Lone Star Infrastructure (LSI) is a consortium of major highway construction contractors and civil engineering firms that was awarded a Comprehensive Development Agreement by the
Texas Department of Transportation
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT ) is a government agency in the American state of Texas. Though the public face of the agency is generally associated with the construction and maintenance of the state's immense state highway system ...
to design and build
State Highway 130
The following highways are numbered 130:
Canada
* New Brunswick Route 130
* Ontario Highway 130
* Prince Edward Island Route 130
Costa Rica
* National Route 130 (Costa Rica), National Route 130
India
* National Highway 130 (India)
Japan
* Japan ...
.
Member companies
*
Fluor Daniel
Fluor Corporation is an American multinational engineering and construction firm headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is a holding company that provides services through its subsidiaries in the following areas: oil and gas, industrial and infrastr ...
*
Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty plc () is an international infrastructure group based in the United Kingdom with capabilities in construction services, support services and infrastructure investments. A constituent of the FTSE 250 Index, Balfour Beatty works ac ...
Construction, Inc.
* T.J. Lambrecht Construction, Inc.
* DMJM + HARRIS (a subsidiary of
AECOM
AECOM (, ; formerly AECOM Technology Corporation) is an American multinational infrastructure consulting firm.
AECOM has approximately 51,000 employees, and is number 157 on the 2019 Fortune 500 list.
The company's official name from 1990 t ...
)
* Dr. Dan Zollinger
* S&B Infrastructure, Ltd.
* Southwest Strategies Group, Inc.
* SWG&M Advertising, Inc.
* Hicks & Company
* TBE Group, Inc.
* VMS, Inc.
* Austin Road & Bridge
* Raba Kistner Consultants, Inc.
* Jones Bros., Inc.
* Bridgefarmer & Associates, Inc.
* Macias & Associates, Inc.
* O.R. Colan Associates, Inc.
* Dr. Dallas Little, P.E.
* CTL/Thompson, Inc.
Environmental considerations
In June, 2007, LSI was granted Gold Level certification by the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is the environmental agency for the state of Texas. The commission's headquarters are located at 12100 Park 35 Circle in Austin. The fourth largest environmental agency in the United States (an ...
for its participation in the Clean Texas program. To obtain material for the construction of SH 130, LSI negotiated to recycle the
asphalt
Asphalt, also known as bitumen (, ), is a sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. It may be found in natural deposits or may be a refined product, and is classed as a pitch. Before the 20th century, the term a ...
runways at the retired Mueller Airport in
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson co ...
, reducing the amount of virgin material needed for the project by over 250,000 tons and reducing the amount of material sent to a landfill. In addition, LSI installed numerous
bat boxes beneath the decks of the new SH 130 bridges to support
Mexican free-tailed bat
The Mexican free-tailed bat or Brazilian free-tailed bat (''Tadarida brasiliensis'') is a medium-sized bat native to the Americas, so named because its tail can be almost half its total length and is not attached to its uropatagium. It has been ...
colonies.
References
External links
About LSIfrom the official SH 130 website
Construction and civil engineering companies of the United States
Companies based in Texas
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