Hill International JV to Design, Manage Construction of Rixos Saadiyat Island Hotel in Abu Dhabi

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., and ABU DHABI, UAE – Hill International’s joint venture with EHAF Consulting Engineers has received a contract from Megaprojeler Insaat Turizm Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, an affiliate of Rixos Hotels, to provide design and construction supervision consultancy services in connection with a new five-star, 374-key Rixos Saadiyat Island Hotel located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The two-year contract has an estimated value to the joint venture of approximately $3.8 million. Hill is a 65 percent partner in the joint venture. Saadiyat Island is located off the coast of Abu Dhabi. It is a 10.4-square-mile island planned and created … Read more

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Lodge Kohler Breaks Ground

Mortenson’s chairman, David Mortenson, along with Herb Kohler, Kohler Co. executive chairman; Mark Murphy, Green Bay Packers president and CEO; Mike Aubinger, Ashwaubenon Village president and other project team members, broke ground recently for Lodge Kohler in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Lodge Kohler will be a four-diamond, five-story hotel with 144 rooms with a bar, restaurant and spa. The hotel is part of the 34-acre Titletown District that will also include Hinterland Brewing and Bellin Health sports medicine clinic. This is the first project to break ground for the Titletown District and is scheduled to be complete in fall of 2017. … Read more

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Clark JV to Build Warriors’ Chase Center

Joint Venture partners Clark Construction Group and Mortenson Construction have been selected by GSW Arena LLC to build the Golden State Warriors’ new sports and entertainment venue, Chase Center, in Mission Bay, San Francisco. Chase Center is scheduled to open in time for the 2019-20 NBA season. GSW plans to build its new state-of-the-art venue on an 11-acre site in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. The project gained approvals late last year, and was unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors in December. The privately financed project includes a state-of the-art 18,000-seat arena, two office buildings, 100,000 square feet of … Read more

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Gilbane Completes Auto Technology Project at Evergreen Community College

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Gilbane Building Company has recently completed Evergreen Valley College’s Auto Technology project in San Jose, Calif. This is an important technical training facility for the college and the Evergreen community. Gilbane has been the construction management company overseeing the project. The building is approximately 25,800 square feet and consists of four labs/shops with 14 lifts, as well as five classrooms and specialized features for automobile-manufacturer sponsored repair programs. The purpose of this effort was to create a facility that will meet needs of technical community college students by providing educational training opportunities and continuing skills development … Read more

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MC Industrial Tops Out Boeing’s St. Louis Composite Center of Excellence Facility

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — MC Industrial, Inc. recently celebrated the topping out of one of its major 2016 projects, the expansion of Boeing’s new composite facility, the St. Louis Composite Center of Excellence, in Missouri. Selected as general contractor for the Design-Build project in 2014, MC Industrial, along with design partner Burns & McDonnell, have managed the design and construction of the multi-million dollar expansion. Located on Boeing’s St. Louis campus, the MC Industrial team self-performed structural steel erection to top out the 424,000-square-foot manufacturing and paint facility. Boeing’s St. Louis Composite Center of Excellence will serve as the production … Read more

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