State Correctional Facility One of Largest Construction Projects in Utah History

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Big-D Construction recently wrapped up its services as the program manager consultant for the Utah State Prison Relocation project. A joint venture with Kitchell CEM, the Utah State Correctional Facility is one of the largest construction projects in the state’s history. The project is also among the largest detention projects in the United States. Dozens recently gathered for the official ribbon cutting at the new facility, marking its substantial completion. Comprised of 35 buildings and 1.35 million square feet of operational space, the facility sits on approximately 172 acres of land, about five miles west of the airport. The total … Read more

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Four-Story Vertical Expansion, Renovation at BayCare St. Anthony’s Hospital Complete

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Construction on a four-story vertical expansion and renovation project at BayCare’s St. Anthony’s Hospital, located in St. Petersburg, Florida, is complete. Robins & Morton served as the general contractor on the project, which included 143,000 square feet of new construction and 75,000 square feet of renovation. The scope included adding 90 new private patient rooms and support space, a dialysis unit and three new surgical suites with connections to the existing hospital at key levels. Construction also included horizontal expansion of a new main entrance and a new central energy plant. The vertical expansion was built over two existing stories … Read more

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Christchurch Convention and Exhibition Centre Wins Master Builders Civic Project Award

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The Te Pae Christchurch Convention and Exhibition Centre, designed and constructed by CPB Contractors, has won the Civic Project Award at the 2022 New Zealand Commercial Project Awards. Located in Central Christchurch in New Zealand, the CCEC draws on its South Island location with a sweeping curved façade consisting of over 42,000 individual mounted tiles representing the contours of the Southern Alps and braided Canterbury Rivers. The 28,000-square-meter building consists of a 1,400-seat tiered auditorium, operable walls to configure 24 meeting rooms, an exhibition hall and banquet hall and assorted food, beverage and retail amenities. Committed to working with the … Read more

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Tangible Ways to Improve Day-to-Day Safety Performance

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How STEP influences the role of a superintendent through leadership, culture, process + results By Joe Xavier Our people are our greatest asset, and we must take advantage of every opportunity to leverage and advance world-class safety for the construction workforce of more than 7.5 million. Safety is an essential pillar of Associated Builders and Contractors’ mission, and we strive to ensure all construction workers go home in the same — or better — condition than when they arrived on the jobsite or at the office. One of the most important tools in the journey to safety is the STEP … Read more

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BESIX Contributes to New State-of-the-Art School Campuses in Abu Dhabi

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The Abu Dhabi Investment Office, in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge, has awarded the contract for the Zayed City Schools public-private partnership project to a consortium led by BESIX and Plenary Group. The Zayed City Schools PPP project, located in the United Arab Emirates, includes the design, build, finance, maintenance and transfer of three new school campuses with a capacity of 5,360 students in Abu Dhabi’s Zayed City. As a pathfinder project developed from origination to award under Abu Dhabi’s new PPP regulatory framework, it will pave the way for increased private-sector participation in delivering … Read more

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