Renovations at Broward Health Medical Center Support Largest Graduate Medical Education Program in South Florida

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The $10.8-million renovation of the Graduate Medical Education facility at Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is complete. Spanning 28,250 square feet, the project transformed a hospital space on the first floor previously occupied by radiology offices into a modern hub designed to house the largest GME program in South Florida that will educate, train and support the region’s physician workforce. Over the course of 14 months, Skanska served as general contractor for the healthcare construction project leading a renovation that included the full interior demolition and rebuild of the first-floor space. The work encompassed the relocation and … Read more

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West Contra Costa USD Completes Construction on Campus Replacement at Lake Elementary School

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West Contra Costa Unified School District recently celebrated the completion of the Lake Elementary School campus replacement project in San Pablo, California. The project replaces an outdated and undersized campus, delivering modern, high-performing learning environments to serve 470 students from transitional kindergarten through sixth grade. Funded by Bond Measure R, the project was a collaborative Design-Build initiative between Quattrocchi Kwok Architects and Alten Construction, creating safe, healthy and modern learning spaces to support the surrounding community’s needs. Designed around the “learning suite” concept, classrooms are grouped around shared, flexible open spaces and break-out areas to enhance specialized and collaborative instruction. … Read more

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Preconstruction Lead Selected for Proposed NorQuest College’s Career Skills Centre

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Clark Builders has been selected to lead preconstruction services for the proposed NorQuest College’s Career Skills Centre, a landmark facility that will help prepare learners for Alberta, Canada’s evolving workforce. In close collaboration with NorQuest College and GEC Architecture, the project team is actively advancing the design, planning and costing required to bring this bold vision closer to construction. Located in downtown Edmonton, the new Career Skills Centre will become a dynamic and inclusive learning hub. It will bring together modern training environments for healthcare, business and technology programs, while significantly expanding NorQuest’s capacity to deliver hands-on, future-ready education. Designed … Read more

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Peebles High School Rises from Ashes with Sustainable, Future-Ready Campus in Scotland

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Pupils and staff in Peebles, Scotland are settling into a transformed learning environment with the opening of the new Peebles High School, replacing the building lost to fire in 2019. Delivered by BAM in partnership with Scottish Borders Council and Hub South East Scotland, the project combines a modern, sustainable school with a strong focus on community and skills development in the Scottish Borders. BAM embedded social value into the heart of the project, facilitating £5.9 million in benefits for the local area. From design competitions and engagement sessions with school pupils to structured work placements for students from Scottish … Read more

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Poland’s Largest Railway Hub Opens Post-Modernization

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The largest railway junction in Poland, the Warsaw West station, has recently opened following almost five years of comprehensive modernization conducted by Budimex, the Polish subsidiary of Ferrovial. Located in the western part of Warsaw, the station serves up to 60,000 passengers and accommodates nearly 1,000 trains daily. As part of Poland’s National Railways Program, the reconstruction project involved demolishing the former station and building a new one. The new station features a large entrance hall in the northern area, nine surface-level platforms and an underground access corridor leading to the tracks, which also functions as a shopping arcade. The … Read more

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