Omni PGA Frisco Resort Reaches Construction Milestone

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The highly anticipated Omni PGA Frisco Resort, located in Texas, recently celebrated its topping out with an official ceremony that marked a major milestone for the country’s largest resort in development. Slated to open spring 2023, the resort will boast 510 luxury guest rooms and Texas ranch homes, a dynamic mix of entertainment, dining and retail, and two championship golf courses, representing a $520-million investment into the City of Frisco. Omni Hotels & Resorts, general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie and SB Architects participated in the traditional ceremony, which included placing an evergreen atop the building along with the American flag, … Read more

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Construction Complete on New Facility for The Center for New Horizons, Inc., Head Injury Association

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Racanelli Construction Company, Inc. recently completed a new facility for the Center for New Horizons, Inc., Head Injury Association. The 10,000-square-foot, single-level facility is located in Mineola, New York. The project involved a complete gut and build-out. Racanelli installed interior foundation walls along with underground plumbing, a ramp to accommodate individuals with disabilities, exterior canopy, aluminum composite material panels, as well as sidewalks, curbs and an asphalt parking lot. A full kitchen, bathrooms and six activity rooms, each with its own sink, cabinets, bathrooms, showers and closets, were built. Among the materials and components used in the project were: metal … Read more

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New 15,700-SF Power Plant to Serve as Energy Source at Wake Tech’s Newest Campus in Wendell, N.C.

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Development and construction firm Skanska has been selected to construct a central energy plant for Wake Technical Community College’s seventh physical campus, Eastern Wake 4.0, in Wendell, North Carolina. The name Eastern Wake 4.0 denotes the term Industry 4.0, a reference to a fourth industrial revolution with the intelligent networking of machines and processes with information and communications technology. This includes 5G, big data and cloud computing, resulting in a future of the Internet of Things and smart manufacturing, smart transportation and smart cities. Skanska will build a 15,700-square-foot energy plant to house chillers and boilers that will provide distributed … Read more

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Build-to-Suit Facilities for Northrop Grumman under Construction

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Two build-to-suit facilities leased by Northrop Grumman, one of the largest defense contractors in the world, are under construction in Huntsville, Alabama. The project team includes general contractor Robins & Morton, Corporate Office Properties Trust and Powers Brown Architecture. The two buildings, located in Huntsville’s Redstone Gateway development, total 236,000 square feet and stand five stories tall. Construction began in February 2021. The buildings are primarily concrete structures, built using a tilt-wall process. Robins & Morton poured, then erected, 76 concrete panels earlier this fall to assemble the building’s exterior structure. The team used a 1.9 million pound crane to … Read more

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Virginia Hospital Center Outpatient Pavilion Project in Arlington Achieves Construction Milestone

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The topping out milestone in the construction of Virginia Hospital Center’s new outpatient pavilion in Arlington, Virginia, has been achieved. Representatives from Skanska USA, VHC and Skanska’s construction partners commemorated the event by signing a steel beam, which was then placed atop the seven-story building. VHC, a community-based hospital, has provided medical services to the Washington, D.C.-metropolitan area for more than 75 years. When completed, the hospital will move its outpatient services to the new 245,000-square-foot facility providing direct, easy access for patients to treatment and examination rooms for outpatient physical and aquatic therapy, an outpatient lab and pharmacy, surgery … Read more

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