Modular Construction Project in San Marcos to Begin Late Summer 2018

CHICAGO, Ill. – Z Modular, a division of Zekelman Industries, will be involved with Cheatham Street Flats, a multi-story steel-framed student housing complex located in San Marcos, Texas. The 175-unit, 234-bed mixed-use development, when completed, will be approximately 192,000 square feet in size. Cheatham Street Flats will replace today’s blighted city block with a contemporary exterior and modern interior that will service the community of Texas State University. “By utilizing Z Modular and our disruptive steel-framed modular construction method,” said Richard Rozycki, senior vice president of Z Modular, “the Cheatham project will be completed within one year of groundbreaking, allowing … Read more

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Hawaii’s Groundbreaking $375M Wastewater Project Unveiled

Hawaii’s largest-ever wastewater system upgrade has been completed. Following a U.S. EPA Consent Decree to improve Windward Oahu’s sewage collection and treatment system by June 2018, Brown and Caldwell, an environmental engineering and construction firm, worked with the city and county of Honolulu and its team of construction partners to deliver the Kaneohe-Kailua Wastewater Conveyance and Treatment Facilities Project on an accelerated schedule and within budget. The solution involved connecting the Kaneohe Wastewater Pre-Treatment Facility to the Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant via a three-mile long, 10-foot-diameter gravity sewer tunnel, increasing the region’s wastewater conveyance and storage capacity while reducing … Read more

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CEP Piping Expansion Begins at Children’s of Alabama

Hoar Construction recently started a piping expansion project that ties the Lowder and McWane buildings into the central energy plant on the Children’s of Alabama campus. The CEP was built to anticipate a larger load than the Benjamin Russell expansion facility and to eventually support all existing facilities on the children’s campus. The team will take the hot and chilled water piping from the Benjamin Russell Hospital 6th Avenue tunnel into the McWane and Lowder buildings. The work will require coordinating with multiple trade partners and managing dozens of shutdowns. Much of the work will occur at night and on … Read more

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New Police Headquarters Topped Out

To the construction industry, topping out ceremonies are symbolic and bring project stakeholders together to celebrate the project. This was the case for the community of Englewood, Colorado, as individuals celebrated the new police headquarters being built, which is now about 40 percent completed. The city of Englewood, represented by owner’s representative CBRE, has been using the Public Safety Services Complex built in 1972. The existing facility lacks appropriate security design, needs significant facility repairs and does not comply with ADA regulations or police facility standards. In 2016, the community passed a bond to build a new police and safety … Read more

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Parks Transformed to Reflect Heart of Colorado Communities

PCL Construction Services, Inc. has completed Re-Imagine Play, Phase I at Paco Sanchez Park in Denver, Colorado, as well as the Civic Area Park in Boulder, Colorado. PCL was selected to transform these two popular parks that are at the heart of their communities. The work completed at the Re-Imagine Play at Paco Sanchez Park includes a new and innovative playground named “Re-Imagine Play.” The playground’s inventive design features a complex, 30-foot-tall climbing tower that resembles a vintage microphone, paying homage to the park’s namesake, radio host and activist Paco Sanchez. Re-Imagine Play is an innovative concept that goes beyond … Read more

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