Shedd Aquarium Unveils $500-Million ‘Centennial Commitment’

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Shedd Aquarium recently unveiled a new, comprehensive strategic vision aimed at ensuring a more equitable, sustainable and thriving future for people and aquatic life. Leading to the organization’s 100th anniversary in 2030, the multi-faceted Centennial Commitment is a transformational investment in Chicago, Illinois communities and aquatic ecosystems around the world, requiring half a billion dollars and eight years to accomplish. Ambitions within Shedd Aquarium’s Centennial Commitment center around three primary pillars — “For People, For Communities, For Aquatic Life.” More than half of the $500-million investment will power the programs and partnerships needed to achieve Shedd’s Centennial Commitment’s aspirations. These […]

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Gilbane Building Company Tapped to Complete Second Phase of TD Garden Renovations

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Gilbane Building Company has been selected to serve as construction manager for the second phase of TD Garden’s extensive renovation and expansion project in Boston, Massachusetts. Gilbane was selected for the second phase after having successfully completed the first phase of work, which included an enhanced spectator experience by creating a new “front door” entrance while providing multiple new restaurants and amenity spaces, improved theater-type seating and advanced audio-visual technology. Designed by SCI Architects, the second phase renovations include upgrades to existing visitor locker rooms, performer rooms, bathrooms and shower facilities, a new laundry room, staff locker rooms, a first-aid […]

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XL Construction Completes ‘Mass Timber’ School Construction Project

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XL Construction, in collaboration with Aedis Architects and Daedalus Structural Engineering, has completed its first TimberQuest “mass timber” school construction project for Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, in Atherton, California. The project, which was built with a quick turnaround of 11 weeks during the summer of 2021, is approximately 4,000 square feet in size and contains four 1,000-square-foot classrooms, each with a restroom. Features include extensive natural lighting with exposed timber walls and ceilings. The Sacred Heart classrooms exceed California’s Building Energy Efficiency Standards Title 24 by between 35-60% and has solar and net-zero capabilities. The new classrooms now serve Sacred […]

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Construction Complete on New Chase Bank Branch in Missouri

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A new Chase Bank branch in O’Fallon, Missouri is open with Knoebel Construction serving as the general contractor. Part of Chase Bank’s major national expansion initiative, the location is the fourth build that Knoebel has completed this year. Knoebel completed Chase Bank branch locations in Richmond Heights, Missouri; O’Fallon, Illinois and Little Rock, Arkansas. Each of the approximately 3,300-square-foot locations features modern design elements and open, collaborative spaces with room for meetings and customer education sessions. Each branch was built with a drive-up teller and ATM lanes. Significant building material shortages during the O’Fallon build posed a primary project challenge, […]

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New Discovery Building at Santa Monica High School Welcomes Students

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Construction on the new Discovery Building at Santa Monica High School in California (locally known as SAMOHI), is complete. The three-story, 280,000-square-foot academic complex houses 43 classrooms, including science and computer labs, indoor and outdoor dining facilities, an Olympic-size swimming pool, a suite for medically fragile students, a rooftop garden classroom and a parking garage for nearly 300 cars. Transforming SAMOHI’s North Campus, this $133-million innovative structure is designed as an “open building,” with a flexible, open-column grid, raised floor and non-load bearing walls which can be reconfigured over time. The academic complex will cater to social interactions and strengthen the sense of community on SAMOHI’s campus by elevating educational, cultural […]

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