Texas 9 May 3, 2026

Bobcat of Waco Debuts Remodeled 10,000-Sq.-Ft. Facility

Bobcat of Waco hosted an open house on April 17, 2026, at its newly remodeled facility in Waco, Texas.

Customers, employees and industry partners attended the event, where guests toured the updated location, viewed equipment and were served lunch.

According to Whit Perryman, CEO of Compact Construction Equipment LLC., the company entered the Bobcat market in 2016 with acquisitions in South Texas, followed by additional locations in Austin, San Antonio and Kerrville. The Waco dealership was added in 2018 and initially operated alongside the company’s existing Vermeer location.

As the business expanded, the need for additional space became clear.

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“We kept growing and needed more room,” Perryman said.

The remodeled facility offers approximately 10,000 sq. ft. and includes nine service bays, increasing capacity for equipment sales, parts and service. In addition to Bobcat equipment, the location carries Manitou telehandlers, broadening its lineup for lifting and material handling applications.

Perryman said the company worked with the previous property owner to secure the site, allowing the dealership to remain in the same area while moving into a larger space.

The updated Waco facility provides additional space to support equipment, parts and service operations for contractors across Central Texas.  CEG

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Vermeer Texas-Louisiana Hosts Grand Opening at New Weatherford Location

Eric Dudley (L), branch manager of Vermeer TexasLouisiana’s Weatherford location, meets with Cory Grindle, crew foreman of Dead Wood Tree Services, who is the location’s first customer.

Vermeer Texas-Louisiana photo Employees of Vermeer Texas-Louisiana gather outside the Weatherford facility

(L-R) are John Fiddler of Vermeer Texas-Louisiana, Jeremy Wenzel of Vermeer Texas-Louisiana, Michael Holcomb of Superior Pipeline Services, Michael Weeks of Superior Pipeline Services, Chris Mays of Vermeer Texas-Louisiana and Ryan Floyd of Vermeer Corp. in Weatherford, Texas.

Vermeer Texas-Louisiana hosted a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 15, 2026, for its newest location in Weatherford, Texas, marking the company’s continued expansion across North Texas.

The event brought together employees, customers, community members and representatives from Vermeer Corp. to celebrate the opening of the dealership’s 15th location. Attendees toured the new facility, viewed equipment and connected with staff during the open house.

According to Whit Perryman, CEO of Vermeer Texas-Louisiana, the new Weatherford branch reflects the company’s ongoing focus on improving access and support for customers across the region.

Kat Bozek (L), service manager of Vermeer TexasLouisiana Weatherford location, and Guillermo De La Garza, sales rep of Buckhorn Pumps, connect during the grand opening. De La Garza uses a Vermeer D24x40 drill for Buckhorn Pumps.

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“This is our 15th location, and it’s really about how we can better serve our customers and support their growth and their businesses,” Perryman said. “Being closer to where our customers are working allows us to respond faster and be more involved in what they’re doing day to day.”

The Weatherford facility is positioned to support a wide range of industries, particularly underground utility work. Perryman noted that Vermeer equipment plays a role in essential infrastructure projects, including water, sewer, gas, telecommunications and fiber installation.

The dealership also serves customers in landscaping and land-clearing applications, offering equipment such as brush chippers and stump cutters, as well as horizontal directional drills used in pipeline and utility installation.

The grand opening highlighted Vermeer Texas-Louisiana’s recent recognition as a “Pinnacle” dealer by Vermeer, an honor awarded to top-performing dealerships based on operational excellence and customer support.

Monty Cain (L), owner of Texas Best Demolition, stands with Cody Wells, sales rep of Vermeer TexasLouisiana’s Weatherford location. Cain operates two Vermeer LP573SDT vacuum excavators in his demolition work.

“It’s a reflection of the work our entire team puts in every day,” Perryman said. “There’s a lot that happens behind the scenes, and it takes all of our people to deliver that level of service.”

Representatives from Vermeer attended the event to recognize the achievement and reinforce the long-standing partnership between the manufacturer and the dealership group, which dates back decades.

In addition to improving customer access, the new location creates opportunities within the community. Perryman emphasized the importance of hiring locally and establishing a presence where customers are actively working.

“This allows us to bring jobs into the community and build a team right here,” Perryman said. “We could centralize everything somewhere else, but that’s not how you take care of customers. You have to be where they are.”

The new facility in Weatherford represents another step in Vermeer Texas-Louisiana’s continued growth, reinforcing its commitment to supporting contractors with equipment, service and local access across North Texas.  CEG

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The Dallas Morning News reported that Super Studios USA Chief Financial Officer Richard Judson indicated that the first phase at 561 Easy Drive in Mansfield will include four ground-up sound stages, production offices and parking.

The project will cost an estimated $50 million. Completion is expected by 2027, according to the Dallas Morning News.

The larger 75-acre project is expected to encompass 10 phases built over five years incorporating the studio infrastructure along with residential, hospitality and retail uses, according to therealdeal.com.

Plans call for four 18,000-sq.-ft. sound stages alongside a 42,000-sq.-ft. office building. The top floor would be dedicated to AI, post-production and data center operations, according to The Dallas Morning News, which takes into consideration the film industry’s growing reliance on digital workflows.

Upon completion, the campus would include eight sound stages, a hotel, approximately 800 luxury condominiums and

data centers embedded within studio facilities, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Nearly 2,700 permanent jobs and approximately 4,400 construction jobs are likely to be created by the project, according to therealdeal.com.

The Mansfield Economic Development Corp. sold about 21.5 acres for $1 in early 2025 and agreed to reimburse all infrastructure impact fees associated with the first phase once it’s occupied.

Filmmaker Angel Gracia and the Santa Clarita, Calif.based production company Creative Tank are leading the project, which described the development as a “mini-city” that replicates the convenience of Hollywood production studios, according to The Dallas Morning News. Gracia’s partners include St. Louis-based Arco Construction, San Francisco-based Gensler and Dallas-based Lineage Legacy Partners.

The timing meshes with a surge in Texas film investment, according to therealdeal.com.

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Texas A&M Begins $226M Semiconductor Institute Work

Texas A&M University broke ground on April 9, 2026, on its new $226 million Semiconductor Institute, which Gov. Greg Abbott said will help cement Texas as America’s hub for innovation and semiconductor manufacturing.

“Texas and America must be microchip independent,” he said. “We must ensure we lead the way forward. This groundbreaking is a giant step toward achieving that independence. Texas A&M is accelerating in innovation and cementing Texas’ position as the global leader for semiconductors.”

Located on the Texas A&M-RELLIS campus approximately 8 mi. from the main campus at College Station, the TAMU Semiconductor Institute will further enhance Texas’ semiconductor

leadership and drive economic growth through workforce development; disruptive, next-generation research; and impactful collaborations in support of national security and the semiconductor resurgence in the United States, according to an Abbott press release.

The institute will have approximately 80,000 sq. ft. of space for research, training and various collaborations.

During his remarks, Abbott said that Texas is the birthplace of the modern microchip and the national leader in semiconductor manufacturing and design

Abbott signed the Texas CHIPS Act into law in 2023 to further strengthen Texas’ investments in the semiconductor industry, encouraging semiconductor companies to expand in the state, leverage

the expertise and capacity at Texas higher education institutions, and maintain Texas’ position as the national leader in semiconductor manufacturing. It also established the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund, and the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium, both administered by the Texas CHIPS Office, a division within the Texas Economic Development & Tourism Office in the Office of the Governor.

Funding for the building project includes $113.7 million from the Texas Semiconductor Innovation (TSI) Building and Equipment account and $48.1 million from Permanent University Fund (PUF) debt proceeds through the Available University Fund, according to TSI. 

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The erosion of the riverbanks in the Fort Bend County area resulted from heavy storms in 2015 and 2016, followed by Hurricane Harvey in 2017. In 2023, the city and county received $70 million for erosion control projects.

“Due to the expected migration of the Brazos River, TxDOT is extending the bridge by approximately 700 feet to the north,” SER Senior Project Manager Ben Cross told Construction Equipment Guide.

The scope of the project is immense.

It requires the demolition of three existing bridge spans — approximately 300 linear feet, 10-lane concrete pier and beam structures — as well as the demolition and reconstruction of 10 lanes of concrete I-69 main lanes (700 ft.) and two lanes of frontage road (1,000 linear ft.) northbound and southbound.

The new 1,000-ft., 10-span, 10-lane pier and beam bridge is expected to be completed in winter 2027.

Crews also are removing a damaged turnaround beneath the bridge and placing armoring on the bridge’s northern foundation to prevent additional erosion damage.

“The erosion under the bridge has gotten out of hand,” Kristina Hadley, a TxDOT spokesperson, told the local media. “We just need to repair it and try to stop this erosion.”

The project was designed by LJA & Associates.

So far, SER has completed the entire southbound side of the main lane bridge and southbound frontage road bridges. Work over the next 18 months will focus on the northbound half of the main lane bridge, as well as the northbound frontage road.

Cross and his team are dealing with multiple challenges, although soil and utility issues are minimal.

“The greatest challenge has been the traffic volume of the roadway,” he said. “At the time of bid, it was estimated that the main lanes and the frontage roads of I-69, within the project limits, experienced more than 180,000 vehicles of average daily traffic. TxDOT and the designers worked to minimize the amount of lane reductions and maintain five lanes of traffic each way, while allowing adequate work room to construct the bridge.

“Additionally, the Brazos River has been unpredictable. After significant rains, it will rise quickly. A couple of times, it has flooded the work zone under the bridge. We have to be on alert to rising water levels.”

Cross said the project remains on schedule, with crews primarily working during the day, six days a week. Crews have worked night shifts on occasion to perform tasks requiring lane closures, major traffic switches, beam erection and concrete deck pours.

Crews are operating in a tight work zone, Cross said.

“While constructing the interior lanes of the main lane

“It is traditional hydraulic hammer demolition using large excavators,” Cross said. “The biggest challenge is to avoid damaging the portions of the existing bridge that are to remain and doing the demo work in tight spaces. We are demolishing the beams and deck up to the existing Bent No. 7, which is to remain in place and support the new bridge, so we had to be extremely careful while demolishing the beams at this bent to not damage the bent cap. So far, we have been very successful and have not had any damage.”

This is a phased demolition and reconstruction process.

“We are constructing the main lane bridge in four steps to allow traffic to use both the existing bridge and newly completed bridge sections,” Cross said. “The bridge construction is exclusively north of the river; however, we are removing and replacing a concrete rail over the river to bring the rail up to the latest MASH compliance. We are not using any false work but are very careful to avoid any debris falling into the river.”

“Along with the bridge construction, which is a very typical pier and beam construction, we are also installing a sheet pile wall around the foundation of the existing Bent 7 substructure,” he added. “The state expects the Brazos River to migrate north and significantly erode/scour the foundation of this bent. We are driving steel sheet piling around the entire foundation substructure (the battered piles and footings) to achieve bearing and protect this bent from erosion.”

Demolition debris is being hauled off via trailers.

Cranes on site include a SANY Scc8100 110-ton crane, a Manitowoc 11000-1 110-ton crane and an 80-ton hydraulic crane. Other pieces of iron consist of a 30-ton cherry picker, Cat 349 excavators, Cat 926 loaders, Cat D3 dozers, a GOMACO 2600 slip form paving machine (roadway) and a Bidwell 5400 concrete bridge deck paving machine. Additionally, a subcontractor rented a Liebherr LTM 14007.1 500-ton hydraulic crane.

Crews are constructing one side of the bridge at a time.

“Each phase follows the following sequence — a traffic shift to generate the work zone, demolish existing bridge and roadway, install drilled shaft foundations, erect columns and bents, erect beams, set precast deck panels, and pour the bridge deck,” said Cross, who noted that there are approximately 200 48-in. diameter drilled shaft foundations for the main lanes that are around 65 ft. deep.

SER is using precast concrete beams, deck panels and reinforced concrete pipe, manholes and inlets for the bridge and, for the roadway surface and subgrade, concrete, cement-treated base and lime.

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“Our safety plan details the work plan, including access to the site, the equipment being used, designates a competent person and has emergency response protocols,” Cross said.

The demolished main line lanes and frontage roads just north of State Highway 99 in Sugar Land are being reconstructed.

“Each of the four phases of the project encompasses about three lanes of pavement that were taken out simultaneously from one end of the bridge to the other, depending on access,” Cross said. “The bridge/roadway is demolished in place, and the concrete and steel are processed (crushed) on site and then loaded directly onto trailers and hauled off site. The storm sewer system at the river is being completely reconstructed.”

Subcontractor Martin Marrietta is performing the demolition work, using large KOBELCO excavators with buckets and hydraulic hammers.

The new concrete lanes feature a lime subgrade, a cement-stabilized base, an asphalt bond breaker and a concrete surface.

“We’re completely reconstructing the two northbound and southbound frontage road lanes for about 1,000 ft. on the north side of the bridge,” Cross said.

Cemex is supplying SER with ready-mix concrete.

Project Manager Jonathan Martinez, Project Superintendent Jose Lara and Traffic Superintendent Jose Quintanilla assist Cross.

Typical days have 20 to 30 SER and subcontractor employees on site. The major subcontractors are Martin Marietta, Stripe Lines (traffic control and striping), Traffic Control Devices (lighting and fiber optic work), Tom Mac (sheet pile driving), HB Farmer (drill shaft foundations), Roadway Construction (soil nail walls), Scott Derr (painting), Semark (landscaping) and Willow City (signs and metal beam guard fence).

Demolition and excavation operations have generated 37,874 sq. ft. of concrete paving, 7,000 sq. yds. of bridge deck and 230,000 cu. yds. of various materials.

“The crushed concrete will most likely be recycled,” Cross said. “The excavated soil will be sent to a dump.”

New materials include 3.2 million lbs. of reinforcing steel, 28,300 cu. yds. of concrete, and 36,000 linear ft. of concrete bridge girders.

SER’s fleet, including a variety of Cat equipment, is well maintained.

“We have a staff of mechanics that travel to each project as needed,” Cross said.

SER buys and rents its Cat equipment from the Houston area’s Mustang CAT.  CEG

(All photos courtesy of SER Construction.)

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Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) announced on April 15, 2026, that it selected Kiewit Austin Partnership (KAP), a joint venture between Kiewit Building Group Inc. (Kiewit) and Austin Commercial, as the design-build contractor for the system’s Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF).

A contract dollar amount wasn’t disclosed, although the entire light rail system is expected to cost approximately $7 billion.

The agency described the facility as a critical component of Austin Light Rail that will support daily operations and long-term system performance.

The approval of the KAP team enables ATP to begin pre-construction activities, including advancing design, initiating permitting and preparing the site for future construction.

“This is another major step forward, and we now have the full construction team that will deliver Austin’s light rail system,” ATP CEO Greg Canally said. “The Operations and Maintenance Facility is integral to the success of the system — it’s where trains are maintained, cleaned and prepared for service each day. By bringing together a world-class construction partner with deep local experience, we are setting this project up for long-term success while creating jobs and economic opportunity across Central Texas.”

The KAP team represents a strategic partnership between Kiewit, a global leader in infrastructure construction, and Austin Commercial, a local firm with extensive experience delivering complex projects in Austin, including landmarks such as Q2 Stadium and Circuit of the Americas.

“Kiewit brings extensive experience delivering complex transit infrastructure and designbuild projects across North America,” Mike Johnson, executive vice president of Kiewit Building Group Inc., said. “We’re proud to support this important investment in Austin’s mobility and deliver a high-quality project that will serve the community for years to come.”

KAP will lead the design and construction of the Operations and Maintenance Facility, where Austin’s light rail vehicles will be stored, serviced and dispatched. The facility will also serve as a workplace for operators, maintenance crews and support staff who will keep the system running safely and efficiently.

“Austin Commercial is pleased to serve the city of Austin and ATP as part of the Kiewit Austin Partnership,” said Jack Archer, Austin Commercial’s senior vice president for Central Texas. “Having lived and worked in Austin for more than 40 years, we’re committed to delivering a project that serves this community with excellence.”

KAP was identified as the highest-ranked firm following a rigorous, competitive procurement process that evaluated elements including firms’experience, personnel qualifications, technical approach and design innovation. ATP completed the procurement in approximately one year, faster than many comparable mega projects nationwide.

The selected team includes approximately 10 subcontractors for the design phase of work (roughly half in the Austin region) and will provide many more opportunities for local businesses to participate in construction.

The OMF project is expected to support thousands of jobs during design and construction, including roles for architects, engineers, skilled construction trades and suppliers. Once operational, the facility also will create hundreds of longterm careers in operations and maintenance, contributing to Austin’s growing workforce and economy.

Following Board approval, KAP will begin work immediately, co-locating in the ATP office to advance design, conducting field investigations, coordinating utilities and preparing permitting packages. These efforts will help optimize the project’s design, constructability, schedule and cost to ensure readiness for future construction.

Austin’s first light rail system will feature 15 stations along a nearly 10-mi. alignment with all-electric trains running every 5–10 minutes throughout most of the day. The system is designed to be fully expandable to support future growth.

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June (issue 11) Attachments

July (issue 13) Electric Equipment

August (issue 15) Wheel Loaders, Tool Carriers & Attachments

August (issue 17) Backhoes and Attachments

September (issue 19) Utilities: Trenching, Compressors, Generators and Light Towers

October (issue 21) Off-Road Trucks, Dumpers & Mining Equipment

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For one oilfield service company operating across the Permian Basin in West Texas and into Eastern New Mexico, fleet strategy became increasingly important as operations expanded and mileage on service trucks climbed rapidly.

In oilfield environments, trucks can accumulate thousands of miles each month traveling between remote job sites. That heavy use can push diesel units toward replacement thresholds in less than two years, accelerating depreciation and increasing pressure on companies relying solely on owned equipment.

At the same time, purchasing additional trucks requires a significant investment. Expanding a fleet through ownership alone often meant committing between $64,000 and $100,000 per truck — tying up capital during periods when demand could fluctuate.

Distance also created operational challenges. Crews frequently work across large territories throughout West Texas and New Mexico. When trucks needed maintenance or replacement, travel time could pull workers away from active job sites.

“The service locations didn’t always make sense for where our guys were working,” said the company’s business development manager. “It created extra travel that didn’t need to happen.”

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day or more. Even if this happened only a few times per year, it could remove as many as 64 hours of field labor annually from revenue-producing work.

To address these challenges, the company adjusted its fleet strategy by strengthening the role of rental trucks alongside owned and leased units.

Rental equipment allowed the company to cycle vehicles before high-mileage depreciation became a major issue while keeping capital available for other operational needs.

The company estimates the approach helped preserve more than $850,000 in capital that would otherwise have been tied up in purchased fleet units.

Through its partnership with Premier Truck Rental (PTR), the operator also gained access to a dedicated territory support team capable of responding quickly when service or vehicle swaps were needed.

For the company, the goal was not to eliminate ownership or leasing but to create a balanced fleet structure capable of adapting to the realities of oilfield work, where long distances, heavy mileage and fluctuating workloads require flexibility.

As the company’s business development manager explained, “In our business, things can change quickly, so having rental as part of our fleet strategy has been a big advantage. PTR gives us the flexibility to ramp up when we’re busy and return units when things slow down. Their responsiveness has made it a smooth, dependable partnership. 

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