Turner Construction Company Completes Build-Out of Schneider Electric’s New Regional Office

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  Turner Construction Company’s Special Projects Division in Nashville, Tennessee has completed the build-out of Schneider Electric’s new southeast regional office in Cool Springs, which will consolidate several of its existing Middle Tennessee locations under one roof. Schneider’s new 150,000-square-foot office space in the Two Franklin Park building occupies floors 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8, with additional renovation on floor 5 in preparation for future expansion. Today, more than 800 Nashville-area employees work in the space. Construction began in April on the $11.2-million project, designed and engineered by Gresham Smith & Partners. The state-of-the-art, virtually wireless regional office includes … Read more

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New U of A Health Sciences Innovation Building to Foster Collaboration among Multidisciplinary Teams

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The last steel beam was put into place recently at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building project in Tucson, Arizona, a world-class center designed to be the vanguard for interprofessional, team-based health professions education in the United States. Kitchell broke ground on the $165-million facility last year. Designed by CO Architects with Swaim Architects, the 10-story, 220,000-square-foot building is located on the west side of the Arizona Health Sciences Campus, north of the Bio5 building off East Helen Street and North Cherry Avenue. The project is envisioned to foster collaboration among multidisciplinary teams of students and faculty in … Read more

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BNBuilders Awarded Library, Park & Sheriff’s Office

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – BNBuilders, in partnership with Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects, has been awarded the new Borrego Springs, California branch library, park and sheriff’s office. The $11.5-million, Design-Build project is designed to celebrate the social and cultural history of the Borrego Springs community and the unique environment of this desert setting. The new project uses Borrego Springs’ status as a Dark Sky Community as inspiration for the design. Dark Sky Communities adopt outdoor lighting ordinances and offer education to promote and preserve the night skies for future generations. Design elements and artful educational displays incorporate constellation mapping, references to … Read more

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Highway Construction Project Kicks Off Next Month

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Sundt Construction has been awarded a $25-million contract by the Utah Department of Transportation to complete a highway reconstruction project. The project includes construction of a new bridge over I-215 to create an interchange at Redwood Road and approximately two miles of new concrete pavement on I-215. In addition to the interchange, Sundt will reconstruct one mile of Redwood Road to Center Street and an additional five miles of Redwood will be rehabilitated with new asphalt pavement. The project will generate a variety of opportunities for the area’s skilled tradespeople, including heavy equipment operators, concrete … Read more

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JE Dunn Completes The Learning Academy at WellStar Kennestone Hospital

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ATLANTA, Ga. – JE Dunn Construction recently completed a new child care and education center for WellStar Health System, Inc., in Marietta, Georgia. The three-story, 32,200-square-foot Learning Academy at WellStar Kennestone Hospital serves infants through Pre-K, and is managed by Bright Horizons. The project’s construction value was $9.5 million. The architect of record is Stanley Beaman & Sears of Atlanta. The assignment challenged the project team to relocate the facility to a smaller site with sloped terrain, to accommodate a wide range of services and environments (classrooms, play areas and rooms for mildly ill children) and to provide for anticipated … Read more

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