Architectural Firm, Developer and Builder Selected for OGE Energy Corp. HQ

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Kestrel Investments and OGE Energy Corp. recently announced two firms will play major roles in the proposed design and development of a new downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma office building to house OGE's headquarters. The building will be developed and built by Clayco, Inc. and designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects. “We are thrilled to have firms of the caliber of Clayco and RAMSA leading the proposed development and design of this building,” said Rainey Williams, president of Kestrel Investments. “I"m excited to have them join our efforts to create a building that will continue the unprecedented growth in downtown Oklahoma … Read more

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Peter M. Kinsley Appointed DBIA 2015 National Board Chair

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Peter M. Kinsley has been elected to serve as the 2015 National Board Chair of The Design-Build Institute of America. Kinsley leads the Government & Public Services Group for Haskell and is a Designated Design-Build Professional. His career spans 20 years and includes the successful delivery of numerous projects across a wide variety of industries for both public and private clients using design-build and construction management at-risk. Additional membership elections to DBIA's 2015 National Board of Directors leadership include G. William Quatman, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., to serve as vice chair and Praful M. Kulkarni, gkkworks, to serve … Read more

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SunShare and Mortenson Announce Strategic Agreement to Develop, Build Community Solar Gardens in Minnesota

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — SunShare, a community solar company with offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Denver, Colorado, and Mortenson, announced a strategic relationship to develop and build solar gardens in Minnesota. The announcement comes a week after Xcel Energy announced its plan to more than double its renewable energy by 2030, including exponential growth in solar from 14 megawatts in 2015 to 2,400 megawatts in 2030. Mortenson will serve as the full engineering, procurement and construction contractor, while SunShare will develop, finance, own the solar gardens and sign up energy users for the program. The renewable electricity generated will be available … Read more

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Sundt Construction Completes Yoshihiro Uchida Hall Renovations at San José State University

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sundt Construction Inc. recently completed renovations and seismic upgrades to Yoshihiro Uchida Hall, a multi-purpose athletic and academic facility, at San José State University. The new facility, which features a refurbished Judo activity space, updated weight training classroom, exercise physiology research lab, stress management lab and classroom, aquatic center, updated instructional gymnasium and a new air conditioning and fire sprinkler system, is part of a $48-million project to improve and modernize the university’s 176,062-square-foot historic Spartan Complex. “We aimed to retain the architectural integrity of the existing building, while improving the complex’s aesthetics with color, appropriate exterior … Read more

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Jobsite Safety Climate: Examining Lagging Indicators & Incorporating Leading Indicators

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By Mary Watters and Linda Goldenhar, Ph.D.       If a superintendent starts with a safety talk in the morning, but focuses only on production the rest of the day, foremen and workers may start to think it’s acceptable to cut corners on safety to get the job done. A good safety climate requires integrating safety concerns into every aspect of a firm’s operations. But how is that best accomplished? Leaders in the construction industry are well aware of costs associated with work-related injuries and illnesses. Yet many firms remain overly dependent on lagging indicators (injury numbers and rates) … Read more

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