{"id":33461,"date":"2025-12-02T10:33:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/fluor-kicks-off-671m-texas-highway-rebuild\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T10:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T18:33:19","slug":"fluor-kicks-off-671m-texas-highway-rebuild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/fluor-kicks-off-671m-texas-highway-rebuild\/","title":{"rendered":"Fluor kicks off $671M Texas highway rebuild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/text-to-speech.divecdn.com\/newspost\/806783\/2025-12-02_11.01.08\/fluor-breaks-ground-texas-highway-rebuild.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Work along a 12-mile stretch of highway is officially underway on one of <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.fluor.com\/news-releases\/news-details\/2025\/Fluor-Breaks-Ground-on-State-Highway-6-Project-in-BryanCollege-Station-Texas\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Texas\u2019 most significant corridor upgrade projects<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Irving, Texas-based contractor Fluor broke ground on the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/texas-dot-fluor-build-highway-project\/744129\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$671 million reconstruction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> and widening of State Highway 6 in Bryan and College Station, Texas, according to a Nov. 20 company news release. The project will expand the north-south corridor from two lanes to three in each direction, ultimately improving mobility for commuters and freight haulers in the Texas Triangle region, according to the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The milestone marks the next major step for infrastructure construction in the Lone Star State. The State Highway 6 project, awarded to Fluor earlier this year, spans a key artery that links Texas A&amp;M University in College Station and surrounding Brazos County communities. The corridor is also part of the Texas Highway Freight Network, the Texas Highway Trunk System and a designated Hurricane Evacuation Route, according to the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThis groundbreaking signifies the start of an exciting expansion of SH-6 that will boost traffic capacity, strengthen regional connectivity and create a safer, more efficient route for everyone,\u201d said Shawn West, president of Fluor\u2019s infrastructure business, in the news release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Nationally, nonbuilding groundbreakings, which include highway projects, increased <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/construction-starts-megaprojects-october-dodge\/806230\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>22.9% over the past 12 months<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> and remain a strong catalyst for contractors at a time when <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/nonresidential-construction-spending-august-data-center-manufacturing\/805822\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>privately funded commercial activity<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> is largely softening.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Flour expects to wrap up construction by the end of 2030, according to the release. The effort adds to the company\u2019s growing <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/fluor-q3-loss-bullish-power-construction\/805068\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Texas infrastructure portfolio<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, which includes Dallas\u2019 I-635 LBJ East and I-35E jobs, two of the firm\u2019s unprofitable projects nearing completion.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/fluor-breaks-ground-texas-highway-rebuild\/806783\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 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