NASA Selects Walsh Construction to Build New Research Support Building

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NASA has selected Walsh Construction to build a new research support building at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The total potential value of this contract is approximately $32.7 million. The two-story, 64,000-square-foot building will house approximately 164 employees and include open office areas, private offices, conference rooms, collaborative engineering rooms and a cafeteria with supporting kitchen and dining spaces. Work under the contract includes removal of existing paved surfaces and underground utilities; site preparation; caissons for foundation support; the construction of curbs, roadways, parking areas and pedestrian walkways and landscaping. The contract also includes supporting utilities to […]

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Iowa’s First Modern Mass Timber Office Building Construction in Progress

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Assembly of the mass timber components have begun on the state of Iowa’s first modern mass timber office building, 111 East Grand. The 66,800-square-foot, four-story multi-use building is located in the heart of the East Village of Des Moines. Featuring a “shou sugi ban” charred wood exterior and timber frame, the building continues the development of retail along Grand Avenue and connects City Hall with the East Village. 111 East Grand is a collaborative development between JSC Properties, Rypma Properties, Christensen Development and Ryan Companies and will be the largest project in North America to use dowel laminated timber. The […]

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West Campus Housing Project at UTC Chattanooga Completes for Fall 2018 Semester

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After a full year of planning and almost three years of building, Hoar Construction has completed the West Campus housing project on The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus. This dormitory has 225,000 square feet of residential space with 172 units and 233,000 square feet of parking with 680 more parking spaces for students. The project has added housing for 600 UTC students. “At UTC, like many colleges and universities across the state, they are trying to keep up with a growing student population,” said Chris Potter, project manager. “Freshmen enrollment has increased approximately 15 percent from 2015 to 2018 […]

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BNBuilders Commences Construction on Fire & Life Safety Upgrades at UC Irvine

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BNBuilders has commenced construction on numerous fire & life safety upgrades at the University of California. The firm is working with Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects for the $20-million Design-Build project. Interior The fire & life safety project at UC Irvine includes fire suppression systems (alarms and sprinklers) in 16 occupied buildings. The two largest buildings are Reines Hall (built in 1989, approximately 195,000 square feet) and Rowland Hall (built in 1968, approximately 232,000 square feet). Some renovations are being completed in occupied labs and around ongoing experiments, which must not be disturbed. In these areas, the bulk of the work is completed between 4 […]

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Harbor Way Pedestrian Promenade Features Interactive Walking Museum

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Skanska and members of the Seaport community recently gathered for a public block party event to celebrate the grand opening of Harbor Way, a 70-foot wide pedestrian promenade with 20,000 square feet of tree-lined open space and retail between Skanska’s 101 Seaport and 121 Seaport office developments, located in Boston, Massachusetts. To commemorate Skanska’s #SeaportShipwreck discovery during the construction of 121 Seaport and the rich industrial history of the neighborhood, Harbor Way features an interactive walking museum that includes a digital library of historical photos, maps and information, as well as a phone app with augmented reality functionality. The event […]

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