MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — Gilbane Building Company has been awarded the Phase III Academic Building and Parking Garage on the John Tyler Community College Midlothian Campus. The new 70,000-square-foot building will provide academic classrooms, computer and testing labs, administrative spaces, student/faculty common space, a black box teaching theatre, fitness classroom, dance/performance classroom space, student services space and café. The project will also include construction of a 350-space parking garage, necessary entrances/access roads and associated site improvements. “The college is very pleased with the selection of Gilbane as the contractor for the new Phase III Building at the Midlothian Campus. This 70,000-square-foot … Read more

St. Louis, Mo.-based McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has been selected as construction manager for the $45-million expansion of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, originally built by McCarthy and opened in 2001. The 79,000-square-foot expansion is set to begin in early 2014. The space will include flexible research laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment, as well as core facilities and additional growth chamber space. The expanded facility is expected to open in 2015. Plans call for building a three-story addition that will be attached to the west side of the Danforth Center’s existing building in Creve Coeur, making room for more than … Read more