Clayco Begins Work on New Central Campus Health Center
CHICAGO—Cook County and the Cook County Health and Hospital Systems have hired Clayco, Inc., as the developer and design/builder to program, design and construct the new 9-story, 282,000-square-foot Central Campus Health Center. Under the leadership of the Preckwinkle Administration, Clayco and CBRE have assembled a world-class team including Forum Studio, Executive Architect, Gensler, Design Architect, and Brook Architecture, Inc. as Office & Administration Design Architect. The new facil...
Milwaukee Construction Activity Picks Up in 2016
Mortenson Construction has released its quarterly Construction Cost Index Report for Milwaukee along with five other metropolitan areas in the U.S. According to the report, construction activity in Milwaukee has grown 2 percent over the last two quarters following relatively flat growth in 2015. The report cites construction costs growing at a rate more consistent with long-term averages while construction employment growth has slowed over the past year and is currently five points lower than t...
Gilbane Celebrates Grand Re-Opening of South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center
Houston, Texas – Gilbane Building Company, a leader in construction services, joined several hundred community and civic leaders on July 14, 2016 to celebrate the much anticipated grand re-opening of the South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center in League City, TX. Transformed by its multi-million dollar renovation, the property, located halfway between Houston and Galveston, is once again positioned to become a premier conference and vacation destination in southeast Texas. The lakes...
Three-Sided High-Rise Tower Takes Shape over Mexico City
With its distinctive triangular volume and soaring concrete walls, Torre Reforma makes an eye-catching addition to the skyline of Mexico City. Arup worked with L. Benjamin Romano Arquitects (LBRA) to ensure that the 57-story mixed-use building was not only striking in appearance, but safe in its performance — a particular concern in the seismically active location. “Arup has been indispensable in helping to transform my architectural vision into an efficient and buildable structure. They have p...
New Superstructure at Central Avenue Bridge Slides into Place
Toronto, ON — A new superstructure will be laterally slid into its permanent place today at the Central Avenue Bridge in Fort Erie, Ontario. The Regional Municipality of Niagara has partnered with Hatch to replace the 63 year old bridge and extend the structure’s life as a local transportation corridor. “This is an exciting project milestone and impressive engineering achievement,” said Biljana Rajlic, Hatch’s Practice Lead for Highways & Bridges. “Our goal has been to reduce the impact of co...
Hudson River Park Trust Selects CH2M to Design Repairs for Pier 40 Support Piles
Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) today announced the selection of CH2M as its Engineer of Record to oversee the design of vital repairs of the approximately 3,500 steel piles that hold up Pier 40. One of the most important commercial properties in Hudson River Park, Pier 40 plays an integral role in supporting the Park’s annual operating budget. Originally designed as a passenger ship terminal, today Pier 40 is home to a commercial parking garage, athletic fields and the administrative offices...
Rosa Parks Elementary School Serves as a Model for Energy Reduction
The expansion of Rosa Parks Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which recently added 12 classrooms, a nurse's office, and a public clinic to the building, has achieved a 71.2 percent reduction over standard energy performance. The significant reduction in energy use has enabled the expansion to qualify as an Architecture 2030-compliant project, which calls for a 70 percent reduction in fossil fuel use, greenhouse gas emissions, and energy consumption over the regional or national standard....
Thames Water Lee Tunnel Recognized as London's Greatest Contribution, Second Time Counting
DENVER, July 20, 2016 — The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) recently awarded the Thames Water Lee Tunnel its Greatest Contribution to London Award, one of London's highest engineering awards for raising the bar on innovation, health and safety, community benefit, construction and design. This is the second time the project has received this distinction, also earning ICE's Greatest Contribution Award in 2012. Part of the £5 billion London Thames Tideway Tunnel programme, the 6.9 kilomet...
BIM-driven Approach Enhances ROI on Midfield Terminal at Abu Dhabi Airport
When Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), part of the TCA Joint Venture (TCA-JV) of TAV, CCC and Arabtec, was awarded the contract to build the USD 3 billion, 7 million square-foot Midfield Terminal Building at Abu Dhabi International Airport, it had to meet a key customer requirement: completing this design/build project using a totally BIM-driven approach. “It was the first time that a customer asked us to run a project of this scale and complexity within one BIM platform so all stakeholder...
Foster + Partners Competes for Gold at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow
Scotland’s SSE Hydro arena not only provides a world-class music arena for the city of Glasgow, but this key element of the regeneration of the Queen Anne’s dock area also provides an iconic building to form part of the bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The 12,000-seat stadium, which is expected to attract over 1 million visitors each year, is located on a complex, split-level site, which demanded an iterative conceptual design process to explore alternate building forms. Cost control and...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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