Lemonwood Elementary School Phase One Opens

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SANTA ANA, Calif. – Phase one of the redesigned Lemonwood Elementary in Oxnard School District (California) is now open. SVA Architects was the architect on the project, with Swinerton Builders serving as general contractor and Caldwell Flores Winters, Inc. as program manager. The $31.4-million Lemonwood Elementary campus will house 900 K-8 students. The project has been strategically developed on a fully occupied campus with minimal disturbance and no interim housing. The completed first phase includes the main classroom and multipurpose buildings. Phase two, which is underway, will include new kindergarten classrooms and administration buildings and will be completed in 2019. … Read more

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Brasfield & Gorrie Marks Construction Milestone on Ovation Office Buildings

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – General contractor Brasfield & Gorrie joined Highwoods Properties to mark a milestone in the construction of a new headquarters facility in the Ovation mixed-use development within the Cool Springs district of Franklin, Tennessee. The facility will serve as the new U.S. headquarters for Mars Petcare. During a recent ceremony, construction crews celebrated the topping out milestone. With two connected buildings and a seven-level parking garage, the new headquarters will include approximately 223,700 square feet of office space that will provide pet-friendly and collaborative areas for employees. Designed and constructed with sustainability in mind, the facility is pursuing … Read more

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Work Begins on New Atlanta Multifamily Tower AMLI Oak Valley

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ATLANTA, Ga. – JE Dunn Construction has begun work on AMLI Oak Valley, a multifamily community featuring a 24-story tower and a five-story mid-rise, which together will deliver 391 luxury apartments to Atlanta, Georgia’s Buckhead neighborhood. The AMLI Oak Valley project also includes a 255,000-square-foot, precast parking deck with 665 spaces. The 370,000-square-foot concrete tower will provide 307 apartments; the 95,000-square-foot wood, mid-rise building will have 84 apartments. The community will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes with a variety of interior features including floor-to-ceiling windows and 10-foot ceilings, as well as outdoor and studio fitness facilities, clubrooms and … Read more

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Hyatt Regency Stonebriar Breaks Ground in Frisco

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The Hyatt Regency Stonebriar has broken ground in Frisco, Texas at Stonebriar Centre. The 18-story, 303-room hotel will feature a parking garage, conference center and a city library. The hotel developer is Sam Moon Group; contractor is Brasfield & Gorrie; architect is HKS, Inc. and Looney & Associates will manage the interior designs. The hotel will be attached to the Stonebriar Centre mall on the second floor and will be located between Nordstrom and Dillard’s. The project features a 54,585-square-foot conference center including a grand ballroom, junior ballroom and additional breakout spaces; an 800-space parking garage, of which 200 spaces … Read more

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Mortenson to Build $140M in Wind Energy for Illinois

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Mortenson recently added three new Illinois wind farm projects that will contribute an additional 289 MW of electricity to the state by the end of 2018 and an additional 194 MWs in 2019. “Illinois is an ideal state for wind energy, both because of its geography and its need for power due to major manufacturing centers and large population,” said Tim Maag, vice president and general manager of Mortenson’s Wind Energy Group. “Despite ranking sixth in the nation for wind energy, though, Illinois has to really ramp up energy from renewables very quickly to meet its goals.” “According to the American Wind … Read more

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