McCarthy Purchases Hotel, Plans New National Employee Development Campus

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McCarthy Building Companies announced the completion of its purchase of a 12-acre former hotel and convention site, which will become the company’s new campus for people development, innovation, leadership programming and company culture. The campus will host thousands of McCarthy employees from across the country annually for multi-day learning and development programs, team-build outings and company meetings. As a longstanding community builder, McCarthy will revitalize the 12-acre campus, preserving its distinctive architectural character while bringing a completely refreshed and modern aesthetic to the campus. The new Tempe center will host professional development programs, leadership and executive development and skill-specific coaching … Read more

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Robins & Morton, AdventHealth Break Ground on AdventHealth Auburndale ER

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Construction firm Robins & Morton joined AdventHealth to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new AdventHealth Auburndale ER on Jan. 8 in Auburndale, Florida. The facility will feature 12 private exam rooms, advanced imaging including X-ray, CT, and ultrasound and a full-service lab. Families can also expect pediatric emergency care, pharmacy services and respiratory therapy. The 13,000+ square-foot facility is also expected to create more than 35 new jobs. HuntonBrady is the architecture firm chosen for the project and Robins & Morton will manage the construction. The AdventHealth Auburndale ER, a department of AdventHealth Heart of Florida, is scheduled to open … Read more

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McCarthy Tops Out Project at Vantage Data Centers’ Campus outside Reno, Nevada

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General contractor McCarthy Building Companies completed the topping out milestone for Vantage Data Centers’ second of four planned data centers on its NV1 Campus outside of Reno in Storey County, Nevada. With representatives from Storey County and Vantage leadership in attendance, the project marked significant progress on the NV12 facility, the second 64-megawatt data center on the campus. Phase I of the campus provides hyperscalers and large cloud providers with 128 MW of combined critical IT capacity across its NV11 and NV12 facilities. The campus has created more than 1,200 local construction jobs and has already generated significant local economic … Read more

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USGBC Aligns LEED v5 to Sustainable Wood Certification Standards

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The U.S. Green Building Council announced a determination on wood certification systems in the LEED v5 green building rating system in alignment with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, the Forest Stewardship Council-US, and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification. This includes the recognition of major sustainable wood standards in LEED, marking a significant advancement in promoting the use of sustainably sourced wood. The goal of this alignment is to spur demand for more certified wood products worldwide. The newly released evaluation of wood certification programs in LEED v5 allows wood sourced from multiple credible standards to count toward LEED points. This … Read more

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Researchers Publish Structural Engineering Manual for Bamboo

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Comprehensive guidance about the design of permanent bamboo structures has been published by the Institution of Structural Engineers. The detailed design manual draws on the expertise of four international authors from academia and industry. They are all members of the INBAR Bamboo Construction Task Force, one of the leading international bodies on the structural uses of bamboo: Dr David Trujillo CEng, assistant professor in humanitarian engineering, School of Engineering at the University of Warwick; Kent Harries Ph.D., FASCE, FACI, FIIFC, PEng, professor of structural engineering and mechanics, University of Pittsburgh; Sebastian Kaminski CEng, an IStructE Fellow and a structural engineer … Read more

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