Chevron Corp.’s Midland Campus Project Almost Complete

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Construction of Chevron Corp.’s new office campus in Midland, Texas, is almost complete, but the final months of the job are some of the busiest, says Jason Chappell, project manager for Swinerton Builders. Plans call for 500 Chevron workers to start occupying the new complex in first quarter of 2016. In the meantime, furniture and other supplies will be moved into the facility and a lengthy commissioning process must be completed. “There’s a lot of sophisticated HVAC and electrical systems to test,” Chappell says. “It has to do with comfort for the occupants.” Construction broke ground in summer of 2013 […]

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Skanska Modernizes, Expands School in D.C.

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Skanska has signed a contract to modernize and expand the Lafayette Elementary School in Washington, D.C. The total contract value is $72 million. Lafayette Elementary School, which serves nearly 700 students, was built in the 1930s, with an addition in the 1970s. The modernization will include the restoration of the existing schoolhouse façade, the total interior renovation of the 1930’s structures, a slight enlargement of the existing parking lot, renovation of all exterior play and field surfaces, green roofs and other storm water management features to meet the latest D.C. Department of Environment requirements. The project is designed to achieve, […]

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Knutson Breaks Ground on $14.25M Health and Science Alliance Center

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Knutson Construction has been awarded the role of construction manager for the new Saint Paul College Health and Science Alliance Center project in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The HSAC will include a 39,000-square-foot addition and 5,400-square-foot renovation allowing more space for the growing health and science programs offered by Saint Paul College. The new space will feature a plumbing shop, business/industry and university center classrooms, sim labs and mechanical rooms on the lower and penthouse levels. The new facilities will specifically impact the biology and chemistry departments, which are core requirements for the health programs. The construction team […]

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McCarthy Awarded Wharf 2 at Port of Houston

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McCarthy was recently awarded the contract for the $38.7-million upgrade of Wharf 2 at the Port of Houston Authority’s Barbours Cut Terminal located in Morgan’s Point, Texas. Barbours Cut is considered to be one of the premier container handling facilities in the country. The project will upgrade the existing Wharf 2 to support larger wharf cranes that can accommodate post-panamax vessels. McCarthy will upgrade 1,000 linear feet of wharf, installing new foundations and crane rails, and construct a new stevedore support building, high mast poles and the electrical infrastructure required for three new 100-foot gauge electric dock cranes. Wharf 2 […]

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Balfour Beatty Awarded $28M Contract for New California Detention Facility

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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. […]

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