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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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$3.6M Tenant Improvements Complete for County of Orange Probation Department

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Expanding its portfolio of work in the Los Angeles/Orange County area, BNBuilders recently completed tenant improvements for the County of Orange Probation Department, located in Laguna Hills, California. The $3.6-million project is one of the firm’s recent and upcoming projects in the region. For the County of Orange, BNBuilders completed tenant improvements to an existing 13,286-square-foot, one-story building on a 50,041-square-foot lot. The general contractor performed both design/preconstruction and construction services for the project. Preconstruction services included reviewing the construction documents and advising on alternatives for cost and time savings, ways to gain efficiencies and procurement of materials and subcontractors. The […]

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Design-Build-Led Seismic Renovation of Robert A. Young Federal Building Complete

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An seismic renovation of the Robert A. Young Federal Building—one of downtown St. Louis, Missouri’s largest office buildings—has been completed to improve the historic structure’s seismic performance. The McCarthy Building Companies’-led Design-Build project team included Gensler (lead designer and architect of record), Etegra (associate architect) and Thornton Tomasetti (structural engineer). Other project team members included William Tao & Associates, Integrated Facility Services, Aschinger Electric and Wilson’s Structural Steel. The U.S. General Services Administration, which owns and manages the 20-story, 1-million-square-foot building, undertook the $75-million Design-Build project to provide additional shelter-in-place opportunities and safe exiting for the building’s 3,000 occupants in […]

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