Oil Gathering And Treating System

By News Provider HOUSTON, Dec. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, DBM Oil Services, LLC (DBMOS), is holding a binding open season to identify interest in a new high-vapor-pressure oil-gathering and treating system serving portions of Reeves, Loving, Ward, and Winkler Counties in West Texas. The DBMOS system is expected to have a gathering capacity…

Issue 21

December 2017

The University of Houston’s HUB Program Continues to Grow while Fulfilling its Mission

By Valerie Jones In recent years, government statistics have shown an increase in Minority- (MBE) and Women-Owned Businesses (WBE) in the U.S. Much like Historically Underutilized Business (HUB), these entities have not always received the same opportunities for government contracts as other businesses in the state of Texas. This is precisely why HUB programs in…

Three-segment, 850-mile corridor could provide passenger rail service

By News Provider A federally funded study to determine the feasibility of passenger rail service between Oklahoma City and South Texas recently advanced to the next phase allowing for continued exploration of the proposed route. The $7 million Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study covers an 850-mile corridor broken into three segments going from Oklahoma City to…

Texas Live! Bivens brings diversity to project

Demetria Bivens always keeps her eye on the ball. By News Provider Growing up in East Texas as one of eight children being raised by a single mother, she learned early the value of hard work. “My mother was a strong-willed woman and she taught us that you had to work for the things you…

BridgeTex Pipeline to Further Expand, Launches Supplemental Open Season for Additional Capacity

By News Provider TULSA, Okla. and HOUSTON, Nov. 30, 2017 — Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MMP) (“Magellan”) and Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) (“Plains”) announced today that BridgeTex Pipeline Company, LLC (“BridgeTex”), owned 50/50 by Magellan and Plains, plans to further expand the capacity of the BridgeTex pipeline and has launched a supplemental open season to…

Kruse Energy conducts its largest auction of 2017 in Odessa, TX

By News Provider US$25+ million of equipment was sold in the Nov. 15 – 16 auction, incl. 180+ items for BJ Services ODESSA, TX, Nov. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Kruse Energy Auctioneers, a Ritchie Bros. solution, conducted its largest auction of the year last week, selling more than 1,500 equipment items and trucks for US$25+ million in Odessa, TX. The…

Falcon Steel America Acquires Manufacturing Facility in Conroe, Texas

New plant increases company’s production capacity by 60% annually with plans for 150 new hires By News Provider CONROE, Texas, Nov. 28, 2017 — Falcon Steel America (FSA), a leading designer, engineer and fabricator of American-made steel structures, announced today that it has acquired a 226,000-square foot manufacturing facility in Conroe, Texas. The addition of the new plant, located at…

Important Downtown Dallas Restoration Project Looks Up For Green Power

1808/GoodWork Project To Be Solar Powered by Sunfinity Solar By News Provider DALLAS, Nov. 16, 2017– A once-abandoned building on the edge of Downtown is being reincarnated as an eco-friendly, people-friendly mixed-use destination that offers coworking, loft living, green space, commercial office space and a coffee shop, and developers have been awarded a$300,000 grant to install a solar…