Developer Paul McKee, Jr./M Property Services Advance Vision for St. Louis Geospatial Intelligence Hub with NGA Groundbreaking
St. Louis, MO – St. Louis Developer Paul McKee, Jr. and his real estate development company M Property Services (MPS) took a huge step last week toward fulfilling a vision to turn St. Louis into a worldwide geospatial intelligence hub with construction starting on a $1.75 billion National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency headquarters in the heart of NorthSide Regeneration – a 1,500-acre mixed-use development led by McKee to revitalize blighted North St. Louis City. Approximately 400 guests, inc...
TraceAir and Independent Construction Start Their 25th Joint Project at Placer Vineyards
REDWOOD CITY, CA - TraceAir, a construction site automation platform powered by drone data, has started a new project at Placer Vineyards with Independent Construction, the owner of one of the largest dirt moving fleets in the United States. The joint project marks the 25th collaboration between TraceAir and Independent Construction. The project includes 5,230 acres of land in Northern California where over 14,000 homes will be constructed. TraceAir will equip Independent Construction with i...
Stantec Assisting City of Beaverton to Add Underground Water Storage, Upgrade Water System for Better Resiliency
Beaverton, OR - Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—is helping the City of Beaverton implement additional underground water storage at its Sorrento Water Works Facility, while also providing seismic upgrades to the facility. The project will help Beaverton meet increasing water demands and will provide critical redundant supply. Stantec, a leading designer of water infrastructure facilities, will assist the city with the renovation of the Sorrento facility. Highlig...
Global Design Firm Populous' New York Office Finds its New Home in The Starrett-Lehigh Building
RXR Realty’s Starrett-Lehigh Building; image provided by RXR. NEW YORK – November 18, 2019 – Global designers Populous, the firm behind such iconic buildings as Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, Allianz Field, and Tottenham and Wembley Stadiums, signed a lease that will move its New York offices to The Starrett-Lehigh Building at 601 West 26th St. in the West Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The 4,800 square foot lease represents the upward trajectory of the New York office and a significan...
Bending the Rules of Traditional Street Design
The Chicago Department of Transportation is using public input, big data, and creative traffic engineering solutions to improve safety and accessibility for all users. Photo credit: Altamanu Inc. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, Logan Square is located approximately 3.5 miles northwest of downtown Chicago and marks the northwest corner of Chicago’s historic boulevard system created in the late 1800s. The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) has been...
Woolpert Designing Dedicated Wrestling Facility for Jennings County School Corporation
NORTH VERNON, Ind. — The Jennings County School Corporation (JCSC) has contracted with Woolpert to design a 23,700-square-foot wrestling addition the Jennings County High School gymnasium in North Vernon, Ind. The first-class facility will be dedicated to the district’s wrestling program. It will be connected on the south side of the gym by a corridor that is adjacent to the weight room. The facility will seat 785, house two locker rooms and include a large equipment storage area with a gara...
Design-Build Team of Urbahn Architects, HAKS, and Citnalta-Forte Completes Modernization of Three Brooklyn Subway Stations for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The three-station project was the first package in the MTA’s ground-breaking Design-Build approach to renovating subway stations Brooklyn, NY – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Design-Build team of Urbahn Architects, HAKS, and Citnalta-Forte have completed renovations to the first three subway stations of the MTA’s multiple station renovation program. The design team for the $72 million, three-station package was a joint venture between the New York City-based architect...
LEED Reaches New Milestone, Surpasses 100,000 Commercial Green Building Projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is celebrating a new LEED milestone, announcing it has surpassed 100,000 registered and certified LEED commercial projects. “In 1998, we created LEED to measure and define what green building meant, and to provide a roadmap for developing sustainable buildings,” said Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO, USGBC. “Today millions of us are living, working and learning in LEED-certified buildings around the world. These spaces are using le...
Thornton Tomasetti Completes Restoration and Reconstruction of Historic Cast Iron Fire Watchtower in Harlem
Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, has completed the restoration and reconstruction of the Harlem Fire Watchtower in Marcus Garvey Park, which was unveiled to the public by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation on October 26th. It is a unique historic preservation project for one of America’s early cast iron structures. The Harlem Fire Watchtower was constructed in 1856 as one of a series of cast iron bell towers built throughout New York City designed to g...
Woolpert Contracted for $12M Runway Extension at Indiana GA Airport
The Dubois County Airport Authority has secured funding for the Huntingburg Regional Airport project. HUNTINGBURG, Ind. — Woolpert has been contracted by the Dubois County Airport Authority to provide engineering, design support and construction management services for a runway extension at the Huntingburg Regional Airport. The $12 million project is being funded by federal, state and local grants. The extension of the airport’s lone runway has been planned for more than a decade. It will...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
