One of the new homes, Reliant Stadium, home to the new NFL Texans, saw its first action August 24th when NFL football returned to Houston after a six year absence. Located next to the Astrodome, the worlds first domed stadium, Reliant Stadium is setting new standards for technology and comfort. With the first retractable roof stadium of any NFL franchise, a seating capacity of 69,500, 147 private luxury suites, spacious lounges and locker rooms and a price tag of $449 million, the Texans are already starting out as champions.

Precast concrete played a major role in the construction of Reliant Stadium. Heldenfels Enterprises, Inc. of San Marcos and Corpus Christi, Texas fabricated 1944 riser sections, 148 raker beams, 80 slabs, 122 stair units, and 369 wall panels which were all erected within a 10-month period.

CEG utilized 3-dimensional drafting techniques to detail many of the complex pieces adjacent to the "super columns". The columns were skewed, sloping, cast-in-place concrete in 3 planes which required the generation of a 3-dimensional model to properly visualize, detail and erect the precast pieces.