ATLANTA, Ga. — Brasfield & Gorrie recently broke ground on the new $18.5-million Ronald McDonald House in Sandy Springs, Georgia. A groundbreaking ceremony on Sept. 30 marked the start of construction on the new three-story, 55,000-square-foot facility, which will replace the existing Peachtree Dunwoody Road House. With 31 rooms, the new house will nearly triple Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities" capacity to serve families with children being treated at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite. In addition to rooms for patients and their families, the facility will feature an interior treehouse suspended above the lobby. Serving as general contractor, … Read more

STORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut has chosen KBE Building Corp. to design and build a new $79-million, multi-story residence and science, technology, engineering and math building at its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut. KBE will serve as design-builder and constructor for the 210,000-square-foot building, which will contain a STEM educational component and 727 student beds, including 23 that are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The new building will be located west of Sherman Field and adjacent to the existing Hale and Ellsworth dormitories. The project is the first project awarded under the University’s Next Gen building … Read more

MT. VERNON, IOWA — The Tilt-Up Concrete Association has announced the winners for the 2014 Alphonse Engelman Safety Awards. The TCA created the awards program in order to recognize the contractors in the industry committed to maintaining safe working environments on their jobsites. In 2007, this program was renamed “The Alphonse Engelman Safety Awards Program” in honor of past TCA president and champion of tilt-up construction safety, Al Engelman. Engelman helped introduce this industry awards program that now bears his name. The Alphonse Engelman Safety Awards program was developed to enhance the TCA's overall mission to improve the industry through … Read more

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — Stalco Construction and Ehasz Giacalone Architects have completed a $700,000 renovation and upgrade of The Peter W. Addiego Health Sciences Library at the Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, New York. According to Stalco Construction President Alan Nahmias, “The renovated two-story, 12,000-square-foot library features an improved layout, energy-efficient building systems and new interior finishes.   In addition to providing print, digital and online reference materials, the space serves as a meeting and lecture facility.” Located within a low-rise section of NUMC’s Dynamic Care Building, the Health Sciences Library is one of the largest on Long … Read more