Manhattan Construction Completes Historic Church Building Project

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DALLAS, Texas — Manhattan Construction has completed First Baptist Dallas’s landmark campus in downtown Dallas, Texas. The 500,000-square-foot facility includes a 3,000-seat worship center and sanctuary, with a 150-foot-wide viewing screen spanning two-thirds of the room and seven high-definition projectors making it one of the largest screens in any church in the world. A glass sky bridge connects the worship center to the five-story Horner Family Center, featuring children’s and youth classrooms, a gymnasium, three age-appropriate indoor playgrounds and a seven-story parking garage. In addition, a high-impact cross-tower and fountain are surrounded by three-quarters of an acre of public community … Read more

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The American Institute of Architects Selects the 2013 COTE Top Ten Green Projects

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment have selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and enhance the environment. The COTE Top Ten Green Projects program, now in its 17th year, is the profession’s recognition program for sustainable design excellence. The program celebrates projects that are the result of a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems and technology. They make a positive contribution to their communities, improve comfort for building occupants and reduce environmental impacts through strategies such as reuse of existing structures, connection to … Read more

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McCarthy Tops Out Concrete Construction for J. Craig Venter Institute on UCSD Campus

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — McCarthy has recently topped off the last concrete pour for the J. Craig Venter Institute on The University California, San Diego  campus. Completion is slated for later this year. Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects has designed he three-story, 45,000-square-foot laboratory facility. Expected to be the most environmentally friendly and only “net-zero energy” biological laboratory in the world, the new $39-million J. Craig Venter Institute will support approximately 125 scientists and other staff in their mission to further the institute’s goals in genomic research and policy. The location of the facility, on land leased from UCSD at the … Read more

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Smartphone Use by Contractors on the Jobsite Jumps 35% from Past Year

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Contractors’ use of smartphones while on the job jumped 35 percent from last year, according to new research from EMA Contractors, a specialty group at Eric Mower + Associates. While the use of tablets (i.e., iPad) rose nearly 54 percent over last year (overall, 22 percent of contractors are using tablets), most contractors (68 percent) said they use smartphones as part of their workday. Of those surveyed, 40 percent of contractors said they use smartphones when making purchasing decisions, making it second to desktop computers back at the office. More than half (56 percent) of respondents think … Read more

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Robin Renschen of McCarthy Appointed Chair of AGC Training, Education & Development Forum

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Robin Renschen, corporate director of learning and development with McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., has been appointed chairman of the national Training, Education & Development Forum Steering Committee for the Associated General Contractors of America. AGC developed the TED Forum to enhance performance and career development opportunities for individuals, member firms and the construction industry. Renschen will hold the position for a three-year term. With more than 20 years of experience aligning learning and performance objectives to business strategy and delivering quantifiable results, Renschen is an industry-recognized learning and organizational development leader. Since joining McCarthy in 2008, … Read more

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