Construction Begins on New Boutique Hotel Brand in Central Florida

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ette Hotel has selected Barton Malow as the construction manager for its first-of-a-kind, boutique hotel property adjacent to Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park, located in Kissimmee, Florida. Barton Malow is also self-performing civil and concrete services for the project. The six-story, 126-room hotel features a rooftop lounge, library and a theater room on the main floor with reclining chairs and wall screen projection for families to select a movie to enjoy after a long day of travel or visiting the nearby theme parks. Additional elements include meeting rooms, a kid zone, fitness center, outdoor pool and dining area. Owned by … Read more

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Under Construction: A New High School, a World of Career Options

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JE Dunn Construction recently gave 73 freshmen engineering students from Jenkins High School a site-tour introduction to managing a construction project from the ground up — in this instance, a brand new Jenkins High to replace the existing school facility built in the 1950s in Chatham County, Georgia. This was an especially exciting experience for students who will soon be walking the hallways and continuing their high school experience at the newly constructed school. JE Dunn is the construction manager for the $57.8-million project for Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, delivering a 239,000-square-foot, two-story instructional building on the existing 40-acre Jenkins … Read more

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Ground Broken for 1.25-Million-Square-Foot Industrial Development in Arizona

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Ground was recently broken by Willmeng Construction Inc. for a new $115-million, master-planned Class A industrial space located within Glendale, Arizona’s New Frontier District. The first phase of the project includes a 705,531-square-foot facility and 488,995-square-foot building, which equals over 1.25 million square feet when combined into a single structure. At full build-out, Park303 is set to encompass 4.5 million square feet of Class A industrial space, significantly increasing the amount of rentable space in the West Valley. Designed by Butler Design Group, and developed by Lincoln Property Company, phase one is expected to be completed in the last quarter … Read more

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Dedication Ceremony Held for Robins & Morton Construction Field Laboratory

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Auburn University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction and Robins & Morton recently celebrated the dedication of the Robins & Morton Construction Field Laboratory, located in Auburn, Alabama. A facility of the CADC’s McWhorter School of Building Science, the first-of-its-kind lab will advance hands-on education and research. It was made possible with support from its namesake construction firm -valued at more than $1.3 million. The Robins & Morton Construction Field Laboratory, located on the university’s campus, recreates an active construction site, complete with a classroom that resembles a project office and indoor and outdoor spaces to demonstrate building processes. The … Read more

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Ground Broken for Fullerton College’s New Instructional Building

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Fullerton College, along with BNBuilders and Roesling Nakamura TeradaArchitects, broke ground for the campus’ upcoming new $54-million Instructional Building and Central Utility Plant Upgrade. The Instructional Building and CUP Upgrade is the Fullerton, California community college’s first new construction in 10 years, and its first ever progressive Design-Build project. Located between the 1400 and 1200 buildings, the new Instructional Building will improve students’ educational experience, both in and out of the classroom. The new three-story, 74,927-square-foot Instructional Building at Fullerton College will house the Humanities Division, which consists of the Communication Studies, English, English as a Second Language, Foreign Languages … Read more

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