EWING CONSTRUCTION TO DEVELOP $30M INDUSTRIAL PROJECT

GREGORY — Corpus Christi-based Ewing Construction Co. has been selected for the $30 million, Phase I contract of the 200,000-square-foot TPCO Pipe Finishing Facility, an industrial property located at the intersection of State Highways 35 and 361 in Gregory. The design-build team includes architect KE Group, civil and structural engineer CSF Engineers and MEP engineer Dawson Van Orden Engineering. Construction on the 200-acre site is slated to begin this month and finish January 2013. The owner of the property is Tianjin, China-based Tianjin Pipe Corp., which is reportedly investing $1 billion in the Coastal Bend Region of the U.S. The new facility is the first project of the investment, which is projected to be the largest single investment ever by a Chinese corporation in the U.S.