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Jacobs Chair and CEO Steve Demetriou

Jacobs Executive Chair and former CEO Steve Demetriou joins Arcosa board. [Image: Jacobs]

Jacobs Executive Chair Joins Arcosa’s Board as Independent Director

by | Feb 2, 2023

Well-known North Texas business executive Steven J. Demetriou has been elected as an independent board member by Arcosa Inc., a Dallas-based provider of infrastructure-related products and solutions.

Demetriou is executive chair of the board of Jacobs Solutions Inc., a Dallas-based global professional services company that designs and deploys technology-centric solutions for many of the world’s most complex challenges....

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Veteran Architect Joins HFA Architects & Engineers as VP of Logistics
by | Feb 2, 2023

Architect Marc Jennings has joined HFA Architects & Engineers as vice president of logistics, bringing with him extensive experience in construction and development.

An expert in the industrial-sector, Jennings leads HFA’s Fort Worth studio and the growth of its industrial and logistics programs, which include electrical, refrigeration, fire-protection, civil engineering, and architectural work on automated distribution and microfulfillment centers for top retailers, the firm said....

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Primoris Services Appoints New Chief Information Officer
by | Feb 1, 2023

Dallas-based Primoris Services Corp. has appointed Chad Haxton as chief information officer, a role in which he will continue to drive the company’s digital transformation via innovation and tech implementations....

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The Last Word: State Senator Kelly Hancock on the $350M Texas A&M-Fort Worth Research Campus
by | Jan 20, 2023
The Texas A&M University System announced the name Thursday at an event in Fort Worth. The downtown research campus is "moving ahead rapidly toward construction," TAMU says, as the anchor project for a technology and innovation district planned around the redevelopment of the city’s convention center.
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Rendering of ELM's MicroGrid and Solar headquarters in The Colony. [Image: ELM]

ELM Is Building a 125K-SF HQ and Manufacturing Plant for MicroGrid, Solar Divisions in The Colony

by | Dec 6, 2022
Energy and utility services innovator ELM is constructing a new, 125,000-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility in The Colony for its MicroGrid and Solar divisions. When fully operational, Illinois-based ELM said the facility will employ more than 100 clean-energy professionals, including engineering, production technicians, customer service, sales, and management employees.
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Dallas-Fort Worth Tops Nation’s Self-Storage Hotspots, Boosted by Multifamily Boom
by | Nov 23, 2022
In terms of self-storage supply, the Dallas metro area now offers over 9 square feet per person, well above the national benchmark of 7 square feet per person.
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Meet Jaibot: Hilti’s New Robot Designed to Handle Strenuous Work on Job Site
by | Nov 4, 2020
From its North American corporate office in Plano, Hilti announced Jaibot, which drills precision holes in ceilings for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing installations.
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Dallas Region Sets Record Industrial Growth, Rises to No. 1 Industrial Market
by | Oct 29, 2020
Despite the economic issues COVID-19 has brought to the U.S., the Dallas region’s industrial market is on trend to close out 2020 as a record-breaking year for new industrial construction and leasing.
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Dallas-Based Arcosa Makes $87M Acquisition That Could Reduce Transportation Costs, Carbon Footprint

by | Oct 12, 2020
The acquisition, a follow-on to another one Arcosa made in January, will expand the company's recycled aggregates platform into the Dallas-Fort Worth market.
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Swimming Against the Current: UNT Biologists Study the Impact of Construction on Fish
by | Sep 10, 2020
Through funding from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, UNT scientists are helping state conservation efforts by examining the velocity of four fish species with what they describe as a fish treadmill.
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Here’s How Linesight’s New Dallas Office is Using Tech to Accelerate Construction Speed to Market
by | Aug 27, 2020
Dublin-based Linesight is bullish on Dallas-Fort Worth, which ranks as the second-busiest construction market and second highest data center leasing market in the U.S.
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Extreme Sandbox in Sachse Lets You ‘Play with a 26-Ton Excavator for Fun’
by | Jul 27, 2020
The heavy-equipment entertainment company featured on Shark Tank is moving its only Texas site to The Station in Sachse in September. Here's a look at what you can expect.
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Fort Worth’s ECI Software Solutions Opens to a New Market With Latest Acquisition

by | May 11, 2020
ECI, which provides cloud-based business management solutions, will now be able to reach smaller custom builders and home remodelers with the acquisition of BuildTools.
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Follow the Money: Gameway Raises $530K, Integrity Marketing Makes Acquisition
by | Mar 26, 2020
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity in North Texas, you'll also find news from Capital Southwest Corp. and Roof Angels.
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Texas Central Makes $5.9B Deal With Spanish Firm to Develop, Operate High-Speed Rail Line
by | Feb 25, 2020
The contract is the largest ever for a Spanish government-run company outside of Spain. The proposed rail line could be operational by 2026 and would speed passengers between the two cities in roughly 90 minutes.
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Reata Pharmaceuticals Extends 122K Sublease as it Awaits New HQ Tower in Plano
by | Feb 7, 2020
The pharmaceutical company, which raised $505 million through the sale of shares last year, has already leased 327,400 square feet of space in the under-construction tower.
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