Orlando-Based Construction Manager Roger B. Kennedy Breaks Ground on New $21.5M Westgate Town Center

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando-based construction manager Roger B. Kennedy, Inc. broke ground Nov. 11 for Westgate Resorts" new $21.5-million, 8-story Westgate Town Center, Building 6200, located in Kissimmee, Fla. In making the announcement, Roger B. Kennedy, Jr., president, stated that the Kennedy organization has previously constructed over $250 million of projects at Westgate Resort in Kissimmee and Westgate Lakes Resort in Orlando. Slated for completion in April 2015, the 80-unit timeshare project, designed by General Design Architecture, Branson, Mo., will consist of 64 two-bedroom units and 16 three-bedroom units for a total of 176 keys. Photo courtesy of Westgate Resorts.

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Gilbane Building Company to Serve as Construction Manager for John Tyler Community College

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 […]

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Forrester Selected for Arlington National Cemetery Project

Forrester Construction Company was recently selected as the general contractor for Arlington National Cemetery's upcoming Millennium Project. The $59-million project will allow Arlington National Cemetery to serve future generations of American service members and their families while maintaining the national treasure's quality, dignity and central function as a military burial ground.   Located on the cemetery's northwest corner adjacent to Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall and National Park Service property, the Millennium site will combine three separate parcels into a single 31-acre internment development. When completed, it will add more than 36,000 burial locations, including 11,000 full-size plots, 2,600 in-ground cremation […]

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Hill & Wilkinson Selected as General Contractor for 750,000 SF Retail Center in Texas

Hill & Wilkinson has been selected as the general contractor for The Retail Connection’s new 750,000-square-foot retail development, The Village at Cumberland Park, in Tyler, Texas. Ground was recently broken on the 80-acre property, which will consist of retail, hospitality and service businesses. The Village at Cumberland Park is expected to support Tyler’s trade area of approximately 400,000-500,000 shoppers from throughout East Texas. “This is a unique, highly visible retail project, and we are pleased to have been selected by The Retail Connection for it,” said Hill & Wilkinson’s Senior Vice President Rob Dixon. “The impact of this project on […]

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Hill International Selected as Construction Manager for New National Museum of Qatar

MARLTON, N.J. and DOHA, Qatar— Hill International has received a contract from Qatar Petroleum, on behalf of the Qatar Museums Authority, to provide construction management services in connection with the new National Museum of Qatar. The new museum’s design created by eminent architect Jean Nouvel is inspired by the desert sand rose and grows organically around the former palace. This unprecedented 21st Century institution will celebrate the culture, heritage and future of Qatar and its people. It reflects and belongs to a new era in Qatari prosperity, the country’s prominent role in the Arabian Gulf community and its world standing. […]

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