Balfour Beatty Joint Venture Awarded Two Development Contracts in Hong Kong

Balfour Beatty’s 50/50 joint venture, Gammon, has secured two significant development projects with a combined value of HK $6.1 billion for two new government buildings and five residential towers, located in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Kwun Tong Composite Development Gammon will be responsible for the design and construction of a 25-story building accommodating a new college and other training facilities, as well as a nine-story building to include community and welfare amenities on behalf of the Architectural Services Department, valued at HK $2.7 billion. To ensure the project’s safe and efficient delivery, Gammon will utilize offsite, precast methods, as well as […]

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State Correctional Facility One of Largest Construction Projects in Utah History

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 […]

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

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 […]

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Christchurch Convention and Exhibition Centre Wins Master Builders Civic Project Award

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 […]

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Tangible Ways to Improve Day-to-Day Safety Performance

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 […]

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