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Friday, January 22, 2010

Cox Communications To Build North Phoenix Data Center

http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/

"Cox Communications Inc. is planning $70 million-plus data center near its Arizona headquarters in north Phoenix, which will be its second such facility in the area.

The stand-alone facility is being built near 19th Avenue and Deer Valley Road to house computers supporting Cox’s future growth and services, officials said."

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Mortenson Wins University Of Wisconsin Contract

http://www.bizjournals.com/

"M.A. Mortenson Co. has been selected as the construction manager for the $75.7 million Wisconsin Energy Institute on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison.

Work on the nearly 200,000-square-foot facility, being designed by Potter Lawson / HOK, is expected to begin in mid-2010."

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New Transit Oriented Neighborhood For Tysons Corner

http://www.washingtonpost.com/

"The Georgelas Group, a McLean-based developer, is planning Tysons' first transit-oriented neighborhood tied to one of four Silver Line Metrorail stations being built there. The proposed development is a 28-acre residential, office and retail complex centered around the Tysons West stop at Leesburg Pike and Spring Hill Road.

"This is a great opportunity for Tysons to transform," said Aaron Georgelas, the project's lead developer. "It's now time for us to grow around this transit system."

The proposal is based on Fairfax County's ambitious plan to redevelop car-focused Tysons from one of the region's most congested job centers into a network of eight urban neighborhoods, four of which would be designed around the new stations. The plan is going through the county approval process. In the meantime, Fairfax has developed criteria for a demonstration project that could serve as the first example of a transit-oriented community in Tysons."

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Hoar Construction To Build Pell City Hospital

http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/

"Hoar Construction LLC said it will partner with Goodgame Co. Inc. to build the new St. Vincent’s St. Clair Hospital in Pell City.

The $31.4 million facility will be a replacement hospital owned by the St. Clair County Healthcare Authority and will be operated by St. Vincent’s Health System.

Hoar and Goodgame plan to build a 76,000-square-foot, two-story facility off Interstate 20, with 40 patients beds, said a news release."

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Mortenson team picked for $150M St. Paul Union Depot transit hub

http://www.bizjournals.com/

"A team led by M.A. Mortenson was selected Thursday as the top choice to build the $150 million transportation hub at the Union Depot in downtown St. Paul.

Golden Valley-based Mortenson beat out teams led by PCL Corp. and Kraus-Anderson Construction Co., which were ranked numbers two and three, respectively, by an committee representing the Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority that interviewed all three teams, according to Jolly Mangine, director of Ramsey County’s property-management office. The three teams had made a short list from a group of six that had responded to an earlier RFP."

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

San Francisco Buys Treasure Island

http://www.sfgate.com/

"Mayor Gavin Newsom struck a deal Wednesday with the U.S. Navy to transfer Treasure Island to San Francisco for a $55 million guaranteed payment over several years. Additional considerations could make the package worth more than $105 million to the federal government.


The agreement paves the way for the city to undertake one of its most ambitious development projects - remaking the closed naval base on a man-made island in the middle of San Francisco Bay into a model of sustainable development."

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Clayco Wins Missouri Baptist Project

http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/

"Clayco and Legacy Building Group are the winning bidders to build one of the region’s largest construction projects with a green light: Missouri Baptist Medical Center’s $130 million patient tower, entryway and garage in Town & Country.

Rounding out the project team are architectural firm HOK, engineering firm KJWW Engineering Consultants, electrical contractor Sachs Electric, mechanical contractor Murphy Co. and civil engineering firm Stock & Associates. Rebecca Nolan is senior vice president and managing principal of HOK’s St. Louis office. Todd Weaver is president of Legacy Building Group."

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Hudson Tunnel Project Awarded

http://www.phillyburbs.com

"NJ Transit's board on Wednesday unanimously approved the first tunneling contract for an $8.7 billion rail tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan that is the nation's largest transportation project.

The board approved a joint venture between Barnard Construction Co. of Bozeman, Mont., and Judlau Contracting of New York for the $583 million contract to dig a mile-long tube in Manhattan. Groundbreaking will occur next year and the segment will take four to five years to complete, according to Dan Schall, Barnard's vice president.

The entire project is scheduled to be completed by 2017 and will add two rail lines into New York from New Jersey. NJ Transit officials have said it will allow them to more than double the number of trains during peak commute times, from 23 to 48."

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Friday, December 4, 2009

McCarthy Selected For West Los Angeles College Project

http://www.westsidetoday.com/

"McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., one of Southern California’s preeminent builders specializing in educational facilities, has been awarded the design-build contract for a $79.9 million athletic complex at West Los Angeles College in conjunction with LPA Inc. of Irvine, Calif.

'The Los Angeles Community College District has planned more than $6 billion in construction projects for its nine campuses, all of which will be built to LEED® certification standards,' said Rob F. Ragland, PE, project director for McCarthy. 'This athletic center at West Los Angeles College not only shows the district’s commitment to enriching the lives of its students, but also its pledge to better the environment."

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Winter Park Construction Lands Deal

http://orlando.bizjournals.com/

"Winter Park Construction has been selected to oversee a $16.6 million refurbishment at the Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orange Lake Resort, as well as two of their other Holiday Inn Club Vacations resorts in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Lake Geneva, Wis.

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Atlantic City Airport Expansion Awarded

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/

"Atlantic City International Airport operators have awarded more than $28.5 million in contracts for a terminal expansion project aimed at attracting more international flights to the facility here.
The 75,000-square-foot addition will hold a full inspection station for use by federal customs and immigration officials.
The station will make the airport more attractive for air carriers looking for a place to expand their international flights, said Bart Mueller, executive director of the South Jersey Transportation Authority, or SJTA, which runs the airport."

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$431 Million Highland Hospital Awarded to Clark Design/Build of California

http://www.marketwire.com/

" Clark Design/Build of California has been awarded the Highland Hospital Acute Tower Replacement project by the County of Alameda, Calif.
The team, led by Clark, includes SmithGroup as lead architect and Ratcliff and Shah Kawasaki Architects as associate architects. The $430.8 million contract includes construction of replacement facilities to be completed in three phases over seven years, making it the largest healthcare investment in the history of Alameda County."

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Ryan Lands Minneapolis Rehab Job

http://twincities.bizjournals.com/

"Ryan Cos. US Inc. won an $88 million construction-management contract for the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building at Fort Snelling in Minneapolis.

The project gives Minneapolis-based Ryan the largest share of one of the largest construction projects, public or private, in the Twin Cities pipeline today."

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

S.M. Wilson Named Fontbonne Science Building Contractor

http://stlouis.bizjournals.com

"Fontbonne University has hired St. Louis-based S.M. Wilson & Co. to renovate and expand the recently dedicated Anheuser-Busch Hall, a three-story science building on the university’s main campus in Clayton.

S.M. Wilson will provide pre-construction and construction management services for the $9.7 million project, which will include 32,448 square feet of renovation and a 6,123-square-foot addition."

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Thursday, November 5, 2009

S.M. Wilson To Build Fontbonne Science Building

http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/

"Fontbonne University has hired St. Louis-based S.M. Wilson & Co. to renovate and expand the recently dedicated Anheuser-Busch Hall, a three-story science building on the university’s main campus in Clayton.

S.M. Wilson will provide pre-construction and construction management services for the $9.7 million project, which will include 32,448 square feet of renovation and a 6,123-square-foot addition."

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Walton Construction Wins Air Force Project

http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/

"Walton Construction Co. said Monday it recently was awarded a $20.4 million contract to build a defense logistics warehouse and distribution center at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Okla.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, owns the site.

The 165,000-square-foot distribution warehouse will incorporate a mechanized material handling system"

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Skanska To Do Washington DC Spec Development

http://www.globest.com/

"Skanska USA’s local Commercial Development business unit will begin the spec development of an eight-story, 165,000 square foot office building in the East End this year. The company has acquired the development rights for the parcel at 10th and G. PN Hoffman, which had begun development of the site but was forced to stop last year when it lost its funding, will partner with Skanska in the building's development, which will be located at 733 10th St.
Skanska is financing the project entirely from its own balance sheet, Rob Ward, EVP of Skanska USA tells GlobeSt.com. It is an entirely spec deal with no preleases signed or in negotiations, he says."

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Medford Airport Project Almost Done

http://kdrv.com

The Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport is one step closer to finalizing its terminal construction project.

Officials say the project is scheduled to be complete by Thanksgiving.

Crews are currently laying concrete on the tarmac, where the old terminal used to be. They say it will take them about three weeks to make sure the concrete is hard enough for aircrafts to park on. Workers are also finishing up the breeze way. When that is done, United and Delta passengers won't have to walk so far to get on and off airplanes. Crews are also finishing up the freight hand area, which sits directly in front of the old airport administration offices.

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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Rancho Peñasquitos Apartment Project Starts

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/

"With construction virtually at a standstill in San Diego County, a Florida-based firm officially started construction yesterday on a 368-unit apartment project in Rancho Peñasquitos that will generate hundreds of jobs over the next two years and replace an outmoded experimental metal housing complex.

The project is called Cresta Bella Apartments and is a development of Atlantic & Pacific Management, a company that owns and manages about 18,000 apartments and condo complexes on the two coasts."

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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Turner Construction Wins Fort Benning Project

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/

"Turner Construction Co. in Huntsville, AL won a $333.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to design and build a 745,000-square-foot hospital at Fort Benning, GA, almost 2 times the size of the current 393,000 square-foot facility.

With 70 in-patient beds, the new hospital will serve soldiers, military retirees, and families of the Fort Benning community. The design is split into 2 wings – a clinic and a hospital section, equipped with 2 parking decks for patients and staff members…

Design and construction is likely to begin shortly after the US Army Corps of Engineer Savannah District issues a notice-to-proceed in October and will span 1,200 calendar days. An estimated completion date is set for summer 2013. The project is the Savannah District’s largest contract award in fiscal year 2009."

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Willow Oaks Corporate Center Sells

http://www.realestatechannel.com/

"n one of the biggest office building sales this year, the 570,038-square-foot, three-building, 93.2-percent leased Willow Oaks Corporate Center in metro Washington, DC has been sold for $112,173,598, or $196.78 per square foot.

The property sold for $125 million or $173 per square foot in 2005.

The buyer was KBS REIT II a publicly offered, non-traded real estate investment trust, based in Newport Beach, CA. The seller was Prudential Real Estate Investors of Newark, NJ.

The property is located in the DC submarket of Merrifield in Fairfax County, VA, 10 miles west of the District of Columbia."

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Bowie City Hall Project Commences

http://www.globest.com

"The city of Bowie is moving forward with the development of a new city hall. It has tapped Manekin Construction to begin development on the $15.6-million project. The three-story, 80,000-square-foot facility will be located on a city-owned parcel at 15901 Excalibur Rd., near the Bowie Town Center. The new building will be designed to achieve a LEED Silver rating and will have a green roof.
The project includes the demolition of the current 39,500-square-foot city hall at nearby 2614 Kenhill Dr. The additional space in the new building is necessary to house the police station, which currently operates out of two modular units on the city hall site. Manekin did not return a call to GlobeSt.com in time for publication."

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Suffolk Construction Wins Sub Base Contract

http://www.boston.com/

"Suffolk Construction Co. Inc. of Boston said it has been awarded an $8 million contract for a new Waterfront Operations Small Craft Facility at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn.

In a press release, Suffolk said it is partnering with AECOM Technology Corp., a global firm that provides such services as architectural services, to construct the 13,498 square-foot facility; the facility will consolidate port operations activities into one central building. The facility will include administrative space, classrooms, two high bays for boat maintenance, and a painting booth."

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Friday, September 18, 2009

Elkus Manfredi To Help Rebuild Chapel Hill Center

http://www.chapelhillnews.com/

"A Boston architecture firm has been tapped to come up with a new design for University Square.
Elkus Manfredi Architects was selected from six finalists to design the mixed-use development on the 12-acre plot along Franklin Street currently home to the shopping plaza and Granville Towers.

The firm was chosen by the Chapel Hill Foundation Real Estate Holdings and its development partner, Cousins Properties, partly because it has worked on similar projects before, including the South Campus Gateway, a massive mixed-use project at Ohio State University. It has also done design work on the Central Campus plan at Duke.

The Chapel Hill foundation is a non-profit arm of UNC. It bought the land for about $46 million and plans to rework an area officials say is dated."

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Preston County To Get New Prison

http://www.wtrf.com/

" It was announced Friday that the Federal Bureau of Prisons had awarded a $163 million contract to a Virginia company to build a new medium security prison in Hazelton.
Hensel Phelps Construction Company of Chantilly, Va. will build a 1,280-bed prison and work camp.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

New WalMart for Ocean City

http://www.mdcoastdispatch.com/

"The Wal-Mart Super Center slated for construction behind the existing Berlin Wal-Mart received site plan approval last week.

The Worcester County Planning Commission required several changes in the site plan before approving the project.

The new, 193,000-square-foot Super Wal-Mart, including a grocery store and drive-up pharmacy, will replace the roughly 100,000-square-foot existing store. The redevelopment will also add three out lots or pad sites.

The current store will remain open while the new one is built. When the Super Center is complete, the original store will be demolished."

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Whiting-Turner Wins Walter Reed Project

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/

"Whiting-Turner Contracting in Baltimore, MD won a $181 million firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of support facilities for a warrior transition unit (WTU) at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. The work includes the construction of a new bachelor enlisted barracks/dining/administrative facility, physical fitness center, parking garage, and restoration of National Naval Medical Center Building 17 façade."

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Clark Construction Wins Defense Project

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com

"Clark Construction Group in Bethesda, MD won a $230.7 million firm-fixed-price contract to construct a 526,255-gross-square-foot replacement facility for the US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) in the Edgewood area of Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland."

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Friday, August 14, 2009

Tarrant Community College Building Under Construction

http://www.fwbusinesspress.com

"Construction is under way for the new three-story, 120,000-square-foot Science and Academic Building at Tarrant County College District’s Southeast Campus located in Arlington. Plano-based SHW Group is serving as the project architect and Turner Construction Co.’s Dallas office is serving as the general contractor.

Once complete in late 2010, the building will boast a 150- to 200-student lecture hall, student gathering areas, general purpose classrooms, back-to-back teaching science laboratories, a common prep area that will be shared by all teaching groups, and a large, three-story atrium space that will offer flexible hard and soft seating for students to gather between classes."

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S. M. Wilson To Build St. Louis School

http://www.bizjournals.com

"S. M. Wilson has been hired to build a new $10 million elementary school for the Normandy School District in St. Louis County.

The two-story, 65,000-square-foot school will include a gymnasium, cafeteria, kitchen, media center, administrative office space, classrooms, science labs, a band platform/stage and a computer room.

S. M. Wilson will provide general contracting services on the project, which will include the demolition and removal of 25 structures from the building site and the addition of more than 30,000 cubic yards of dirt for site preparation."

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Monday, August 3, 2009

Skanska Complete Boston Condos

http://www.bdcnetwork.com/

"Skanska USA Building Inc., a leading U.S. provider of construction, general contracting, design and design-build services, recently announced the completion of a $74 million rehabilitation project at Harbor Towers, a 40-story luxury condominium complex comprising two towers located on Boston’s waterfront. Skanska served as Program Manager and oversaw the repair and replacement work that dramatically enhanced the reliability, cost-effectiveness, and energy efficiency of the buildings’ MEP systems. The project involved replacing more than 19,000 linear feet of corroded HVAC riser pipe and 1,872 fan coil units throughout the two buildings."

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Clark Construction Wins South Los Angeles High School Contract

http://www.bdcnetwork.com/

"The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) awarded Clark Construction Group – California, LP an $87 million contract to build South Los Angeles Area New High School No. 3. This is the fourth project LAUSD has awarded Clark is the past five years.

South Los Angeles Area New High School No. 3 will accommodate 2,025 students and help relieve overcrowding at the nearby Manual Arts Senior High School. Located on a 15-acre campus in south Los Angeles, the project site is adjacent to residential and commercial structures; however, the school’s five buildings will all face an interior courtyard. The school will include 75 classrooms and provide students with four Small Learning Communities, a national program adopted by LAUSD. Additional school facilities include a library/media center, gymnasium, multipurpose/performing arts building, and food services."

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Candace Macshane Wins Plano School Project

http://www.bizjournals.com

"The Plano Independent School District has awarded Cadence McShane Construction Co. a 75,715-square-foot addition and renovation project at Vines High School.

The project will involve 50,000 square feet of updates to the school, including renovation of the existing administrative and counselor offices and improvements to the music and band areas. The job also includes a 25,715-square-foot, two-story addition, with elevator service, for the school’s new science wing."

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Tishman Begins Building UMass Data Center

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/

"Tishman Construction Corp., of Massachusetts, is serving as construction manager for the building of a new data center and supporting infrastructure for the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

The new data center will provide scalable, secure, and redundant storage capabilities for the medical school's current and future critical data requirements.

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Jacobs Engineering & Skanska Win Fort Sam Houston Contract

http://www.bizjournals.com/

"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and Skanska USA Building Inc. a contract to design and build the Tri-Service Research Laboratory at Fort Sam Houston located near San Antonio, Texas.

The Tri-Service Research Laboratory will be a 181,620-square-foot facility that will house research activities for the Army, Air Force and Navy. Jacobs will provide the design services for the facility. Skanska will build the research lab. The building should be designed and completed by the Spring of 2011. ThE facility will include energy-efficient features, such as, natural lighting, high-efficiency chilled water systems and energy-recovery systems."

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Rudolph and Sletten Awarded Construction Contract for San Diego City College's Future Science Building

http://www.foxbusiness.com/

"Rudolph and Sletten announced today that the company has been awarded the construction contract for the San Diego City College's new Science Building. The building will consist of approximately 73,000 square feet of new construction, providing needed classrooms, laboratories, and state-of-the-art technology for life sciences, physical sciences, common areas, and associated support space for the College's growing student population."

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Friday, July 17, 2009

Tishman Construction Complete Copley Square Hotel Renovation

http://nerej.com/33473

"Tishman Construction Corp. of Massachusetts has completed the $17 million, fast-track renovation of the Copley Sq. Hotel, built in 1891, for its owner, CapStar Copley, LLC."

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Baker Concrete Construction Wins Contract

http://www.cleveland.com

"An Ohio company has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to build a facility to process plutonium waste at a former nuclear bomb plant in South Carolina.

The National Nuclear Security Administration announced Thursday it had awarded a contract for $91.5 million to Baker Concrete Construction Inc., based in Monroe, Ohio."

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Suffolk Construction Breaks Ground On Charter School

http://www.bdcnetwork.com/article/CA6670936.html

"Suffolk Education has broken ground and began renovations and construction of a new $39.6 million facility to house the Boston Renaissance Charter Public School. The Suffolk team is renovating an existing, three-story mill building and warehouse in the Hyde Park section of Boston, Massachusetts, and constructing a 20,000 square-foot addition."

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Monday, July 13, 2009

Clark Construction To Build MacDill Air Force Facility

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/

"Clark Construction Group in Tampa, FL won a $61 million form-fixed-contract to build a 4-story, 257,000-square-foot building at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, FL. The facility will utilize pile and reinforced concrete foundations, steel frame with insulated pre-cast concrete panels, metal decking, standing seam metal roof, raised access flooring throughout, laminated force protection glass, elevators, underground utilities, parking, landscaping, exterior walkways, paving, large entrance plaza, security fencing, backup generator power, uninterruptible power supply system, telecommunication wiring infrastructure, and audio visual infrastructure"

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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Hensel Phelps To Build Nashville Hotel

http://www.bizjournals.com

"Hensel Phelps Construction Co., one of Colorado’s largest general contractors, has been selected as the contractor for a new $300 million, 1,000-room convention hotel to be built in downtown Nashville.

Phelps Portman Nashville LLC, which includes Hensel Phelps subsidiary Phelps Development, is developing the hotel. The Portman part of the partnership is Portman Holdings LLC of Atlanta."

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Moody Nolan & HOK Chicago Partner For Columbus Hotel Project

http://www.bizjournals.com/

"Moody Nolan Inc. will join HOK Chicago to design the 500-room, $160 million convention hotel planned for downtown Columbus, Ohio.

A selection panel created by the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority chose the Columbus firm as architect of record after interviews on June 17 with the other finalists, Karlsberger Cos. and 360 Architecture Ohio Inc. HOK Chicago emerged as the design architect for the project after interviews on June 10."

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Monday, June 29, 2009

Whiting Turner Wins Parris Island Barracks Project

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/

"The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. in Raleigh, NC won a $15.6 million firm-fixed-price contract to build a new open bay barracks facility at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, SC. Whiting-Turning will provide the design and construction of the barracks and a battalion aid station, associated storage, utilities, parking, site improvements, built-in equipment requirements, access, and anti-terrorism force protection."

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Harrah's To Break Ground On Cherokee Casino Expansion

http://www.knoxnews.com/

"Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel in Cherokee, N.C., will break ground July 10 on a hotel tower to accommodate guests to the Smoky Mountains gambling destination.

The tower is stage one of a $650 million expansion of the casino and hotel and will have more than 500 rooms. A 3,000-seat event center also is planned as well as a spa, new restaurants and retail facilities during the three-year project."

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Girard Medical Center Groundbreaking

http://www.morningsun.net/

"On Tuesday, Girard Medical Center officials and various other southeast Kansas representatives broke ground on a multi-million dollar expansion and renovation project at the hospital.
The $7.1 million construction project will add 30,000 square feet to the hospital — doubling its size — and will renovate 6,000 square feet of the existing facility."

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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Nashville To Get Big Downtown Hotel

http://www.realestatechannel.com/

"Today, the city's Metro Development and Housing Agency's board chose Colorado-based Phelps Development and Atlanta-based Portman Holdings to develop a $300 million, 1,000-room, 40-story hotel to complement the planned $595 million, 1.2-million-square-foot downtown convention center.

The city doesn't have the money to pay for either project but local officials anticipate a private financing plan will evolve before any ground-breaking date is set.

Ten national developers submitted bids for the hotel project, according to Metro Finance Director Rich Riebeling.

The hotel would be built on a 2.4-acre site owned by Tower Investments, another member of the Phelps-Portman development team. The hotel site is south of the Country Music Hall of Fame and next to the convention center site."

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

New Downey Medical Center Complete

http://www.globest.com/

"Construction has been completed on a new 352-bed hospital called Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center, built by McCarthy Building Cos., that replaces a hospital that does not meet seismic standards. Located on the northwest corner of Imperial Highway and Bellflower Boulevard, the new 650,000-square-foot facility replaces the existing Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center, which does not comply with the stringent seismic requirements of California Senate Bill 1953 for healthcare facilities. Planning is currently in progress to convert the hospital for outpatient uses."

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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Skanska To Manage Attleboro High School Renovation

http://www.bostonsf.com/

"Skanska USA Building, a leading U.S. provider of construction, general contracting, design and design-build services, has been selected to serve as the project manager for the renovation of Attleboro High School in Attleboro, Mass.

Skanska USA Building will act as the Owner’s Project Manager providing Project Management Services. The renovation will require a double-roof replacement and the team is in the process of selecting a new roof system for the 300,000 square-foot building. The project is scheduled to commence in the fall of 2009 and is expected to be completed by the end of this year. "

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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Suffolk Completes Fenway Healthcare Facility

http://www.bostonsf.com/

"Suffolk Healthcare announced that it has completed the fit-out of Fenway Health’s new home at 1340 Boylston Street in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood. The 100,000 square-foot facility includes examination rooms, treatment facilities, therapy rooms, a street-level retail pharmacy, state-of-the-art auditorium and conference center, and office space.

Suffolk Healthcare closely coordinated efforts with the Suffolk-led project team that was managing construction of the 1330 Boylston Street base building. The two Suffolk project teams were able to successfully plan a seamless transition from core and shell to interior fit-out, resulting in a successful delivery of the new healthcare space."

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Pizzigalli Wins Vermont Health Care Project

http://www.vermontbiz.com

"Pizzagalli Construction Company of South Burlington started work this week on a new Radiation Oncology facility on the Medical Center Campus at Fletcher Allen Health Care. The $8 million project, designed by Cannon Design, will include approximately 23,000 square feet of new construction. The total cost of the project, including the structure and new medical equipment, is $19.3 million. It will be built into the hillside on the east side of the Ambulatory Care Center."

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