McCarthy Building Companies Celebrates Completion, Topping Out of Vantage Data Centers in Goodyear, Arizona

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General contractor McCarthy Building Companies recently completed the fully commissioned AZ13 building for Vantage Data Centers, a provider of hyperscale data center campuses. AZ13 is the third of five planned data centers at Vantage’s AZ1 campus in Goodyear to be constructed and delivered by McCarthy’s Mission Critical team. The team is simultaneously celebrating the topping out of AZ14 on the same campus, which is expected to complete in summer 2026. When fully developed, the 50-acre campus will offer hyperscalers and large cloud providers 176MW of critical IT load across five data centers totaling more than 1 million square feet. Vantage … Read more

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Balfour Beatty Selected for Bassett High School Stormwater Capture Project

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Balfour Beatty’s Civils operations has been selected to deliver the approximately $60 million Bassett High School Stormwater Capture project in La Puente, California. In partnership with Los Angeles County Department of Public Works and Bassett Unified School District the project team will construct an underground infiltration gallery at Bassett High School to improve water quality of waterways in La Puente, West Covina, Baldwin Park and City of Industry, as well as enhance green spaces on site for public use. Balfour Beatty serves as construction manager at-risk to deliver the project which involves the installation of underground storage and storm drain … Read more

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Groundbreaking Held for Lake County Sheriff’s Office

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The Design-Build team of Gilbane Building Company, K2M and Lakeland, The Construction Group broke ground on the new Lake County Sheriff’s Office in Painesville, Ohio. The correctional facility, located across the street from the county’s current jail, will increase the capacity from 355 to 504 beds over three and a half floors and 250,000 square feet. It is designed to enhance the criminal justice system with innovations in inmate supervision, mental health treatment, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, medical care and post-release supervision through intensive probation. The project is scheduled to open in the summer of 2027.

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New Study Examines Construction Worker Safety, Mental Health

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Research findings indicate construction contractors continue to make progress responding to issues affecting worker safety and health, such as heat and mental health, but many areas for improvement remain. The new study, Safety Management in the Construction Industry 2023 SmartMarket Report, examines occupational safety and health challenges across the industry and shines a light where more effort is needed. It was conducted by Dodge Construction Network and CPWR. Key findings include: Working in extreme heat is increasingly common in construction, posing significant safety and health risks to workers. To combat this problem: 52% of contractors in the study report making … Read more

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Gilbane President, CEO Joins ACE Mentor Program Board of Directors

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Gilbane Building Company announced the appointment of President & CEO Adam R. Jelen to the ACE Mentor Program of America Board of Directors. Jelen will serve in this leadership role for a renewable three-year term. The board plays a crucial role in shaping ACE’s initiatives and supporting the development of young talent in the field. Jelen has long championed ACE, including serving as a founding member and emeritus board member of the ACE Mentor Program of Wisconsin. The mission of the ACE Mentor Program is to engage, excite and enlighten high school students to pursue careers in architecture, engineering and … Read more

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