A Chat with Lance Wafler, Superintendent at DPR Construction

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By Chris Maday Schmidt Lance Wafler, superintendent at DPR Construction, is a high-energy, forward-thinking superintendent who’s built projects in several of the firm’s regions over the last seven years, as well as led the field operations for some of its largest data center projects. He joined DPR from Holder in 2010. Join Construction Superintendent as Wafler talks about the challenges surrounding the execution of data center projects, as well as his strategies for putting together project schedules and the importance of role models in the industry. (Q) Talk a little about what makes data center projects unique in scope and … Read more

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Joint-Venture Team Delivers Marriott Marquis in Chicago

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CHICAGO, Ill. – Marriott Marquis Chicago recently opened its doors to guests, providing conventioneers and visitors to Chicago, Illinois’ South Loop with a new option for hotel accommodations. The anticipated addition to the McCormick Square campus brings additional hotel space to the community surrounding McCormick Place, the nation’s largest convention center. Clark Construction Group, lead member of the Design-Build joint venture team Prairie District3 Partners, partnered with the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority to deliver the $350-million hotel, support structures and campus improvements. At 1,205 rooms, the Marriott Marquis is Chicago’s sixth largest hotel. Cloaked in a distinctive blue glass … Read more

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Phase 1 of Largest Healthcare P3 Project in Canada Complete

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After nearly a decade of work, Phase 1 of the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal is complete. The project team included Obrascón Huarte Lain, Laing O’Rourke, along with CannonDesign and Neuf Architects. Begun in 2009, the CHUM teaching institution is one of the largest healthcare public-private partnership projects in Canada. Initially structured as a two-phased project, the design of the campus arrangement and architecture were reconfigured in order to accelerate development. As a result, Phase 1 delivers the hospital’s core healthcare capabilities, including all patient rooms, all operating theatres, diagnostic and therapeutics, as well as the oncology program, leaving … Read more

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Stillwater School District Opens Doors to New Schools, Additional Classrooms

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Kraus-Anderson Construction Company has completed two major projects for Stillwater Public Schools. Just in time for students returning to school in the fall, projects included construction of the new Brookview Elementary School, as well as a ninth-grade addition and new athletic complex at Stillwater High School. Brookview Elementary School Brookview Elementary in Woodbury, Minnesota is a new 74,000-square-foot, $18.6-million facility that can serve up to 600 students grades K-5. Designed by BWBR Architects, the new school features individual classroom pods that open to a common learning space. Construction included a 6,000-square-foot assembly gymnasium with an open cafeteria … Read more

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Opening of Largest Infrastructure Project in Scotland a Decade in Making

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DALLAS, Texas – Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and Arup celebrated the official opening of the Queensferry Crossing by Her Majesty The Queen. The Jacobs Arup joint venture has worked with Transport Scotland since 2007 to develop and manage the Forth Replacement Crossing project in the east of Scotland. The Scottish Government investment of over $1.6 billion comprises the new Queensferry Crossing, the longest three-tower, cable-stayed bridge in the world and 13.7-miles of major motorway upgrades to the cross-Forth transport corridor. The Jacobs Arup JV co-located with Transport Scotland as an integrated Employer Delivery Team, initially in Transport Scotland’s office in … Read more

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