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July Texas Construction Awards Reach 89 Million
The Texas Contractor reports July 1952 construction awards totaling 89,806,242, the third highest month of the year, with Defense Department spending in Texas topped only by June. Engineering, non residential, and residential contracts shaped the month, including major highway and school projects, apartment units, and the Whitney Chain Company plant in Longview. Brown and Root led as the likely largest single award, while total state contracts for 1951 reached 743,478,708.
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Austin
IGP
Texas Contractor Reports
Texas
Defense
Army
Air Force
Teaxs
Defense Department
Brown and Root, Inc
Houston
Whitney Chain Company
Longview
J. W. Bateson
Dallas
Big Spring
Trotti and Thompson, Incorporated
Beaumont
Galveston