Preserving Our Nation’s Heritage with Menokin Glass House Project

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    With the Menokin Glass House project, the Skanska team is taking a unique approach to preserving the ruins of the house of Francis Lightfoot Lee, one of the seven signers of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia. The Menokin house was built in 1769 and was designated as a historical landmark in 1971 for its significance. It sits on a 500-acre property along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Gateway. As the owner’s project manager, the team is overseeing the conservation and repair of the historic manor house in Warsaw, Virginia. Rather than a traditional rebuild, however, the project includes … Read more

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AP Completes New Fire Station in Greenwood Village

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GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. – Adolfson & Peterson Construction and members of the local community recently celebrated the completion of the new South Metro Fire Rescue Station 31 in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The grand opening celebration was an educational experience for children and families to tour the facility and learn about the operations of the fire fighters and staff. It was held a few weeks after the fire fighters and staff celebrated the first ambulance and fire truck moving into the station. The new 12,740-square-foot fire station was built after demolishing its outdated structure and was completed in 11 months. Features … Read more

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PCL Construction Renovates Facility at Los Angeles Mission

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – General contractor, PCL Construction donated its resources and time to fully renovate the Los Angeles Mission’s outdoor restroom facility in Los Angeles, California, at no cost. The city of Los Angeles required the LA Mission provide an accessible restroom, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, which could remain open to the public 24/7. In addition, the facility was in desperate need of renovation and had no door. PCL Construction worked with the Mission and subcontractors to donate their time and resources to self-perform the renovation of the facility. “We are extremely grateful to PCL … Read more

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Mortenson Transforms Former Chicago Sun-Times Printing Plant into State-of-the-Art Data Center

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CHICAGO, Ill. – Mortenson Construction and QTS Realty Trust have revived the empty Chicago Sun-Times printing plant in Chicago, Illinois’ Pilsen neighborhood as a high-tech hub for the digital economy. The first phase of this massive, highly secure data center opened July 1 with an initial 48,000 square feet of raised floor data hall space and associated critical power and is scalable to 24 MW of critical power and 133,000 square feet of raised floor data hall space. Along with consulting engineer ESD Global and lead architect Corgan Associates, Mortenson and QTS creatively repurposed parts of the building when possible … Read more

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Hill International Receives Two Contracts from Texas Tech University System

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PHILADELPHIA, Pa., and LUBBOCK, Texas – Hill International has recently received two contracts from the Texas Tech University System, Department of Facilities Planning and Construction, to provide construction management services in connection with several new building projects. The new Lubbock Education, Research & Technology Building and the West Expansion Building, located in the Lubbock, Texas main campus, are part of TTUS’s Texas Tech University Health Science Center and will feature approximately 150,000 gross square feet of flexible, open and modular high-tech interdisciplinary research laboratories, principal research investigator offices, core instrumentation facilities, a seminar room and academic offices and support space … Read more

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