Enclosure of Halas Hall Addition for NFL’s Chicago Bears Complete, Expansion & Renovation on Track

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Mortenson has completed the enclosure of the major new addition to Halas Hall, putting it on track to complete the expansion and renovation of the home of the Chicago Bears National League Football team before the start of next year’s football season. The modernization, including the 162,500-square-foot addition that more than doubles the size of the Bears’ headquarters, located in Lake Forest, Illinois, will deliver an expansive, state-of-the-art training center for players, coaches and the entire football operation. Improvements include: 13,000-square-foot indoor turf field with projection screen, virtual reality room and adjacent classrooms for learning and practicing plays Expanding the … Read more

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Tim Murchison Elected New Chair of CMAA

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Tim Murchison, JD, CCM, vice president of AECOM, became chair of the Construction Management Association of America at the Association’s National Conference & Trade Show. Murchison has more than 40 years of experience in construction management and design and has served on the CMAA board of directors since 2013. In assuming this leadership position, Murchison said, “CMAA is an organization with a strong sense of mission and purpose and I am honored to have a role in advancing its objectives. Serving as officers for 2018-19: •  Immediate past chair: Chris Payne, MBP •  Chair-elect: Iraj Ghaemi, Atkins •  Secretary/treasurer: Agnes … Read more

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Nation’s Best Design-Build Projects Recognized for Collaboration

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The Design-Build Institute of America has announced the winners of its 2018 National Design-Build Project/Team Awards competition. The program promotes exceptional diversity in project size, sector and geography while celebrating the innovative and collaborative teams who produce projects that inspire. This year’s winners, consisting of 29 projects across sectors including aviation, civic buildings, transportation and water/wastewater, were recognized at this year’s DBIA’s Design-Build Conference and Expo. Within the water/wastewater category, two Brown and Caldwell-involved projects received accolades: •  National Excellence Award – RM Clayton Water Reclamation Center Headworks (City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management) •  National Merit Award – … Read more

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Multiplex Moves Forward with University of Glasgow’s Research Hub

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Plans for a new £113m University of Glasgow, Scotland research hub have been given the green light by the city council. Multiplex will now proceed with full-scale building work on the scheme, after beginning piling works onsite earlier this month. The 17,000-square-meter research hub, designed by HOK Architects, will be the first building to be constructed on the 14-acre site of the former Western Infirmary, a teaching hospital in the city that closed down in 2015. Part of a wider £1bn campus development program, masterplanned by AECOM and 7N Architects, the hub will be a vibrant, collaborative facility at the … Read more

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STRABAG Subsidiary ZÜBLIN Receives Contract to Build Nuremberg School Center

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The Ed. Züblin AG, a subsidiary of the listed European construction group STRABAG SE, was commissioned to plan and implement the new construction of the Bertolt Brecht School in Nuremberg, Germany. The contract amount is € 108 million and the construction period is scheduled from November 2018 to November 2021. The cooperative school center consists of a municipal high school, a municipal secondary school and a state middle school. With its sports classes, the BBS is a so-called “partner school of competitive sports” and was awarded as the Elite School of Sports (German Olympic Sports Federation) and Elite School of … Read more

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