SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Imperial County Board of Supervisors in California has selected Balfour Beatty Construction to design and build its new $28-million Oren R. Fox Detention Facility. The conditional award of the Design-Build contract was approved by the Imperial County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 8. The two-level project will be built west of the central portion of the existing jail facility located in El Centro, California and will expand inmate capacity by 228 beds. The project scope includes a teaching kitchen, laundry facility, print shop, video visitation center, in addition to associated site, parking and utility improvements. … Read more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Minnesota United FC recently announced it has selected Mortenson Construction as the construction manager for the team’s planned $120-million, 20,000-seat stadium in St. Paul, Minnesota. The stadium will be the home for Major League Soccer in the state of Minnesota. Construction on the stadium is planned to begin in 2016. It will be located between Minneapolis and St. Paul, at the intersection of Snelling and University avenues, in the Midway area of St. Paul with adjacent access to multiple transit options including the METRO Green Line and Interstate 94. Design of the stadium will be led by … Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — School District of Osceola County, Kissimmee, Florida, has awarded Gilbane Building Company the construction management at-risk contract to build a new 2,500- 3,000 student station high school. The campus, with a heavy emphasis on science, technology, education and math curriculum, and a collaborative learning environment, will include classroom buildings, media center, gymnasium, administration building, auditorium and music suite, and a cafeteria with a possible shared kitchen for a future middle school. The new high school will be located on an approximately 74-acre site off Boggy Creek Road. Construction of the building will consist of concrete tilt wall panels, … Read more

BOSTON, Mass. — Kaplan Construction has recently been selected by Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, to renovate a laboratory for the College of Engineering. In its first project on Northeastern’s Boston campus, Kaplan will renovate an existing interior laboratory at the Egan Engineering/Science Research Center and install new mechanicals, lighting, fire alarm, finishes and millwork to create a new experimental laboratory. The research facility includes a grouping of labs that currently serve multiple professors and students. The new lab will contain a 1,300 gallon acrylic water tank for experiments and an adjacent space with workstations where graduate students can plan and … Read more