New Brookhaven City Centre Showcases Georgia’s First Mass Timber Municipal Building

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Brookhaven City Centre celebrates the grand opening of Georgia’s first mass timber municipal building, constructed McCarthy + Barnsley, A Joint Venture. Located just north of Atlanta, the new city hall is a major milestone for Brookhaven, serving a populace of nearly 60,000 people and marking the first purpose-built city hall since the city of Brookhaven was incorporated in 2012. Brookhaven City Centre is the only government facility in the state of Georgia built primarily using mass timber, featuring exposed wood throughout the upper levels and concrete for the parking garage. The building exemplifies a growing national trend in sustainable development … Read more

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Construction Complete on Sustainably Designed Office Complex in Berlin

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The “INK – Inspire Neukölln,” at Ballinstrasse 15 (Germany), celebrates its successful completion. Ed. ZÜBLIN AG implemented the construction project as general contractor on behalf of CMF Capital GmbH and EPISO 5, a fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners. Inspire Neukölln, a sustainably designed office complex with a total gross floor area of 30,000 square meters, is located on the site of a former printing works. Inspire Neukölln consists of two interlocking, six-story buildings on a continuous base. It offers future-oriented working environments for the manufacturing industry, start-ups and technology companies. Up to a total of 2,000 people can find … Read more

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Swinerton Hires Project Executives Cooper Martin, Courtney Field

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Industry experts Cooper Martin and Courtney Field have recently joined Swinerton as project executives in the company’s Atlanta, Georgia and Carolinas divisions, respectively. Martin brings an extensive construction acumen to the firm’s leadership team with experience managing over $370 million of construction projects spanning nearly 3 million square feet. As the grandson of a civil contractor and the son of a Georgia Power electrical engineer, Martin was inspired by the AEC industry from a young age. During a college break, Martin interned on a jobsite and found his calling, changing his major to construction management, and later graduating with a … Read more

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Prefab Construction Streamlines Nexus Leiden Build

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Located in the Leiden Bio Science Park West in the Netherlands, Nexus Leiden comprises 9,100 square meters over four large floors, housing 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 onsite disruption of the building’s construction. Working closely with the project’s main contractor, Dura Vermeer Bouw Zuid West, and concrete supplier Holcon BV, Mammoet supported the assembly of the building’s shell structure, which was made of precast concrete and steel. A centerpiece … Read more

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CSCEC Holds Topping-Out Ceremony for Union Square Batam Project

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CSCEC has held a topping-out ceremony for the Batam United Square Project in Indonesia, marking the completion of the main structure of the high-rise, mixed-use complex in Harbour Bay’s business district. The project has now moved into the next construction phase. Spanning 5,673 square meters with a total floor area of about 75,000 square meters, the development includes a six-story podium, 34-story office tower and a 33-story hotel and serviced apartment building, rising to 137.3 meters. Once finished, it will be among Batam’s tallest buildings, enhancing the city’s skyline and supporting regional economic growth. The team completed the structural phase … Read more

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