Top Beam Placed on Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building

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A construction milestone was celebrated March 3 at the new Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building, as the final beam was placed atop the 10-story building in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Located on the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix campus at 475 N. Fifth St., the 245,000-square-foot research building will be a hub for healthcare and scientific innovation when it opens in early 2017. The Center for Applied Nanoscience and Biomedicine will be headquartered in the building. Researchers at the center are already making cutting-edge discoveries, such as the Rapid DNA test, which detects early-stage bacterial infections. The center’s interdisciplinary … Read more

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Sundt to Build Mathematics & Science Building at Golden West College

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – The Coast Community College District recently selected Sundt Construction, Inc. to build its new Mathematics & Science Building at the district’s Golden West College campus in Huntington Beach, California. The 118,000-square-foot project, designed by HMC Architects, will feature a three-story classroom building that includes computer labs, lecture rooms, 18 wet and dry science labs, faculty offices and a STEM center. The project’s design phase is underway, with construction expected to begin in late 2016. The project, which is to be publically bid, will be administered using the multiple-prime delivery method. In addition to the Mathematics & … Read more

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Brasfield & Gorrie Observes Women in Construction Week

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Brasfield & Gorrie recently announced the company is joining with the National Association of Women in Construction in observing Women in Construction Week March 6-12. Established by NAWIC, the week aims to highlight women as a visible component of the construction industry, to raise awareness of the opportunities available for women in the construction industry and to emphasize the growing role of women in the industry. Women have played key roles in Brasfield & Gorrie since its inception. In fact, one of the company’s five founders, Imogene Powell, served as an early pioneer among women in the … Read more

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Winners of 2016 Decorative Concrete Council Award Announced

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, St. Louis, Missouri, has announced the winners of its eighth annual Decorative Concrete Awards competition. The winners were recognized at a ceremony at the World of Concrete in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Feb 2. The USF Polytechnic 555 Building, Lakeland, Florida, won the WOW! Award, best overall project for Baker Concrete Construction. The innovative design in architectural concrete includes an elliptical-shaped structure highlighted with exposed concrete raker portals. The first architectural concrete constructed were retaining walls with integral concrete seating caps. These … Read more

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Three Steps to Enhancing the Crew’s Safety

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By Jenna Avitabile There has been a dramatic increase in urban development across the country. Parking lots, underused commercial properties and former industrial sites are more frequently being replaced by condominiums, apartments, townhouses and small-lot, single-family homes, as well as retail/mixed-use projects —including a rise in repurposing project sites in order to optimize usable space. With urban construction becoming much more dense — building against buildings and streets on all edges — innovative technologies, such as 3-D modeling and new cloud-based mobile safety methods, as well as ongoing corporate training, are being utilized more frequently and in tandem to enhance … Read more

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