Sundt Selected to Build Student Services at Golden West College

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Sundt Construction, Inc. was recently selected by the Coast Community College District as the construction manager for a new $24-million Student Services Center at the district's Golden West Campus in Huntington Beach, California. As the district's construction manager, Sundt will oversee, coordinate and direct construction activities during the pre-construction, bidding, construction and post-construction phases of the project. Once completed, the 50,000-square-foot facility, designed by tBP Architecture, Inc., will consolidate the college's multiple departments into a centralized, one-stop location in the center of campus. The project, which is expected to break ground in early 2016, celebrates the … Read more

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Hensel Phelps Breaks Ground on Denver's Union Tower West

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Hensel Phelps marked the groundbreaking for the booming market of Denver, Colorado's newest project, Union Tower West. The firm will soon add to the skyline the 315,000-square-foot hotel and office developed in collaboration between Portman Holdings and Hensel Phelps Development Group. The project is located at 1801 Wewatta St. in Denver's lower downtown district. This mixed-use project helps activate the area around the historic Union Station and extends the concepts of connectivity, walkability and urbanism inherent in the overall master plan for Denver's newest neighborhood, The Commons. The project features a 180-key select-service hotel, approximately 100,000 square feet of office … Read more

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Level 10 Construction to Break Ground for Sunnyvale Fire Station

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SUNNYVALE, CA — Level 10 Construction will break ground June 17 on the construction of Sunnyvale Fire Station #5 and Public Safety Training Center, located at Moffett Place in Sunnyvale, California. The groundbreaking ceremony will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the two-acre project site at 1210 Bordeaux Drive. It will be co-hosted by the city of Sunnyvale and the Jay Paul Company, the developers of Moffett Place. The 18,000-square-foot fire station and public safety training facility includes an onsite training classroom, a 50-person classroom and a 25-yard tactical indoor firing range to be used by public … Read more

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SLAM Recognized on Five Teams Receiving CBC Project Team Awards

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GLASTONBURY, Conn. — On June 9, The S/L/A/M Collaborative, was recognized for its participation as a Design Firm on five of the eight CBC Project Team award-winning projects at the 19th annual awards banquet in Hartford, Connecticut. The Connecticut Building Congress looks for outstanding building projects that exemplify project team excellence and represent the best practices in teamwork by project owners, architects, engineers, constructors and trades. Each year, CBC recognizes projects whose team members have met or surpassed goals and achieved higher project quality through this close collaboration. The Connecticut Building Congress honored project teams that showed extraordinary collaboration in … Read more

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The Construction Specifications Institute Endorses AIA's Design Build Documents

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Construction Specifications Institute has endorsed the American Institute of Architect's Design-Build documents. This endorsement follows a thorough review of the 2014 documents by CSI liaisons to the AIA Contract Documents Committee and by the CSI Technical Committee, both of which analyzed the documents for good industry practice, consistency and alignment with CSI core technical values. “Design-Build represents a method of project delivery that integrates the relationship between designers and contractors for enhanced collaboration and teamwork,” said Robert W Simmons FCSI, CCPR, CSC, president of CSI. Given the diversity of CSI's membership, AIA's Design-Build agreements present a … Read more

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