Important Milestone Reached on Seattle Aquarium Ocean Pavilion

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Following two years of planning and construction, the concrete pour of the main tank of the $160-million Ocean Pavilion at Washington’s Seattle Aquarium is complete. The tank is two feet thick at minimum and includes 680 cubic yards of concrete and 355 tons of rebar – four times more rebar than a typical core. Turner Construction Company is the general contractor and LMN Architects is the designer. To view a time lapse video of the pour, click here. In planning for the pour that would essentially have no straight edges, Turner worked with its partners to create 229 panels that … Read more

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Snapdragon Stadium Kicks Off New Era for San Diego

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This fall’s football home opener for the San Diego State University Aztecs kicked off an exciting new era for the California school. The game marked the opening of Snapdragon Stadium – a 35,000-person capacity multi-use venue which, in addition to collegiate football, will host professional and collegiate soccer, NCAA championship games, concerts and events. The stadium is a part of the first phase of development at SDSU Mission Valley, a mixed-use, medium-density, transit-oriented development that will expand the university’s educational, research, entrepreneurial and technology programs. Completion of the stadium is the culmination of Clark Construction’s two-year Design-Build effort in conjunction … Read more

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Autodesk Construction Cloud Enhanced Suite of Capabilities Improves BIM for Construction Teams

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Autodesk University announces a suite of new capabilities across Autodesk Construction Cloud, making it easier for construction project teams to use and maximize the value of BIM from the office to the field. The enhancements provide all stakeholders with immediate access to model data and information that’s relevant, empowering team members to simplify workflows and make critical decisions faster. New advancements have been added to Model-Based Workflows in Assets, Model Property Breakdown, Publish to the Field, Extended File Support for Mobile and Reality Capture in Autodesk Construction Cloud. Additional advancements have been made to the Schedule Comparison and Version Control … Read more

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General Contractor Brings Home 2 Awards From 22nd Annual Zero Injury Safety Gala

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National Maintenance Agreements Policy Committee, Inc. has awarded Barton Malow Company the Bronze Star for logging more than 200,000 safe work hours on the Ultium Cells 2 Battery Plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The company also earned the Certificate of Merit for logging more than 100,000 safe work hours on the Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. plant in Burns Harbor, Indiana. Barton Malow Company accepted the honors at the 22nd annual Zero Injury Safety Awards Gala held in October. This is the fifth-consecutive year the general contractor has earned at least one ZISA recognition. Barton Malow is providing construction services on Ultium 2 … Read more

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Construction Industry Remains Constrained, Marcum Index Shows

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The Marcum Commercial Construction Index for the third quarter of 2022 reports that the construction industry remains constrained by labor shortages and elevated materials prices, but now also faces a rapidly deteriorating economic outlook and severely elevated borrowing costs. While some construction segments retain momentum, there are signs that broader economic weakness have begun to drag on the industry. The index is produced by Marcum’s National Construction Services group. Labor shortages remain the most pressing issue for the construction industry. “The number of unfilled construction jobs increased to 422,000 in September, the most in any month since at least 2000 … Read more

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