February 2004

(Corpus Christi, Texas) - Zachry broke ground in February 2004 on a three-story, 66,000-square-foot classroom facility at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, marking the beginning of the company’s second consecutive project on the campus.

The Texas A&M University System selected ZCC to construct the $11 million facility, which will help accommodate the institution’s recent and projected enrollment growth. The building will house classrooms, auditoriums and lecture halls, and is designed to complement the architecture of the campus’ existing and future buildings, including the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico, which ZCC began constructing in June 2003.

“It’s going to be a good-looking building,” said Rene Garcia, director of ZCC’s Commercial Building Division. “It will feature some non-traditional design elements that will give it unique character while allowing it to visually tie into the rest of the campus.”

Crews will construct a concrete superstructure to support a three-dimensional, cast-in-place concrete roof structure similar to the tile wave mosaic on the nearby HRI building. The classroom facility was engineered with its proximity to the ocean in mind and is designed to withstand hurricane-force winds.

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