Joint Venture to Collaborate on $5B Pediatric Campus in Dallas

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Children’s Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center have selected HKS and Perkins&Will as the integrated design team to collaborate on a new pediatric campus in Dallas to meet the demands of the growing North Texas population. McCarthy Vaughn Partnership — a joint venture of McCarthy Building Companies and J.T. Vaughn Construction — will serve as construction manager for the $5-billion project. The new campus, which will replace the existing Children’s Health hospital in Dallas, is designed to be one of the largest, most transformative pediatric hospitals in the nation and will include 4.5 million square feet of construction. Children’s Health … Read more

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Graduate Auburn Hotel Reaches Construction Milestone

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Graduate Auburn Hotel in Auburn, Alabama recently celebrated structural completion of the project with a topping out ceremony. The five-story, 177-room, nearly 140,000-square-foot hotel has direct views of Auburn’s campus and Toomer’s Corner. It will feature an indoor-outdoor rooftop bar, ground-floor café and meeting and banquet space. The property will be the newest in the Graduate Hotels collection, which includes more than 30 locations in iconic cities and college towns across the United States and United Kingdom. Designs are inspired by local culture, history and collegiate nostalgia. During the topping out ceremony, the project team hosted the Auburn University Raptor … Read more

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PPP Delivers Six Schools for Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland

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One of the nation’s largest school districts, Prince George’s County Public School System, recently opened its sixth new school as part of its “Blueprint Schools” program. Located in Fort Washington, Maryland, the Colin L. Powell K-8 Academy opened to students in November 2023, and held its ribbon cutting Feb. 21. The additional five schools — Sonia Sotomayor Middle School at Adelphi, Drew-Freeman Middle School, Hyattsville Middle School, Kenmoor Middle School and Walker Mill Middle School — opened in September 2023. The program was delivered as a 30-year public-private partnership by the Prince George’s County Education & Community Partners consortium comprised … Read more

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Ground-Breaking Ceremony Held for Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Inpatient Tower

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A recent ceremonial groundbreaking marked the beginning of construction on Harbor-UCLA Medical’s inpatient tower in Torrance, California. The 545,000-square-foot acute care inpatient tower is part of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center’s roughly $1.7 billion redevelopment program, which will consolidate medical services into new facilities on its 72-acre campus. Scheduled for completion in the spring of 2028, the campus will meet the growing demands of healthcare delivery and ensure structural resilience in compliance with Senate Bill 1953, which is set to take effect in 2030. The design-build project team includes Hensel Phelps + HMC Architects + CO Architects. Learn more about this project … Read more

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Robins & Morton Breaks Ground on Okaloosa Gas District Headquarters

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Ground was recently broken on the headquarters for Okaloosa Gas District, located in Valparaiso, Florida. The project includes a four-story, 152,000-square-foot office building, an 18,400-square-foot operations center a 7,200-square-foot vehicle maintenance building and a 23,540-square-foot warehouse. The space will allow Okaloosa Gas District to consolidate its team members into one location. Further, the campus will replace the existing buildings – including some that are about 70 years old – in which the utility’s support services are housed. The facilities’ meeting spaces will also be available for community events . The project is scheduled for completion in 2025. Robins & Morton … Read more

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