BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. — Leopardo recently completed construction of the new, 61,000-square-foot headquarters for the Scottish Rite Cathedral Association’s Valley of Chicago. The Scottish Rite is one of the appendant bodies of Freemasonry that a master mason may join for further exposure to the principles of Freemasonry, the oldest and largest fraternal organization in the world with more than 2 million members in North America. Located on a heavily wooded 16-acre site, the new two-story Scottish Rite headquarters features a 270-seat auditorium, dining hall for 290 people, bar, full-service kitchen, traditional Masonic Lodge Hall, museum, library, administrative offices, lush landscaping and … Read more

PORTLAND, Maine — Consigli Construction Co., Inc. has begun exterior restoration of the Togus Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Building 200, located at the VA Maine Healthcare System Campus in Augusta, Maine. The main hospital building at the VA, Building 200 is part of the oldest veteran’s facility in the country, opening in 1866. Currently a 67-operating bed facility with general medical, surgical, intermediate and mental health beds, as well as a 100-bed nursing facility. The $5 million project encompasses a 30,000-square-foot restoration of the historic building’s façade and parapets, which will involve demolishing all existing parapets down to the roof … Read more