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There are four tire-testing facilities in “We have several hot mix plants and
west Texas, and Reece Albert, Inc. has
worked with each of their owners –
Bridgestone/Firestone, Goodyear, Cont-
inental/General and Cooper Tire. Reece
Albert, Inc. built the Cooper Tire facility
in Pearsall, Texas, in 1998, Albert says.
“We’re pretty proud to be able to build
something like that from the ground up,”
he says.
“Building testing tracks is specialty
work that requires tight grade tolerances
and demands very consistent quality.”
Also during the ’60s and ’70s, Reece Al-
bert Inc. began working with government
agencies such as the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. It took on multiple projects at
west Texas Air Force bases, including
Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo
and Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio. It
continues to work at both bases, as need-
ed, and has done limited work at Dyess
Air Force Base in Abilene.
Production Services
Today, Reece Albert leases and owns
more than 20 quarries throughout the
west Texas area, Albert says.
TxDOT work is one of the best games in
several portable crushing facilities,” he
says. “We got into doing our own con-
crete work in the early ’70s, which includ-
ed curb and gutter and sidewalk work.
“We expanded that through the years
to include some concrete paving for
roadways,” he continues.
“Our work volume increased dramati-
cally four years ago when we got into
construction of concrete structures
through the acquisition of a long-time
local bridge building company. Structures
work is plentiful at this time in Texas.”
During the ’70s, the company also began
doing its own utility work for subdivi-
sion projects. It continues to offer earth-
work, hot mix paving, concrete paving,
concrete structure, utilities and materials
production services.
Challenges Welcome
Reece Albert Inc. continues to work with
tire-testing facilities in the area, as well as
with TxDOT. “In the state of Texas, DOT
funding has been at a fairly high level for
the last several years,” Albert says.
“Texas has a $5 billion-plus program.
town right now.”
He says more than 50 percent of the
company’s work comes from TxDOT and
the remainder is a mixture of projects for
commercial, private development and
other government entity clients. “We
work with many different types of clients,”
he emphasizes.
The company specializes in work in-
volving tight specifications. “We like high-
ly-engineered work, and we’re good at it,”
Albert says.
“Not all contractors pursue that type of
work. For us, it was born out of necessity.
As a company growing up in west Texas,
you have to do it all.
“It’s not like being in the Dallas/Ft.
Worth area where you can specialize.
We’ve had to take on many different
kinds of work to survive, in a way.”
Albert says he sees a strong future for
the company.
“We intend to continue to play a major
role in the further development of the
border area and west Texas, as well other
unique opportunities that present them-
selves in our area,” he says. ■
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