Infrastructure and energy projects dominated the Top Starts list for the five-state region of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Arkansas in 2017.
列表顶部附近是德克萨斯州的两个体育设施，该地区的30个项目中有22个。18luck官网名单中还包括六个医疗项目，每个项目都在俄克拉荷马州，路易斯安那州和密西西比州，再加上德18luck官网克萨斯州的三个。
The starts are ranked by self-reported total project value, and those project teams that were unable or unwilling to disclose total project value were not included on the final list.
The largest 2017 start is the New Yuhuang Chemical Methanol Plant, a $1.85-billion project by Yuhuang Chemical Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Heze City, China-based Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Co. Ltd. Scheduled for completion in late 2019, the natural gas to methanol plant, under construction on 1,300 acres in Vacherie, 50 miles west of New Orleans, is expected to produce 1.7 million metric tons a year of methanol. That would make it the largest such facility in the U.S. and the largest-ever Chinese investment in Louisiana’s chemical manufacturing industry.
Ranked second on the list is the Valley Crossing Pipeline in South Texas, a $1.5-billion project being built by Valley Crossing Pipeline LLC, a part of Enbridge Inc., Calgary, Canada. Scheduled for completion in October 2018, the 168-mile line will transport natural gas to the CFE—Mexico’s state-owned utility, which serves nearly 37 million customers—and to other distributors across South Texas.
Valley Crossing Pipeline发言人Devin Hotzel说：“获得清洁天然气的重要供应将促进该项目路线和该地区的经济发展。”“ Valley Crossing的运输服务将为德克萨斯州天然气生产商提供新的市场机会，并帮助墨西哥满足其不断增长的发电，因为发电机从燃油和进口液化天然气转移。”
The $1.28-billion S.H. 99 (Grand Parkway), Segments H, I-1 and I-2 Project, covering 50-plus miles of roadways around northeast Houston, was ranked No. 3 on the list. The project stretches from U.S. 59/69 on the north end to S.H. 146 in Baytown on the south side. Grand Parkway Infrastructure, Humble, Texas, a joint venture of Ferrovial Agroman US Corp., Webber LLC and Granite Construction Inc., expect the Texas Dept. of Transportation project to finish in spring 2022.
ENR Texas & Louisiana 2017 Top Starts
从2016年开始总计
2017年的前25个项18luck官网目总计135亿美元，高于2016年数字126亿美元。
“In general, the region encompassing Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Oklahoma is strengthening,” says Anirban Basu, chief economist, Associated Builders & Contractors, and CEO of Sage Policy Group Inc. in Baltimore. “While energy prices are not high by historic standards, they are considerably higher than they were two years ago.
巴苏补充说：“业务信心正在增加，这表明商业投资将更快地增长。”“最近颁布的公司减税将特别帮助企业丰富的德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州。接下来的两年将为承包商忙于忙碌。甚至有许多类别中基础设施投资加速的迹象。”
He notes, however, that “risks associated with rising inflation and interest rates are building, and the recovery may not last much beyond 2019.”
名单上的第六名是Entergy Louisiana的980兆瓦St. Charles Power Station。这个耗资8.69亿美元的项目位于新奥尔良以西约30英里的蒙兹。预计将在2019年中期开始为合并的天然气电厂开始商业运营。
Entergy Louisiana的总裁兼首席执行官Phillip May说，近850人正在建造该工厂，一旦该单位完整，路易斯安那州的Entergy Louisiana预计将雇用31名员工，其中包括20名生产技术人员。他说：“该工厂正在进行的业务将产生约2600万美元的新业务销售，每年在全州每年的新家庭收入1540万美元。”
In Big Lake, Texas, the sustainable Santa Rita Wind Farm, a $350-million project by Chicago-based Invenergy LLC, should begin delivering power to Denton Municipal Electric on Jan. 1, 2019. The plant will use 120 GE 2.5-MW turbines to generate enough power for 70,000 homes, the company says.
Five projects on this year’s Top Starts list are in the infrastructure category.
这项耗资5.4亿美元的Vista Ridge供水管道项目将为七个县（从Burleson County到San Antonio）提供140英里的管道，三个泵站，一个冷却塔，18井，七英里的井收集线和1000万人- 加隆坦克。
该公司表示，这座占地50,000英亩的水将为圣安东尼奥提供该市当前年度供水的20％，使其成为美国历史上最大的公私合伙水项目。设计建造的承包商Garney Construction从其圣安东尼奥办公室工作，预计将在2020年为德克萨斯州中部地区供水公司完成该项目。
Three Texas highway projects were included in the infrastructure work.
In addition to Grand Parkway, the $191-million U.S. 281 Expansion Project in San Antonio includes construction of non-tolled general purpose lanes, HOV/transit lanes and frontage roads, a connection to the new VIA Metropolitan Transit U.S. 281 and four interchange direct connectors at Loop 1604. Construction is scheduled for completion in October 2020 by the contractor, Webber LLC, The Woodlands, Texas, and construction engineer/inspector VRX Inc., Plano, Texas.
沃克县新韦弗利（New Waverly）的1亿美元设计竞标IH 45重建项目将将现有州际公路扩展到六个旅行道，并取代现有的桥梁，排水结构和正面道路。Webber LLC和AECOM的达拉斯办公室预计将在2021年3月之前完成工作。
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In Luling, La., the $975-million Monsanto Plant and Office Facility Expansion is scheduled for completion in mid- to late 2019. It is being led by Jacobs’ Houston and Baton Rouge offices.
在休斯顿以东约26英里处的德克萨斯州拉波特的两家大型制造工厂在今年的名单上排名第七和第八。
LyondellBasell’s $700-million Hyperzone polyethylene plant should be complete by 2019. It will produce 1.1 billion lb annually of polyethylene. At peak, as many as 1,000 construction jobs were created as well as 75 permanent jobs, the company says.
2020年第一季度应完成6.75亿美元的三角洲聚丙烯生产厂的容量，每年6.75亿美元。费城，为聚丙烯建造最大的制造业线。
One of the two Texas sports facilities on the list is Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, which is a $540-million project under construction led by the Beck Group; it should be complete in November 2019.
“迪凯思领域将是一个先进的场馆for events of all kinds, including concerts, sports, graduation ceremonies and the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo,” says Scot Bennett, regional director at Beck.
Four states will gain new medical facilities, including the $360-million University of Oklahoma Medical Center-Adult Bed Tower project in Oklahoma City. It is scheduled for a July 2020 completion by the Dallas office of Turner Construction Co. The cast-in-place, 463,000-sq-ft expansion and addition will be Oklahoma’s only Level 1 trauma center.
Another medical project is the University of Mississippi Medical Center Children’s Hospital Expansion & Clinic Addition in Jackson—a 370,000-sq-ft, seven-story tower scheduled to open in fall 2020. Construction manager Brasfield & Gorrie, Jackson, is overseeing the $180-million project.
