March 8, 2026 Project of the Week
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
STV has been selected to provide construction management (CM) services for the Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail expansion, overseeing the full design-build delivery of the 78,000 square-foot facility expansion.The project will expand capacity with accommodation for 384 additional individuals, along with new support spaces, a new central utility plant and a secure connector to the existing jail. STV will also manage site improvements to enhance operational efficiency and sustainability.“Thi...
March 1, 2026 Project of the Week
Vertex Skybridge
SGA, a leader in architecture, interior design, master planning, and virtual design and construction (VDC), celebrates the successful design and installation of the Vertex Skybridge, a highly engineered pedestrian connection linking Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Leiden Center 1 and Leiden Center 2 at 22 Drydock Avenue in Boston’s South Boston Waterfront. Installed on January 31, 2026, the Skybridge strengthens connectivity across Vertex’s research and manufacturing campus.Spanning approximately 98.5 f...
February 19, 2026 Project of the Week
Pure Water Project Las Virgenes-Triunfo
The Las Virgenes-Triunfo Joint Powers Authority (JPA) is moving forward with constructing an advanced water purification facility (AWPF) – the cornerstone of its Pure Water Project Las Virgenes-Triunfo aimed at creating a sustainable local water supply for communities in the Los Angeles area.The Las Virgenes–Triunfo JPA Board, a joint venture of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (LVMWD) and Triunfo Water and Sanitation District (TWSD), recently approved its first-ever progressive design-...
February 15, 2026 Project of the Week
Lower Lake St. Clair Habitat Restoration Project
Ford House is excited to announce that it has begun the second restoration phase of its federally funded Lower Lake St. Clair Habitat Restoration Project, which will advance a nationally recognized effort to restore and protect the Lake St. Clair shoreline focusing on Ford Cove Following the first phase of restoration, which included the completion of a new wetland boardwalk in fall 2025, Ford House is moving from early improvements into a period of highly visible shoreline transformation....
February 8, 2026 Project of the Week
Sakarya Gas Project
Tenaris has been awarded two contracts from Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO) for Phase 3 of the Sakarya Gas Project, building on its role across earlier phases of the project. The complex, ultra-deepwater development is located in water depths of approximately 2,150 meters about 170 km offshore Türkiye in the Black Sea. The scope of the Phase 3 contracts covers the supply of both seamless and welded pipes for multiple applications. Tenaris will deliver 22,700 tons of seamless pipe...
February 3, 2026 Project of the Week
1385 Plaza Project
Lawrence Group’s landscape architecture practice recently completed a plaza design project for the Maritz campus in St. Louis, MO that focuses on connecting employees to nature and encourages respite and relaxation.Completed in October 2025, the 1385 Plaza project was designed by Lawrence Group with the goal of providing an inviting connection between a pair of pre-existing buildings within the footprint of a previously demolished office building.Maritz is a sales and marketing services company...
February 1, 2026 Project of the Week
Phase 2 City of Kyle’s Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion
STV today announced a major design amendment and early works package that accelerates Phase 2 of the City of Kyle’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) expansion. As part of the city’s $200 million-plus investment in its wastewater treatment improvements, STV is leading the expansion project, introducing advanced nutrient removal technologies and upgraded equipment to double the plant’s flow capacity and achieve c...
January 25, 2026 Project of the Week
IMC Quarry Dewatering
When Idaho Material Company (IMC) needed a reliable dewatering solution, it turned to Mountain West Pumps and Valves (MWST) and Tsurumi Pump for help. The quarry had previously installed centrifugal pumps that were costly to operate and wore out quickly. Additionally, the pump motors could not get wet, adding complexity to the project site. These factors led IMC in search of a new solution that would increase their cost savings and duty cycle, while simplifying maintenance. After MWST thoroughly...
January 19, 2026 Project of the Week
Collin County Outer Loop
Collin County continues to experience tremendous growth, and the newly opened segment of the Collin County Outer Loop (Segment 3C) marks a major milestone in supporting the region’s long-term mobility. BGE, Inc. served as the lead engineering partner for this critical 8-mile, 500-foot-wide new-location corridor between Custer Road and U.S. 75, advancing it from early planning and final design through construction management. Driving Mobility Forward in Collin County The Collin County C...
January 12, 2026 Project of the Week
Northwest Transfer Station
Marking a major milestone for urban infrastructure, the City of Philadelphia recently commemorated completion of its new, state-of-the-art Northwest Transfer Station, a $33 million facility with designs by DIGroup Architecture (DIG) in consultation with Civil and Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC). The highly modern and efficient complex, located at Domino Lane and Umbria Street, replaces a 55-year-old operation a...
January 4, 2026 Project of the Week
Bee Ridge Water Reclamation Advanced Wastewater Treatment
The Bee Ridge Water Reclamation Advanced Wastewater Treatment plant in Sarasota, Florida marked a milestone by adding 50 percent more capacity to treat and reclaim wastewater. Plant operators, project partners and local government officials celebrated the plant expansion with a ribbon cutting on Friday, December 5. The expansion and AWT conversion project were completed in coordination between Sarasota County, Carollo Engineers, and Garney Construction, Inc.Utilizing MemPulse™ Membrane Bioreacto...
December 15, 2025 Project of the Week
Carleton Place Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades
The Town of Carleton Place, Ontario, has officially started construction on major water and wastewater treatment plant upgrades, marking a significant milestone in the community’s infrastructure journey. Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, will continue its long-standing partnership with the Town by providing construction services for this transformative project.These improvements result from years of collaboration between Stantec and Carleton Place. Stantec partnered...
December 8, 2025 Project of the Week
Dogger Bank Wind Farm
Dogger Bank Wind Farm will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm when it is completed. Located off the Northeast coast of England, in the North Sea, it will have an installed capacity of 3.6GW and power around six million homes annually. The wind farm is being developed by SSE, Equinor and Vårgrønn in 3 phases, Dogger Bank A, B and C. Mammoet was involved in each phase providing transportation and weighing of the project’s three offshore substations. Fabricated by Aibel, the substa...
December 2, 2025 Project of the Week
Sanibel Causeway Reconstruction
The Sanibel Causeway reconstruction has won the Design-Build Institute of America’s (DBIA) Florida Region’s Best Overall Project of the Year award, along with the Transportation/Roadway Project of the Year award. The recognition highlights how Florida-based contractors Superior Construction and The de Moya Group responded to one of the state’s most critical infrastructure emergencies following Hurricane Ian in September 2022. “Florida contractors know what hurricanes ca...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
University of Minnesota’s Historic Pioneer Hall
Design architect KWK Architects, with architecture/engineering firm-of-record TKDA of St. Paul, MN, received a Grand Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Minnesota (ACEC/MN) for the design team’s renovation and expansion of the University of Minnesota’s historic Pioneer Hall. The award was presented at the organization’s 53rd annual Engineering Excellence Awards banquet on Jan. 24 which recognizes engineering firms and their clients for projects that demonstrate a high lev...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Aloft Ocean City
Photo credit: Keith Iott, Iott Architecture and Engineering Little did he know it, but an online continuing education course Keith Iott took a few years ago would help form his vision for a first-of-its-kind hotel project in Ocean City, Md., in 2019. Iott was both architect and engineer for the Aloft Ocean City project, a five-story, 78,000-square-foot waterfront hotel with picturesque views of Isle of Wight Bay. The first resort hotel for the Aloft brand, it opened in May 2019, just in time...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Edward J. Minskoff Pavilion
LMN Architects is pleased to celebrate the opening of the new Edward J. Minskoff Pavilion at Michigan State University on September 27th, 2019. The building combines state-of-the-art teaching facilities with social spaces and establishes a new front door for the Broad College of Business. The Edward J. Minskoff Pavilion at Michigan State University transforms the Eli Broad College of Business into a unified complex at the forefront of business education. The three-story, 100,000-square-foot s...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Irina Viner-Usmanova Rhythmic Gymnastics Center
The annual report of the Nemetschek Group features an impressive architecture project: the Irina Viner-Usmanova Rhythmic Gymnastics Center in Moscow. Software solutions from GRAPHISOFT, Solibri, and Allplan were involved in planning and “shaping” this building. The sports facility seats 4,000 people and hosts competitions and training events. Its striking feature is the unique roof shape resembling the form of a gymnastic ribbon fluttering above the ground. The project was led by Creative Produc...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
New LaGuardia Terminal B Headhouse
With the opening this week of the new Terminal B Arrivals and Departures Hall (also known as a headhouse), Governor Andrew Cuomo’s vision for a unified LaGuardia Airport is becoming a reality. The facility, developed and operated by LaGuardia Gateway Partners (which includes Vantage Airport Group) and designed by HOK and WSP USA, carries that vision forward with a highly efficient yet adaptable terminal that completely transforms the passenger experience while paying homage to the architectur...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Burns & McDonnell Company Headquarters
State and local leaders joined Burns & McDonnell to dedicate the opening of the final building on its world headquarters campus to those who worked on its front lines — the critical infrastructure workers. Since breaking ground in 2018 on the $42 million project, crews worked more than 134,000 hours without any safety incidents — even through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. “While most of our workforce was working while sheltering at home, we averaged nearly 70 people on this project...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Genova San Giorgio Bridge
The Genova San Giorgio bridge reopened just 15 months from the start of construction work. Managing a project of this size and complexity relies on good planning and RINA, the Project Management Consultant for the project, was instrumental in managing both the demolition of the old Morandi bridge and the construction of the new Genova San Giorgio bridge, in an exceptionally short time. The numbers make interesting reading, there were over 220,000 hours of engineering work generating more than...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Chase Center
The winner of the 2020 DFI Outstanding Project Award (OPA) is the team of Langan Engineering and Environmental Services (geotechnical and environmental services), Malcolm Drilling Company (foundation contractor), and Condon-Johnson & Associates (shoring contractor) for the innovative foundation design of the Chase Center in San Francisco. The award is being presented during the DFI 45th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, October 13-16, 2020. Chase Center, the new home of the Golden St...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Kenaitze Indian Tribe Education Center
The Kenaitze Indian Tribe recently broke ground on its newest education center in Kenai, Alaska. The center focuses on the Tribal Council’s commitment to building a tribally owned, culturally appropriate education campus that consolidates core educational components and programs in one state-of-the-art, central facility. Design of the educational center is being led by a local team of architects and engineers from the Anchorage office of integrated design firm, Stantec. Blazy Construction is the...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Hyperion Membrane Bioreactor Pilot Facility
The City of Los Angeles today began the installation work at the Hyperion Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Pilot Facility. A virtual celebration was held to mark the progress on this initiative that is part of the City’s commitment to meet Mayor Eric Garcetti’s goal of recycling 100% of treated water at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant by 2035. “Los Angeles stands on the leading edge of smart planning for a sustainable future — and reaching the goal of 100% recycled wastewater is a critical step...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Lyndale Avenue Retrofit Strategy
The Bloomington City Council has adopted the Lyndale Avenue Retrofit Strategy, a plan to shape the future of this Gateway Development District corridor. Developed by Stantec, this suburban retrofit strategy culminates a year-long community-led process focused on transforming Lyndale Avenue into a thriving central spine within the community, offering increased access to housing options, neighborhood services, parks, transit, cultural amenities, and restaurants. “Adopting the Lyndale Avenue Ret...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Bradley Plaza and Green Alley Stormwater and Open Space Project
LA Sanitation and Environment (LASAN), in partnership with Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, Pacoima Beautiful, and The Trust for Public Land, today cut the ribbon on the Bradley Plaza and Green Alley stormwater and open space project. The completed project will provide a range of benefits including: improvement of water quality by capturing and infiltrating stormwater runoff, eliminating alley flooding, and promoting sustainability and neighborhood connectivity by creation of a vibrant open space...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Hillsboro High School Auditorium
Hillsboro City Schools has contracted with Woolpert to provide full design services for its $6 million high school auditorium. The new auditorium will be 23,000 square feet, seat 800, and include flexible space for changing rooms and/or locker rooms. Hillsboro High School, located about 60 miles east of Cincinnati, has an enrollment of approximately 750 students. Woolpert Project Manager Todd Ford, a 2002 Hillsboro graduate, said the design of the auditorium will mesh with the existing school...
November 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Y2 Project
NEW HAVEN, Conn.- Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and large urban mixed-use projects, took part in the ceremonies marking the commencement of construction of their design of the exterior design and primary public spaces of the Y2 Project located at Chūō ward, in Tokyo, Japan. The announcement was in tandem with the traditional celebration of a Ground Purification Ceremony that took place on site...
November 18, 2025 Project of the Week
David L. Tippin Water Treatment Facility
The Tampa Water Department is moving forward with a critical upgrade to its water treatment process at the David L. Tippin Water Treatment Facility that will enhance water quality while reducing long-term operating costs.The $42 million Chemical Systems Improvement Project represents the latest step in the department's commitment to modernizing its water treatment infrastructure to serve a growing population and ensure safe, clean drinking water for future generations.As part of the upgrade, the...
November 11, 2025 Project of the Week
St. Louis Lambert International Airport
HDR has been selected by the City of St. Louis Board of Public Service to provide professional design services for site work, roadway, bridge and civil infrastructure, a new parking garage, and a Ground Transportation Center (GTC) at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. This work is a key component of the airport’s Consolidated Terminal Program (CTP) and represents a significant investment in the future of regional connectivity and traveler experience. The project includes reconstruct...
November 4, 2025 Project of the Week
DART Silver Line Regional Rail Project
The dream of a modern east-west transit line seamlessly connecting seven cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex becomes reality this weekend with the official opening of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Silver Line Regional Rail Project. DART’s new 26-mile corridor connects Grapevine, Coppell, Dallas, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson and Plano—with a final connection at DFW Airport. “The Silver Line opening is a realization of a promise kept to our riders and our...
October 21, 2025 Project of the Week
Nexus Leiden
Located in the Leiden Bio Science Park West in the Netherlands, Nexus Leiden comprises 9,100m² over four large floors, housing state-of-the art laboratories and offices to support the critical work of life science, health and pharmaceutical companies. With its construction site nestled in a busy science park, modular construction techniques were employed to minimize the timeline, space and on-site disruption of the building’s construction. Working closely with the project’s ma...
October 14, 2025 Project of the Week
Historic Elisabet Ney Museum
Photo courtesy of Lawrence Group Lawrence Group’s Austin office is proud to serve as the design architect for upgrades to the pedestrian bridge and surrounding site at the historic Elisabet Ney Museum in Downtown Austin, TX. Located at 304 East 44th St., the Elisabet Ney Museum was once the home and studio of renowned German sculptor Elisabet Ney. The 3,700-square-foot museum and surrounding grounds stand as a cultural landmark celebrating her legacy since settling in Austin in the late...
October 7, 2025 Project of the Week
New Outfitting Pier at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards
Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, and Seaspan, a leader in Canada’s shipbuilding industry, are celebrating the completion of a new outfitting pier at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards. The new outfitting pier measures 272 metres by 19 metres (892 feet by 63 feet) and is designed for large navy and coast guard vessels. The pier is currently facilitating outfitting of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Joint Support Ship, HMCS Protecteur, the largest vessel in the...
September 30, 2025 Project of the Week
The River Mile
The Waterfront Alliance announced today that The River Mile: South Platte River Restoration Project in Denver, CO is the first riverine project to achieve WEDG® (Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines) Verification under Version 3.0 of the standard. WEDG is a national rating system and set of guidelines that pushes the bar for creating resilient, ecological, and accessible waterfront design. The River Mile is the fifteenth project overall to meet WEDG’s gold standard and the first of its ki...
September 23, 2025 Project of the Week
Bronco Pride Hall
Construction is complete on a new $50 million residence hall, designed by the KWK/Jenkins • Peer Architects team, at Fayetteville State University (FSU) in Fayetteville, NC. The new 87,930-square-foot Bronco Pride Hall welcomed 336 first year and sophomore students for the 2025 fall semester. FSU is a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina and the second-oldest public institution of higher education in the state, having been founded in 1867. FSU is a Historically Black...
September 16, 2025 Project of the Week
Gatton Park on the Town Branch
Agora Partners, a national real estate consulting, investment, and development firm specializing in placemaking to create value in urban environments, is proud to announce the opening of Gatton Park on the Town Branch, a transformative 12-acre green space in downtown Lexington that has converted the asphalt parking lot behind Rupp Arena into a vibrant public park. Primarily funded through private donations, Gatton Park represents nearly a decade of community visioning, design, and philanthropy b...
September 9, 2025 Project of the Week
Park North Golf Club
Case Engineering’s Structural team collaborated with Plocher Construction of Highland, IL to build the new Park North Golf Club, which opened on July 12, 2025 in Edwardsville, IL. The premier golf entertainment complex, located at 3601 Sports Park Drive on the north side of Plummer Family Park, features 40 climate-controlled driving range bays, an 18-hole championship putting green, full-service restaurant and bar, private event spaces and outdoor patio and seating. The state-of-the-art range...
September 2, 2025 Project of the Week
Kiruna Church Relocation
Mammoet has completed the safe and successful relocation of the iconic Kiruna Church, one of Sweden’s most treasured architectural landmarks. The operation, which took place over two days, marks a historic moment for the town of Kiruna and showcases the power of precision engineering and collaboration. Built in the early 20th century and once voted Sweden’s most beautiful building, Kiruna Church is one of the country’s largest wooden structures. Its relocation became necessary due to the expa...
August 26, 2025 Project of the Week
UJO's Social Services Headquarters
United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg and North Brooklyn (UJO), elected officials, community leaders, architect IMC Architecture and contractor Preferred Builders broke ground for UJO's social services headquarters at 498 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn. UJO President, Rabbi David Niederman, HPD Acting Commissioner Ahmed Tigani, NYC Department of City Planning Director Daniel Garodnick, NYC Community Affairs Commissioner Fred Kreizman, New York City Council Members Lincoln Restler and Kenneth F...
August 19, 2025 Project of the Week
Summer Haven Beach Restoration Project
Superior Construction has substantially completed the Summer Haven Beach Restoration project, demonstrating how Florida’s vulnerable coastal areas can build resilience against intensifying storms. Local leaders and Superior Construction representatives unveiled the project with a ribbon cutting ceremony in late July. As part of the contract, Superior crews rebuilt and fortified Old Highway A1A in St. Johns County, creating a replicable model for coastal communities throughout Florida. After H...
August 12, 2025 Project of the Week
Shell’s Holland Hydrogen 1 Energy Project
As Europe’s first large-scale green hydrogen plant, Shell’s Holland Hydrogen 1 is a landmark renewable energy project. Its electrolyser units, with a total capacity of 200MW, will generate up to 60,000kg of hydrogen per day, drawing power from the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm. The facility is unique, and has wider significance in the establishment of viable, sustainable fuel sources for energy-hungry applications, such as construction and road haulage. As such, significant engin...
August 5, 2025 Project of the Week
Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn, and Bryn Mawr Red Line Stations
The Walsh-Fluor Design-Build Team, including lead designer Stantec, proudly joined the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in celebrating the grand opening of the new Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn, and Bryn Mawr Red Line stations, a major milestone in the $2.1 billion Red Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One Project. These newly rebuilt, fully accessible stations replace century-old infrastructure and reflect the one of the largest capital investments in CTA history. The openings mark the successful r...
July 29, 2025 Project of the Week
Tewkesbury Marina Bridge
Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, is pleased to announce one of its modular steel bridges has been permanently installed at Tewkesbury Marina, Gloucestershire. The new structure is replacing an ageing bridge, and was safely installed in a single day, ensuring minimal disruption during construction while significantly improving access to the marina. Tewkesbury Marina is a busy, year-round facility on the River Avon with more than 300 leisure and resid...
July 22, 2025 Project of the Week
Comox Valley Water Pollution Control Center
The Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) has selected Carollo Engineers to lead the comprehensive Site Master Plan finalization and detailed design of Phase 4 upgrades at the Comox Valley Water Pollution Control Center (CVWPCC). Originally constructed in the early 1980s with a projected 50-year operating life, the facility requires upgrades to maintain reliable service and increase capacity to support regional population growth. The CVWPCC currently serves approximately 50,000 residents acro...
July 15, 2025 Project of the Week
Long Bridge North Project
Skanska has, in a joint venture with FlatironDragados, signed a contract with Virginia Passenger Rail Authority for the Long Bridge North project in Washington D.C., USA. Skanska will include its share of the contract worth USD 658M, about SEK 6.7 billion, in the US order bookings for the second quarter of 2025. The approximately 1.6-kilometer (approximately one-mile) rail link will replace the current two-track system and enhance the busy rail corridor from East Potomac Park to Washington, D...
July 8, 2025 Project of the Week
White Plains Hospital Expansion
Suffolk, one of the most innovative and successful builders in the country, recently celebrated the groundbreaking of White Plains Hospital’s new Hospital Expansion. The 10-story, approximately 500,000-square-foot expansion will provide a state-of-the-art facility for the Hudson Valley’s more than two million residents when open in 2028. As the region experiences continued population growth, the demand for high-quality healthcare services and advanced treatment options becomes ever more critical...
July 1, 2025 Project of the Week
Windsor Commuter Rail Station
STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs, and manages infrastructure projects across North America, celebrated the opening of the new Windsor commuter rail station and 3.2-mile extension with Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) in Windsor, California. STV provided comprehensive design services for the Windsor extension, including rail, civil and structural engineering, station architecture, bridge and roadway design and non-motorized pathway integration. The project in...
June 24, 2025 Project of the Week
Iowa Innovative Housing Project
(Image credit: Iowa State University) The Nemetschek Group, a leading global provider of software solutions for the AEC/O (architecture, engineering, construction, and operations) and media industries, today announced its partnership with Iowa State University’s Iowa Innovative Housing Project (also known as the 3D Affordable Innovative Technologies Housing Project). The project aims to address the shortage of affordable housing in Iowa by utilizing 3D construction printing and other innovati...
June 17, 2025 Project of the Week
Banyan East Town Apartments
FK Architecture, a Fugleberg Koch Company, proudly announces the completion and full lease-up of Banyan East Town Apartments, a newly designed affordable housing community now open in Altamonte Springs, Florida. The thoughtfully designed, three-story, 92-unit apartment complex—located at 1010 Merritt Street near the SunRail station—has been fully leased in under a month and currently maintains a waitlist, underscoring the region’s critical need for more high-quality, affordable housing. A com...
June 10, 2025 Project of the Week
Gate Central
In the heart of Milan, Gate Central includes residential units and commercial spaces and features a comprehensive revitalization of the surrounding area, reconstructing the historic urban fabric in front of the iconic Columns of San Lorenzo. The intervention enhances the site’s historical memory, giving a partially developed area back to the city, and rehabilitating a space of high urban quality. The decision to complete the façade sequence of the building block facing the columns of San Lore...
June 3, 2025 Project of the Week
Sanibel Causeway Restoration
The Superior-de Moya Joint Venture (JV) team has substantially completed the $328 million Sanibel Causeway restoration project, re-establishing and fortifying the critical three-mile lifeline between Sanibel Island and mainland Florida that was devastated by Hurricane Ian on September 28, 2022. "What makes this project special is that we've given this community infrastructure they can rely on through whatever comes next," said Toby Mazzoni, Project Manager at Superior Construction. "We build fo...
May 27, 2025 Project of the Week
Astra Tower
Astra Tower, Salt Lake City’s newest skyline-defining address, celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, May 13, hosted by its developers, Kensington Investment Company (KIC). At 41 stories, Astra Tower is not only the tallest building in Utah but is also a landmark project representing a new era of luxury living, urban design, and economic growth in the state. The ceremony featured remarks from industry and civic leaders, followed by a media photo opportunity, tours, and a celebratory lu...
May 20, 2025 Project of the Week
Portal North Bridge Project
In collaboration with Skanska-Traylor Joint Venture and Carver Marine, Mammoet helped to achieve a significant milestone in the Portal North Bridge project, an essential infrastructure development designed to enhance the rail network in the New York metropolitan area. Three new bridge sections will eventually replace the century-old Portal Bridge, a key link between Newark, New Jersey, and New York City. The current bridge is centuries old and is a notorious bottleneck that has long caused de...
May 13, 2025 Project of the Week
Nursing and Health Sciences Center at St. Louis Community College
KAI’s mission to transform communities is being realized with the recent opening of the Nursing and Health Sciences Center at St. Louis Community College (STLCC) at Florissant Valley in Ferguson, MO. The $62.9 million facility will address the immediate job training demands of St. Louis’ area hospitals and healthcare systems. Built to LEED Certified standards, the four-story Center is designed to be the front door to the campus with its large windows, exterior wood elements and prominent loca...
May 6, 2025 Project of the Week
North Albany Solar Energy Project
Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the City of Albany will co-develop a new 1.5-megawatt solar energy project at the capped North Albany/Shaker Park landfill. The ground-mounted solar farm is estimated to come online in 2027 and will power the equivalent of more than 200 homes. This is also NYPA’s first renewable energy project in the newly established Renewable Energy Access and Community Help (REACH) program, which will lower energy costs for low- or m...
April 29, 2025 Project of the Week
Green Horizon Hydrogen Production Plant
Lhyfe (EURONEXT : LHYFE), a world pioneer in the production of green and renewable hydrogen for mobility and industry, announces that the French Prime Minister has officially confirmed, by signature, a €149 million grant for its future green hydrogen production plant located near the Grand Canal of Le Havre. The facility is expected to reach a capacity of up to 34 tonnes per day. The project was selected in 2022 by the European Commission as part of the third wave of IPCEI (Important Projects of...
April 22, 2025 Project of the Week
Chena Ridge Road High-Friction Treatment
When the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities identified that the Chena Ridge Road required high friction surface treatment, it looked for contractors that could efficiently deliver this vital road safety solution. As a result, WJ Surface Treatments, won the contract and completed the first fully automated road surface treatment in Alaska. Following a series of skidding incidents both up and down the Chena Ridge Road in Fairbanks, Alaska, the Department of Transportation...
April 15, 2025 Project of the Week
Loop 1604 North Expansion
STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today celebrated a major milestone on the Loop 1604 North Expansion project with the opening of the first flyover ramp at I-10. The 2.8-mile segment includes the new, 2-mile flyover ramp, as well as one high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) lane, two additional main lanes in each direction and continuous sidewalks. The interchange towers stand 123.5 feet above the ground, making it t...
April 8, 2025 Project of the Week
Simpson University Business, Technology, and Engineering Building
Investing in local science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and veterans services, green cement manufacturer Fortera is providing 18 metric tons of ReAct to Simpson University for the new Business, Technology, and Engineering Building, which will be home to the Maurice & Marianne Johannessen Veteran Success Center (VSC) and STEM program facilities, including new engineering and technology labs. ReAct, a low-carbon “green” cement made from industrial carbon dioxide (CO2) em...
April 1, 2025 Project of the Week
Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative
Woolpert and Chance Maritime have partnered to leverage autonomous technology, geospatial expertise, and broad-based staffing to most efficiently collect hydrographic survey data in support of the Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative and other projects off the coast of Florida. Woolpert, a leading provider of lidar and sonar bathymetry and hydrographic survey data, was tasked by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to map the seafloor off the coast of Florida to advance coastal r...
March 25, 2025 Project of the Week
Pure SoJo Direct Potable Reuse Demonstration Facility
The City of South Jordan's pioneering Pure SoJo Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) Demonstration Facility has been named winner of the 2025 WateReuseAssociation Excellence in Action Award. The facility was honored yesterday at the 40th Annual WateReuse Symposium in Tampa, Florida. Designed by Carollo Engineers, the Pure SoJo facility represents Utah's first direct potable reuse project, showcasing innovative approaches to securing sustainable water resources. The facility uses a sophisticated carbon-...
March 18, 2025 Project of the Week
The Black Academy of Arts and Letters
KAI has been selected to provide architectural and engineering design services to expand and renovate the home of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL), a cultural mecca in Dallas, TX. The Dallas City Council approved a $22.3 million contract with KAI on Jan. 8, fulfilling Component 4 of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center District (KBHCCD) Master Plan to transform Dallas into a premier global convention destination. The project leverages the unique strengths and histories of i...
March 11, 2025 Project of the Week
Student Engagement Center on Dallas College’s Cedar Valley Campus
The Student Engagement Center on Dallas College’s Cedar Valley Campus is designed to inspire learning, foster collaboration and strengthen community engagement. More than just a building, this multi-functional facility is a place where students, educators and the surrounding community can come together. KAI in collaboration with Dallas College designed a thoughtful space that flexibly responds to the evolving needs of high school and college students as well as the broader community. At its h...
March 4, 2025 Project of the Week
Student Services and Academic Building, University of North Florida
Schenkel Shultz, a Central Florida architectural and interior design studio, has been selected to design the new Student Services and Academic building for the University of North Florida (UNF). The $40 million project will support UNF’s commitment to strategically growing its student population by 40% over the next five years. The ambition to grow, paralleled with the university’s desire to provide a broad selection of modern resources for its diverse student base, solidifies this project as...
February 25, 2025 Project of the Week
3Zero3
3Zero3 in Seattle, is the world’s first net-zero residential high rise, meaning that the energy emitted by the building equals the energy produced by the building, resulting in a net-zero carbon footprint thanks to sustainable engineering and design practices. Designed by Seattle-based building technology company Sustainable Living Innovations, the muti-family high-rise features an extensive solar panel system on the roof, exterior walls and balconies. Low-energy heating and lighting keep uti...
February 18, 2025 Project of the Week
The Belvedere
Heatherwick studio has unveiled an ambitious new vision for the Belvedere, a prominent elevated riverfront space set to be reimagined as a public park in Louisville, Kentucky. First opened in 1973, the Belvedere has long been a cherished spot but suffered from years of neglect. This transformation promises to breathe new life into a site the size of four American football pitches, strengthening its connection to the Ohio River and providing the city with a natural spot for the community and v...
February 11, 2025 Project of the Week
El Capitolio Dome Restoration
The History Construction of El Capitolio (the Capitol Building of Puerto Rico) began in 1925 in the neighborhood now known as “Old San Juan”. The building contains two chambers, with the Senate on one side, the House of Representatives on the other, and an array of galleries, friezes and mosaics in between. A vast marble staircase faces Ponce de Leon Avenue and gives access to the building to the south. The building also boasts an impressive rotunda in which Puerto Rico’s 1952 constitut...
February 4, 2025 Project of the Week
Fresno State Campus Utility Project
The project is a 33-year public-private partnership (“P3”) between Meridiam, a leading infrastructure investment firm and sole owner of Bulldog Infrastructure Group (the project company), and Fresno State to design, build, finance and maintain Fresno State’s central utility infrastructure system, replacing the Central Utility Plant with 3,700 tons of chilled water capacity, 35,000 MBH (millions of British thermal units per hour) of hot water generation, 700 tons of heat recovery chillers and the...
January 28, 2025 Project of the Week
ADA Upgrade and Renovation of 14 Street/Sixth Avenue Subway Station Complex
The project team of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), design-build contractor Citnalta-Forte, Joint Venture and designers Urbahn Architects and Gannett Fleming completed a comprehensive accessibility upgrade and other renovations at the 14th Street Sixth Avenue subway station complex in Manhattan. MTA’s subsidiary, MTA Construction and Development (MTA C&D), was the overall project manager. Naik Group served as project management consultant. The team celebrated opening of the final e...
January 21, 2025 Project of the Week
Bee Ridge Water Reclamation Facility
The Bee Ridge Water Reclamation Facility (BRWRF) Expansion and Conversion to Advanced Wastewater Treatment (AWT) Project in Sarasota County, Florida, has earned an Envision Gold award from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). This recognition underscores the County’s commitment to sustainability and its positive impact on the growing Sarasota community. The Envision framework provides a comprehensive set of criteria for assessing infrastructure sustainability. The project earne...
January 14, 2025 Project of the Week
Arlington Transit’s New Operation and Maintenance Facility
Arlington Transit’s (ART) new operation and maintenance facility recently opened its doors to employees and a more sustainable transit future. Designed by Stantec, a global leader in architecture and engineering, and built by Turner Construction Company, the facility provides ART with a centralized, modern headquarters that supports their growing operations and transition to a battery electric bus fleet. The project adapted three parcels of land into two new modern structures—a three-story, 4...
January 7, 2025 Project of the Week
Interstate 17 Improvement Project
Renowned for its hot desert climate, Phoenix is surrounded by stunning natural landscapes, including desert parks and scenic mountains. Passing through mountain terrain, a 23-mile section of Interstate 17 is one of the most traveled roadways in Arizona, seeing more than one million travelers each year. To alleviate congestion and improve traffic flow, a massive, $500-million improvement project is set to widen 15 miles of roadways, replace two bridges, widen 10 additional bridges, and constru...
December 17, 2024 Project of the Week
Seattle Center Monorail Terminal Stop
STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today announced that the Seattle Center selected the firm to provide program management/construction management (PM/CM) services for procurement, ADA upgrades, safety improvements and architectural enhancements at the Seattle Center Monorail terminal stop for the 74-acre campus. STV will develop General Contractor/Construction Manager (GC/CM) procurement strategies and provi...
December 10, 2024 Project of the Week
Headley Reservoir Water Diversion
SES Water supplies 160 million litres of water a day to more than 750,000 people in parts of Surrey, Kent and South London in the UK. The company’s supply area is 322 square miles extending from Morden and South Croydon in the North to Gatwick Airport in the South and from Cobham, Leatherhead and Dorking in the West to Edenbridge in the East. The organization is carrying out a series of projects that sees it working to futureproof its network. One such project is the installation of two valve...
December 3, 2024 Project of the Week
Bruce Power Nuclear Power Plant
Mammoet is supporting one of the largest nuclear power plants in the world, Bruce Power, through its Major Component Replacement projects in Ontario, Canada. The MCR projects began in January 2020 to replace major components within six reactor units (Units 3-8) across two stations, Bruce A and B. During regular operation these stations power more than 30 per cent of the province and produce cancer-fighting medical isotopes. These significant refurbishment projects form part of a larger Lif...
November 26, 2024 Project of the Week
Western Grove K-8 Prototype Campus
Spiezle Architectural Group, Inc., an award-winning full-service architectural, interiors, and design firm, is proud to announce that it has been selected by St. Lucie Public Schools to provide design services for the construction of the 217,500-square-foot Western Grove K-8 prototype campus. Construction is due to begin in February 2025 and be complete by August of 2026. Construction Management firm Wharton-Smith will be working in conjunction with Spiezle on the prototype campus. Among the...
November 19, 2024 Project of the Week
Roma Termini Refurbishment
Photography: Simón García Rome’s Termini Station is a true icon of modern Roman architecture, serving as the city’s most significant intermodal hub and one of Europe’s major transit centers. This landmark building merges the original 19th-century structure with the post-war modern style. The renovation has gone beyond a simple modernization; it has reconnected this colossus with the city and redefined its image, reorganizing spaces and services to meet the needs of the 21st century. With a...
November 12, 2024 Project of the Week
Fresno State Campus Utility Project
Meridiam, a leading infrastructure investment firm and sole owner of Bulldog Infrastructure Group, together with NORESCO today announced that the Fresno State Campus Utility Project has reached substantial completion. The project consists of replacing and modernizing the campus’ central utility plant, hot and cold-water distribution network, and other energy conservation measures. In line with Fresno State’s objectives and Meridiam’s commitment to impact as a Benefit Corporation, the project...
November 5, 2024 Project of the Week
MSD Deer Creek Sanitary Tunnel and Pump Station
KAI 360 Construction Services (KAI 360 CS) is proud to announce that the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) St. Louis Section has named the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s (MSD) Deer Creek Sanitary Tunnel and Pump Station as its 2024 Project of the Year. This $150 million, 3.9-mile tunnel and associated dewatering pump station is designed to prevent sanitary sewer overflows, protecting local residents and businesses from potential environmental and health risks. Under a contra...
October 29, 2024 Project of the Week
Red Hook Central School District Rooftop Solar Systems
Leadership from the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Red Hook Central School District joined together today at the Mill Road Elementary School to announce the completed installation of three rooftop solar systems at the district’s elementary, middle and high schools. The nearly $1.7 million solar arrays have a combined direct current capacity of 600 kilowatts and support New York State’s goal to procure 70 percent of New York’s electricity from renewable energy by 2030 and to transition to a...
October 22, 2024 Project of the Week
Hall of Science & Entrepreneurship
DIGroup Architecture (DIG), a leading MBE/DBE/SBE-certified architecture, interiors and environmental-graphics design firm specializing in educational spaces, has been selected to design the new Hall of Science & Entrepreneurship at Saddle River Day School in Saddle River, NJ. This appointment underscores DIG’s expertise in designing innovative and inspiring learning environments, from PK-12 settings to higher-education colleges and universities across New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia....
October 15, 2024 Project of the Week
South Shore University Hospital
South Shore University Hospital (SSUH) has reached a significant milestone in its campus expansion with the steel topping off ceremony for its new state-of-the-art pavilion. The ceremonial placement of the final steel beam marks a major step toward the completion of the six-story, 190,000 square-foot inpatient bed-tower. Hospital leadership, the design and construction teams, and key project contributors gathered to sign the final beam before it was hoisted into place, symbolizing the dedicat...
October 8, 2024 Project of the Week
Mondial River West Apartments Terrace
Image Credit: Adam Gdowski Chicago Masonry Branch recently waterproofed and restored a terrace at Mondial River West luxury apartments in Chicago, IL. Located at 910 W Huron Street, the 15-story apartment complex was built in 2009 and has 141 units. Western was contacted by property management firm Willow Bridge Property Company to restore a private terrace shared by three units that was leaking due to failing waterproofing. In the winter, freeze and thaw cycles can cause big problems w...
October 1, 2024 Project of the Week
Kaiser Permanente Retaining Wall
Project Background The Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Gaithersburg, Maryland, aimed to install a solar array on its property to reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. The proposed installation site, however, presented challenges due to its steep slopes, which were unsuitable for supporting the solar array. To move forward with the project, a cost-effective solution was needed to stabilize the site without disrupting the medical facility’s daily operations. Challenges of Insta...
September 24, 2024 Project of the Week
Town Center Middleton
Schenkel Shultz, an architectural and interior design studio based in Central Florida, announces the opening of the Town Center Middleton in The Villages this fall. As the centerpiece of the newest 'Family Village' concept at The Villages, the mixed-use development integrates education, recreation and retail into a holistic work, live and play environment for residents. The project represents a collaborative effort between the developer, architect, urban planner and local community. Embodying...
September 17, 2024 Project of the Week
Fort McHenry Tunnel
The Fort McHenry Tunnel is a unique structure that connects the harborside Locust Point and Canton areas of Baltimore. It stands out because it crosses under the Patapsco River just south of historic Fort McHenry. The four-tube tunnel is a vital link in Interstate 95 — the main North-South interstate highway on the East coast — that spans eight lanes and sees more than 100,000 vehicles pass through each day. With large structures like the Fort McHenry Tunnel comes considerable ongoing mainten...
September 10, 2024 Project of the Week
Lynnwood Link Extension
STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, joins Sound Transit in celebrating the opening of the Lynnwood Link Extension, an 8.5-mile light rail route extending from Northgate into Snohomish County. Opening to the public on Friday, August 30, 2024, this project includes four new stations, allowing riders to travel between south Snohomish County and downtown Seattle, Sea-Tac Airport and more. “The Lynnwood Link openin...
September 3, 2024 Project of the Week
Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant
With the construction of a new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in Altbach/Deizisau in Germany, EnBW is paving the way for the future use of low-CO2 or green hydrogen in the 2030s. As a first step, the site’s electricity and heat production will be switched from coal to gas starting in 2026. The top priority is the uninterrupted supply to households and industry. To ensure this, it was crucial to find competent and reliable partners. Mammoet was able to convince with a tailor-mad...
August 27, 2024 Project of the Week
Bull Run Filtration Facility
Construction has begun on the Bull Run Filtration Facility in Portland, Oregon, and Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, is providing engineering services during construction of the facility. Construction started following Portland City Council approval of the project’s construction contract. This transformative initiative aims to enhance the water system’s resilience, reduce future risks, and better protect customers. The filtration facility and related pipelines w...
August 20, 2024 Project of the Week
South Claiborne Transmission Main Project
Being more than 300 years old, the Crescent City has had water transmission lines ranging from hollowed-out cypress logs to more traditional materials such as cast iron, asbestos concrete, and now, today’s leak-free high-density polyethylene (HDPE) PE 4710 pipe that allows for greater pressures, while providing a greater hydraulic capacity, resiliency, cost effectiveness, water conservation, and installation efficiencies. New Orleans’ aging infrastructure has led to numerous boil orders, unstab...
August 13, 2024 Project of the Week
Blackwater CSO Tunnel
Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, is continuing its partnership with the City of Lynchburg, Virginia, in the City’s efforts to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSO) as climate change leads to more intense rain events and increased wet weather flow. The firm is providing construction management services, engineering services during construction, and inspection services for a CSO storage tunnel with a pump station. Construction on the project began recently. When c...
August 6, 2024 Project of the Week
Northaven Trail Bridge
In Dallas, the Northaven Trail Bridge has been installed as a crucial connection for multiple regional bicycle and pedestrian pathways. The solution came in the form of the only known S-curved, network tied bridge in the world – which was efficiently set overnight by Mammoet’s team. Prior to its installation, the heavily traveled Northaven Trail on the west side of U.S. 75 and the Cottonwood Creek and White Rock Creek trails on the east side abruptly halted at the roadway. In order to access...
July 30, 2024 Project of the Week
420 Carroll
The Domain Companies and VOREA Group today launched leasing for 420 Carroll, the first building developed through the 2021 Gowanus Neighborhood Rezoning. The project will bring 360 mixed-income, high-quality apartments, with 25 percent of affordable homes serving between 40 and 100 percent of the area median income, 27,000 square feet of commercial and retail space, and a 470-foot-long public promenade along the canal. 420 Carroll combines a breadth of premier amenities and a unique approach to...
July 23, 2024 Project of the Week
Philadelphia’s 30th Street Amtrak Train Station
Herzog Contracting Corporation and Dana B. Kenyon Company (DBK) have started preconstruction on Amtrak’s new Penn Coach Yard Heavy Maintenance Facility near Philadelphia’s 30th Street Amtrak Train Station. This project is the first of six facility upgrades across Amtrak’s network. The Penn Coach Yard facility will service many of Amtrak's Acela, Airo and Northeast Regional trains that operate up and down the Northeast Corridor (NEC), which today provides more than twelve million annual trips....
July 16, 2024 Project of the Week
Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project
Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, along with the Bureau of Reclamation and Friant Water Authority, has announced completion of the first phase of construction for a 10-mile section of the Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project. The canal, which delivers water to more than 1 million acres of highly productive farmland and 250,000 residents, is being restored after years of canal capacity loss due to land subsidence—a sinking of the earth from grou...
July 9, 2024 Project of the Week
Orangeburg Railroad Corner Development
The City of Orangeburg, South Carolina, broke ground yesterday on the Orangeburg Railroad Corner Development. The 1-acre brownfield site will transform 12 historic, city-owned parcels into mixed-use commercial and residential spaces through new construction and reuse of heritage structures. Global integrated design firm Stantec collaborated on the project with the public-private partnership (P3) of the City and Orangeburg University District Partners (OUDP) to bring the community’s vision to fru...
July 2, 2024 Project of the Week
Morgan North
Morgan North, the expansive, 645,000-square foot redevelopment of what was once New York City’s largest postal distribution center into a multi-use, sustainable property housing creative office space, a multilevel rooftop park and street-level retail, has won the 2024 NYCxDESIGN Award in the Outdoor Space category. The project team includes developer Tishman Speyer, lead architect Montroy DeMarco Architecture, design architect Shimoda Design Group and landscape architect HMWhite. NYCxDESIGN c...
June 25, 2024 Project of the Week
I Portali Office Tower
ACPV ARCHITECTS and COIMA announce the completion of structural work on the east tower of Milan’s "I Portali" office complex. The completion of the tower’s topmost 24th floor is a major milestone in the development of the larger architecture project by ACPV ARCHITECTS for COIMA that involves the design of two towers for office use. Achieving the highest energy efficiency standards for sustainable operation of the complex, water and energy consumption is reduced by more than 60 percent through...
June 18, 2024 Project of the Week
Prairie View A&M University Engineering Classroom and Research Building (EnCARB)
Prairie View A&M University recently opened their new Engineering Classroom and Research Building (EnCARB). The three-story building provides instructional and research laboratory space for the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering and supports undergraduate education, student innovation, and emerging areas of research across various engineering disciplines. Global integrated design and engineering firm Stantec provided architecture, interior design, and lab planning for this latest additio...
June 11, 2024 Project of the Week
MBC Biolabs
Photo Credit: Misha Bruk MBH Architects, an award-winning architecture and design firm headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, proudly announces the completion of MBC Biolabs at 135 Mississippi Street, an innovative lab and office space designed to enhance the vibrant life science community in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood. This milestone marks a significant achievement in the adaptive reuse of a historic industrial maker space, delivering a modern and dynamic environment for...
June 4, 2024 Project of the Week
Moray West Offshore Wind Project
The Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland is a key part of the country’s energy transition and the path to net zero carbon emissions. The UK is constantly growing in new power generation capacity to maintain a secure and affordable supply. Wind power is part of the solution, and Scotland, where renewable wind capacity exceeds 11 GW, already contributes 39% of the UK’s capacity. Wind generates 78% of all renewable electricity output in Scotland, one of the windiest countries in Europe due to...
May 28, 2024 Project of the Week
South Shore Line
Photo courtesy HDR The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District cut the ribbon on Monday, May 13 to celebrate the opening of 18 miles of new track on its South Shore Line from Gary to Michigan City, Indiana. The project added a second track to the line, providing a faster, more frequent and more competitive transportation option between northwest Indiana and Chicago. In addition to expanding from single track to double track, the $650 million project included signal, power, commun...
May 21, 2024 Project of the Week
Wonder Bridge
Spanning the Paso Robles Highway at the eastern edge of Lost Hills, a sinuous pedestrian bridge connects Lost Hills Park to the North, with a Pre-school and College Prep Academy to the South. A Need for Connection Bisected by a busy highway with only one controlled intersection, the hamlet of Lost Hills was, prior to construction of the Wonder Bridge, essentially cleaved in half. Transited by large trucks, the highway presented a significant barrier to pedestrians looking to safely cross....
May 14, 2024 Project of the Week
Sound Transit’s 2 Line
The initial segment of Sound Transit’s 2 Line began operations April 27, the product of more than a decade of work to improve transit connections between Seattle, Mercer Island, Bellevue and Redmond. The Bellevue-Redmond segment of the $3.7 billion project, also known as the East Link Extension, opened with trains that run every 10 minutes at eight stations. The remainder of the 2 Line is expected to open next year. The completed 14-mile East Link light rail line will connect the populous Eas...
May 7, 2024 Project of the Week
General Fusion Company Headquarters
General Fusion recently opened its new headquarters, which serves as the company’s main office and laboratory space at its state-of-the-art fusion campus, which spans three buildings in Richmond, British Columbia. The new, expanded space supports General Fusion’s goal to deliver clean fusion energy to the grid by the early to mid-2030s using the company’s practical Magnetized Target Fusion technology. A global leader in sustainable design, Stantec provided multi-discipline design, architectur...
April 30, 2024 Project of the Week
Spurlino Family YMCA Expansion
T&T Construction Management Group, Inc., a woman-owned premier concrete specialty contractor, is pleased to announce the commencement of the Spurlino Family YMCA expansion at Big Bend Road, located in the Greater Tampa community of Gibsonton. The Spurlino Family Y, designed by FleischmanGarciaMaslowski and constructed in 2019, currently includes a cycling studio, group exercise facilities, as well as a 30,000-square-foot aquatic recreation center containing an eight-lane pool. The expansi...
April 23, 2024 Project of the Week
St. Mark Catholic Church
STV, a leading professional services firm that plans, designs and manages infrastructure projects across North America, today celebrated the completion of a new 34,000-square-foot building for St. Mark Catholic Church in Argyle, Texas. STV was the lead designer and architect-of-record for the new building, which will serve more than 1,850 parishioners. Designed to align with the other Spanish mission style buildings on the campus, the new structure is now the largest in the Fort Worth Catholi...
April 16, 2024 Project of the Week
Trinity Lakes Station
A crowd of transit enthusiasts gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Trinity Lakes Station in east Fort Worth. The station is one of 10 stops for Trinity Railway Express (TRE), the commuter rail line offering service between Fort Worth and Dallas. Trinity Metro was joined by representatives of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Tarrant County Commissioners Court, Fort Worth City Council and other leaders and stakeholders across North Texas. The celebration included a grand-opening...
April 9, 2024 Project of the Week
Houston National Cemetery’s Hemicycle Monument
Western Specialty Contractors – Houston, TX Branch is proud to have completed restoration of the Houston National Cemetery’s iconic hemicycle monument in time for its 2023 Memorial Day ceremony. The historic cemetery’s focal point and site for all special observances is its horseshoe-shaped hemicycle monument, which also features a chapel, 330-bell carillon tower and speaker’s stand at its center. Houston’s hemicycle is one of only three known hemicycles located in a national cemetery. The ot...
April 2, 2024 Project of the Week
Tuscarora Nation School
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) today announced the completion of a new water treatment system and heating units at the Tuscarora Nation School. The energy efficiency projects at the school were made possible through an ongoing collaboration between the Tuscarora Nation, the Niagara Wheatfield Central School District and NYPA. Power Authority President and CEO Justin E. Driscoll joined school district administrators and Tuscarora Council leaders to celebrate the projects and to view students...
March 26, 2024 Project of the Week
The Phoenix
MBH Architects, in collaboration with Factory_OS, Autodesk, Ecovative and Heintges, Kreysler & Associates, proudly announces the groundbreaking initiative, "The Phoenix," unveiled at the AU2023 Conference hosted by Autodesk. This transformative project showcases the power of innovative design, cutting-edge technological solutions, industrialized construction, and groundbreaking biomaterials to address the global housing crisis at scale and on an accelerated timeline. In 1989, The Phoenix...
March 19, 2024 Project of the Week
Biosolids Upgrade for Arlington County Water Pollution Control Plant
PC Construction, a leading environmental design-build contractor on the East Coast, and Stantec, its lead design partner and global consulting and engineering firm, have been selected to design and construct a major biosolids upgrade project for the Arlington County Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) in Northern Virginia. The progressive design-build project, totaling approximately $175 million, will upgrade solids handling facilities and incorporate cutting-edge technology to sustainably tran...
March 12, 2024 Project of the Week
Jean Ribault High School
T&T Construction Management Group, Inc., a woman-owned premier concrete specialty contractor, has begun its work on the new Jean Ribault High School, which is part of Duval County Public Schools. The $120-million project will replace the existing high school facility, built in 1957, with a modern, state-of-the-art learning space. Gilbane Building Company is the general contractor and Schenkel Shultz Architecture is the architect. T&T Construction Management Group, Inc. is providing compl...
March 5, 2024 Project of the Week
Lehman College Nursing Education, Research and Practice Center (NERPC)
Marking the completion of Lehman College’s most significant capital project in its history, the new Nursing Education, Research and Practice Center (NERPC) officially opened its doors with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. The Lehman College leadership and students, elected officials, representatives of the owner City College of New York (CUNY), project manager the Dormitory Authority of New York (DASNY), Urbahn Architects, and contractor Citnalta Construction led the ceremonies. Bronx Borough Pre...
February 27, 2024 Project of the Week
Colin L. Powell K-8 Academy
One of the nation’s largest school districts, Prince George’s County Public School System (PGCPS), recently opened its sixth new school as part of its “Blueprint Schools” program. The Colin L. Powell K-8 Academy opened to students on November 27, 2023, and held its ribbon cutting on February 21, 2024. The additional five schools—Sonia Sotomayor Middle School at Adelphi, Drew-Freeman Middle School, Hyattsville Middle School, Kenmoor Middle School, and Walker Mill Middle School—opened in September...
February 20, 2024 Project of the Week
The New Oder Bridge
Built more than 100 years ago, and connecting Western and Eastern Europe, the Oder Bridge on the German-Polish border in Küstrin has since been seen as a symbol of Europe coming together. Over time, as bridges get used by heavy transport, they need replacing, and for such a historic railway bridge a special replacement was designed which was to be carried out with minimal disruption to the rail network. The new Oder Bridge is an innovation – a network arch bridge with carbon hangers: its s...
February 13, 2024 Project of the Week
New York Medical College Basic Sciences Building
DIGroup Architecture’s (DIG) Healthcare Studio team recently joined New York Medical College to officially open the doors of its newly renovated 18,755-SF Basic Sciences Building (BSB), a space that is not only innovative but collaborative by design. DIG Principal Bob Ryan spearheaded the assignment for which the firm served as Architect of Record. The $6.2M in enhancements to the BSB at New York Medical College, which is a member of Touro University, involved the modernization of an existing...
February 6, 2024 Project of the Week
Boarding Platform at Baltimore Penn Station
Amtrak representatives and stakeholders gathered today with state, local and federal officials for a ribbon cutting to inaugurate a newly constructed boarding platform at Baltimore Penn Station. The new platform is scheduled to begin serving trains this spring. This project is part of Amtrak’s overall redevelopment of Baltimore Penn Station, a $150 million investment to improve customer experience and grow passenger rail. “As we work to redevelop Baltimore Penn Station and enhance the custome...
January 30, 2024 Project of the Week
The Sealhyfe Project
Lhyfe, one of the world’s pioneers in the production of green and renewable hydrogen, has announced that the operating results of its offshore hydrogen production pilot platform, Sealhyfe, which returned to dock in November 2023, confirm that the initial objectives have been met and enable another step forward for the company. A world first for offshore hydrogen production The Sealhyfe project, equipped with a 1 MW electrolyser supplied by Plug, aimed to demonstrate that producing hydrogen off...
January 23, 2024 Project of the Week
194th Avenue Slope Protection Project
Project Objective and Background The 194th Avenue slope protection project in Calgary focused on stabilizing a steep slope adjacent to a Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) structure. The slope angles ranged from 3:1 to 1:1 with slope lengths up to 15 meters. The 1:1 slope’s south-facing orientation and lack of irrigation made it especially susceptible to erosion, compromising the existing vegetative cover’s stability. In response to the need for a durable, low-maintenance solution that would...
January 16, 2024 Project of the Week
Woodside Energy's Trion Floating Production Unit
Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, has secured a contract from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for detailed engineering of the topsides facilities on Woodside Energy's Trion Floating Production Unit (FPU) in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico. When complete, Trion will have a production capacity of 100,000 barrels per day and connect to a 950,000 barrel capacity floating storage and offloading vessel. This greenfield development will represent the first deepwater development...
January 9, 2024 Project of the Week
Sheybarah Island Resort Installation
Mammoet, the global leader in engineered heavy lifting and transport, is delighted to announce the successful completion of its scope for the Sheybarah Island resort, in collaboration with Red Sea Global. The project, a crucial element of the world's most ambitious regenerative tourism endeavor— The Red Sea destination - has achieved a significant milestone with the installation of the last villa on Sheybarah Island. This marks the conclusion of a transformative journey that commenced with th...
December 19, 2023 Project of the Week
Bally's Kansas City Casino Expansion
Photography credit to Matthew Anderson Photography JCJ Architecture (JCJ), a nationally ranked planning, architecture, and interior design firm, proudly announces the grand opening of the Bally's Kansas City Casino expansion. Bally’s Corporation, a global casino-entertainment company headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, tapped JCJ to provide comprehensive architecture and interior design services for this strategic expansion project. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the endea...
December 12, 2023 Project of the Week
Ewing Senior and Community Center
In the early morning hours of Sept. 30, 2022, a five-alarm fire broke out on Lower Ferry Road in Ewing Township. Several hours later, when the fire had been contained and extinguished, it was clear that the Ewing Senior and Community Center (ESCC) had suffered tremendous damage – and this important community resource was rendered unsafe and closed indefinitely. Once known as the Trenton Jewish Community Center and Day Camp, the ESCC property is a notable resource on both the National Register...
December 5, 2023 Project of the Week
Imagine East Bank
HDR has been selected to manage the transformation of more than 500 acres in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee. The Imagine East Bank Vision Plan outlines the largest development project in the city’s history and envisions a new future for what is mostly underused land adjacent to its downtown. Currently dominated by parking lots and industrial sites, the city has developed a vision plan that imagines the area’s rebirth into dense urban neighborhoods, featuring multimodal access, mixed-use de...
November 28, 2023 Project of the Week
Kauno Dokas
Global climate change, disruptive technologies, big data, and shifting human behavior are shaping the future of our cities. Green building trends for the coming years include an increased focus on sustainability: net-zero energy buildings and zero-waste principles in architecture are the future. “Kauno Dokas” in Kaunas, Lithuania, is the first building in the country to be cooled by the nearby River Neris’ water (free cooling) and powered by solar energy produced in the building. Meanwhile, “...
November 21, 2023 Project of the Week
Ephesus Experience Museum
Nestled within the sacred grounds of the archaeological site of Selçuk, Turkey, the Ephesus Experience Museum resurrects the rich past of the once-legendary city Ephesos. An audiovisual symphony of myth and reality takes visitors on a journey into the past. ATELIER BRÜCKNER designed the architecture and the immersive visitor experience. It covers 2400 square metres and is intended to welcome 2200 visitors a day. The experience appeals to all senses. Visitors are immersed in ancient Ephesus an...
November 7, 2023 Project of the Week
Repair/Restoration of Historic Silos
Western Specialty Contractors – Dallas, TX Branch proudly announces it has received a 2023 International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) Award of Excellence in the Special Projects Category for its repair/restoration of historic silos in McKinney, TX that would become the canvas for internationally-acclaimed Australian artist Guido van Helten’s U.S. silo series, “Monuments”. McKinney’s silo mural features painted images of local business owners, gatherings and neighbors that honor the city’s cu...
November 7, 2023 Project of the Week
Ashley River Pedestrian Bridge
Superior Construction, an American family-owned infrastructure contractor, was selected by the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to construct a bicycle and pedestrian bridge connecting West Ashley and downtown Charleston. The Ashley River Pedestrian Bridge will be the first cable-stayed movable structure in the country. Its hydraulic swing span components will allow the bridge to open horizontally rather than vertically, improving marine clearance. Funded by the City of Charleston, Charlest...
October 31, 2023 Project of the Week
Kauno Dokas
Global climate change, disruptive technologies, big data, and shifting human behavior are shaping the future of our cities. Green building trends for the coming years include an increased focus on sustainability: net-zero energy buildings and zero-waste principles in architecture are the future. “Kauno Dokas” in Kaunas, Lithuania, is the first building in the country to be cooled by the nearby River Neris’ water (free cooling) and powered by solar energy produced in the building. Meanwhile, “...
October 24, 2023 Project of the Week
The Mercy Center for Performance Medicine & Specialty Care
The Alberici/KAI Build Joint Venture partnership recently completed construction of The Mercy Center for Performance Medicine & Specialty Care and its connected 1,000-space parking garage. The multispecialty center is located on the campus of Mercy Hospital St. Louis and is one of the largest and most technology-rich outpatient surgery centers in the United States. “The Center for Performance Medicine goes beyond adding a new building to the campus. It offers patients a new experience and...
October 17, 2023 Project of the Week
Steel Surge Shaft Seismic Rehabilitation
Accessing hard-to-reach locations is not a new challenge faced by installers of Fyfe’s Tyfo structural strengthening solutions, but one project, located deep in the Andes mountains of South America, proved to beat all other projects when it came to testing access and logistics. A 100-year-old, 130-ft tall and 16-ft diameter rivetted steel surge shaft, which forms part of a hydro power facility was identified as suffering from corrosion. The owners commissioned engineers to analyze the structu...
October 10, 2023 Project of the Week
Giralda Tower
Western Specialty Contractors – Kansas City Branch had the honor of restoring historic Giralda Tower in Kansas City, MO. The brick, marble and stone KC landmark, a half-scale replica of Seville, Spain’s 12th-century Moorish tower of Giralda, stands 138 feet tall in Country Club Plaza at West 47th Street and Mill Creek Parkway. Designed by urban developer J.C. Nichols, Giralda Tower was officially christened in 1967 – the same year that Kansas City and Seville became sister cities. Western...
October 3, 2023 Project of the Week
Capers Hall
The Citadel hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newly constructed Capers Hall on Saturday, Sept. 9, following a two-year replacement project. The design was led by Woolpert, and the construction was led by Thompson Turner Construction. The three-story, 97,500-square-foot building replaced the college’s original Capers Hall, which opened in the 1950s. The building will continue to house classrooms and offices for multiple departments within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Wo...
September 26, 2023 Project of the Week
Oaks Mall Housing Complex
FK Architecture, a Fugleberg Koch company, is proud to release new renderings for a multifamily housing complex located at the Oaks Mall in Gainesville, Florida, at the corner of W Newberry Road and NW 62nd Street. The project, which applies a similar design to its sister project in Daytona Beach, will consist of five buildings and 240 living units. The name of the community is Evergreen Westside. “We’re very excited to break ground on this project. Gainesville is growing rapidly and has many...
September 19, 2023 Project of the Week
Highlands Elementary School
Jacksonville, FL, T&T Construction Management Group, Inc., a woman-owned premier concrete specialty contractor, is moving ahead at the ground-up Highlands Elementary School, which replaces another school on the same site. Current Highland students will attend Duvall County Public Schools’ nearby Martin Luther King Jr. campus for the 2023-2024 school year as the construction, scheduled to be completed next August, is underway. CPPI is the general contractor, and Zyscovich is the architect....
September 12, 2023 Project of the Week
Surduc Dam Inspection
TOPODRONE, a Swiss based designer and manufacturer of high-precision surveying equipment, and Graphein, an EU service integrator for the construction industry, recently had a use case on the Surduc Dam inspections with the aerial TOPODRONE LiDAR 200+. The collected data is applied by the local Romanian dam managers to improve monitoring of the dam and its surroundings. The Surduc Dam is a vital piece of the European infrastructure, supplying Timișoara – the 2023 European Cultural Capital – wi...
September 5, 2023 Project of the Week
3D Printed Post Office
L&T Construction, the Indian construction giant with group sales of $23 bill. and a leader in the 3D construction printing industry in India, unveils the country's first 3D printed post office, a groundbreaking project completed in just 43 days. Powered by COBOD's BOD2 3D construction printer, this achievement underscores the immense potential of 3D printing technology in revolutionizing the construction landscape. India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, shared the achievement on his socia...
August 29, 2023 Project of the Week
DART 12th Street Station
Construction of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) 12th Street Station in Plano will begin on Saturday, August 26. DART Red Line light rail service north of CityLine/Bush Station in Richardson will be suspended between 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 26, through the end of scheduled service. Regular scheduled service will be available on Sunday. August 27. Non-DART branded shuttle buses operated by a third-party bus company will provide service between CityLine/Bush Station, Downtown Plano...
August 22, 2023 Project of the Week
Sioux Falls Wastewater System
It wasn’t a typical, normal sliplining job to replace a failing force main line here. The original ductile iron pipe had deformed and had severe ovality. Hydrogen sulfide gas from the sewage flow made sulfuric acid, which collected at the top of the metal pipe and destroyed it. It was thought that pulling through a new pipe wouldn’t be possible as it would hang up on the deformed inner wall of the old pipe. Reducing the diameter was not possible -- the diameter of the new pipe needed to be as cl...
August 15, 2023 Project of the Week
Bothell Fire Stations 42 and 45
In addition to firefighting equipment and apparatus bays, Bothell Fire Stations 42 and 45 include living quarters, equipment pressurization and decontamination spaces, and maintenance facilities. Station 45 also houses a satellite police office so Bothell Police Department can better serve its north-end residents. The City of Bothell chose to use a progressive design-build because of the complexity of the scope, anticipated sequencing and phasing challenges, cost predictability, and the ability...
August 8, 2023 Project of the Week
Greater Changhua 2b and 4 Offshore Wind Farms
Ørsted Taiwan, part of the world’s largest offshore wind company Ørsted, has selected Mammoet-Giant Taiwan, a joint venture between Mammoet, the engineered heavy lifting and transport specialist, and Taiwanese Giant Heavy Machinery Services - to provide essential support for the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. This remarkable offshore wind farm development is playing a crucial role in Taiwan's green energy targets, as it aims to achieve 5.7 GW of offshore wind...
August 1, 2023 Project of the Week
Pump Station 14
Community members and local officials gathered with Ross Valley Sanitary District (RVSD) to celebrate the completion of upgrades at Pump Station 14 in Larkspur. The event took place on July 19 at the pump station on Doherty Drive, next to Hall Middle School. “The Pump Station 14 project replaces outdated infrastructure to enhance reliability, efficiency and improve performance during wet weather and power outages,” said Steve Moore, RVSD General Manager. “We appreciate the support received fr...
July 25, 2023 Project of the Week
Grand Hyatt Memphis
Metro Waterproofing, a trusted name in building maintenance and restoration for over 50 years, was recently tasked with an exciting project at the Grand Hyatt Memphis, Tennessee. Their mission was to install a state-of-the-art waterproofing system for the hotel's below-grade parking garage. Although the project came with its fair share of hurdles, including unpredictable weather conditions and a demanding schedule, the Metro Waterproofing team rose to the occasion with enthusiasm – and a strong...
July 18, 2023 Project of the Week
Portland International Airport Expansion
Portland International Airport, commonly referred to as “PDX” and one of America’s best airports, anticipates substantial growth over the next two decades. PDX is scaling up in preparation to better serve 35 million passengers annually by undergoing a main terminal expansion project – nearly doubling its size. A key component of this expansion is the construction of a new, seismically isolated roof structure over the central area of the airport. Mammoet was contracted to jack up, transport, and...
July 11, 2023 Project of the Week
Castelar 75
Photo Credit: César Béjar Studio A “boutique-building” situated in the heart of Polanco, an exclusive residential area in Mexico City, Castelar 75 is considered to be one of the country’s most cutting-edge architectural creations. Designed and created by the famous architect Fernando Donis (the founder of the namesake studio with offices in Mexico and in the Netherlands which specialises in restyling urban, architectural and industrial design with visionary projects), the building is intended...
July 5, 2023 Project of the Week
EchoWater Project
The Sacramento region can expect to see big changes related to how wastewater is treated and reused with the completion of Regional San’s $1.7 billion, decade-long expansion. Named the EchoWater Project, the immense upgrade was completed in spring 2023—on schedule and under budget. The result is a safe and reliable supply of treated water for discharge to the Sacramento River, which will also be used for recycled water purposes—like irrigating local agriculture and supporting habitat conservati...
June 27, 2023 Project of the Week
Wekiva Parkway Section 6
Superior Construction, an American family-owned infrastructure contractor, is proud to announce its Wekiva Parkway Section 6 project has received the Outstanding Major Project Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Florida (ACEC Florida). WGI, Inc. was the lead designer for the project, supported by Finley Engineering (now COWI) for the segmental portion of the project. The Outstanding Project Awards, which recognize ACEC-Florida members’ outstanding roadway and bridge desig...
June 20, 2023 Project of the Week
West Bund Orbit
IMAGE CREDIT: Devisual Heatherwick Studio has revealed the design of an exhibition hall on Shanghai’s emerging West Bund waterfront. Named the ‘West Bund Orbit’, the building will represent the heart of the new Financial Hub in Xuhui District and will serve as a landmark on the Huangpu riverside. Situated at the corner of the site, the hall is seemingly accessible from 360 degrees. The design team looked to celebrate its primary function by placing the large exhibition space at the centre wi...
June 6, 2023 Project of the Week
13-12 Beach Channel Drive
Bowery Residents’ Committee (BRC), Camber Property Group (CPG), and Fifth Avenue Builders (FAB)–a joint venture between Urban Atelier Group (UAG) and CPG–announced today that they have topped out on 13-12 Beach Channel Drive, a 100 percent affordable housing development in Far Rockaway, Queens. The development will consist of an eight-story building with 146 affordable and supportive apartments, social service programming, and a community facility with various tenant amenities. Beach Channel Dri...
June 6, 2023 Project of the Week
I-65/I-70 North Split Interchange
Superior Construction, an American family-owned infrastructure contractor, proudly announces the substantial completion of its highly anticipated I-65/I-70 North Split Interchange project in Indianapolis, Indiana — a crucial endeavor aimed at enhancing safety, improving traffic flow, and accommodating future growth. Although Superior began reopening main line movements several weeks ago, the final ramp (Ohio Street to College Avenue) will reopen on May 26, representing a significant milestone in...
May 30, 2023 Project of the Week
Canal de L’Aqueduc
The light-diffusing texture of Bendheim Rough Cast 504 channel glass softens the colors of the inner shell and helps the building harmonize with its setting in a public park. [Photo credit: David Boyer] Montréal architects specified channel glass from Bendheim to fulfill ambitious goals for a vital piece of public infrastructure. When Québec’s largest city planned to build a new water intake on the Canal de L’Aqueduc, local residents expressed concern. The facility would be located right i...
May 16, 2023 Project of the Week
Delta Electronics Americas Regional Headquarters
Delta, a global provider of IoT-based smart green solutions, today announced its Americas regional headquarters (HQs) has become the first green building in Fremont, CA, and second in the Silicon Valley Bay Area, to achieve the LEED Zero Energy certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The accolade, granted to green buildings that generate as much electricity as they consume, has been attained thanks to the further implementation of Delta’s own solutions on this originally LEED Platinu...
May 9, 2023 Project of the Week
PERI Serverhotel
Image Credit: SSV Architekten, PERI Europe’s largest 3D printed building is initiated by KRAUSGRUPPE, a project developer, builder, investor, real estate manager, and broker in the Heidelberg area. The city has always been at the forefront of innovation as it is a city of science. Now, that the Campbell Barracks have been renovated, the city will have a ground-breaking testament of 3D construction printing technology that will revolutionize the building sector. This ground-breaking project is...
May 2, 2023 Project of the Week
Nature Center in Ivy Creek Park
The Lynchburg Parks & Recreation Department in Virginia has commissioned a 3.2kW SolarEdge rooftop solar installation at a popular nature center in Ivy Creek Park. As part of an educational initiative designed to foster early interest in renewable energy amongst local children, the project is one of the first to be funded by Lynchburg City Council’s Sustainability Fund, established in 2022 to promote renewable energy adoption amongst local families and businesses. The nature center is hou...
April 25, 2023 Project of the Week
St. Lucy’s Church Adaptive Reuse
Premier, an end-to-end architecture, design, procurement, and capital management firm, is pleased to announce the firm will lead the interior design and procurement services for the adaptive reuse of St. Lucy’s Church, a historic Catholic church in Jersey City, NJ. The Dallas-based team will collaborate with Claremont Development and Michael Graves Architecture & Design on this high-rise, multifamily development. Situated in the heart of Jersey City, this 23-story property will offer 444...
April 18, 2023 Project of the Week
The Water Tower
Gwinnett County is forward-thinking when it comes to water utilities. Since the early 2000s, the county is home to the F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center, one of the most advanced water reclamation facilities on the Eastern Seaboard. Gwinnett’s water department is committed to their long-standing vision of producing the best quality water at the best value. With innovation at the heart of their goal, Gwinnett’s Department of Water Resources conceptualized an educational campus dedicated to wat...
April 4, 2023 Project of the Week
Umm Wu’al Sulphuric Acid and Power Plant
The Ma’aden Waad Al Shamal Phosphate Company (MWSPC), based in Saudi Arabia, operates some of the largest and busiest fertilizer plants anywhere in the world. Take, for example, the Umm Wu’al Sulphuric Acid and Power Plant, located in a new industrial city in the extreme northeast of the kingdom. Structured around three sulphuric acid trains containing a total of nine vast process towers, it produces almost 14,000 tonnes of fertilizer a day. And, as well as bringing wealth to this remote region,...
March 14, 2023 Project of the Week
Helmsley Building 230 Park Avenue
The Property This “recognized iconic asset” to the New York City Skyline is located in midtown Manhattan and was built as a Beaux-arts style building in 1929. The property strategically straddles Park Avenue at 46th Street and offers a direct connection to Grand Central Station. It was acquired (2007) for One Billion One Hundred and Fifty Million USD. The Problem: By 2009, the building had begun to show its age. At the top of the building some of the twenty-six east and south facing Ter...
March 7, 2023 Project of the Week
KOREPlex Battery Gigafactory
KORE Power, Inc., the leading U.S.-based developer of battery cell technology for the clean energy and e-mobility industries, has chosen Siemens to support the company’s future 12-GWh lithium-ion battery cell production facility, known as ‘the KOREPlex.’ Smart factory technology from Siemens and investment capital via Siemens Financial Services will help accelerate the build-out of KORE Power’s Buckeye, AZ-based facility, a plant that will address the growing demand for battery cells due in larg...
February 28, 2023 Project of the Week
Le Pavillon Restaurant at One Vanderbilt
Photo by Naho Kubota The architectural team of two internationally celebrated design powerhouses: Brazil-based architect Isay Weinfeld and New York City executive architect Montroy DeMarco Architecture (MDA), along with construction manager Shawmut Design & Construction, have completed the much heralded Le Pavillon restaurant at One Vanderbilt in Manhattan. Developed and operating under the guidance of Michelin-starred Chef Daniel Boulud, the restaurant has won Engineering News-Record...
February 21, 2023 Project of the Week
Mvule Gardens
For a long time, 3D construction printing has been seen as a possible solution to the escalating affordable housing crisis. Proponents of the technology claim, that when 3D printing projects in construction are carried out at scale, the advantages of the technology become clear. Evidence of that claim has been lacking, but recent developments actually provide credibility to the statement. 14Trees is a joint venture company between the cement and concrete giant Holcim and British International...
February 14, 2023 Project of the Week
Central Commons Park
Image © Civitas Civitas has unveiled its design of the four-season oasis, Central Commons Park, which will be open year-round and feature unique seasonal amenities including an ice-skating rink, a staging area for concerts, picnic areas with tables and BBQ stations, fire features, and several patio spaces perfect for outdoor gatherings. The mixed-use community serves the University of Calgary and its West Campus. Civitas, alongside SMM, designed the park for daily use and community gatheri...
February 7, 2023 Project of the Week
Downtown Deck Plaza
Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been selected by the City of El Paso to lead planning, visioning, and schematic design for a proposed deck plaza over the IH-10, which runs through the heart of El Paso. The deck plaza would reconnect neighborhoods that have been divided since the construction of the highway and create a public space with regional amenities that meet the needs of the community. The proposed deck plaza will consist of a cap over the roadway appro...
January 31, 2023 Project of the Week
IND B and D Lines Subway Station at 155th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard
American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York State Chapter has honored Urbahn Architects with its 2022 Excelsior Award in the Renovation/Addition category for the design of the flood mitigation and storm resiliency upgrade at the IND B and D Lines subway station at 155th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Upper Manhattan for MTA Construction & Development (MTA C&D). AIA New York State, in partnership with the New York State contracting agencies, created the Excelsior Awards in...
January 24, 2023 Project of the Week
Allegiant Stadium
In 2017 the NFL team, Las Vegas Raiders, announced plans to build a world class stadium in Las Vegas and move from their old stadium in Oakland. Construction of Allegiant Stadium began in November 2017 and was completed by the summer of 2020. The stadium is one of the most impressive, high tech and expensive sports venues on the planet costing $1.8 billion. One of the distinctive features of the stadium is the huge 275 foot electronic media mesh video screen on the exterior of the stadium. Duri...
January 17, 2023 Project of the Week
13-12 Beach Channel
Construction management firm Urban Atelier Group (UAG) is pleased to announce that they have broken ground on 13-12 Beach Channel Drive in Far Rockaway, Queens. Urban Atelier Group leads preconstruction and construction management services alongside Camber Property Group and BRC, with design led by Urban Architecture Initiative. The development will consist of an eight-story building with 146 affordable and supportive apartments, social service programming, and a community facility with various...
January 3, 2023 Project of the Week
MOL Campus
The inaugural opening ceremony of the new MOL Campus, designed by Foster + Partners in London and Finta Studio in Hungary, was held on 8 December. The impressive 143-meter-high building, which will accommodate about 2500 MOL employees, has been designed to create an inspirational and sustainable workplace. Rich with a wide variety of facilities for the staff, the building will also open its doors to the public from spring, allowing visitors to take in the stunning views from its 29th floor obser...
November 29, 2022 Project of the Week
St. Johnland Assisted Living
EW Howell Construction Group, one of the region’s leading builders, announces the completion of the new St. Johnland Assisted Living at 393 Sunken Meadow Road in Kings Park, NY. The two-story, 68,000-square-foot facility on Long Island’s North Shore offers 80 residential units and 100 beds. St. Johnland is the premier provider on Long Island of skilled nursing care, with specialties in Alzheimer’s/dementia, head injury rehabilitation, subacute care, and adult day care. The new assisted living...
November 8, 2022 Project of the Week
8 Shenton Way
Image credit: SOM/Bezier Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has revealed the design of 8 Shenton Way, a new 63-story tower that will anchor the intersection of Singapore's Central Business District (CBD) and Marina Bay, the historic Tanjong Pagar neighborhood, and the emerging Greater Southern Waterfront. Soon to be one of the most identifiable landmarks on the skyline, the tower will soar 305 meters — becoming Singapore's tallest skyscraper — weaving in the lush tropical landscape from She...
November 1, 2022 Project of the Week
Southside Wastewater Treatment Plant
Growth, progress, prosperity. There’s no shortage of it in North Alabama, which has seen its population grow by 30,000 over the last five years and is projected to rise by a further 24,500 by 2027. Jobs are also on the up, having increased by almost 50,000 in the past five years - with a projected growth of 33,000 more jobs, also in the next five years. In Etowah County, Alabama’s smallest yet most densely populated County, vibrant Southside (population 8,000 - about an hour north west of Bir...
October 25, 2022 Project of the Week
IH35 Nex Central Section
Ferrovial chose ProjectWise and the Bentley iTwin platform to improve information exchange and develop a digital twin of the I-35 Northeast Expansion corridor. Using Bentley’s applications and the model, they performed clash detection to eliminate 3,530 collisions, identified and resolved visibility issues, and provided the construction team with precise material information, saving significant time and costs.
October 18, 2022 Project of the Week
Gross Reservoir Expansion (GRE) Project
tantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been named Engineer of Record providing engineering support during construction for the second phase of the Gross Reservoir Expansion (GRE) Project in Boulder County, Colorado. The US$531 million project will raise the height of the existing concrete curved gravity dam by 131 feet, increasing the reservoir’s capacity to approximately 119,000 total acre-feet and making it the tallest dam in Colorado. The GRE project aims to pro...
October 4, 2022 Project of the Week
PS 464
EW Howell Construction Group, one of the region’s leading builders, announces the completion of two New York City public schools – PS 464 in Manhattan and the Tommie L. Agee Educational Campus at IS 419 in Flushing – as well as the construction kickoff of a third, IS 322K in Brooklyn. The firm was awarded the contracts by the New York City School Construction Authority (NYC SCA) as the general contractor for all three projects. Finished in time for the 2022-2023 school year, PS 464 occupies 9...
September 27, 2022 Project of the Week
Hanam Gyosan
Project Summary Improving Citywide IT Infrastructure and Creating a Digital City With the current trend of urban development moving toward digital cities, the South Korea Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation is equipping their cities with infrastructure technology. In concert, the Ministry is implementing a citywide IT infrastructure at Hanam to advance the city’s administration and lifestyle. A digital transformation plan is also underway, considering various elements includi...
September 20, 2022 Project of the Week
Kahtnuht’ana Duhdeldiht Campus
The Kenaitze Indian Tribe recently celebrated the grand opening of the Kahtnuht’ana Duhdeldiht Campus (Kenai River People’s Learning Place), its new education center in Kenai, Alaska. The center combines core educational components and programs in one state-of-the-art, central facility with a focus on the Tribal Council’s commitment to building a tribally owned, culturally appropriate education campus. The Anchorage office of integrated design firm Stantec provided architecture and interior des...
September 13, 2022 Project of the Week
345 Adams Street
Urbahn Architects and contractor Citnalta have completed the renovation of offices for multiple New York City public agencies on six floors of 345 Adams Street, a 13-story commercial building located in Downtown Brooklyn. New York City owns 11 floors of the building and uses the space to house a variety of city agencies. The work represents part of a $110 million, building-wide renovation, infrastructure upgrade, and fire protection systems improvement project. Renovations on floors 10th and...
August 30, 2022 Project of the Week
East Side Coastal Resiliency Project
The East Side Coastal Resiliency project, among the largest and most technically complex infrastructure projects in New York City’s history, has earned the prestigious and highly coveted Envision Gold Award for Sustainable Infrastructure from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure. HNTB Corporation, through a joint venture with the LiRo Group, is providing project management, construction management, and environmental compliance and permitting on the ESCR project under a contract with the...
August 23, 2022 Project of the Week
Rai Headquarters
Architecture and interior design practice ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel and engineering-architecture-ICT firm DBA PRO. today sign the contract for the renovation of the Rome headquarters of Italian public broadcaster Rai. Their winning architectural design competition entry will create a highly innovative building with new spaces, more comfort for people, cutting-edge technological solutions, and a design based on the principles of sustainability and biophilia. Covering a total...
August 16, 2022 Project of the Week
Diablo Dam
In February 2017, heavy rainfall in northern California overwhelmed the Oroville Dam. Officials discovered that erosion over time caused a crater to form in the main spillway, limiting the amount of water that could be discharged and contributing to Lake Oroville’s rising water level. As a result, water flowed over the previously unused emergency spillway, causing significant ground erosion and damage to the dam. Since the dam faced the possibility of collapse, more than 180,000 people living do...
August 2, 2022 Project of the Week
VA Outpatient Clinic
America’s leading construction companies teamed up to build the largest new medical center for Veterans. Electrical contractor Rosendin partnered with top-ranked general contractor Jacobsen Construction to build a state-of-the-art VA Outpatient Clinic, located in Phoenix, Arizona. Construction teams spent nearly three years building the new 5-story U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic at the corner of 32nd Street and Van Buren Street in central Phoenix. The 275,000 square-foo...
July 26, 2022 Project of the Week
Harlem Academy
EW Howell Construction Group, one of the region’s leading builders, announces the completion of expansion and renovation work at two prominent private schools in Manhattan. The builder served as General Contractor for constructing a new, 30,000-SF home for Harlem Academy at 655 St. Nicholas Avenue and also led the expansion of Village Community School at 272 W. 10th Street. EW Howell served as general contractor for the construction of a new, five-story, 30,000-SF permanent home for Harlem Ac...
July 19, 2022 Project of the Week
Morris Island Lighthouse
Cintec North America announces its Cementitious Grout Anchors were used in a project for the stabilization of the deteriorating staircase in the Morris Island Lighthouse, located on Morris Island, South Carolina. The lighthouse was opened in 1876 and decommissioned in 1962. The structure is 49M/161 FT tall. The lighthouse was placed on the national register of historic places in 1982. After the decommissioning, the circular staircase was showing advanced deterioration due to the salt air envi...
July 12, 2022 Project of the Week
Thomas F. Farrell II Building
Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and high performance office towers, announces that Dominion Energy’s new corporate office tower, the Thomas F. Farrell II Building at 600 E. Canal Street in Richmond, Virginia has been recognized with a 2022 Green GOOD DESIGN® Award from The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design....
July 5, 2022 Project of the Week
Montville Township Public Schools
Montville Township Public Schools in New Jersey is joining the net-zero revolution by installing solar modules on six schools in Morris County. Set to save almost $1 million in energy costs over the next 15 years, the SolarEdge DC-optimized systems are forecast to generate 1.84 MW of solar energy annually and will reduce carbon emissions by the equivalent of 1,500 tons of coal burned or 171 homes’ electricity use per year. SolarEdge was chosen by developer and installer, Solar Landscape, for...
June 28, 2022 Project of the Week
Ohio University Chilled Water Plant #3
On a prominent site between campus and athletic fields, the new facility is located in an area highly visible to both the University and the community, and in proximity to mid-rise housing and recreation activities. The new chilled water plant provides up to 7,500 tons of chilled water capacity on the Ohio University campus, and importantly with immediate connection of student residences. It also provides the campus with electrical circuitry and switchgear for a new looped electric service and n...
June 21, 2022 Project of the Week
I-35 Capital Express South Project
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was awarded a construction contract for the Interstate 35 (I-35) Capital Express South project in Austin, Texas, by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Fluor will book the nearly $548 million contract value in the second quarter of 2022. “This new award is a continuation of Fluor’s Texas-centric infrastructure focus and reinforces the strength of our relationships with state and local officials across the state,” said Thomas Ni...
May 31, 2022 Project of the Week
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital Expansion Tower
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (SSRRH) recently celebrated the completion of a new 58,000-square-foot hospital expansion tower, designed by the Sacramento office of global architecture and engineering firm Stantec. This first phase of SSRRH’s major expansion and renovation project will enhance access to acute hospital services to meet Northern California’s growing needs well into the 21st century. The tower expansion adds significant space to help support the health and healing of patien...
May 24, 2022 Project of the Week
ACC Highland Campus Phase 2
Austin Community College District’s (ACC) newest campus, Highland Phase 2, is being recognized for its sustainable design and construction. The campus was awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council — a designation awarded to environmentally sustainable buildings. “ACC remains committed to reducing our carbon footprint and becoming a leader in sustainability efforts,” says Andy Kim, ACC Energy/Sustainability director. “L...
May 17, 2022 Project of the Week
U.S. Embassy in Doha, Qatar
Highlighting the deepening ties of friendship between the United States and Qatar, the Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), the U.S. Mission in Doha, and other U.S. and local officials broke ground today for a new U.S. Embassy in Qatar’s capital city. Located on a 12.3-acre site in a new diplomatic zone in Doha’s Wadi al Banat district, the new U.S. Embassy will support the continued expansion of U.S.–Qatari diplomatic, security, and commercial relations. Richärd Kennedy Architects of Phoe...
May 10, 2022 Project of the Week
LAX Automated People Mover Train Guideway Structure
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its joint venture team, LINXS Constructors – comprised of Fluor, Balfour Beatty, Dragados USA and Flatiron – has completed construction of Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) Automated People Mover train guideway structure for Los Angeles World Airports. The guideway is the latest construction milestone for the $4.9 billion mega infrastructure project, which is scheduled for completion in 2023. The centerpiece of LAX’s Landside Access M...
May 3, 2022 Project of the Week
Al-Bayt Stadium Water Treatment System
BIO-UV Group’s successful installation of advanced water treatment systems at Doha’s state-of-the-art Al-Bayt Stadium in the city of Al Khor, Qatar has met the five-star sustainable rating set by FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The 63,000-capacity arena, the second largest in Qatar, was installed with a range of advanced UV- and ozone-based systems to treat the stadium’s changing room pools, ornate water features and extensive lakes. Installed by system integrator Watermaster Qatar and commissi...
April 19, 2022 Project of the Week
Isla Grande Master Plan
Leading global design firm Stantec has been selected to lead a sustainable master plan and vision for a new eco-tourism resort destination on Holbox Island. The plan will identify the type of sustainable developments that can be achieved on the island, along with the vision for developing the land. Additionally, the plan will include recommended infrastructure technologies along with detailed guidelines for the development. The 16-mile-long barrier island, located in the north of the Yucatán...
April 12, 2022 Project of the Week
San Francisco Giants Player Development Center at Papago Park
Global design firm Populous served as architect of record for the new San Francisco Giants Player Development Center at Papago Park in Phoenix, Ariz. In collaboration with the Giants, Populous provided architectural, master plan oversight, interior design and interior signage services. This new center, which opened in February 2022, provides the team best-in-class training and development facilities. The San Francisco Giants Player Development Center was designed to incorporate the best featu...
April 5, 2022 Project of the Week
Ezhou Huahu Airport Project
Situated in the east of Ezhou in Hubei province, the new Ezhou Huahu International Airport is being developed as Asia’s first professional cargo airport, which is expected to function as an aviation logistics port and multimodal international cargo hub for China. The CNY 30.8 billion project covers 11.89 square kilometers and a total construction area of 900,000 square meters with 15 single units, including a passenger terminal and one of the world’s largest transfer centers. Positioned as a car...
March 29, 2022 Project of the Week
Environmental Health & Safety Facility
Designed by The Miller Hull Partnership, the new Environmental Health & Safety Facility on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus manages hazardous waste generated by teaching, research, and campus maintenance activities. The original facility, constructed in 1982, was in compliance with the code in effect at the time but would not meet today’s new requirements. The facility also lacked the space needed to accommodate a projected increase in waste generated by campus growth in inst...
March 22, 2022 Project of the Week
Lakeview Village
Lakeview Community Partners Limited (LCPL) is honoured to announce that Lakeview Village, a vibrant mixed-use community being built on a 177-acre brownfield site along Mississauga’s waterfront, has received the Award of Excellence for Sustainable Development in the 2022 National Urban Design Awards. Presented by The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA), the National Urban Design Awards...
March 15, 2022 Project of the Week
X Phoenix
Clayco, a full-service, turnkey real estate, architecture, engineering, design-build and construction firm, provided construction management services for X Phoenix, a new mixed-use residential high-rise located at 200 W. Monroe Street in Phoenix’s downtown core. Designed by Fitzgerald and Associates, this 731,321-square-foot project is owned and developed by Chicago-based The X Company. The recently completed first phase of X Phoenix is a 20-story, 330-unit concrete structure that features pr...
March 8, 2022 Project of the Week
EWP-EDF One Project
Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (US Nasdaq:WAVE, Nasdaq Stockholm: ECOWVE) (“Eco Wave Power”) announced the first set of floaters and supporting structures for Eco Wave Power’s grid-connected EWP-EDF One project have been delivered to the Jaffa Port project site in Israel, marking a key milestone in the development of this innovative wave energy array. The floaters were delivered in accordance with the collaboration agreement entered between EWP-EDF One Ltd. and Lesico Ltd. (“Lesico”). The proje...
February 22, 2022 Project of the Week
Golder Associates Construction Materials Testing Services Laboratory
A Golder Associates construction materials testing services laboratory destroyed by fire in March 2021 has been relocated and set to reopen on Feb. 21, with the assistance of Golder’s parent company, WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. Following the arson fire, which caused significant damage and shut down the construction materials testing laboratory. The original facility location in Chamblee, northeast of Atlanta, warranted a relocation to a new facility a...
February 15, 2022 Project of the Week
Ohio University Chilled Water Plant #3
On a prominent site between campus and athletic fields, the new facility is located in an area highly visible to both the University and the community, and in proximity to mid-rise housing and recreation activities. The new chilled water plant provides up to 7,500 tons of chilled water capacity on the Ohio University campus, and importantly with immediate connection of student residences. It also provides the campus with electrical circuitry and switchgear for a new looped electric service and n...
February 8, 2022 Project of the Week
Infra Inteligente Program
As the largest private water utility company in Brazil, AEGEA Saneamento provides water and sewage services to over 7 million people across 57 municipalities. However, the current sewage infrastructure only serves about 50% of the country’s population, meaning that about half the population does not have proper sewage coverage. In addition, 17% of the country still does not have access to clean water. With the urban population expected to rise in the next 10 years and water demand to also increa...
February 1, 2022 Project of the Week
The Infinity Bridge
Built by BESIX Construct LLC, a Middle Eastern subsidiary of a Belgian company BESIX, the Infinity Bridge (formerly Al Shindagha bridge) is distinguished by its unique architectural design inspired by the concept of infinity. It is a distinct landmark that promises to be a showcase of Dubai’s architectural advancements worldwide. 40 steel segments of its infinity arch, ranging in weight up to 130t, needed to be installed over the Dubai creek and above the bridge deck, which could not support...
January 18, 2022 Project of the Week
Kuwait Gulf Oil Company World HQ
Introduction The new KGOC Headquarters main office building is a unique architectural edifice in Kuwait, being one of the leading Green Buildings in the country to be awardedtheLEED-GoldCertificatefromUSGBC. TheLEED-Goldcertificate characterizes the new KGOC main office building with 30% less energy consumption and 60% less water consumption in addition to a working environment that helps increase employee productivity by 16%. The KGOC's new main office building is six (6) stories tall, with a...
January 11, 2022 Project of the Week
6th Street Viaduct
COWI, a leading international engineering consulting group, celebrates an engineering milestone on the new 6th Street Viaduct construction in Los Angeles (LA), following the successful hanger installation of the first span out of 10 spans of the new viaduct. Spanning across Freeway 101, several rail roads and the LA river, the 6th Street Viaduct replacement project is one of the largest bridge projects currently underway in the City of LA. Originally built in 1932, the iconic bridge – commonl...
January 4, 2022 Project of the Week
C-44 Reservoir/Stormwater Treatment Area
On Nov. 19, 2021, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) marked the completion of the C-44 Reservoir/Stormwater Treatment Area (STA), a 6,300-acre man-made wetland area designed to restore, protect and preserve water resources in the region. The $100 million C-44 Reservoir/STA is the largest environmental restoration project in U.S. history, and included construction of several miles of canals, reservoirs and new wetlands in Martin County. It is part of the Comprehensive Everglad...
December 21, 2021 Project of the Week
H2goesRail Project
Lhyfe, a world pioneer and pure player in renewable green hydrogen production, has signed with the German national railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, to build and operate an electrolyser in Tübingen, from 2024, for the production of hydrogen to fuel a hydrogen train as part of the H2goesRail project. For this project, Lhyfe has selected the Green Hydrogen Systems electrolyser, with an annual production capacity of around 30 tonnes. It will be powered exclusively by electricity from renewable sourc...
December 14, 2021 Project of the Week
Santa Monica City Yards
The redevelopment of the Santa Monica City Yards is an unobtrusive yet critical upgrade to the heart of operations for essential City of Santa Monica public works services. Since the 1940s, City Yards has served as the home for public works employees and a launchpad for infrastructure maintenance crews and operations. Led by design-build partners, Hathaway Dinwiddie and The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP, the goal of the phased master plan is to replace outdated facilities and address various defi...
November 30, 2021 Project of the Week
Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum Subway Station
Urbahn Architects and contractor Gramercy Group have completed an extensive renovation of the Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum subway station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line for MTA Construction & Development (MTA C&D). This station, serving subway trains on routes 2 and 3, was identified in the MTA 2015-2019 Capital Plan as one of a group of key stations throughout the New York City subway system that would be made fully accessible in order to better serve riders. Many of the existing st...
November 23, 2021 Project of the Week
Arroyo Parkway Charging Depot
To support the growing demand for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, the City of Pasadena recently opened its new Arroyo Parkway Charging Depot, providing 26 fast chargers to the public. The new depot includes fast-charging stations owned by the City and by Tesla. Global design firm Stantec assisted with the design of the charging plaza. The new Arroyo Parkway Charging Depot follows the April 2020 launch of the Marengo Charging Plaza, one of the largest public fast-charging statio...
November 16, 2021 Project of the Week
Mid-Coast Trolley Project
The Mid-Coast Trolley Project, an 11-mile light rail extension of the University of California (UC) San Diego Trolley Blue Line, celebrated its official opening on Sunday, Nov. 21. WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, served as the lead environmental and engineering consultant for more than a decade on behalf of its client, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). The firm was responsible for environmental, planning, preliminary and final engineering...
November 2, 2021 Project of the Week
Wittpenn Bridge
Atlas Evaluation & Inspection Services (AEIS), a leading testing, inspection, and certification company based in South Plainfield, NJ, has completed inspection and testing for New Jersey Department of Transportation’s new Wittpenn Bridge, a vertical-lift bridge that extends New Jersey Route 7 over the Hackensack River, connecting Jersey City and Kearny, NJ. The bridge represents the state’s first orthotropic bridge deck, a lightweight structural steel deck plate featuring longitudinal ribs a...
October 26, 2021 Project of the Week
410 10th Avenue
MdeAS (em-dee-a-s), a New York-based architecture firm known for modern design and focus on redefining Class A buildings, interiors, and public spaces, announced the completion of the full redevelopment of 410 10th Avenue, an approximately 640,000-square-foot, 20-story office tower in Manhattan’s Midtown West neighborhood. MdeAS was retained by SL Green Realty Corp. to manage and carry out a full suite of work for the project, including a lobby relocation, addition of an adjacent garden, upda...
October 5, 2021 Project of the Week
U.S. Consulate General
The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations’ (OBO) new Consulate General project in Matamoros was awarded the International Architecture Award alongside the world’s best new buildings and urban planning projects from over 35 nations. The project showcases OBO’s commitment to innovation in the design of diplomatic campuses overseas. The Chicago Athenaeum, with The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, and Metropolitan Arts Press, Ltd., organizes The International Archi...
September 28, 2021 Project of the Week
XXL Energy-Positive Activity Park
GROUPE IDEC and PUERTO SECO ANTEQUERA (PSA) are proposing a new large-scale development in southern Andalusia. Ideally located at the crossroads between the ports of Malaga and Algeciras, and the Atlantic and Mediterranean railway corridors, it positions itself as the new benchmark XXL logistics and industrial zone in Spain. Thanks to its first-class infrastructure and direct access to major transport networks, it benefits from every asset to allow it to support the development of logistics and...
September 21, 2021 Project of the Week
Design District
A permanent home for the creative industries, Design District comprises 16 buildings by eight pioneering architects, one minute from North Greenwich Underground station. With studios, floors, or entire buildings available from £5 per sqft for the first 12 months, the district offers affordable spaces, comprehensive facilities and flexible leases – everything creative Londoners need to build back their business after Covid. Happening in conjunction with London Design Festival and London Fashio...
September 14, 2021 Project of the Week
Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station Improvement Project
The Stantec-designed Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station Improvement Project in Los Angeles recently reached substantial completion. Design for the $129 million project for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) was led by Stantec’s Los Angeles office. The project reimagines the station as a community catalyst to serve the historically underserved neighborhood. The station provides an expanded and more efficient passenger experience, improved connections and pedestrian safet...
September 7, 2021 Project of the Week
Skye on 6th
National design-build firm Clayco, along with representatives from Hubbard Street Group, Shepley Bulfinch, local politicians and community groups celebrated the groundbreaking of a new 26-story residential tower, Skye on 6th, in downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row Arts District. The building will contain 309 apartments, 6,500-square-feet of ground level retail space, and a 78,000-square-foot parking garage with 201 spaces. Its wellness-focused design also includes a fitness center with a sauna,...
August 31, 2021 Project of the Week
Nubian Square Ascends Project
Detailed design plans have been released for the Nubian Square Ascends Project in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. Global design firm Stantec is leading master planning and supporting the design of the project, which will transform a vacant parking lot between Washington Street and Harrison Avenue into a 365,000 square foot mixed-use destination anchored by a culinary marketplace that provides a venue for local artisan and culinary talent. Stantec is leading the design for the site’s signature...
August 24, 2021 Project of the Week
Ambulatory Care Building for Siteman Cancer Center
Clayco, a full-service, turnkey real estate, architecture, engineering, design-build and construction firm, and its joint venture (JV) partner TW Constructors recently broke ground on a new 659,000-square-foot ambulatory care center for Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine. The School of Medicine-led joint project with BJC HealthCare is located at the corner of Forest Park and Taylor avenues. The nine-story building will feature 238,560-squ...
August 17, 2021 Project of the Week
Uptown Station
In 1989, Uptown Station in Oakland, Calif., sustained significant damage and was labeled a condemned property due to the Loma Prieta earthquake. To prevent future damage, the historic station underwent a seismic refit in 1990. While the refit made the building more secure for future natural disasters, it buried and destroyed significant details and characteristics of the historic building. Fast forward to 2016, Uptown Station was gutted, renovated, and expanded into a multi-use hub in the center...
August 10, 2021 Project of the Week
The Green at West Village
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) recently hosted a grand opening for The Green at West Village, which includes 1.3 million square feet of student housing and amenity space. The $575 million project adds nearly 3,300 beds to the campus in apartment style units, helping the University toward its goal to house 50 percent of its student population. Phase I opened in September 2020. The Michaels Organization was the project developer, working with UC Davis in a public-private partner...
August 3, 2021 Project of the Week
The Coast Guard Air Station at Point Mugu
The Point Mugu Naval Base Ventura County will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday, July 27, for its $53 million Coast Guard Air Station. The permanent new air station will include a 43,045-square-foot hangar facility with four bays, shops, and storage for MH65T and MH60J helicopters, as well as a 12,183-square-foot administration building. Woolpert designed the air station and provided associated utilities, site improvements and sanitary sewer modifications. The firm also conducted bridge...
July 27, 2021 Project of the Week
Field Street Tower
Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and high performance office towers, has been selected by developer Hillwood Urban to design Field Street Tower, a 38-story office tower at 2012 N. Field Street in Dallas, Texas. At 600 feet, the building is expected to be the tallest office building developed in downtown Dallas over the last three decades. Field Street Tower's prime location by the Woodall Rodg...
July 20, 2021 Project of the Week
Courtyard by Marriott Cheddi Jagan International Airport
President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, and other elected officials and community leaders joined Cardinal Investments Inc. (Cardinal) for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Courtyard by Marriott – the first hotel to be built at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in Timehri, Guyana. New York City-based Urbahn Architects designed the new hotel. Urbahn also designed the Guyana Marriott Hotel Georgetown, the first Marriott-branded prop...
July 13, 2021 Project of the Week
Poplar Street Pump Station Project
The City of Somerville, located north of Boston, has unveiled preliminary plans for the Poplar Street Pump Station Project, an innovative approach to stormwater management that relieves historical flooding exacerbated by climate change and modernizes operation and maintenance of the city’s new stormwater system. The city selected leading global design firm Stantec to engineer the project, which will discharge stormwater from its combined sewer system to a neighboring Massachusetts Bay Transporta...
July 6, 2021 Project of the Week
Atlas Tower
Atlas is the tallest residential tower in downtown Oakland, CA. It comes under the umbrella of Carmel Properties' portfolio of high-end residential properties. It houses 633 residential units and 17,350 square feet of retail space. Challenge The tower is located next to a busy street, and because of this, membranes could not be used. In addition, the structural design of the elevator pits and vaults made the use of membranes impossible. The lower level of the parking structure is approximately...
June 29, 2021 Project of the Week
Gate Central
International architecture and interior design practice Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel (ACPV) unveils the design of Gate Central, a new mixed-use complex conceived in the spirit of sustainable urban development. Located a stone’s throw away from some of Milan’s most visited monuments, Gate Central will offer 1,700 sqm of residential and retail spaces while regenerating an area that was heavily bombarded in wartime Milan, reimagining it for public enjoyment and as a lively residential space. T...
June 22, 2021 Project of the Week
Quay Sarasota
Leading global design firm Stantec has completed infrastructure improvements in Sarasota, Florida as part of Quay Sarasota—a new mixed-use waterfront district positioned on a 14-acre downtown site on Sarasota Bay. The project includes roadway and infrastructure improvements to serve the private mixed-use development as well as a roundabout at the intersection of US 41 and Fruitville Road, stormwater drainage improvements, and a scenic multi-use recreational trail. These improvements support the...
June 15, 2021 Project of the Week
Slussen
Leading Swedish manufacturer of premium stainless steel fasteners BUMAX has been chosen to supply high strength and corrosion resistant fasteners to global construction giant Skanska for the high-profile Slussen infrastructure project in Stockholm, Sweden. Skanska has ordered approximately 15,000 premium BUMAX fasteners for the Slussen infrastructure project in central Stockholm to be used on the new water lock’s sluice hatches. The Slussen area in central Stockholm is being redeveloped with...
June 8, 2021 Project of the Week
The BASE (Business, Arts, Sports, and Entertainment)
In May, The BASE (Business, Arts, Sports, and Entertainment) opened to the public at the Extraco Events Center, home of the Heart O’ Texas Fair and Rodeo, in Waco, Texas. The $32 million, multipurpose facility was designed by global architecture firm Populous with the goal of bringing more business and tourism to Waco in the diverse form of sports tournaments, concerts, meetings, trade shows and community events. In 2015, Populous issued a 40-year master plan for the site, which involved coll...
June 1, 2021 Project of the Week
Campus Arrival District
Missouri S&T’s 2020 Campus Master Plan seeks to build upon the previous 2014 Master Plan and 2017 Update while also addressing the 2018 Strategic Plan and Chancellor Mo Dehghani 's bold plan of growing the school’s enrollment by 50%. The physical campus will play an important role in helping the University achieve this goal. Improvements to the overall campus experience as well as new and improved physical spaces will be instrumental in addressing the priority areas, including Missouri S&...
May 25, 2021 Project of the Week
The Eight
Skanska invests approximately USD 476M, about SEK 4.0 billion, in The Eight, its newest office development project in Bellevue, Washington, USA. The construction contract is worth about USD 270M, about SEK 2.3 billion, which will be included in the US order bookings for the second quarter 2021. Located at the intersection of Northeast 8th Street and 108th Avenue Northeast in Bellevue, Washington, Skanska plans to develop and build a 25-story, 50,300 square meter office tower. It will include...
May 11, 2021 Project of the Week
Ally Charlotte Center
Crescent Communities, a nationally-recognized, market-leading real estate investor, developer, and operator of mixed-use and commercial communities, announces the completion of construction at Ally Charlotte Center, the prominent skyscraper located at 601 S. Tryon St. between Charlotte’s Uptown and South End Historic District. Construction on the community commenced in 2018 and has transformed the Uptown skyline over the last four years of development. “Finishing construction at Ally Charlott...
May 4, 2021 Project of the Week
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Landfill
Waga Energy, the European leader in landfill gas-to- renewable natural gas (RNG) technology, has been enlisted by The Mauricie Residual Materials Management Board (RGMRM) to deploy its innovative gas upgrading solution at the Saint-Étienne-des-Grès landfill, in Quebec. The green gas produced will be purchased by Énergir, the largest gas distribution company in the province, and injected into its gas grid onsite. This landfill gas-to-RNG project will be the first in Canada to use the WAGABOX® tec...
April 27, 2021 Project of the Week
Cedar Creek Rehabilitation
The City of Kirkland improved native fish habitat and reduced flooding risks along a fish-bearing stream by replacing an aging culvert that allows the creek to pass under one of the city’s busiest arterials. The new culvert on 100th Avenue Northeast and improvements to Cedar Creek were designed by Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm. The firm’s Bellevue office managed the project. “As a high priority with the City, this project removes the most significant fish bar...
April 20, 2021 Project of the Week
Hidden Ridge Station at Carpenter Ranch
On April 9, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) celebrated the opening of the Hidden Ridge Station at Carpenter Ranch in Irving, the 65th station in the DART network. Developed in partnership with the City of Irving and Verizon Communications, the new station is located on the Orange Line between North Lake College and Irving Convention Center stations. Originally a part of the 3.9-mile Irving-2 opening of the Orange Line in December 2012, Hidden Ridge Station (formerly known as Carpenter Ranch...
April 13, 2021 Project of the Week
Bedford North Lawrence High School Fields
It’s time to play ball! Bedford North Lawrence High School will hold a dedication ceremony for its new synthetic turf baseball field at 6 p.m. today, preceding the team’s home-opener against Whiteland Community High School. The school’s new synthetic turf softball field will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Saturday, before the Stars take on Silver Creek High School. The installation of the synthetic turf fields is part of a $2.3 million project that includes the Bedford North Lawrence football field, wh...
April 6, 2021 Project of the Week
Nowy Rynek
Skanska invests EUR 63M, about SEK 640M, in a new building in Nowy Rynek, a mixed-use project, located in Poznan, Poland. The 15-storey office building will have a total leasable area of around 28,500 square meters and will offer approximately 230 underground parking places. The building is expected to receive several certifications: LEED Platinum, WELL Core & Shell, WELL Health & Safety Rating and Building without Barriers, awarded to futureproof, high-quality office spaces with top...
March 30, 2021 Project of the Week
Trudo Toren
In Strijp-S, the industrial heritage site of the former Philips lighting factories that now makes up the dynamic heart of Eindhoven, Trudo’s latest social housing development projects are leading the way for affordable and sustainable living with two new smart buildings. The first one is the ‘Haasje Over’ residence, to be built above one of the largest skate halls in Europe, and topped by a PowerNEST, an innovative rooftop structure combining a wind turbine with solar panels to generate renewabl...
March 23, 2021 Project of the Week
Queen´s Wharf
One of the world’s most ambitious building projects is currently under construction in Australia. The impressive new district Queen´s Wharf in Brisbane is being developed using software solutions from the Nemetschek Group, a leading provider for the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) industry. Brisbane is Australia’s third largest city; it grew from an initial European settlement at Queen’s Wharf in the early 1800s. This historic site is now being restored and recreated. The ne...
March 16, 2021 Project of the Week
300 Grant Ave.
Leaders in award-winning architecture, California-based MBH Architects is excited to announce the completion of 300 Grant Ave, a ground-up, 70,000-square-foot retail and office mixed-use development located in the heart of San Francisco’s downtown shopping district. The Lincoln Property Company development will breathe new life and opportunity to the prominent corner of Grant Avenue and Sutter Street, which sits at the iconic gates of Chinatown. The site boasts approximately 28,100 square feet o...
March 9, 2021 Project of the Week
Josey Lane Bridge
Work continues on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Silver Line Regional Rail project with the start of construction on the Josey Lane bridge in Carrollton. For the initial bridge construction, large diameter holes are drilled into the ground and filled with steel rebar and concrete for each bridge pier. With depths ranging from 42’ to 49’, each hole is drilled into the bedrock for strength and stability. With a diameter of 54”, each pier footer is filled with up to 30 cubic yards of concr...
March 2, 2021 Project of the Week
Jasper County Airport
The Jasper County Airport Authority (JCAA) has signed Woolpert to a Master Services Agreement to provide master planning, environmental assessment, land acquisition, aviation design, geospatial obstruction and aeronautical surveys, and construction management and inspection for the Rensselaer, Ind., airport, located roughly 80 miles south of Chicago. Jasper County Airport is a publicly owned, general aviation airport that serves local and transiting aircraft via one paved runway and one grass...
February 23, 2021 Project of the Week
Roxy Theatre
Mammoet’s crews have successfully dismantled a tower crane on site that had lifted more than 1,000 cubic meters of concrete as part of the theatre restoration construction. The original Roxy Theatre was an iconic landmark of Edmonton, Alberta, and burnt down in 2015. The new Roxy is scheduled to open in November of 2021. Teams were able to complete the crane removal in only three days throughout a weekend to reduce the traffic disruptions in the busy downtown core. Setting up the LTM1400 on o...
February 16, 2021 Project of the Week
Ream City
Canopy Sands Development, a member of Prince Holding Group, one of Cambodia's largest and fastest growing conglomerates, approved a masterplan for Ream City developed by Surbana Jurong Group, a global urban, infrastructure and managed services consultancy headquartered in Singapore. The masterplan specifies a land use plan for the 834-hectare project requiring total investments estimated at US$16 billion, and will be developed on reclaimed land conveniently located within a 10 minutes' drive fro...
February 2, 2021 Project of the Week
Ford Cove Shoreline and Coastal Wetland Restoration Project
Ford House, the historic estate of Edsel and Eleanor Ford, is teaming up with the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a project to restore disappearing wildlife habitats along the shoreline of Ford Cove on Lake St. Clair -- part of Michigan’s Great Lakes waterway. Dubbed the Ford Cove Shoreline and Coastal Wetland Restoration Project, the goal is to transform Ford House’s lake shore back to its natural state. The Ford Cove restoratio...
February 2, 2021 Project of the Week
Anderson Dam Tunnel
COWI has been selected by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) to provide construction management services for the Anderson Dam Tunnel Project (ADTP). The tunnel is part of Valley Water's plan to drain the reservoir in preparation for the Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project, which will strengthen the dam to safely withstand a strong earthquake. The new low-level outlet system will allow Valley Water to reliably and quickly drawdown the reservoir, providing a greater ability...
January 26, 2021 Project of the Week
Moynihan Train Hall
Moynihan Train Hall has arrived in Midtown Manhattan as a world-class facility that expands New York Penn Station, the busiest transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere, into the landmark James A. Farley Post Office building. A block away, the East End Gateway has also opened, providing a visually stunning and expanded new entrance to the Penn Station Long Island Railroad Concourse on 33rd Street and 7th Avenue. The Moynihan Train Hall, which opened on Jan. 1, increases Penn Station’s c...
January 19, 2021 Project of the Week
Oahu Transit Services
The City and County of Honolulu has selected global design firm Stantec to lead a comprehensive operations analysis for Oahu Transit Services in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 7-year, US$10 million project will study passenger movement to design a bus service that encourages ridership growth and better meets the needs of the growing region. The analysis will help implement a new vision for the city’s multimodal transportation system including the integration of the phased opening of Honolulu’s Rail Trans...
January 12, 2021 Project of the Week
America the Beautiful Park Bridge
Mammoet’s team was recently contracted by Kiewit Infrastructure to move and install a pedestrian bridge weighing approximately 550t (1.1 million lbs.) as part of a revitalization effort in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. The installation of the bridge required crossing eleven railroad tracks, so precise planning was crucial to ensure minimal outage time. Mammoet has extensive experience in setting bridges around the globe, including three bridges for The Villages community in Florida and...
January 5, 2021 Project of the Week
Farm to Market Road 51
The recent reconstruction of Main Street in Springtown, Texas is providing more than 3,000 area residents with safer and less congested travel between Old Cottondale Road to Texas Drive in Parker County. Officially Farm to Market Road 51 or FM51, the two-lane Main Street was upgraded with a center lane, bridge replacement, sidewalks, right-of-ways, traffic signals and stormwater management system to deliver improved mobility for both vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Installed by Fort Worth Civil...
December 29, 2020 Project of the Week
Fenway Portal Flood Protection Project
BOND Civil & Utility Construction, Inc. (BOND Civil & Utility), a premier civil, utility, energy, general contracting, and construction management firm announced today, the completion of the Fenway Portal Flood Protection Project for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). BOND Civil & Utility installed flood gates and flood doors so the tunnel in Fenway near Kenmore Station can be sealed off in the case of severe flooding. “BOND has been a trusted partner of the MB...
December 8, 2020 Project of the Week
Automated Parking System
Lödige Industries, a leading provider of automated parking solutions, has announced that the company will deliver automated underground parking in Amsterdam’s canal belt area. The system, which will park up to 270 cars, will utilise a hybrid combination of the two parking technologies employed by the company. Built into an existing vault between the street level and Vijzelgracht metro station, it will replace on-street parking for local residents. Given the high-density parking required and diff...
December 1, 2020 Project of the Week
City Heights Residence Hall and Learning Commons
The University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) recently reached a major milestone, as it celebrated its official “topping out” for its new City Heights Residence Hall and Learning Commons. The 182,000-square-foot residence hall, which will represent the first on-campus student housing complex for the university, will add approximately 555 beds to the center of the urban campus. The project is being delivered by the JE Dunn/Stantec design-build team. The City Heights Residence Hall project repr...
November 17, 2020 Project of the Week
Vukovar Water Tower
On October 30th, after three-and-a-half years of renovation, the Vukovar Water Tower, one of the most recognizable symbols of Vukovar's defense in the 1991 Croatian Homeland War, was officially opened with a concert, but without public presence due to the coronavirus epidemic. The water tower contains a memorial room, a walkway, and a viewpoint. Cortec Corporation donated funds for the reconstruction of this water tower that was almost destroyed in the 1990’s during the Croatian War of Independe...
November 10, 2020 Project of the Week
Taylor Rodeo Grounds
Stantec, a global design, engineering, and consulting firm recently completed a comprehensive drainage project for the town of Taylor, Arizona’s Taylor Rodeo Grounds in partnership with Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB-USA). Located in Navajo County, the economy of Taylor is, in part, supported by its rodeo grounds, which do not currently have proper drainage. In recent years when storms have occurred, the arena has been subject to excessive flooding. Once the rainfall has ceased, the water...
November 3, 2020 Project of the Week
Claudius Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel
The Claudius Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel, a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark beneath Rockfish Gap, Va., was recently dedicated after 18 years of planning and restoration. The Blue Ridge Tunnel was known as the longest railroad tunnel in North America when it was completed in 1858. The nearly mile-long route through Afton Mountain now offers 6,000 linear feet of pedestrian trails that connect to existing trail systems in central Virginia and is supported by two parking lots and education...
October 27, 2020 Project of the Week
RTA Bus Operations & Maintenance Facility
The San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority (RTA) recently broke ground on a new bus operations and maintenance facility. Top ten global design firm, Stantec, planned and designed the bus facility, which will play a vital role in the RTA’s ability to deliver safe, reliable transit services for San Luis Obispo County. In support of the agency’s wide coverage area, the facility was programmed to operate, service and maintain RTA’s entire fleet and serve as the headquarters for the agency. Th...
October 20, 2020 Project of the Week
280 Broadway
The historic restoration of the marble façade of the seven-story, 240,000-sq.-ft. building at 280 Broadway, located between Chambers and Reade Streets in the Civic Center district of Manhattan, has won a 2020 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy. The project team for the recently completed restoration included the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC), the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), Urbahn Architects, and histori...
October 13, 2020 Project of the Week
Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at The New York Botanical Garden
EW Howell Construction Group, one of the region’s leading builders, has completed renovation work on the iconic palm dome of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in the Bronx, NY, which reopened to the public on September 22. “EW Howell has been privileged to work on projects that feature some absolutely stunning architectural design, and with input from arts and culture patrons who are some of the most passionate personalities in the entire city,” said Bob Z...
October 6, 2020 Project of the Week
RTD N Line
The Regional Transportation District (RTD) recently announced the opening of its newest commuter rail corridor, the N line. The new rail line—the first electrified commuter rail line that RTD will operate—adds service to connect the metro Denver region, significantly improving mobility from the city’s northern suburbs to downtown Denver. Global architecture, engineering, and design firm, Stantec, provided project management, track design, structural design, site civil design, and drainage servic...
September 29, 2020 Project of the Week
Southern California Optimized Rail Expansion (SCORE) Program
The Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) has selected HDR to provide program management services for Phase 1 of the transformative Southern California Optimized Rail Expansion (SCORE) program. The $10 billion capital improvement program, developed to take a proactive approach to growing populations and service demands, will make significant upgrades to the Metrolink system ahead of the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and beyond. The first phase of the program, planned...
September 22, 2020 Project of the Week
The Green at West Village Student Housing
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) opened the first phase of The Green at West Village student housing project, adding more than 1,000 beds to the University’s West Village neighborhood. Once the entire project is complete, the housing complex will add nearly 3,300 beds to the campus, making it the largest student housing development currently under construction in the US. Students officially moved into Phase I on September 15. The full $575 million in project costs will com...
September 15, 2020 Project of the Week
New Holbrook School
Open Building Information Modeling (BIM), better known as Open BIM, was a key enabler for the planning of a new school for the town of Holbrook, Massachusetts. Flansburgh Architects achieved the Leadership in Energy and Environment (LEED) Gold certification on this building project by leveraging software solutions from the Nemetschek Group, including Vectorworks, Bluebeam and Solibri. The new school merges Holbrook’s three existing schools into one building, which will now serve more than 1,0...
September 8, 2020 Project of the Week
Massey Hall
As Massey Hall marks its 125th anniversary, a century and a quarter of Canadian history has been stripped bare to be massively restored, not only to recapture the hall’s original sound, but to make sure it will serve audiences for generations to come. This restoration project is proudly supported by Cintec’s anchors. Cintec™ reinforcement anchors can stabilize and strengthen an unreinforced masonry structure without the need for external and internal steel bracing, making them ideal for...
August 25, 2020 Project of the Week
Orlando Sports & Entertainment Smart District
A ground-breaking Digital Twin project by Cityzenith promote, optimize, and future proof the ambitious $500 million Orlando Sports & Entertainment Smart District (OS+ED), aiming to drive the Florida city’s millions of annual visitors to the downtown hotspot. Confirmation follows a commercial agreement with SISCO, the project’s technology provider, finalizing terms with Cityzenith (CZ) and the project owners, OS+ED Dev Corp, to deploy CZ’s award-winning SmartWorldPro2™ Digital Twin platfor...
August 18, 2020 Project of the Week
Wekiva Parkway #204 Systems Interchange
When Orange County, Fla., needed a new interchange to relieve traffic congestion and provide fully directional access between two state expressways, they turned to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for help. FDOT agreed to provide a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan, which is designed to give credit assistance for qualified projects of regional significance. The loan would help Orange Country deliver the Central Florida Expressway (CFX) with s...
August 4, 2020 Project of the Week
UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center
HDR and Herzog & de Meuron have been selected by the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) to design the new hospital of the historic and internationally renowned UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, a home to both inpatient and outpatient services. The hospital is part of UCSF’s academic medical center, which also includes a top-ranked research enterprise and graduate schools in the health sciences. The design team of HDR and Herzog & de Meuron is uniquely p...
July 28, 2020 Project of the Week
17 West
Global integrated design firm Stantec celebrates the completion of the five-story 17 West, a mixed-use development that includes Miami Beach’s first Trader Joe’s grocery store. Located on 17th Street between Alton Road and West Avenue in Miami Beach, the 185,388 square foot development features 23 units, a lush rooftop pool deck with gym, ground-level commercial space, and a public garage with 193 parking spaces. Stantec was the architect of record for the development and the interior designer f...
June 30, 2020 Project of the Week
MU NextGen Precision Health Institute
The University of Missouri hosted a virtual topping off ceremony to celebrate the last steel beam being placed atop the NextGen Precision Health Institute today. As the cornerstone of the statewide NextGen Precision Health Initiative, the institute will be the home of translational research and life-saving precision health solutions that will benefit Missourians and the world. “As our communities continue to face unprecedented uncertainty and challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are wo...
June 2, 2020 Project of the Week
512 West 22nd Street
COOKFOX Architects recently completed 512 West 22nd Street, a new office building in NYC that is directly on the High Line at a spot known as the Chelsea Thicket. Like all COOKFOX projects, the building was designed via principles of biophilia, for human health and well-being, for high energy performance and for resiliency. It is inspired by both its proximity to the park's public space and its location with connection to - and views of - the Hudson River. Designed to achieve LEED Gold certif...
May 26, 2020 Project of the Week
66 Hudson Boulevard
This landmark building provides 2.85 million square feet and is known as the Spiral. The 65-floor skyscraper, was announced in 2016 by real estate developer Tishman Speyer as a 1,031-foot tower.[1] The tower, designed by Danish architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), continues to generate accolades across the architectural world. "We’re able to make connection revisions quickly and with confidence using Qnect, which would have taken us weeks longer without them.” Chuck Hongell, VP at WS...
May 19, 2020 Project of the Week
Lakehouse
Lakehouse—a new, 12-story, 196-unit mixed-use condominium and rowhome community overlooking Sloan’s Lake Park in Denver, CO—is the first residential project in the state to earn WELL Precertification under the WELL Building Standard™. WELL is a performance-based program that integrates human health and wellness best practices into the design, construction, maintenance, and operations of the built environment in order to optimize the resident experience. The 540,000-square-foot, mixed-use deve...
May 12, 2020 Project of the Week
Metsä Pavilion
The load-bearing wooden structures for Metsä Pavilion were assembled in only 11 days. The Pavilion, built on the grounds of the Finnish Embassy in Tokyo, is Business Finland’s project and Metsä Group is the main partner. The Pavilion will be used as a venue for different Embassy meetings and Business Finland events. It will also host the Finnish national team during the 2021 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Prefabricated wood elements manufactured from Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber) enable...
May 5, 2020 Project of the Week
Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 2
The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 2 was recognized with a Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) Project Award for its exemplary use of post-tensioned concrete to overcome challenging aspects of the project, such as its rotation at the 27th floor to face Hawaii’s famous landmark Diamond Head. The project was designed by the Chicago and Honolulu offices of the structural engineering firm BASE and Guerin Glass Architects was the architect of record. The Phase 2 tower was designed with a...
April 28, 2020 Project of the Week
1900 Reston Metro Plaza
Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Managing Principal Mark J. Tamaro, P.E., LEED AP, and Senior Engineer Jennifer Greenawalt, P.E., S.E., of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and Principal Zachary D. Kates, P.E., LEED AP BD+C of its Austin office have received the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Design Award for their technical paper, “Naked Concrete,” about the innovative structural system of 1900 Reston Metro Plaza in Reston, Virginia. The ACI Design...
April 21, 2020 Project of the Week
Radford University's Reed Hall and Curie Hall
Radford University celebrated the grand reopening of Reed Hall and Curie Hall following a three-year, $33 million renovation. CannonDesign was the prime architect and laboratory planner, while Waller, Todd & Sadler, a Woolpert Company, provided architecture and interior design services for the project. Planning began in 2016 and incorporated 94,840 square feet of classrooms, labs, offices, collaborative space and research facilities. Reed Hall, constructed in 1939, and Curie Hall, built i...
April 21, 2020 Project of the Week
Temporary Healthcare Facilities For COVID-19 Patients
Rosendin, the largest employee-owned electrical contracting firm in the U.S., is proud to announce it is aiding the coronavirus crisis response efforts to help communities care for sick patients. The company recently completed renovations to transition two mid-century buildings into temporary healthcare facilities in California and expects to be called into action for similar projects in the coming weeks. Turner Construction contacted Rosendin for the rapid response project in Indio to convert...
April 7, 2020 Project of the Week
Temple in the Woods
Finegold Alexander Architects (www.faainc.com) proudly announces the completion of Temple Beth Tzedek, in Amherst, New York. Inspired by the metaphorical connection to the wooden synagogues of Poland and the congregation’s wish to worship in the woods, the design conceived an all wood structure, the sanctuary having a dramatic exposure to the East and the wooded site. The project represents the merger of two conservative congregations, Congregation B’nai Shalom (CBS) and Temple Beth Tzedek (T...
March 31, 2020 Project of the Week
Kiewit’s New Regional Headquarters Campus
The design staff at Stantec joined Kiewit Corporation for a topping out ceremony for Kiewit’s new regional headquarters campus in the RidgeGate development of Lone Tree, Colorado. The approximately 400,000-square-foot office complex is designed to accommodate more than 1,700 employees, enabling Kiewit, one of North America’s largest construction and engineering organizations, to grow its presence in Denver and consolidate its existing employees, while providing flexibility for future growth....
March 24, 2020 Project of the Week
Denver International Airport Great Hall
In alignment with its 25th anniversary, Denver International Airport (DEN) recently announced that construction has recommenced on the Great Hall Project, with Stantec—a global integrated design firm—serving as lead designer. The work will include a renovation of the airport’s Jeppesen Terminal to create an airport for the future with enhanced safety and security, a more intuitive passenger flow, and increased capacity to accommodate continued growth. Hensel Phelps is serving as construction man...
March 17, 2020 Project of the Week
Meeting House Hill School Expansion
JCJ Architecture, the forward-thinking and nationally ranked planning, architecture, and interior design firm, has been selected as Architect for the expansion of the Grades 3 through 5 Meeting House Hill School and for the new High School project in New Fairfield, Connecticut. The project calls for additions to Meeting House Hill School to accommodate the Consolidated Early Learning Academy (CELA) for PreK-1 and for conversion of the existing facility to serve Grades 2 through 5. The new CELA w...
March 10, 2020 Project of the Week
Restoration Ranch Foster Home
Solid Rock Church has contracted with Woolpert to provide concept architecture, civil engineering, floodplain analysis and survey services for a new group foster home on its North Campus between Lebanon and Monroe, north of Cincinnati. The 30,000-square-foot, ranch-style facility will provide full-time housing for 36 boys ages 11-18 in Ohio’s foster care system. Restoration Ranch will be adjacent to a horse ranch owned by Solid Rock Church Pastor Lawrence Bishop. The horse ranch is located of...
March 3, 2020 Project of the Week
Johns Hopkins Proton Therapy Center
The Johns Hopkins Proton Therapy Center is complete and delivering care to cancer patients in Washington, DC and the broader Mid-Atlantic region. Stantec, a leading global design firm recognized for its Particle Therapy Center of Excellence, led the architectural and interior designs of the state-of-the-art, 80,000 square foot facility with three gantries for patient treatment and one fixed beam room dedicated to research. The center provides proton therapy treatment to adult and pediatric cance...
February 18, 2020 Project of the Week
Muskingum Park
The city of Marietta, Ohio, has contracted with Woolpert to provide landscape architecture, engineering, planning and design services for the restoration and renovation of Muskingum Park, which houses the Start Westward Monument, and the adjacent Museum District. The multiphase project supports the city’s vision to enhance the park’s amenities, aesthetics and accessibility, while preserving its place in history. Marietta is the oldest city in Ohio, established in 1788. The Start Westward Monu...
February 11, 2020 Project of the Week
Grays Harbor Conservation District
Stantec, a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—in partnership with National Fisheries Conservation Center— will be supporting the Grays Harbor Conservation District (GHCD) with the Twin Harbors Sediment Study. This critical project focuses on protecting and enhancing the local shellfish industry located in Pacific and Grays Harbor Counties in Washington State. The firm will be developing and running a coastal model of the Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay estuaries to estimate and p...
January 27, 2020 Project of the Week
Cherese Mari Laulhere Children’s Village
Turner Construction Company is pleased to announce that the team working on the Design-Build Cherese Mari Laulhere Children’s Village at MemorialCare Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Long Beach, California celebrated the topping out milestone to recognize the final steel beam being placed onto the 80,000 square foot, four-story medical building. Officials, staff, donors, and patient families gathered to celebrate the completion of the next phase of construction. Jacob O’Donnell, fiel...
January 20, 2020 Project of the Week
Battery Coastal Resilience Project
Top 10 global design firm Stantec has been selected by the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) to lead design for the Battery Coastal Resilience Project, spanning one third of a mile of waterfront along the 25-acre Battery Park. The project is one of several underway or in planning as part of the City’s Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency initiative focused on protecting Lower Manhattan from the impacts of rising sea levels caused by climate change. As part of the 4-year, $...
January 13, 2020 Project of the Week
Kansas City Campus for Animal Care Facility
The Western Specialty Contractors – Kansas City Roofing and Sheet Metal Branch recently completed installation of metal roofing and siding on the new $26 million Kansas City Campus for Animal Care facility – home to KC Pet Project, one of the Top 5 no-kill, open admission animal shelters in the U.S. Located at the corner of Elmwood and Gregory streets in Swope Park, the 54,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art animal campus opened to the public on Jan. 1, 2020 and includes a full-service veterina...
January 7, 2020 Project of the Week
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Headquarters
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, including state and...
December 17, 2019 Project of the Week
Hub Group Headquarters Phase II
Phase II is a new ground-up 135,000 SF, four-story office build-to-suit for the Hub Group (NASDAQ: HUBG) on Clearwater Drive in Oak Brook, Illinois. Phase I was originally completed by MHC in 2014 achieving LEED Gold status, and was named among Chicago’s “Coolest Offices” by Crain’s Chicago Business. In Phase II, Morgan / Harbour will construct a replica of the Phase I building with open work areas, private offices, conference rooms throughout, and a fitness center. The buildings will be connect...
December 17, 2019 Project of the Week
Youth Development Center
When designing for a nonprofit space, keep your client’s dreams in mind and focus on creativity, advises the architect for a leading firm. “Make your client’s dream a reality with creative solutions – imagine the building has a heart and soul that aligns with the organization’s mission,” says Katie Burch, founding partner and principal architect of PlanNorth Architectural Co. PlanNorth designed Houston’s new Youth Development Center in the Greater Fifth Ward. The YDC, scheduled to open this sp...
December 10, 2019 Project of the Week
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
KAI Build and joint venture partner PARIC Corporation have completed construction on a new 260,000-square-foot Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital in Creve Coeur, Missouri. A ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the hospital’s grand opening was held on Oct. 29. The new $130 million hospital is located behind an existing 50-year-old hospital at 12634 Olive Blvd. that will be razed and replaced by green space and additional parking. The replacement hospital is designed as the “hospital of the fut...
December 3, 2019 Project of the Week
Sorrento Water Works Facility
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. Highlights of the propo...
November 26, 2019 Project of the Week
609 Main at Texas
Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and sophisticated design of high-performance corporate headquarters and campuses, announced that 609 Main at Texas, a 48-story, 1.85million gsf, LEED Platinum-certified office tower in Houston’s Central Business District, has received the Out-of-State Award of Merit from the Connecticut Green Building Council (CTGBC). The award was presented at a ceremony on October 3, 2019 at the Common Ground High School, Urban...
November 19, 2019 Project of the Week
Williams Village East Residence Hall
The new Williams Village East residence hall at the University of Colorado Boulder proudly welcomed its first students in August for the fall 2019 semester. The 178,000-square-foot residence hall, the university’s largest, houses a total of 705 students. The $96.7 million residence hall was designed by St. Louis-based KWK Architects as part of the design-build team, which also included architect-of-record alm2s of Fort Collins, CO and Whiting-Turner Contracting Company of Denver, CO. “We a...
November 12, 2019 Project of the Week
Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal One Redevelopment Program
The Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal One Redevelopment Program marked a key milestone today at an event celebrating the steel topping out of the new terminal building. WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, is providing construction management and inspection services to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) for the $2.7 billion program. It is the largest design-build project in New Jersey’s history. PANYNJ is replacing Newark L...
October 29, 2019 Project of the Week
Harlem Fire Watchtower
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 Parks Department 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 towers built throughout New York City designed to give firefighters a perc...
October 22, 2019 Project of the Week
Louisiana Children’s Museum
Like countless others with modern-day New Orleans as a backdrop, the story of the Louisiana Children’s Museum changed forever when Hurricane Katrina struck the city on Aug. 29, 2005. Just a few weeks before that fateful summer day, the museum’s board of directors had approved a modest $2 million plan to remodel 1,500 square feet of the facility’s 30,000 square feet. That plan was swept aside when Katrina shuttered the museum. Simply surviving, yet alone expanding, became the museum’s priority....
October 15, 2019 Project of the Week
East End Transformation
Washington University in St. Louis will hold a dedication for the eight projects in its $360 million East End Transformation on October 2, 2019. Among the projects are two buildings for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts (one of the top programs for art, architecture and design in the U.S.): the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and Anabeth and John Weil Hall. The Kemper Art Museum opened its renovated and expanded facility on Saturday, September 28, with the major survey exhibition...
October 8, 2019 Project of the Week
City of Kirkland Culvert Replacement
Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—is helping the City of Kirkland improve fish passage and reduce flooding in Cedar Creek by replacing an aging culvert at 100th Avenue Northeast. The design team recently submitted a 30-percent design to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for permitting on the $1 million project. “By working with the City of Kirkland we have an opportunity to restore a key stretch of Cedar Creek,” said Jim McPherson, Stantec project manager, base...
September 24, 2019 Project of the Week
Dallas County South Government Center
Construction got underway on a new 73,000-square-foot Dallas County South Government Center (DCSGC) at the southern edge of Dallas County at Interstate 20 and South Polk Street. KAI Design served as the Architect-of-Record on the project, plus integrated its in-house MEP engineering group into the project and assisted with master planning the overall site for future growth. The new two-story building will replace and consolidate three existing aging facilities under one roof and will house Da...
September 17, 2019 Project of the Week
Old Sacramento Waterfront
In an exciting move to revitalize the beloved Old Sacramento Waterfront, the City of Sacramento recently announced plans to reimagine the City’s historic business district and its riverfront. Stantec—a global architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, and consulting firm with 400 offices and more than 22,000 staff worldwide (including 200 staff and two offices in the City of Sacramento)—will be leading the project, providing architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, environmenta...
September 10, 2019 Project of the Week
Saint Louis Zoo
KAI Design has created a unique solar canopy for the Saint Louis Zoo that provides much-needed shade for visitors, absorbs light and generates power. The solar panel shade canopy, officially called Williams Family Solar Pavilion, provides shelter for a 2,200-square-foot dining area at a prominent location in the zoo. During the planning process for a retail renewal program in the heart of the zoological park, the project team recognized an opportunity to greatly expand the amount of sheltered...
September 3, 2019 Project of the Week
UPMC Memorial Hospital
UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pennsylvania, reached a significant milestone on August 15, with project partners celebrating its grand opening. The 130-bed, 260,000 square foot facility replaces the existing hospital in downtown York and provides acute and emergency medical care, cardiology and vascular services, maternity services, chronic disease management, surgical services, and treatment for patients in need of long-term care. “The doors to UPMC Memorial are open, and we are proud to be...
August 27, 2019 Project of the Week
Career Technical Education Center
Hobbs Municipal Schools (HMS) has selected Stantec to design a new Career Technical Education (CTE) Center in Hobbs, New Mexico. As a regional facility, the Center will potentially serve students from surrounding school districts in Lea County and provide the full spectrum of CTE Clusters and Pathways. The project features facilities to support a new Energy Cluster program that will provide students with the training to serve the local Gas and Oil Industry, as well as wind, solar and other energ...
August 20, 2019 Project of the Week
Schallenkamp Hall
Emporia State University in Kansas held a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 26 to officially open its brand-new Schallenkamp Hall. The modern living/learning community was designed by St. Louis, MO-based KWK Architects, with HTK Architects of Topeka, Kansas serving as the architect-of-record. The 91,000-square-foot building, which will house 324 students, is named after Kay Schallenkamp, Emporia State University’s 14th president and the first woman to lead a Kansas Board of Regents university....
August 13, 2019 Project of the Week
Lake Tahoe Shared-Use Path
Every year more than 1 million visitors travel Nevada State Route 28—a two-lane, mountainside road that borders 11 miles of Lake Tahoe’s undeveloped shoreline. With usage expected to double in the next 20 years, limited parking and lack of safe access spurred the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) to initiate a design/build project that would support growing traffic yet protect the area’s fragile ecosystem. The agency chose Composite Advantage’s fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) FiberSPA...
August 6, 2019 Project of the Week
Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church
Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church in Little Rock, AR was designed in 1921 by prominent architectural firm Thompson and Harding. Built in stages from 1921 to 1926, the 44,000-square-foot, Gothic Revival-style church features a red brick and terra cotta façade. Recently, the historic restoration experts at Western Specialty Contractors – Little Rock, AR branch were challenged with repairing the church’s bell tower which was showing signs of instability and wear-and-tear. Western’s experts...
July 30, 2019 Project of the Week
Museum Hotel Antakya
EAA’s Museum Hotel Antakya in Antakya, Turkey has been shortlisted for this year’s World Architecture Festival Award in the’ Hotel and Leisure’ category for completed buildings. The Museum Hotel Antakya was previously selected as winner of ‘Hotel and Leisure’ category for future buildings in 2014 at WAF. WAF – World Architecture Festival will take place in December 4-6 in Amsterdam this year and the winners will be announced at the WAF gala dinner. “The relationship of Archeology and Ar...
July 23, 2019 Project of the Week
New York City Subway System Upgrade
ASI Architectural was recently presented with the prestigious Architizer A+ Award for the company’s contribution to New York City’s 2018 subway system upgrade. ASI won the popular vote in the ‘Finished-Ceilings’ product category for its work on the project. Aiming to promote and celebrate the best architecture and products of the year, the A+ Award is given to companies whose products incorporate cutting-edge materials and new-to-market innovations, representing the definitive list of global arc...
July 16, 2019 Project of the Week
Massey Hall
Cintec North America announces its reinforcement anchors offer stability and support during the revitalization of Canada’s most renowned concert venue, Massey Hall. As Massey Hall marks its 125th anniversary, a century and a quarter of Canadian history has been stripped bare to be massively restored, not only to recapture the hall’s original sound, but to make sure it will serve audiences for generations to come. This restoration project is proudly supported by Cintec’s anchors. Cintec™ re...
July 9, 2019 Project of the Week
X-Ray Wharf
Named “one of Guam’s most significant construction projects of 2018” by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), the X-Ray Wharf improvements included expanding and strengthening the 742-foot berthing complex at Apra Harbor on Naval Base Guam. Constructed at the end of World War II in support of aid and recovery for western Europe and Japan, X-Ray Wharf is now more than 65 years old, and its north berth, which services the U.S. Navy’s modern cargo ship fleet, needed rehabilitation...
July 2, 2019 Project of the Week
Martin Luther King Jr. Park Detention and Water Quality Project
The city of Columbia, S.C., and Woolpert were honored by the South Carolina American Public Works Association with its 2019 SC APWA Project of the Year Award in the category of Structures/Historical Restoration for their Martin Luther King Jr. Park Detention and Water Quality Project. The project was a collaborative effort between Woolpert water resource engineers and landscape architects, Columbia Engineering and Parks and Recreation department staff, and the community to address routine flo...
July 2, 2019 Project of the Week
George Mason High School
The design-build team of Gilbane Building Company, Stantec, and Quinn Evans Architects celebrate the groundbreaking of the new $120 million George Mason High School in Falls Church, Virginia. The groundbreaking marks an important milestone in a process that began a decade ago with conversations in the Falls Church community around building the first new high school in over 50 years. “The groundbreaking for George Mason High School is an exciting milestone for the Falls Church community,” said...
June 25, 2019 Project of the Week
25 Kent Avenue
DeSimone Consulting Engineers, a leading engineering firm with offices worldwide, served as structural engineer for Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s first ground-up commercial development in more than 40 years. Located at 25 Kent Avenue near the East River waterfront, the 500,000 square foot building is expected to debut this year and was completed in collaboration with design architect Hollwich Kushner and Gensler, the design development architect. The eight-story, bifurcated structure is comprised...
June 18, 2019 Project of the Week
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Pediatric Specialty Services
KAI, along with the community, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and Sansone Group, recently celebrated the opening of the first pediatric specialty healthcare center in North St. Louis County – SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Pediatric Specialty Services. Designed by KAI, the 15,000-square-foot medical building, owned by Sansone Group, is located at 3878 Pershall Road in Ferguson, MO. The new facility houses SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Pediatric Specialty Services and also an offic...
June 11, 2019 Project of the Week
LaGrange Skatepark
Residents of LaGrange, Ga. along with city officials celebrated the grand opening of the city’s 18,000 square-foot skatepark on Saturday. Designed by Stantec and constructed by New Line Skateparks, the newly completed facility in downtown LaGrange provides a designated place for wheeled-sports enthusiasts to hone their skills in a safe, controlled environment. “Seeing is believing and watching the interest and use in the park since it opened in February has been nothing short of amazing,” sai...
May 28, 2019 Project of the Week
Statue of Liberty Museum
DeSimone Consulting Engineers, a leading engineering firm with offices worldwide, recently celebrated the completion and grand opening of the new Statue of Liberty Museum. DeSimone worked closely with FXCollaborative, the National Park Service (NPS), and the Statue of Liberty – Ellis Island Foundation (SOLEIF) to design and complete the new cultural facility located just steps away from the iconic national monument on Liberty Island. The new 26,000-square-foot building introduces 15,000 squar...
May 21, 2019 Project of the Week
Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church
Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church in Little Rock, AR was designed in 1921 by prominent architectural firm Thompson and Harding. Built in stages from 1921 to 1926, the 44,000-square-foot, Gothic Revival-style church features a red brick and terra cotta façade. Recently, the historic restoration experts at Western Specialty Contractors – Little Rock, AR branch were challenged with repairing the church’s bell tower which was showing signs of instability and wear-and-tear. Western’s experts...
May 14, 2019 Project of the Week
Die Fuge (The Seam)
Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, announced that it was selected by global real estate firm Hines to master plan and design an urban development at Plieninger Straße 140 in Stuttgart, Germany. The firm was selected after being invited to participate in an international competition. The project encompasses a 125,000m2 (1.4million gsf) urban development that maximizes landscape open...
May 7, 2019 Project of the Week
STREB Lab for Action Mechanics (SLAM)
CTA Architects, P.C. (CTA) has completed the exterior renovation of 51 North First Street. The 5,000-square foot, one-story building in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn houses the non-profit STREB Lab for Action Mechanics (SLAM), a dance and theater performance venue and an open-access education and rehearsal space. The project was the first phase of the multi-phased renovation that will modernize and upgrade the entire popular venue. SLAM is the brainchild of Elizabeth Streb, a choreogra...
May 2, 2019 Project of the Week
Panorama Tower
Siemens is working with Florida East Coast Realty (FECR) to implement smart building solutions in Miami’s 85-story Panorama Tower. Technologies used throughout the residential, commercial, and retail space unify disparate fire and life safety systems, signal third-party elevator systems to restrict end user access by floor, and monitor and control more than 1,500 pieces of mechanical equipment throughout the complex. The solutions were installed with flexibility and future-proofing in mind but a...
April 23, 2019 Project of the Week
Hillgrove Kanmantoo Mine
Australian energy generator AGL has secured the right to develop, own and operate a 250-megawatt pumped hydro energy storage project at Hillgrove Resources Limited’s Kanmantoo copper mine in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. The contract allows AGL to transform the Kanmantoo open pit mine into a pumped hydro facility while Hillgrove will retain processing and mining rights outside the Giant Pit. AGL’s Executive General Manager of Wholesale Markets Richard Wrightson said the signi...
April 16, 2019 Project of the Week
Rochester’s Public Market Wintershed
The City of Rochester, New York, initially enlisted T.Y. Lin International (TYLI) to prepare the Master Plan for the comprehensive renovation and expansion of Rochester’s Public Market Wintershed facility. The Public Market is a year-round bustle of activity on nine acres in the heart of the city. It enjoys national acclaim; it was voted “America’s Favorite Farmer’s Market,” has operated on the same site since 1905, and attracts more than 1.5 million shoppers each year. The Market was compris...
April 9, 2019 Project of the Week
The Woodland Manor
Award winning senior living designer and author Lisa Cini has purchased the storied Columbus Woodland Manor Mansion and is renovating the mansion into a fully functional living experience to highlight the latest technology for senior and multi-generational living. “Quite literally, we’re breaking ground on the future of senior living. Guests can order their favorite gourmet meal from a five-star chef, prepared by Moley Robotics and enjoy a full-service spa. Magnificent outdoor spaces will inc...
April 2, 2019 Project of the Week
Ball Corporation Headquarters
Ball Corporation broke ground on its new headquarters building, as well as a refresh and expansion of its Packaging Office Center (POC), on its existing campus in Westminster, Colorado. Swinerton, general contractor, Stantec, lead architect, and Officescapes, a Steelcase dealer, are helping Ball to reimagine its Colorado campus with an inclusive and collaborative environment in mind. The campus will have a flexible, cooperative work environment between the new four-story building, POC, Ball T...
March 26, 2019 Project of the Week
Centre for Sustainability and Innovation
The largest 3D printer in the world is about to start printing a two-storey house on the site of Kamp C, the provincial Centre for Sustainability and Innovation in Westerlo, Belgium. Interested companies are welcome to experiment with the printer in Westerlo as of this autumn. Our endeavour is to convince the Flemish construction industry of the merits of this innovative technique with practical examples. While 3D printing is garnering a lot of attention around the world, the first 3D printed...
March 19, 2019 Project of the Week
LAX Automated People Mover
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced that its LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS) joint venture team broke ground today on the Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) Automated People Mover project for Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA). Fluor and its partners are set to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the $4.9 billion project over the next 30 years. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2023. “We are eager to officially begin the construction and advancement of LA...
March 12, 2019 Project of the Week
Virginia Beach Housing Resource Center
The Virginia Beach Housing Resource Center has been awarded the 2019 American Public Works Association (APWA) Mid-Atlantic Chapter Project of the Year Award. The Virginia Beach Department of Public Works facility was honored in the category of structures between $25 million and $75 million. Waller, Todd & Sadler, a Woolpert Company, designed the $27 million, 63,000-square-foot site. The new facility is one of the first of its type to use a consolidated campus-style approach to serve diffe...
March 5, 2019 Project of the Week
ZOOM Solar-Powered Gas Station
It’s an exciting time in north St. Louis City. Along with the multibillion-dollar National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) project proceeding and new residential homes being built, St. Louis Grocery Group has opened the ZOOM Gulf gas station and C-Store at 1300 N. Tucker Blvd. An official grand opening celebration is scheduled for mid-April. “NorthSide Regeneration’s vision is to create a healthier, more vibrant community in north St. Louis City,” said NorthSide Regeneration developer Pa...
February 26, 2019 Project of the Week
Saint Louis Park Place
Net Zero, LLC broke ground in January on three display homes for its much-anticipated Saint Louis Park Place residential community within the NorthSide Regeneration development in North St. Louis City. Net Zero purchased lots from NorthSide Regeneration to build 250 energy-efficient, single-family homes adjacent to the site of the future multibillion-dollar National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Western Headquarters. The display homes, under construction at the intersection of Montgome...
February 19, 2019 Project of the Week
NyameNsa Village
DXA Studio, a New York based architecture and design firm known for a diverse range of projects primarily in Manhattan and Brooklyn, has announced that the firm has begun designing orphanage community development on a 17-acre site in Zambia. The project specifically targets children who are highly vulnerable and orphaned. The site will host a variety of programs including a chapel, school, health clinic, orphanage homes, a sports field and administration buildings. The NyameNsa Village is schedu...
February 12, 2019 Project of the Week
Denver Zoo Animal Hospital
Denver Zoo, Colorado’s most visited cultural attraction, held it’s official groundbreaking on February 7 for its new animal hospital. This is the first major step in the Zoo’s Phase I Master Plan to guide future development. The existing hospital was originally built 51 years ago, and the redesign will modernize its aging infrastructure and improve operating efficiencies. Led by Stantec, a global architecture, engineering, and consulting firm, the 22,000-square-foot facility will incorporate...
February 5, 2019 Project of the Week
Astley Castle
CINTEC International, a world leader in the field of structural masonry retrofit strengthening, repair, and preservation, announces that its patented anchors were used in the restoration of Astley Castle in Warwickshire. Following its renovations, Astley Castle was awarded the prestigious Riba Stirling Prize for Architecture. Cintec teamed up with architects and engineers from Mann Williams and Newport-based Protectahome to restore the castle. Cintec assisted Protectahome with the first phase...
January 29, 2019 Project of the Week
Moynihan Train Hall
Amtrak has reached a key milestone in its plan to enhance the customer experience at its future home in the Moynihan Train Hall with the completion of planning and design for its premium passenger space, the Metropolitan Lounge (formerly ClubAcela) by releasing artist renderings of the space. The Metropolitan Lounge will serve Amtrak’s premium customers, providing them with added amenities and a high-quality passenger experience. “Our customers are going to love the new, modern amenities in t...
January 22, 2019 Project of the Week
Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant
Stantec, a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm, is providing Program Controls, Engineering Services and Construction Management to the City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) during the design development, construction, startup and commissioning of significant infrastructure upgrades for two major local wastewater treatment plants: Columbia Boulevard Wastewater Treatment Plant (CBWTP) and the Tryon Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (TCWTP). BES serves the Por...
January 15, 2019 Project of the Week
Palos Health South Campus
Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED) and Walsh Construction are pleased to announce the successful completion of the new Palos Health South Campus in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park, IL. The $80 million design-build renovation was executed over the course of a phased, five-year process beginning in 2013 bringing new, modern technologies to an aging campus and incorporating a sophisticated new Cancer program with the help of academic partner Loyola University. The completed campus includes a new 83,...
January 8, 2019 Project of the Week
The River Mile
The Denver council approved a development agreement and a rezoning for the 58-acre property, which is currently home to the Elitch Gardens amusement park. The change gives developer Rhys Duggan high-level approvals for a plan to build roughly 8,000 residential units and some of the city’s tallest buildings along the South Platte River. City planners say they’re trying to encourage a “human scale” development for a new urban center. They’ve created new zoning types — or sets of development...
December 11, 2018 Project of the Week
Depot District Clean Fuels Technology Center
The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) recently broke ground on its new bus operations, maintenance and administration facility, known as the Depot District Clean Fuels Technology Center (DDCFT), marked by a ceremony attended by local and state officials and dignitaries. The facility will have the capacity to store, operate, maintain and service UTA’s current fleet of compressed natural gas (CNG) and electric vehicles, with room for future expansion. Global architecture and design firm Stantec provide...
December 4, 2018 Project of the Week
evolv1
The Cora Group’s innovative evolv1 project celebrated its grand opening on Dec. 3, 2018, with a ribbon cutting ceremony and tours of the iconic Waterloo building. Designed and engineered by Stantec, evolv1 is Canada’s first commercially-driven, net-positive building – it produces more energy than it consumes. “We are thrilled to officially open the doors of evolv1,” says Adrian Conrad, chief operating officer with The Cora Group. “Years in the imaging, planning, and making, we have set a new be...
November 27, 2018 Project of the Week
Interactive Science Museum and Education Center
The Luxembourg Science Center has retained Skolnick Architecture & Design Partnership to design a new Interactive Science Museum and Education Center in Differdange, Luxembourg. The new museum will be a chance to adaptively re-use the site and existing buildings that had been part of an historic steel mill and to create a bold, exciting tourist destination for the city. An undulating diagrid structure, covered in planted earth in some areas and glass in others, will connect and integrate...
November 20, 2018 Project of the Week
Stantec Tower
ICE District Properties Joint Venture is pleased to announce one of its most monumental milestones to date as it officially topped-off Stantec Tower today, just over two years since its official ground breaking. Today’s event gives the 69-storey (66 usable) Stantec Tower the official title of the tallest tower outside of Toronto as the much-anticipated high-rise now stands at 251 metres tall. The commercial level of Stantec Tower was topped off one year ago and will house 29 floors of commer...
November 13, 2018 Project of the Week
River of Life Christian Church
On October 20, 2018, River of Life Christian Church (ROLCC) welcomed a new sanctuary and lobby addition to its current church facility located at 1177 Laurelwood Road in Santa Clara, Calif., with a grand opening event attended by local officials and dignitaries from around the world. The newly opened Shekinah Glory Temple includes a new lobby and a 2,000-seat sanctuary designed to accommodate the facility’s steady growth. Global design firm Stantec designed the 30,000-square-foot facility, which...
November 6, 2018 Project of the Week
Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway
Tetra Tech was part of a team that planned and designed the award-winning Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway (ITH) to connect communities along Canada’s Arctic Coast. The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies-Canada (ACEC) and Canadian Consulting Engineer (CCE) magazine selected the Tetra Tech-Stantec team for an Award of Excellence for innovation in planning, designing, and constructing the highway. Collectively, Kiggiak-EBA (Tetra Tech), Kavik Stantec, and the client—EGT Northwind Ltd.—we...
October 30, 2018 Project of the Week
The Silver Star
The developer, an affiliate of Silver Star Motors, the architectural firm of Montroy DeMarco Architecture LLP (MDALLP), and builder 1 Oak Contracting have completed 37-14 36th Street, a ground-up, mixed-use development in Long Island City, a section of Queens, NY. The 10-story property, known as The Silver Star, houses a Silver Star Motors Mercedes-Benz dealership on the first and second floors, and rental residential units on the upper floors. The Silver Star is the first new high-rise mixed...
October 23, 2018 Project of the Week
Los Angeles County Metro Purple Line Extension
Stantec is working with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) on the high-priority Purple Line Extension project, which celebrated a major milestone on October 16, as tunnel boring machines (TBMs)—named Elsie and Soyeon—began work for the Purple Line Extension Transit Project Section 1. Elsie and Soveon will bore concurrently for approximately two years, starting at the Wilshire/La Brea Station. Stantec is leading the Westside Extension Support Team (WEST) joint ve...
October 16, 2018 Project of the Week
Borough of Manhattan Community College Aquatics Center
General contractor Stalco Construction has completed a $7.2 million renovation of the Borough of Manhattan Community College’s (BMCC’s) aquatics center, including the 220,000-gallon pool. The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) served as the project manager. BMCC is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system. The aquatics center is located in the main campus complex on Harrison Street and the West Side Highway in lower Manhattan, with an entrance at 77 Harrison Str...
October 9, 2018 Project of the Week
Sakata Seed America Woodland Innovation Center
Sakata Seed America celebrated its new Woodland Innovation Center with a grand opening on Thursday, September 13. The innovation center, in the works since 2016, is a culmination of infrastructure and land enabling Sakata Seed America to consolidate and expand both research and development and production in a single campus that is flexible for future expansion. Stantec’s Sacramento office led the architectural design of the project and also provided interior design, landscape architecture, and L...
October 2, 2018 Project of the Week
Los Cerritos Channel Sub-Basin 4 Stormwater Capture Facility
Dry weather runoff and first flush stormwater flows pollute a Southern California watershed. Affected cities collaborate on a comprehensive stormwater management solution designed, engineered, and manufactured by Jensen Precast. We believe it's the largest hydrodynamic separator project ever deployed in the United States. Here's a link to a timelapse video of the project: https://youtu.be/xGZ-onl1XcM
September 25, 2018 Project of the Week
Al Moosa Medical Group Facility
The final design of the 60,000-square-meter facility, to be located in Al-Ahsa, recently was unveiled by Malek Al Moosa, the CEO of Al Moosa Medical Group as part of the group’s greater mission to expand their reach across the Kingdom to address a need for specialized rehabilitation and long-term care hospitals in the region. This new facility was designed within the virtual environment, employing virtual reality (VR) to design each major space as a means of design iteration, allowing for rea...
September 18, 2018 Project of the Week
Boardwalk Café Building and East Games Area
The LiRo Group served as construction manager for the new, $20 million Boardwalk Café building and Phase II of the East Games Area at Jones Beach State Park, New York State’s second-most visited park, trailing only Niagara Falls. In 2017, Jones Beach drew 5.95 million visitors. The project is part of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s NY Parks 2020 initiative. The Cafe was designed by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners (BBB) and Studio Rhodeside Harwell Landscape Architecture designed the Eas...
September 11, 2018 Project of the Week
Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the final span of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, which replaced the Tappan Zee Bridge, will open to drivers beginning Saturday, September 8, 2018, when all four lanes of eastbound traffic will shift to the new second span. The eastbound span will consist of four general purpose traffic lanes, two emergency shoulders, space for a dedicated bus lane and an advanced traffic monitoring system. The westbound bridge will remain in a temporary...
September 4, 2018 Project of the Week
Miami University Residence Halls
Woolpert is providing structural engineering services for the renovation of three Miami University residence halls as part of the public university’s long-term goal to provide the best undergraduate experience in the nation. Woolpert was contracted by GBBN Architects, who was hired by Messer Construction, to improve site work, architectural finishes and details, life safety features, better access and functionality and energy-efficient mechanical systems to Scott, Minnich and Stanton halls. T...
August 28, 2018 Project of the Week
LaSalle General Hospital
Infrastructure improvements being made to LaSalle General Hospital in East Central Louisiana are part of a $2 million energy savings performance contract with Siemens. The energy efficiency measures will help the almost 48-year-old comprehensive rural healthcare facility continue offering its patients safe, high quality healthcare and its caregivers and staff, a more comfortable and efficient place to work. “Siemens’ building technology solutions offer us a specialized solution that will ensu...
August 21, 2018 Project of the Week
San Ysidro Land Port of Entry
Southern California’s San Ysidro Land Port of Entry (LPOE)—the busiest international border crossing in the western hemisphere, with 70,000 northbound vehicle passengers and 20,000 northbound pedestrians crossing daily—officially opened on August 15, marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). The Main Pedestrian Processing Building is part of the $741 million, three-phase expansion project to accommodate growing cross-border traffic and reduce c...
August 14, 2018 Project of the Week
Quellaveco Copper Project
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today it has received the full notice to proceed for the engineering, procurement and construction management of Anglo American’s Quellaveco copper project in the Moquegua region in the south of Peru. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of 2018. “As one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits and one of the largest projects in Peru, Quellaveco will be a flagship project for Fluor, our client and the local commu...
August 7, 2018 Project of the Week
Boulder City Bypass
Phase II of the Boulder City Bypass, a major 12.5-mile roadway project in the Mojave Desert southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada is set to open on August 9, 2018. It is the second segment of Interstate 11 (I-11) from US-95 to US-93 near the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge. This two-phase project is part of a comprehensive interstate vision for I-11 to provide a major trade commerce route between Mexico and Canada going through Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Las Vegas and Phoenix are the only...
July 31, 2018 Project of the Week
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Outpatient Center
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland unveiled its new Outpatient Center, designed in partnership by HDR and Taylor Design. The new six-story, state-of-the-art facility adds 89,000 square feet of exam rooms, treatment facilities, and family support services, making UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland the East Bay’s largest specialty care center for kids. Designed as a LEED for Healthcare Silver facility, the project embodies the visions and ideas of its neighbors and community, integr...
July 24, 2018 Project of the Week
Al Falah Two Kindergarten Projects
Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada), in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), has started the construction works of two kindergartens with a total value over AED85 million and a built-up area of approximately 11,000 square meters for both facilities at Al Falah area being Package 1 of Phase 8 of Abu Dhabi Future Schools Program (ADFSP). “The work in the two projects is progressing as per the planned programs, as part of Musanada’s efforts to...
July 17, 2018 Project of the Week
Audi Stadium
DC-based New Columbia Solar will soon start the installation of 884KW of building-integrated solar panels for Audi Stadium, the new home for the D.C. United Soccer team. Located near the Navy Yard, the stadium is scheduled to open Saturday, July 14. The solar installation is slated to begin fall of this year on the stadium’s canopy and throughout the site. This system will provide roughly one million kilowatt hours of solar power annually, enough to offset almost a third of the stadium’s project...
July 10, 2018 Project of the Week
Gaddi Baithak
Nepal’s Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli inaugurated the newly reconstructed and seismically strengthened Gaddi Baithak in Nepal on June 27. The former palace is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site in Kathmandu Durbar Square. Miyamoto Relief is proud and honored to have aided in restoring this iconic building when so many others were lost “We love our history and tradition,” the prime minister told the gathered crowd and dignitaries. “The historic monument has been retrofitted using domest...
July 3, 2018 Project of the Week
University Pointe Boulevard
The University Pointe Boulevard in Charlotte, North Carolina, has earned the Envision Bronze rating for sustainable infrastructure from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). This is the first project in North Carolina to receive Envision recognition. The University Pointe Boulevard, completed in the summer of 2017, is a roadway improvement project addressing a need identified in the Charlotte University Area Plan for a new roadway and pedestrian corridor to cross over Interstate...
June 26, 2018 Project of the Week
MTACC East Side Access
The LiRo Group’s Virtual Design, Construction and Operations (VDCO) team was awarded second place in the Infrastructure category of Autodesk’s prestigious AEC Excellence Awards for its revolutionary work on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Construction Division’s (MTACC’s) East Side Access project. East Side Access is currently the largest transportation construction undertaking in the United States, and one of the largest and most complex projects ever embarked upon in New York...
June 19, 2018 Project of the Week
New York City Headquarters of Jupiter Entertainment
Designer Montroy Andersen DeMarco (MADGI) has completed the 20,343-square foot New York City offices and production studios of Jupiter Entertainment, a television production company working in a wide variety of genres and formats for channels such as A&E, Animal Planet, Discovery, Fuse, History, Investigation Discovery, Oxygen, TLC, TrueTV, and TV One. The offices and studios are located on the fourth floor of 136 Madison Avenue, between East 31st and East 32nd Streets in Manhattan. Jupit...
June 12, 2018 Project of the Week
Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being
KAI Design & Build has completed construction of St. Louis’ new $8.5 million Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being — a 21,272-square-foot facility providing meeting and office space for child advocates, civic leaders and community organizers dedicated to enhancing the well-being of at-risk children. In March, KAI Design & Build received a 2018 Building St. Louis Award for the project. The awards program, sponsored by the St. Louis Business Journal, recognizes commercial real estate pr...
June 5, 2018 Project of the Week
Stantec Tower
ICE District Properties Joint Venture is pleased to announce the impressive beacon of Edmonton’s downtown, Stantec Tower, has now reached 54 storeys, 197 metres (646 feet), making it Edmonton’s tallest tower. This milestone marks a new monument for Edmonton, changing the city’s skyline with its innovative architecture and engineering. Renowned for its iconic developments in Edmonton’s downtown core, ICE District continues to revamp the appearance of the city and enhance Edmonton’s landscape....
May 29, 2018 Project of the Week
U.S. Embassy Annex in Nairobi, Kenya
In a ceremony on May 17, 2018, United States Ambassador Robert Godec broke ground on a new U.S. Embassy Annex in Nairobi, Kenya. Designed by Chicago-based Krueck + Sexton Architects, the facility will significantly expand the capabilities of the government outpost, which was established in 1964. Mark Sexton, FAIA, LEED AP, founding principal of Krueck + Sexton Architects, said, “Our entire design team is very excited to see this project, which reflects an important and enduring international...
May 22, 2018 Project of the Week
New Roundabout in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
OpenRoads and RM Bridge Pinpoint Ideal Design Solution with Generative Design Workflows Revamping a Congested Interchange The city of Ribeirão Preto, located in the state of São Paulo in Brazil, is an epicenter of agribusiness and a hub of commerce, generating an influx of people to the city, boosting the population and increasing traffic congestion. The Waldo Adalberto da Silveira, the major access interchange to Ribeirão Preto, is a roundabout constructed in 1972. With a daily traffic volu...
May 15, 2018 Project of the Week
Sound Transit Operations and Maintenance Facility East
Sound Transit recently broke ground on its new Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF) East, which will service and house light rail vehicles for the growing fleet in the Puget Sound area. Beginning in 2019, and continuing through 2023, Sound Transit’s light rail vehicle fleet will expand from its current 62 vehicles to 214. The new OMF East will service extensions to Northgate, Lynnwood, Federal Way and Redmond. The design-build team of Hensel Phelps Construction Co, Stantec and partners,...
May 8, 2018 Project of the Week
University of South Australia’s Centre for Cancer Biology
The fourth major building in the Adelaide BioMed City precinct – The University of South Australia’s Centre for Cancer Biology – is set to open this month while the $240 million SAHMRI 2 building, featuring the Southern Hemisphere’s first Proton Therapy Unit, is expected to open in 2020. Their presence in the northwest corner of the Adelaide CBD follows the opening of the eye-catching South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), pictured below, in late 2013 and the completio...
May 1, 2018 Project of the Week
Perla on Broadway
The Los Angeles Historic Core neighborhood was buzzing with activity last Saturday, as 690 truckloads of concrete was placed for the foundation of the Perla on Broadway residential project. Thornton Tomasetti is providing structural engineering and performance-based design services to developer SCG America for the 35-story, 740,000-square-foot tower and 10-story podium. Designed by architect CallisonRTKL, it is the first new residential high rise to be constructed in the historic neighborhood in...
May 1, 2018 Project of the Week
Idaho Avenue Pedestrian Overcrossing
TRC Companies Inc., a leader in engineering, environmental consulting and construction-management services, is pleased to announce the Idaho Avenue Pedestrian Overcrossing Bridge in Santa Monica has been named California’s Outstanding Bikeway and Trails Project for 2017. The award for the spiraling footbridge, which takes people from the cliffs of Palisades Park down to the Pacific Ocean, was given by the American Society of Civil Engineers. TRC served as construction manager on the project. “...
April 17, 2018 Project of the Week
One Vanderbilt
Forty-two Schindler elevators and five Schindler escalators will ultimately move thousands of building workers and visitors every day at One Vanderbilt, the 58-story, 1.7 million square-foot commercial office tower being constructed in midtown Manhattan directly adjacent to Grand Central Terminal. Thirty of the elevators will be equipped with Schindler’s PORT Technology. Schindler Elevator Corporation was awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by Construction Manager AECOM Tishman Construction...
April 10, 2018 Project of the Week
Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
As University of Oregon students hit the books this spring term, shovels hit the dirt for the first phase of the Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, which broke ground March 2 in Eugene, Oregon. Working in collaboration between its Seattle and New York offices, Thornton Tomasetti is providing structural, bridge and façade engineering services to New York-based Ennead Architects, the design architect, and Portland-based Bora, the architect of record, for the project. The facilities...
April 3, 2018 Project of the Week
Optimized Low-Wind Turbine
Headquartered in Beijing, China, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Goldwind) is a global wind energy solutions provider responsible for 12 percent of newly installed capacity worldwide. The company achieved its position as the number one international wind turbine manufacturer with a unique business model that spans the whole product lifecycle. Goldwind’s commitment begins with research, development, and manufacturing and continues through investment, sales, and service. This...
March 27, 2018 Project of the Week
Tropicalia
On Thursday 22 March, Thomas Coldefy along with Daniel Fasquelle – Deputy of the 4th district, Bruno Cousein – Mayor of Berck-sur Mer and vet Dr. Cédric Guérin – President and founder of the project, unveiled Tropicalia: the world’s biggest tropical greenhouse under one roof. Located in Rang-du-Fliers – in Pas-de-Calais – Tropicalia will offer visitors immediate wonder and a total change of scenery. Offering immersion in a unique environment, it will have a footpath covering over 1 km passing t...
March 20, 2018 Project of the Week
55 Water Street
Western Specialty Contractors – New York City Metro Branch has completed a year-and-a-half long project to restore and waterproof the facade of Downtown Manhattan’s largest waterfront skyscraper. Once recognized as the largest office building in the world when it was opened in 1972, the 55 Water Street building consists of a 53-story tower (687 feet tall) connected with a 15-story North Annex, for a combined 3.5 million square feet of office space. Western Specialty Contractors was tasked...
March 13, 2018 Project of the Week
Schallenkamp Hall
With its housing facilities aging, Emporia State University in Kansas responded to input from students, parents and alumni to create inviting residential spaces on campus. University administrators decided to construct a 324-bed living/learning community for ESU students to replace two outdated residence halls on campus. St. Louis, MO-based KWK Architects was hired as the design architect on the $22 million project, with HTK Architects of Topeka, Kansas serving as the architect-of-record....
March 6, 2018 Project of the Week
DaeGwanRyeong Tunnel
The XXIII Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea have come to an end and the effervescence around this international event was palpable. Located in the Gangwon province with its capital at Chunchen, the county of Pyeongchang is bounded on the east part by the East Sea. The province’s harsh landscape is dominated by Taebaek Mountains where many sky resorts exist as well as Buddhist temples. As part of Korean government’s effort to expand transportation infrastructures for the Olympics,...
February 27, 2018 Project of the Week
Arkansas City Water Treatment Facility
With capacity to easily expand to 6.3 MGD, the new plant provides a stable and secure source of drinking water for Arkansas City, a community of 12,000 located in south-central Kansas and surrounding customers. The new $22 million plant was built at a cost of $4 million under the original budget. In addition, advanced technology will enable the plant to achieve annual operations and maintenance cost savings of 20 percent under costs of the existing city water treatment facility that had been...
February 20, 2018 Project of the Week
Newport Utilities
Studio Four Design, a top Knoxville-based architecture and design firm, helped bring to life a new customer-focused, interactive lobby area for Newport Utilities, in Newport, Tennessee. The lobby was redesigned to put a spotlight on the Newport Utilities’ new offering of premise fiber optic cable broadband services. Previously, the lobby reflected a traditional utilities business, but now it’s an interactive experience center where customers can see and feel the superior performance of fiber br...
February 13, 2018 Project of the Week
The Restaurants at Southwest
When it comes to food choices, students at the University of Missouri have a variety of options to suit every taste, with a visit to The Restaurants at Southwest designed by St. Louis, MO-based KWK Architects. Opened for the 2017-2018 school year at a cost of $15 million, The Restaurants at Southwest dining facility features something for everyone. Unlike the traditional, buffet-style, all-you-can eat service of most student dining halls, The Restaurants at Southwest offers a la carte service...
February 6, 2018 Project of the Week
SA1 Swansea Waterfront Development
2018 is an exciting year for UWTSD as we will welcome our first students to our new £300million SA1 Swansea Waterfront development in September. Twenty-three new jobs have been created at the new SA1 development, alongside opportunities for 12 apprentices and 17 work experience placements. The construction of SA1 Swansea Waterfront development has been underway for 18 months and will provide a home for the faculties of architecture, computing and engineering, education and communities, as...
January 30, 2018 Project of the Week
Northwest High Magnet School
Omaha Public Schools selected KAI Design & Build to provide architecture and interior design for two additions and renovations to its existing Northwest High Magnet School in Omaha, NE. Originally constructed in 1971, Northwest High School is the newest of the school district’s seven high schools. The first addition is a 9,750-square-foot, multipurpose physical education space located adjacent to the existing gymnasium, with a direct connection to the gym through the first floor and mezza...
January 23, 2018 Project of the Week
LiRo Group New York City Headquarters
The LiRo Group (LiRo), a national, multidisciplinary construction and program management, architecture and engineering, and environmental solutions firm, has just opened its new New York City hub on the 28th floor of One State Street Plaza in the Battery Park section of Lower Manhattan. Engineering News-Record magazine currently ranks LiRo as the 15th-largest construction manager in the United States. The firm’s architecture division, LiRo Architects+Planners (LAP), designed the new $3 million,...
January 16, 2018 Project of the Week
Levine Hall at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte
On most university campuses throughout the United States, you will find traditional residence halls, and you will find honors halls. But what happens when the two types of residence halls are combined into a single Living/Learning Community? Such a unique configuration was implemented nearly two years ago with the opening of the $38.5 million Levine Hall at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte. KWK Architects designed the university's newest residential building to house 435 total stude...
January 9, 2018 Project of the Week
d’Arenberg Cube
For leading Australian winemaker Chester Osborn, pictured below, it’s the realisation of a 14-year dream, but for the McLaren Vale wine region 40km south of the South Australian capital of Adelaide, the Cube could bring tens if not hundreds of thousands more wine tourists to visit one of the world’s most unusual and dramatic cellar doors. The five storey AUD$15 million glass-encased steel and concrete structure was inspired by Rubik’s Cube – an architectural puzzle four modules wide, four high...
January 2, 2018 Project of the Week
Harugei Malchut
HQ Architects in collaboration with developer Yarden Gilan of Ram Aderet Group, today unveiled plans for Harugei Malchut, an innovative and forward-thinking residential project spearheaded and designed by leading architect firm HQ Architects, led by architect Erez Ella. The project will transform a nondescript building with eight units in northern Tel Aviv's affluent Ramat HaHayal district into a reimagined residential structure measuring 40m long by 18m wide with 21 gorgeous residences. The pro...
December 19, 2017 Project of the Week
Iconic May Company Building
Western Specialty Contractors branches in Los Angeles, CA and Seattle, WA are teaming up on a project to restore the historic May Company building in Los Angeles, CA – the future home of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Western crews are working alongside renowned historic preservation consultant John Fidler, New York Pritzker-Prize winning architect Renzo Piano, general contractor Matt Construction of Los Angeles, CA and owner’s representative Paratus Group of New York, NY. “We work with...
December 12, 2017 Project of the Week
U.S. Courthouse in Saipan
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands today joined the Marianas Management Corporation at a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction for a new U.S. Courthouse in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The new courthouse is the result of a 20-year lease construct arrangement between the federal government and Marianas Management Corporation. The three-story courthouse will be constructed on Gual...
December 5, 2017 Project of the Week
Milburnie Dam Removal
Raleigh-based Restoration Systems announces the Milburnie Dam is removed and 6.2 miles of the Neuse River in the City of Raleigh is restored to a free-flowing waterway. Over the last two weeks, the portion of the 625′ long, 15′ high structure damming the Neuse has been eliminated to reveal a fine set of new rapids not seen since before the American Revolution and the founding of Raleigh. Elimination of the barrier will allow the passage of migratory fish such as Striped Bass and Shad to spawn mi...
November 28, 2017 Project of the Week
U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced today that the new U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles was recently named Project of the Year by the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) at its National Conference and Trade Show in Washington, D.C. CMAA officials recognized 17 projects for construction management excellence in a variety of categories including government, healthcare, environmental, education, transportation and commercial. The new U.S. Courthouse in Los Ange...
November 21, 2017 Project of the Week
Marion Street Transitway
The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) recently selected the Stantec/Coast Autonomous team to provide Autonomous Mobility Services for the Marion Street Transitway. HART is a regional transportation authority charged with planning, financing, constructing and operating public transit facilities and service within Hillsborough County. The Marion Street Transitway project will be funded by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). This project includes the first deployment...
November 14, 2017 Project of the Week
Seawall Resiliency Project
The Port of San Francisco has selected CH2M, a leading program management firm and provider of global maritime engineering and coastal resiliency services, in partnership with Arcadis, a global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets, to lead the design and engineering for the 10-year, $40 million Seawall Resiliency Project. This monumental urban coastline initiative will reduce the seismic and flood vulnerability of San Francisco’s 3.5-mile long Embarcadero seawall and associa...
November 14, 2017 Project of the Week
Engineering Innovation Hub (EIH) Building
The State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz President Donald P. Christian, SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson, elected officials, Urbahn Architects, and PC Construction have broken ground for the Engineering Innovation Hub (EIH) building. The new, two-story campus structure will enhance SUNY New Paltz’s growing mechanical engineering program, house the headquarters and laboratories of the University’s Hudson Valley Advanced Manufacturing Center (HVAMC), provide space for potential busi...
November 7, 2017 Project of the Week
West Village and Orchard Park Apartments
As one of the first major steps in creating its two newest student housing facilities, the University of California, Davis, (UC Davis) has selected its project teams to develop and design the West Village and Orchard Park apartment sites, which will add room for more than 2,700 students. University Student Living was selected as the lead developer from among six developers previously vetted through the UC Student Housing Initiative. Design firm Stantec was selected to provide lead architectural,...
October 31, 2017 Project of the Week
Grand Island Regional Hospital
Grand Island, Nebraska, community members declared their broad support of the new Grand Island Regional Hospital last week with approximately 250 people attending the groundbreaking ceremony. The 64-bed hospital, which is being designed by HDR, represents a culmination of years of planning to create a facility that focuses on the community and the healthcare needs of the region. The new four-story, 174,000-square-foot full-service community hospital is about caring for patients, supporting the...
October 24, 2017 Project of the Week
The Winter Palace Hotel
Expected to be completed by the end of 2019, The Winter Palace Hotel is located in the city of Luxor, Egypt, overlooking the river Nile and the Valley of the Kings. Sofitel and Ekoth have chosen GM Architects to lead the project of revamping and modernizing its prestigious hotel with new creative components that reflect and embody the historical and archeolo- gical roots of its location. The hotel stands to represent the importance of colonial history, archaeological discoveries and cultu- ral...
October 17, 2017 Project of the Week
Residential Colleges at the University of Oklahoma
Utilizing the "residential college" community model, higher education design experts KWK Architects, partnered with architect of record ADG Architects of Oklahoma City, recently completed the first residential colleges in Oklahoma at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. A dedication ceremony for the new Headington and Dunham residential colleges was held on Oct. 11. “The residential colleges will have a huge impact on student life at the University of Oklahoma,” said University of Oklahoma Pre...
October 10, 2017 Project of the Week
Simpson Tower
CINTEC North America, designer and manufacturer of the CINTEC Reinforcing Anchor System, announces it recently helped restore the Simpson Tower, a famous Canadian landmark, and one of the tallest buildings in Toronto. WSP Canada Inc., the structural and facade engineering consultants for the over-cladding of the Simpson Tower, contacted CINTEC, whose innovative reinforcing technology was a perfect fit for the major restoration project. Additionally, D.F. Pray was retained as construction manage...
October 3, 2017 Project of the Week
Bridge Yard Seismic and Renovation Project
The Bridge Yard Seismic and Renovation Project in Oakland has won the Outstanding Historical Renovation Project Award from the San Francisco Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. HNTB Corporation designed and managed the project as lead architect and engineer for the California Department of Transportation and the Bay Area Toll Authority, which manages, invests and distributes the revenues from the region’s seven state-owned toll bridges. Andrew Fremier, deputy executive director o...
September 26, 2017 Project of the Week
Elizabeth River Tunnels
Skanska, leading a joint venture of Skanska, Kiewit Construction and Weeks Marine (SKW Constructors), today celebrated the official completion, one year ahead of schedule, of the award-winning design-build phase of the Elizabeth River Tunnels (ERT) project between Norfolk and Portsmouth, VA. Virginia Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne, representatives of local municipalities, and officials from SKW Constructors participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The completed ERT project features...
September 19, 2017 Project of the Week
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Unique art installations, gardens and courtyards are being used to help people find their way around Australia’s newest hospital. The $2.3 billion new Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), in the South Australian capital, officially opened last week and is the epicentre of the state’s health system. Reportedly the third most expensive building in the world, it replaces the old Royal Adelaide Hospital, which was established about 2km up North Terrace from the new site in 1856. Silver Thomas Hanley led...
September 12, 2017 Project of the Week
Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office Complex
Considering the old jail is at least 100 years old, Sullivan County knew years ago, it was essential to build a new, more modernized facility. Subsequently, after talking about it for decades, the Sullivan County lawmakers gave the approval to move forward with construction of a new jail. “We’re going from an 18th century to a 21st century correctional center,” said Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Chaboty. “We skipped the 20th century. We researched so many other jails across the state, and w...
September 5, 2017 Project of the Week
Adelaide Convention Centre
The $397 million redevelopment of Australia’s first convention centre has been completed a month out from a major international conference. The centrepiece of the Adelaide Convention Centre revamp is a state-of-the-art 3000sq m Plenary Hall. With a 3500-seat capacity, the hall can be divided into more than 15 configurations to accommodate a wide range of conferences, exhibitions, banquets and other events. The facility in the centre’s East Building features the world’s largest rotating seating...
August 29, 2017 Project of the Week
Old Chapel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
The renovation of the historic Old Chapel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The LEED rating system is the foremost program for buildings, homes and communities that are designed, constructed, maintained and operated for improved environmental and human health performance. Built in 1885, the Old Chapel is the most iconic and significant historic building on the UMass...
August 22, 2017 Project of the Week
4G Ranch Wetlands
Natural treatment systems (NTS) are ecotechnologies designed to treat water or reclaim degraded sites. Treatment wetlands are a core ecotechnology that have entered the mainstream of large municipal projects for tertiary wastewater treatment, water reclamation, water supply pretreatment and stormwater management. The award-winning 4G Ranch Wetlands is a public-private collaborative effort between Pasco County, Southwest Florida Water Management District and the Phillips Family who owns the land...
August 15, 2017 Project of the Week
Elliott Bay Seawall
Throughout the year the Elliott Bay Seawall project has received multiple awards for design, leadership, environmental, sustainability, emergency construction, engineering and management. Oldcastle Precast Auburn, Washington supplied the custom precast structures for this project. The $210M seawall project made extensive use of unique modular precast concrete components, which significantly helped speed up construction time, reduced project costs, and minimized impacts to adjacent properties an...
August 8, 2017 Project of the Week
Johnson Space Center
The Johnson Space Center (JSC) at NASA officially opened the doors to the new Human Health and Performance Laboratory (Building 21) at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 26. The ceremony was presided over by JSC Center Director, Dr. Ellen Ochoa. The 118,000 SF biomedical laboratory facility, designed by HDR based on NASA technical requirements, is the new home for the JSC Human Health and Performance Directorate, the primary agency organization focused on enhancing astronaut health and performan...
August 1, 2017 Project of the Week
I-4 Ultimate Improvement Project
The I-4 Ultimate Improvement Project, a roadway reconstruction project in Central Florida and one of the most complex and extensive infrastructure projects in the United States, has received the prestigious Envision® Platinum award from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). The I-4 Ultimate Project was recognized at an awards ceremony on July 20, 2017 for its environmental, economic and social sustainability efforts along the 21-mile reconstruction project. The I-4 Ultimate is the...
July 25, 2017 Project of the Week
Los Angeles Valley College Monarch Center
The Los Angeles Valley College Monarch Center in Valley Glen, Calif., has earned national recognition in the 2017 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS2). In honor of this achievement, members of the project team will be presented with awards from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) during a ceremony to take place at the building on Tuesday, July 25, at 1:30 p.m. “A vibrant and uplifting steel structure that takes full adva...
July 18, 2017 Project of the Week
Ohio DOT I-270/US 33 Interchange
Ohio Department of Transportation’s I-270/US 33 Interchange, designed by CH2M, received the 2017 ODOT/ACEC Partnering Award for Excellence in Highway Design in the Best Urban Project category. The ODOT/ACEC Awards for Excellence in Highway Design program, a cooperative effort between Ohio Department of Transportation and the American Council of Engineering Companies in Ohio, recognizes the state’s best projects in three categories – structure, rural projects and urban projects. Under an accele...
July 11, 2017 Project of the Week
Belleview Station
Belleview Station, the mixed-use transit-oriented development at I-25 and Belleview in south Denver, has announced the completion of phase one. With more than 100,000 square feet of retail space, 300,000 square feet of office and 678 residences nearing full occupancy, developer Front Range Land and Development Company is eyeing future developments on adjacent blocks that fit with its master plan for a smart and sustainable urban village in southeast Denver. “Belleview Station is rapidly becomin...
July 4, 2017 Project of the Week
The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1
Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering Inc. (BASE) has announced that The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1 was awarded 2017 Project of the Year by the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI). The PTI awards are given biennially and recognizes projects worldwide for excellence in its application of post-tensioned concrete. BASE was the structural engineer of record for this project developed by PACREP, LLC, designed by Guerin Glass Architects, and constructed by Albert C. Kobayas...
June 20, 2017 Project of the Week
Haven Plaza Square
Haven Plaza Square LLC, an affiliate of the Association of New York Catholic Homes and the New York Institute for Human Development (IHD); CTA Architects; and the managing agent The Wavecrest Management Team have just broken ground for an architecturally attractive $9.89 million natural disaster-resistant infrastructure building and associated resiliency upgrades at the affordable housing complex known as Haven Plaza. Haven Plaza Square LLC is the owner of the residential complex located on Aven...
June 13, 2017 Project of the Week
Idaho Avenue Pedestrian Overcrossing
T.Y. Lin International (TYLI), a globally recognized, full-service infrastructure consulting firm, announces that the Idaho Avenue Pedestrian Overcrossing (POC) in Santa Monica, California, has been awarded the prestigious 2017 International Bridge Conference (IBC) Arthur G. Hayden Medal. The Arthur G. Hayden Medal acknowledges a single recent outstanding achievement in bridge engineering demonstrating innovation in special use bridges, such as pedestrian, people-mover, or non-traditional struct...
June 6, 2017 Project of the Week
Inova II Office Building
Signifying the construction milestone of being approximately halfway through construction, the Inova II Office building celebrated its topping out. The structure will be southeast Denver’s newest innovative suburban class-A office building, located just off I-25 on East Dry Creek Road. Construction team members, along with the design team and other project stakeholders, celebrated the event with a BBQ and the tradition of placing the final steel beam onto the top of the building. Inova II was d...
May 30, 2017 Project of the Week
Ward Village
Howard Hughes’ Ward Village was recently named the “Best Master Planned Community in the Nation” by Architectural Digest, which applauded the Kakaako community for its design, materials and location. “The entire community has been a part of this redevelopment and that effort being recognized at a national level is, simply put, extraordinary,” Todd Apo, vice president of community development at Ward Village, said in a statement. “Ward Village is creating a new way of living in Hawaii, and this...
May 23, 2017 Project of the Week
Harpa Concert and Conference Center
Harpa Concert and Conference Center has been hailed as a symbol of Iceland’s economic dynamism and has since it opened in 2011 hosted a range of world-class congresses and concerts. The concert and conference center is part of a larger master plan for the area around Reykjavik’s harbour, intended to attract tourists and artists. But the building is more than merely beautiful; however, it is also CO2-neutral, obtaining its energy from Iceland’s geothermal resources. A characteristic appearance...
May 16, 2017 Project of the Week
Humber River Hospital
Humber River Hospital and its project partners are pleased to announce the facility’s achievement of LEED® Gold certification through the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). “We designed and built our new hospital on three core principles: Lean, Green and Digital,” notes Humber River Hospital President & CEO Barb Collins. “Being certified LEED® Gold is a testament to the work done by the hospital, and our project partners Plenary Health Care Partnerships and PCL Constructors, in respecti...
May 9, 2017 Project of the Week
Penn Medicine’s West Philadelphia Campus Pavilion
PennFIRST, an integrated project delivery team, is completing the planning and design process for the University of Pennsylvania’s new $1.5 billion hospital. The new “Pavilion” will be situated on Penn Medicine’s West Philadelphia campus where it will create a new public square and a focal point for all surrounding buildings to anchor the health system and create new connections between the hospital and the University campus. The official ground-breaking ceremony for the Pavilion was held on May...
May 2, 2017 Project of the Week
Oslo Airport Expansion
Designed by Oslo-based practice Nordic-Office of Architecture, the 115,000 sqm expansion to Oslo Airport sets new standards in sustainability. The competition-winning design, which uses snow as a coolant, has achieved the world’s first BREEAM ‘Excellent’ sustainability rating for an airport building. The expansion doubles the size of the existing terminal building with the addition of a new, 300m long pier. Nordic continued the timeless architectural expression and rational simplicity of the or...
April 25, 2017 Project of the Week
Texas Children’s Hospital
Texas Children’s Hospital is an internationally recognized full-care pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. One of the largest pediatric hospitals in the United States, the hospital is dedicated to providing the finest possible pediatric patient care, education and research. In 2006 local Aircuity representative, Vicon Equipment introduced Texas Children’s to Aircuity. They initially chose to implement the Aircuity platform to improve energy efficiency in its newly d...
April 18, 2017 Project of the Week
Morgan Avenue Subway Station
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the New York City architectural and planning firm of Urbahn Architects have completed the renovation of the historic Morgan Avenue subway station house. Serving the L train line, Morgan Avenue station house is located on the west side of Bogart Street, at the intersection of Harrison Place, in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. MTA served as project manager as well as structural; civil; and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) eng...
April 11, 2017 Project of the Week
Wilshire Grand Center - Los Angeles
The City of Angels will soon have a new 73-story tower watching over it ... but not accepting helicopters. Hanjin Group is working with Thomas Properties Group on the enormous mixed-use development. The design from AC Martin is unique for two reasons: It will be the tallest building in LA, and it will be the first to be built without a flat roof since 1974, when the fire ordinance was changed to require helipads after a devastating fire in São Paulo. The Wilshire Grand was granted an exception b...
April 4, 2017 Project of the Week
Jourdan Campus for Higher Education and Research
Designed by Thierry Van de Wyngaert and Véronique Fiegel, the Jourdan Campus for higher education and research brings unites the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Paris School of Economics. Spread over 12,500 square metres, located opposite the Cité Universitaire and the Dutch Residential College designed by Willem Marinus Dudok in 1928, the Campus buildings redevelop the Paris periphery in the wake of the tramway. Thierry Van de Wyngaert and Véronique Feigel designed a bar that folds, sways an...
March 28, 2017 Project of the Week
FasTracks Transit Expansion
The FasTracks transit expansion in Denver, specifically the North Metro Rail Line, is due to be completed by 2018. The project will cost $7.8 billion, and will be six new rail lines totalling 120 miles. The imagery is taken from an aircraft with a camera system designed and built by Nearmap. The system incorporates an array of cameras and GPS. It is highly automated and does not require a dedicated operator. The pilot simply follows the pre-prepared flight plan, flying the flight lines presen...
March 21, 2017 Project of the Week
The Finance Centre
A topping out ceremony was held late last month for The Finance Centre, a 42-story, class A office tower in Manila, Philippines. Thornton Tomasetti, along with local engineering firm SY^2, is providing structural engineering services to Daiichi Properties, the building’s developer. Located within the city’s Bonifacio Global City financial district, the all-concrete tower designed by Gensler consists of an eight-story podium with retail and commercial space on the first two floors, five levels of...
March 14, 2017 Project of the Week
Libeskind Building
Leuphana University of Lüneburg has a new face: its new central building was officially inaugurated on 11 March in the presence of Lower Saxony Minister-President, Stephan Weil. Built according to the plans of world-famous architect Daniel Libeskind, the spectacular building now forms the University's new centrepiece. It provides the perfect place to link together study, research and life, university and society. The building towering at nearly 37 m, cost around EUR 100m. About half of its total...
March 7, 2017 Project of the Week
University of Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building
Glass and light give transparency to health sciences building AN open plan layout and the latest hi-tech medical training feature in South Australia’s newest next-generation university campus. The University of Adelaide’s new Health and Medical Sciences (HMS) building is a 14-storey vertical campus in the heart of the city’s emerging biomedical precinct. The 65-metre tall, $246 million structure opened late last month and was designed by Lyons Architecture. Situated along the north o...
February 28, 2017 Project of the Week
Leeza SOHO
Zaha Hadid Architects has released newLeeza SOHO images of Leeza SOHO, their mixed-use design in Beijing’s Lize Financial Business District. The project is notable for its 190-meter tall atrium, which rises the full height of the building, uniting two twisting sections which contain 172,800 square meters of office and residential space. At the base of the tower, a new transit hub straddles a subway tunnel that is currently under construction. Project Team: Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects...
February 21, 2017 Project of the Week
Warrior Ice Arena
When the Warrior Ice Arena was built, the architect wanted to bring the imagery of hockey from the interior to the exterior of the complex. With a landmark 68-foot-high hockey stick, the new 75,000-square-foot practice complex of the Boston Bruins hockey team includes an ice rink with seating for 660 fans, a lobby featuring displays of Bruins accomplishments, a modern locker suite and team lounge and expansive training and weight rooms. Aggregate Industries US (AIUS), a subsidiary of LafargeHolc...
February 7, 2017 Project of the Week
Golden 1 Center
ACEC California named Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center as its 2017 Golden State Award Winner for its exceptional and unique sustainable design features. The Golden 1 Center – home of the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings – was designed by AECOM in association with Henderson Engineering, Inc. and is the first indoor sports arena in the world to achieve LEED platinum certification. The Golden State Award is the highest honor ACEC California bestows as part of its Engineering Excellenc...
January 31, 2017 Project of the Week
Cricket Valley Energy Center
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, will start work later this month to transform an abandoned industrial site in Dover, New York into one of the cleanest, most efficient, power-generation facilities in the United States. Cricket Valley Energy Center LLC has awarded Bechtel a contract to design and build the new, natural-gas fired power plant, which will provide electricity for one million homes and create approximately 1,100 jobs at peak construction. The...
January 24, 2017 Project of the Week
Angle Lake Station
When Doug Bixel, partner and president of Forrest Sound, needed a specific ceiling solution for the newly opened Angle Lake Station in the Seattle area, he turned to Architectural Surfaces, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-end acoustical wall and ceiling systems, and its Alumiline™ Linear Metal ceiling system. Architectural Surfaces came to the rescue for Bixel after the initial company that he was working with was unable to supply the originally specified ceiling. The Alumiline ceiling syst...
January 17, 2017 Project of the Week
Joint Intake and Fish Screen Facility
Thanks to a recently completed Joint Intake and Fish Screen Facility on California’s Sacramento River, salmon and endangered native fish are better protected, about 15,000 acres of crops are getting irrigation, and the cities of Davis and Woodland have a more reliable water supply. Located near Sacramento, CA, this project is a collaboration between Reclamation District 2035 (RD 2035) and Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency (WDCWA), with support from state and federal water managers and resources...
January 10, 2017 Project of the Week
Elmhurst Community Library
The 32,000-square-foot, terra cotta-clad structure with two large, protruding glass cubes was designed and built to meet LEED Silver standards. It houses four, fully accessible levels for library service, separate adult, teen and children’s library sections, an adult learner center on its own level, 24/7 book return, an early learning center with a play kitchen, a large international collection with materials in nine languages and an English language collection with 27,000 items for adults, 28,0...
January 3, 2017 Project of the Week
I-84 Hartford Viaduct Replacement Study
The I-84 Hartford viaduct replacement study has been described as the highest dollar value project currently in planning and design in the USA. The project covers a segment of I-84 that starts in downtown Hartford, Conn. and runs west for nearly four miles through densely populated urban areas on raised viaducts that were built in the mid-1960’s. The purpose of the I-84 Hartford Project is to address the highway’s structural deficiencies, improve traffic operations and safety, and improve mob...
December 20, 2016 Project of the Week
The AlexRenew Nutrient Management Facility
The Nutrient Management Facility, owned by Alexandria Renew Enterprises (AlexRenew), recently earned the first Envision Platinum certification from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) in the Washington DC/Virginia metro region. The Envision rating system provides a holistic framework for evaluating and rating the environmental, community, and economic benefits of large infrastructure projects that incorporate sustainability throughout the project lifecycle. The AlexRenew Nutrie...
December 13, 2016 Project of the Week
MGM National Harbor
The newest addition to the MGM Resorts International portfolio, the landmark MGM National Harbor—featuring 1 million square feet of gaming, lodging, entertaining, dining, retail and parking space—is a showcase for sustainability on the eastern shore of the Potomac River, just south of Washington, DC. Every element throughout the 24-story mixed-use development was designed with sustainability in mind, including extensive use of natural light, LED lighting and water-saving features, such as the 75...
December 6, 2016 Project of the Week
Ester Simplot Water Park
The beginning of 2016 saw the conclusion of an Oldcastle Precast project to design, detail, manufacture, and supply bridge components, decorative signs, multiple stormwater drainage products, and parking bumpers for Boise, Idaho’s newest and most spectacular city park, Ester Simplot Park. For main contractor, McMillen-Jacobs, Oldcastle Precast – Nampa, Idaho supplied six precast concrete, arched bridge fascia panels, twelve bridge column pier caps, nine park signs, various catch basins and ma...
November 15, 2016 Project of the Week
Union Station to Oak Cliff Dallas Streetcar TIGER Project
The Union Station to Oak Cliff Dallas Streetcar TIGER Project is Texas’ first modern streetcar system. The project is a collaborative endeavor between the City of Dallas, North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) and the U.S. Federal Transit Authority (FTA).
November 8, 2016 Project of the Week
150 North Riverside Plaza
SIZE: The 54-story building features 1.2 million square feet of office space with a unique superstructure and footprint that takes up just 25 percent of the two-acre lot. DEVELOPER: Riverside, Anthony Scacco, Executive Vice President ARCHITECT: Goettsch Partners Inc., Jim Goettsch, Partner STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA), Robert A. Chmielowski, Principal CONTRACTOR: Clark Construction Group-Chicago LLC, Chris Phares, Project Executive
November 1, 2016 Project of the Week
Circle Interchange
Photo of the IDOT Circle Interchange project in Chicago at dawn.
October 25, 2016 Project of the Week
Yerba Buena Island I-80 East-Side Ramps Project
Project Management: San Francisco County Transportation Authority Project Partners: Caltrans, Treasure Island Development Authority, Federal Highway Administration, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, U.S. Coast Guard Cost: $35 million development and $63 million construction Project Engineer of Record: AECOM Structural Engineering: Moffatt & Nichol Construction Management/Inspection: WSP Parsons-Brinkerhoff Contractor: Golden State Bridge Project Website: http://www.sfcta.org/YBI...Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
