SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Level 10 Construction has completed building a new 16,500-square-foot habitat for Asian Leopards at the San Diego Zoo in California. The exhibit, which opened in June, replaces the leopards" former Cat Canyon home and connects with the existing Panda Trek Exhibit to the north. The Asian Leopard habitat was designed by Architects Mosher Drew. The $2.8-million habitat has four separate exhibit areas with enclosed overhead passageways above the visitor walkways allowing the leopards to climb up high and cross between habitats. Each habitat is in a separate enclosure built of structural steel and enclosed with stainless … Read more

  PHOENIX, Ariz. — Balfour Beatty Construction recently celebrated the completion of the Space Between, a new community gathering space and temporary park designed to bring activity and vitality to a vacant lot in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. A pro bono project built in collaboration with Downtown Phoenix Inc. and design partner Logan Simpson Design, the new Space Between park brings shade, grass, tables, benches and other sustainable landscaping features to a parcel of land spanning First and Second streets, nestled between the Valley Youth Theatre and Taylor Place. <!—more—>On Aug. 21, 100 community members, project partners and dignitaries commemorated the … Read more

STORRS, Conn. — The already high-profile Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math residence hall at the University of Connecticut received even more attention at a topping out ceremony on Sept. 14. Hosted jointly by UCONN and the project's Design-Build Team Leader, KBE Building Corporation, the traditional ceremony was held in celebration of the latest milestone for the $79-million construction project. In the week leading up to the ceremony, all project subcontractors were invited to sign the building's last two precast planks. During the ceremony, KBE staff members placed the final two planks, which were attached to an American flag and a … Read more

CHICAGO, Ill. — On Sept. 1 representatives from the city of Palos Heights, Williams Architects and Gilbane Building Company broke ground on the addition and renovation to the Palos Heights Recreation Center in Palos Heights, Illinois. Gilbane is serving as construction manager for the program and Williams Architects as the architect. Made possible via a successful referendum in November 2014, this project will include approximately 24,000 square feet of additional space, as well as additional parking spaces. Interior components of this facility include a new gymnasium, fitness center, track and the renovation of the existing gymnasium and staff offices into … Read more