Chicago Bears Unveils Halas Hall Expansion

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The Chicago Bears recently unveiled the Halas Hall expansion, which included a 162,500-square-foot football operations addition to the already existing 143,000-square-foot facility and a 30,600-square-foot remodeling project on the northeast side of the building. The project broke ground in Lake Forest, Illinois, in March 2018. HOK was the design firm, Mortenson Construction was the general contractor and Corporate Concepts provided the furniture. As part of the project, a new player entry was designed with a hallway featuring all 14 of the Bears’ retired numbers, wall/ceiling lights that illuminate as players enter and music capabilities leading up to a 46-inch video … Read more

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Progressive Design-Build Water Treatment Plant Project Underway in Texas

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In order to meet the needs of a growing population and to shift from reliance on groundwater to surface water as the source for its drinking water, the city of Houston and four regional water authority partners are undertaking a 320 million gallons per day $1.765-billion Design-Build expansion of the Northeast Water Purification Plant. It is the largest progressive Design-Build water treatment plant project underway in Texas and in the United States. McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., through the Houston Waterworks Team, was awarded three separate contracts on the project—the early works central plant foundations package, which broke ground in June … Read more

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New Amtrak Maintenance Facility Allows for Local Train Repairs

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The new Locomotive Service Facility at the King Street Coach Yard in Seattle, Washington, has recently been completed for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Amtrak. This $32-million project included the demolition of the previous warehouse onsite and construction of a new 31,000-square-foot locomotive service facility. PCL Construction Services, Inc. served as the general contractor for the new maintenance facility. The new facility was constructed on top of 178 steel-driven pipe piles at a depth of 180 feet below grade and heavily reinforced structural concrete-grade beams were constructed to tie the pile foundations together, supporting the new pre-engineered metal building. This … Read more

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Interstate Highway Improvements Completed in Texas

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Interstate Highway 10 Improvements at Old Fredericksburg in Leon Springs, Texas, have been completed. Sundt Construction served as the general contractor. “Our team faced multiple challenges on this project,” said Project Manager Pat Beal. “Weather impacts had to be worked through and we needed to maintain access for the traveling public on intersection and ramps during multiple phases of construction. Our team worked hard to complete the project and deliver a quality product to the owner.” The Design-Bid-Build project took three years to complete and included grade separation at Old Fredericksburg, reconfiguration of ramps, reconstruction of the intersection and widened … Read more

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Power Facility at Leading Research University Expanded, Upgraded

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An essential expansion and upgrade to Arizona State University’s combined heating and power facility located in Tempe, Arizona, has been completed. The project effectively doubles the available electrical power for the ASU research community microgrid, while also doubling the steam capacity used for heating by both the research community and the Tempe campus distribution network. The CHPF allows ASU to be completely independent of the electrical grid if it ever needed to be, such as in the instance of a citywide power outage, ensuring that there is no disruption to millions of dollars’ worth of ongoing research. The CHPF expansion … Read more

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