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2023


August 2023In 1939, Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt created National Aviation Day. | read more...

July 2023 - The UES Texas Region Marketing Team met in Dallas, TX this week for a two-day workshop | read more...

June 2023 - The Alpha Testing, a UES Company, and Riner Engineering, Inc., a UES Company North Texas Sales Team recently joined together outside of the office for a round of Top Gold | read more...

May 2023 - Alpha Testing is sponsoring the Texas Municipal League Region 14 2023 Spring Meeting & Workshop | read more...

April 2023 - Alpha Testing and Rock Engineering Testing Laboratory at the Largest Regional Water Conference in the United States | read more...

March 2023 - Alpha Testing was a station sponsor for the 14th annual WEAT North Texas Section Sporting Clays Tournament on Friday. | read more... 

February 2023 - Alpha Testing in Form Fitness Follows 5K | read more...

January 2023 - Alpha Testing's Marketing Team attends the 2023 Society for Marketing Professional Services Southern Regional Conference. | read more... 


2022


December 2022Congratulations to Alpha Testing’s 2022 President’s Award Recipients! read more...

November 2022 - Ahead of the holiday, each Alpha office gathered for Thanksgiving luncheons. | read more...

October 2022 -  Alpha Testing sponsored Katy ISD Education Foundation’s Fireflies and Foodtrucks event last Thursday. | read more...

September 2022Alpha Testing has a new partner in Texas, as Rock Engineering and Testing Laboratory, Inc. has joined the Universal Engineering Sciences family!read more...

August 2022 Alpha Testing sponsored CREW Fort Worth’s DFW Market Insights & Trends Luncheon. | read more...

July 2022 - It's root, root, root, for the Alpha team! The Dallas environmental and geotechnical teams both recently enjoyed a night of baseball at the new Globe Life Park in Arlington. | read more...
June 2022 - Fore!! Called the modern and new home for golf, the Professional Golfers’ Association of America recently moved their headquarters from Palm Beach County, Florida to Frisco, Texas. | read more...

May 2022Alpha Testing is committed to recycling their tested concrete, preventing more than 3,325,000 lbs. of tested concrete from ending up in landfills each year. | read more...

April 2022 - Fort Worth - If one is good, two is better! Alpha Testing has grown into a second suite on Brush Creek Road, with renovations completed in 2021. | read more...

March 2022Joseph Culley is consolidating our Houston A-Team ® into a new and much larger location, 2 times the size of our previous location. | read more...

February 2022 - Thanks to everyone on Team Alpha who braved the cold at the Form Follows Fitness 5K! | read more...

January 2022 -  Our team members celebrated National Compliment Day by passing out compliments in each of our offices! | read more... 


2021


December 2021 - Another successful Marine Toys for Tots Foundation toy drive is in the bag - or in the trucks as the case may be! | read more...

November 2021 - Alpha Testing joins Universal Engineering Sciences. | read more...

October 2021 - Alpha Testing® announces the promotions of Jeromi Kelsey, P.E. to CMT Department Manager - San Antonio and Noah Watt to Business Development Manager - Dallas. | read more...

September 2021 - Occasionally, we get the opportunity to support our local school districts in a unique way. | read more...

August 2021Kids are all headed back to school. Many will be walking into schools, like Rock Hill High School in Prosper, where Alpha Testing was part of the construction process. | read more... 

July 2021Alpha Testing® announces the advancement of the following Principals as Officers of the Corporation. | read more...

July 2021 The promotion to Associate Principal at Alpha Testing® recognizes constant contributions to the business success of our clients, and of Alpha Testing. | read more...

July 2021The promotion to Associate at Alpha Testing® recognizes performance and leadership to date and encourages future professional growth. | read more...

July 2021 - The Alpha Dallas office kicked off the beginning of July with the Tacos, Bites & Beats food truck and ice cream! Great food and lots of fun with our friends! | read more...

June 2021 - Summer is officially here! In celebration, Alpha recently kicked off the "Where in the world is your Alpha A" contest. | read more...

April 2021A long awaited event as impoundment begins on the first newly constructed dam in Texas in the last 30 years. | read more... 

March 2021 - Our Founder's Award recipient from our San Antonio team is Clinton Garansuay. | read more... 

February 2021 -  Founder’s Award winner Mohammad "Reza" Kohanbani from Houston is, quite simply, everything you could ask for in a teammate. | read more...

January 2021 -  The highlight of our annual Christmas celebrations is the presentation of our Founder’s Award, given to team members in each region who embody the Mission, Vision, and Core Values of Alpha Testing®. | read more...


2020


December 2020 - Alpha Testing® could not consistently live out our mission of embracing and solving client challenges without the emerging leadership of key individuals. | read more...

December 2020 It takes every single team member to make a firm work to the success of our client’s projects, and to maintain a healthy Alpha Testing. | read more...

October 2020 - Since the beginning of the work from home, we’ve been sneaking out for 2 to 4 hour rides on the weekend. | read more...

September 2020 - Our San Antonio team was thankful for the beautiful weather for the ULI San Antonio Golf Tournament a few weeks ago! | read more...

August 2020 - Even though this year's Fiesta is canceled, we still have our 2020 medals available! Alpha's 2019 medal was featured in the news last week. | read more... 

July 2020 - As the NBA and WNBA get back on the court in their bubbles, Alpha recently provided services for a different type of bubble - Rice University's new practice bubble! | read more...

May 2020 - As warmer spring temperatures turn into our infamous Texas summer heat, Alpha Testing® is blessed to continue to serve our clients across Texas. | read more...

April 2020 - Social distancing has kept much of the Alpha Testing® team apart. | read more...

March 2020 - After the success of our Fort Worth office’s Chili Cook-Off, it was recently our Dallas office’s turn! | read more...

February 2020 - As Texans, we’re always looking for the best new places to find great Tex-Mex food. If you’re in the Dallas Uptown area, then add Taco Lingo to your list! | read more...

January 2020 - Our Fort Worth office held their inaugural Chili Cook-Off last Friday, with nearly 20 entries for this year’s contest! | read more...


2019


December 2019 - Our Alpha Testing family has been celebrating the Christmas season over the past two weeks. | read more...

November 2019Our offices celebrated Thanksgiving last week with their annual Thanksgiving potlucks! | read more...

October 2019 - The ladies of Alpha Testing’s Houston office were thinking pink this week, wearing pink Alpha shirts for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. | read more...

September 2019 - Where can you find sculptures of Captain Underpants, Spider-Man, and Dirk Nowitzki all in one place? At NorthPark Center in Dallas as part of the 2019 Canstruction competition! | read more...

August 2019 - If you’re looking for a cozy coffee shop or a new Sunday brunch spot, our Fort Worth Business Development Manager Becky Eaton suggests Urban Alchemy Coffee + Wine Bar in Arlington. | read more...

July 2019 -  This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, and Space Center Houston is celebrating all week long! | read more... 

June 2019 - Alpha Testing’s Dallas office held a Father’s Day Cookout last Friday to celebrate our Alpha dads! In typical Father’s Day fashion, we made them grill their own lunch! | read more...

May 2019 Alpha’s San Antonio team and their families were treated to an evening at Seaworld, where they got to check out the new Turtle Reef exhibit and two new rides! | read more...

April 2019 -  Happy Easter from Alpha Testing®! Here are some of the awesome entries from our first (but hopefully not last!) egg decorating contest. | read more...

March 2019 - It's Madness, Baby! If you said the title of this post in your best Dick Vitale voice, then you know we’re in the middle of March Madness! | read more...

February 2019 - Even though it was cold last Saturday, over 30 members of the Alpha team came out for the Form Follows Fitness 5K at Klyde Warren Park! | read more...

January 2019 First in Service. As one of Alpha Testing’s core values, First in Service serves as a guide to achieving our mission: to embrace and solve client challenges in geotechnical, construction materials, and environmental engineering. The recipients of the 2018 Founder’s Awards embody this Alpha core value, and exemplify Alpha’s mission. | read more...


2018


December 2018 - Located in Hannah’s hometown, Hanan’s Café features a “chalkboard menu” meaning the options change daily. | read more...

November 2018 Alpha Testing’s Dallas office collected food for the North Texas Food Bank as part of their Thanksgiving celebrations this year. | read more...

October 2018Epic Gelato brings a taste of Italy to Flower Mound, TX. Partnering with Eiland Coffee, who supplies coffee from around the world, Epic Gelato is the perfect place to try something new. | read more...

September 2018 - Alpha Testing Dallas once again teamed up with Archer Western and HNTB for the CANstruction Dallas competition. | read more...

August 2018 - Our Houston team checked out Wakefield Crowbar a few weeks ago for some fun in the sand! | read more...

July 2018 - New to Downtown Houston, El Gato Coffeehouse is Houston’s first “cat café”. | read more...

June 2018 - Here’s a look at some of the entries from our “Where Has Your Alpha ‘A’ Been?” contest! | read more...

May 2018 - Our Houston team threw a Donuts and Diapers baby shower last week for two dads-to-be, Nathan Macicek and Joe Culley. | read more...

April 2018 - KnockerBall®, or “bubble soccer,” is trending all over the United States, and the Alpha team in Dallas decided to see what the hype was all about. | read more...

March 2018 - 35 years. Thank you. I am, however politically incorrect, a devotee of the internal combustion engine (ICE), and the vehicles that they power.  You can have your battery powered anything, golf carts included. But I digress. | read more...

February 2018 - Team Alpha braved the elements last Saturday for the Form Follows Fitness 5K! Even with the less than ideal conditions, it was a great event, with a course that took us past some of the best architecture in Dallas!  |  read more...

January 2018 - After 34 years — Alpha Testing Principal David “Pat” Stettner has officially entered the world of retirement! Alpha celebrated Pat and his wife Rena with a luncheon at our Dallas office last week.  |  read more...


2017


December 2017 - What happens when you put Alpha Testing engineering staff together in one room? You get soil PI contests, Top Golf, and a whole lot of engineering expertise exchanged.  |   read more...

November 2017 – ENR Texas & Louisiana has announced the Best Projects from 2017. Alpha Testing is excited to have served five of the winning projects including the Dallas Zoo Simmons Hippo Outpost and Granite Office Building Southlake.  |  read more...

October 2017 – Alpha Testing was the Title Sponsor at the TEXO Clay Bird Shootout, benefitting the TEXO Foundation.  |  read more...

September 2017 – Alpha Testing's San Antonio office sponsored Kimley-Horn and PBK for CANstruction. With 3,800 cans, the team designed and built “NOTABURGER”, which received the "Best Meal" award!  |  read more...

September 2017 – Alpha Testing's Dallas office teamed with Archer Western, HNTB, and DGR Consultants for CANstruction, an international design/build competition that benefits the North Texas Food Bank. Our structure, a spiral staircase made up of 16,000 cans, won the "Most Cans" award!  |  read more...

August 2017 – Alpha Testing is grateful that our Houston staff and their families are safe. Our Houston office is undamaged and is up and running again. Thoughts and prayers for our community and all those affected by Hurricane Harvey.

August 2017 – Shout out to all of our Alpha interns who spent the summer behind Alpha Testing walls! We wish you safe journeys back and hope to see you again next year!  |  read more...

July 2017 – Our Houston office celebrates five years this month!  |  read more...

June 2017 – The ENR Texas & Louisiana Top Starts from 2016 are posted and Alpha is helping deliver three of the Dallas area construction projects on the list!  |  read more...

May 2017 – Alpha Testing ranks #308 on the 2017 ENR Top 500 Design Firms! We are honored to be among the top firms recognized by ENR. Thanks to all who made this growth possible!  |  read more...

April 2017 – Alpha Testing was a bronze sponsor at the NSBE's Hidden Figures of Dallas Gala in Irving, TX. The event raised scholarship funds for women pursuing STEM majors and honored scholarship recipients.  |  read more...

March 2017 – Thanks to our clients, Alpha Testing is excited to announce that we outgrew our former San Antonio office! Stop by and see our new digs!  |  read more...

February 2017 – Another great year at the Form Follows Fitness 5K at Klyde Warren Park in Dallas! This year, Alpha Testing sponsored a booth and raffled out Yeti Tumblers. Thanks to all those who came out to support us!  |  read more...

January 2017 – Before drilling operations began at Cannon Elementary School, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD asked Alpha Testing’s Mahsa Hedayati, PhD, PE to speak to the school’s fifth grade students about the geotechnical project in the school’s backyard.  |  read more...