Posts Tagged ‘womeninconstruction’
Rolator & Hillcrest Screenwall
This Screenwall was an adventure! In order to maintain the correct line directly over underground utilities, we hired Cyclone Services, LLC. to bring their Cyclone Hydro-Vac Truck and vacuum out all the dirt around the utility lines. Once they removed the dirt, we could visibly see the utilities and set the column piers without hitting…
Read MoreGarden Valley West Monument Sign & Screenwall
Down in the City of Waxahachie, we built this welcoming entrance for the Garden Valley West subdivision. The job included the Monument Sign you see pictured and over 1,000 linear foot of Screenwall. The Monument Sign is made from buff cast stone with sandblasted lettering. We used Acme Brick French Chateaux set in a running…
Read MoreGerault Park Monument Sign
We built this Monument Sign for the Town of Flower Mound back in 2018. All of the sign elements and the top cap on the base are made with buff cast stone. For the brick, we used Acme Brick Quorum in a running bond pattern. The stone on the base is Milsap Chopped Stone laid…
Read MoreScreen Walls 101
Screen Wall 101 – What is it? We mention them in our posts but do you know what it actually is? You likely see them every day and don’t even realize it. Screen Walls are most often used as a hard barrier between commercial and residential properties. In addition to being a buffer between properties,…
Read MoreCountry Ridge Monument Sign & Screenwall
As you’re driving North on Hwy 75 in Melissa, TX keep an out for this beautiful entrance into the gated community, Country Ridge. We built the Monument Sign and Screenwall for the Country Ridge Home Owners Association. The Monument Sign is buff cast stone set on a base. The base is made of Granbury Chopped…
Read MorePlano Neighborhood Flagstone Pavers
In the City of Plano, we laid these Pavestone Flagstone Pavers. We used a random pattern with a sand bed and joints set next to a city sidewalk. Have you seen this sidewalk in your neighborhood? Go walk on it when you get the chance. The General Contractor for this job was Roescho Construction, Inc.…
Read MoreMcKinney Water Treatment Plant Screenwall
This was a BIG Screenwall job in McKinney! Using pictures from a drone was the only way we could capture the whole job at once. For the upper portion of the Screenwall, we used Acme Brick Alton Bridge with a soldier course pattern at the top and a running bond pattern for the remaining brick.…
Read MoreFrisco Main Street Bridge Stone Veneer
The North Texas area is a HOT market for all things real estate, right now. In order to attract new businesses and new residents Cities put a lot of effort into city beautification efforts. All along Frisco Main Street, you can see one such city beautification effort in the Bridge Stone Veneers we did for…
Read MoreDallas Parkway Medical Park Hardscape
How familiar are you with the term hardscape? It’s all of the non-living features within a landscape as opposed to the softscape, which are all of the living items within a landscape. Hardscapes can be retaining walls, pavers, flagstone patios, pavilions, monument signs and so much more. At Lorie Galloway Companies, Inc. we specialize in…
Read MoreTexas Health Resources Screenwall
Check out the Screenwall with columns we built at Texas Health Frisco in Frisco, TX. We used Acme Brick Alton Bridge with buff mortar laid in a running bond pattern. There’s also a concrete mow strip. This commercial project required an 8’ brick Screenwall to separate the commercial property from the residential subdivision. This is…
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