Our team at Texas Contractors Equipment, Inc. is proud to announce our latest project in conjunction with our good friends at ESCO®. A longtime customer of ours had an older ESCO® 2.08 Yard 48” wide type HDP bucket (from 2008) on a Komatsu PC300LC-8 excavator that needed to be repaired. While the bucket itself was… Read Full Article »
Solar Power to Be Used to Draw Oil in Texas
While Texas is known for generating the most energy of any state because of its booming oil industry, it is also a leader in generating solar energy. As Texas continues to make advancements in this field, one oil company, ExxonMobil, has made a ground-breaking agreement that will see them use solar power to draw oil from the Permian Basin in the not-so-distant… Read Full Article »
Remodel of Houston’s Downtown Sears Building Complete
Built in 1939, the Sears downtown building is an important structure in the history of downtown Houston. However, in recent years, the three-story concrete building was beginning to show its age and needed a facelift to fit with the incredible rise of Houston’s Midtown. Unfortunately, it was discovered that parts of the building were not… Read Full Article »
Houston One of the Biggest Apartment Builders for ’22
A recent report from the analytics firm RealPage shows that Houston is among the Top-10 cities in the country when it comes to the building of new apartment units for 2022. Houston is expected to add more that 17,000 apartment units in the metro area this year in response to the steady population growth that… Read Full Article »
Memorial Park Conservancy Land Bridge, Tunnels Update
Memorial Park’s $70 million land bridge and tunnel project, a part of the Memorial Park Master Plan, is nearing completion with roadways set to open in the coming months. The project, which features four tunnel sections and six total lanes of highway, will not only help with traffic flow but will feature two spacious land… Read Full Article »
Texas to Benefit from Newly Passed Infrastructure Bill
With the stroke of a pen this past November, President Joe Biden passed into law the highly anticipated $1 trillion infrastructure bill. The bill was passed to create jobs across the country for the fixing and building of bridges and roads, expanding broadband internet access and more. While this is certainly an exciting development for… Read Full Article »
ESCO® XDP Demolition Buckets Sold to Houston Crushed Concrete
Our team at Texas Contractors Equipment, Inc. is proud to announce our latest project in conjunction with our good friends at ESCO®. Houston Crushed Concrete’s General Manager Tyler Williams came to us with a request for two ESCO® XDP demolition buckets. These buckets are extremely large and difficult to manufacture but are necessary for businesses that… Read Full Article »
Texas Sees Surge in Businesses Coming to the State
In a recent interview, Texas Governor Greg Abbott stated that over 70 businesses and corporations have made the decision to relocate their headquarters to Texas since the beginning of 2021. While Texas has seen a large number of businesses and private citizens flocking to the state in recent years, these new numbers for 2021 greatly… Read Full Article »
3 New Products to Be Thankful for This Holiday Season
While Thanksgiving and the holiday season are the perfect time to give thanks and spend time with family and friends, there still is work that needs to get done. Whether you operate a construction site, are tasked with a highway project or have anything else that requires durable ground engaging equipment, we invite you to… Read Full Article »
Recent Changes Put Strain on LTL Market
As many of us are aware, the U.S. transportation and shipping industry has been facing many issues since the beginning of the pandemic in April of 2020. Since this time, there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of online shopping which has put a great strain on the industry. When you couple that… Read Full Article »
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