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Texarkana Regional Lands New Airport Terminal
The Texarkana Regional Airport will hold a groundbreaking June 12 for a $36 million, 37,000-SF terminal as it prepares for a post-COVID-19 future. read more >
Pine Bluff Gets a Sprucing Up
Led by the Saracen Casino Resort, which has a construction value of $215 million, Pine Bluff is seeing growth across the city unlike any in recent years. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Alex Smith Moves Up at MCE (Movers & Shakers)
Alex Smith has been promoted to senior associate at MCE in Little Rock. read more >
As Saracen Casino Goes Up, Minority Jobs Expected to Rise on Quapaws’ Bet
The Quapaw Tribe of Indians’ Downstream Development Authority LLC broke ground last month in Pine Bluff and expects a 300-room hotel and 80,000-SF casino complex to be fully built by the end of 2020. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Airport Upgrades of $41M En Route to Texarkana Regional
No shovels have turned dirt yet at the Texarkana Regional Airport, but that should change in a big way during the next 60 days. Highlighted by a two-story, 37,000-SF terminal, construction activity is expected to be the new normal for months to come. read more >
by George Waldon -
Former Maumelle Mayor Moves to Halff+Marlar (Movers & Shakers)
Mike Watson has joined Halff+Marlar in Little Rock as a business development manager. read more >
With Conway Leading the Way, Roundabouts Gain Acceptance in Arkansas
Finley Vinson has advice for city officials considering installing their first roundabout: Find the city’s worst intersection, the one everyone hates, the one that can only be improved. Put the roundabout there. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Arkansas Hospital Association to Honor Bill Bradley (NWAMovers & Shakers)
William L. “Bill” Bradley, CEO of Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville since 2004, will receive the Arkansas Hospital Association’s highest honor, the A. Allen Weintraub Memorial Award, at an awards dinner on Oct. 5. read more >
Crystal Bridges Announces Director, Name of New Arts Venue
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has announced Lieven Bertels, a native of Belgium with a background in international arts festivals, as director of its new arts venue being developed in a former Kraft Foods plant in downtown Bentonville. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Baldwin & Shell Add Three (Movers & Shakers)
Laura McCabe, Adam Cunningham and Maggie Estes have been hired at Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. in Little Rock. read more >
Plan to Change Procurement Rejected in House Committee
An Arkansas panel defeated an effort to revise the state procurement proces, siding with engineers, architects and attorneys who testified that a bill to emphasize price in awarding state contracts was flawed and unnecessary read more >
by Kyle Massey -
McClelland Engineers to Move Headquarters to Kanis Road
McClelland Consulting Engineers will move its Little Rock offices to 7302 Kanis Road in August, real estate brokerage firm Irwin Partners of Little Rock announced Thursday. read more >
Steven Head Promoted at McClelland (Movers & Shakers)
Steven Head has been promoted to associate at McClelland Consulting Engineers Inc. of Fayetteville. Head joined the firm in 2012 as supervisor of the in-house construction materials testing laboratory. read more >
McClelland Consulting Engineers Adds Three to Fayetteville Office (Movers & Shakers)
Adam Lesso, William Fellows and Nick Batker have been hired by McClelland Consulting Engineers Inc. and will work from its Fayetteville office. read more >
Tech Park Board Chooses WDD Architects for Phase 1 of Project
The Little Rock Technology Park Authority Board has selected Wittenberg Delony & Davidson as the architect for the first phase of the tech park, planned for the Main Street corridor in downtown Little Rock. read more >
by Mark Carter -
McClelland Consulting Makes In-House Moves (Movers & Shakers)
Adam Triche, a project engineer in the Little Rock office of McClelland Consulting Engineers Inc., has been promoted to partner effective Feb. 1, 2015, one of six new moves made at the firm. read more >
Underground Tunnels Challenge Hot Springs Engineers from Past to Present
The Hot Springs Creek Tunnel and other structures of its kind in Arkansas represent architectural accomplishments that carry their unique engineering challenges into the present, but often go unnoticed. read more >
by Luke Jones -
White Hall Voters Approve Bond Issue for Water Park
Voters in White Hall approved last week a bond issue that would allow the Jefferson County city to borrow up to $4.5 million for a planned community center and water park. read more >
by Luke Jones -