Tag: construction

Powerhouse Express Sees Green

Pat Tinsley started Powerhouse Express to meet his customers? needs for groundskeeping maintenance.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Loses Offices in China

A gang of Chinese men demolished the factory and offices of a U.S. metal-products company in China to make way for a luxury apartment complex, a senior executive with the company told The Wall Street Journal.

Properties Go in Northwest Arkansas

Harrison French Architecture has started dirt work on a $2.5 million office and residential building at 206 S.W. Eighth St. in Bentonville.

Piano Bar Slated for Dickson

William and Don Ray of Little Rock are renovating a 2,400-SF section of the Three Sisters Building at 216 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville and plan to open a piano bar there by the second weekend in August.

Goliff Gets Going

Boeing has agreed to provide initial funding for William Goliff’s idea of VBI Broadcasting.

Materials Matter Most When Planning New Office

Architects and engineers say executives should consider the selection of materials carefully when planning a new office.

Businesses Brace for Dickson Revamp

The money is finally in place, and demolition has begun for the renovation of Dickson Street?s sidewalks.

PLBA Has Become a Global Firm

A sudden twist of fate brought Perry L. Butcher & Associates to Rogers, and 39 years later the company still calls Northwest Arkansas home.

Cities Must Decide Which Bridges Need Immediate Attention

Interstate bridges such as the one felled by a barge on Interstate 40 in Webbers Falls, Okla., can cost well into the millions to repair. But some Northwest Arkansas bridges are in dire need of five- and six-digit repairs, too.

French Cottons to Urban Projects

Harrison French Architecture may be on its way to becoming an urban legend.

The Bentonville architecture firm has grown its business 20 percent during the last six years, primarily due to its work for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Rome Architecture Experience Will Continue Thanks to Walton Donation

Sixteen UA students spent their spring semester studying architecture and humanities while living in Rome, Italy.

Arnt Asphalt Sealing Co. Opens in Springdale

Lindy Arnt striped his first parking lot at age 7. The hot and heavy work of asphalt sealing and paving was the Arnt family?s business in Michigan, and Lindy Arnt grew up knowing how to patch a cement crack with hot rubber.

Copper Creek Addition Gets Five New Homes

C&S Custom Homes Inc. on April 30 got five loans totaling $1.23 million from Arvest Bank to add homes at a northeast Fayetteville subdivision.

On The Border Almost Complete

Brinker International Inc. of Dallas recently purchased a building permit valued at $862,000 to complete the construction of its new Rogers restaurant.

Lindsey Developing Many Stonewood Lots

John David Lindsey on April 30 got four loans totaling $799,000 to build more homes at a northeast Fayetteville subdivision.

Lazenby Joins Builders at Blue Springs Village

Bill Lazenby on May 15 got six loans totaling $634,983 from both Regions Bank of Rogers and First Security Bank of Rogers to build homes at a subdivision several miles east of Springdale.

Wohlford & Co. Adds to Palisades

Dennis Wohlford of Wohlford & Co. of Fayetteville recently purchased five building permits valued at a combined $588,647 to build homes at a subdivision in southeast Springdale.

Riggins Continues Porthaven Addition

Darin Riggins of Riggins Construction recently purchased seven building permits valued at $574,791 to build more homes at a west Springdale subdivision.

Israel, Phillips, Muccio Purchase Appleby Acreage

Ben and Nancy Israel, Phil Phillips and Tom Muccio in early June purchased 2.5 commercially zoned acres in north Fayetteville for $500,000.

Rogers Developer Continues Shadow Valley Development

Judy Enderle of Rogers recently purchased a pair of building permits valued at a combined $368,968 to build two more homes at Shadow Valley subdivision.

Nine Riceland facilities temporarily close

Tonnage up almost 11% on the Arkansas River through May

Fort Smith Metro News Briefs: USA Truck military support, Baptist Health to hold ‘MASH’ events

SGS opens Bentonville product testing lab