New Full-Service Resort Coming to Gulf Shores, Alabama

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Now underway, Embassy Suites Gulf Shores, a full-service resort overlooking the Gulf of Mexico and its white sand beaches located in Gulf Shores, is a joint venture between DD Partners, Woodbine and Peachtree. The architect of record for the project is PFVS, and the contractor is Robins & Morton. The eight-story property will have 257 all-suite beachfront guest rooms; lobby bar and restaurant; rooftop amenity terrace inclusive of a bar and grill, pool deck and an outdoor entertainment venue and 13,620 square feet of enclosed meeting and pre-function space, including a 7,800-square-foot ballroom. The resort will also have a three-story … Read more

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Milestone Celebrated for Second Phase of Arizona Biltmore Golf Club Renovations

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The topping out of the Adobe Restaurant and Clubhouse, the second phase of the Arizona Biltmore Golf Club Renovations project, was recently celebrated by Sundt Construction, alongside owners JDM and design partners Douglas Fredrikson Architects. The second phase of improvements includes a new clubhouse and restaurant with private dining room, ballroom and roof deck. The first phase of the project added a new golf shop, member facilities and cart barn. The project scope also included sitework starting with the demolition of the existing covered cart storage and addition of resort-style landscaping, water features and parking lot improvements. The club’s courses … Read more

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The Mercy Center for Performance Medicine and Specialty Care in St. Louis Highlights Patient Experience

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The Mercy Center for Performance Medicine & Specialty Care and its connected 1,000-space parking garage has opened. The multispecialty center is located on the campus of Mercy Hospital St. Louis (Missouri) and is one of the largest and most technology-rich outpatient surgery centers in the United States. The high-tech, 272,000-square-foot, five-level outpatient center is designed with the patient experience in mind. Specialties at the new building include neurosurgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, reconstructive surgery, bariatrics and urology. The center features digitized wayfinding and a digital concierge service that seamlessly guide patients and families through their care experience. The construction team employed … Read more

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Port Houston Wharf 6 Project Completed

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McCarthy Building Companies, has completed construction on Port Houston – Bayport Wharf 6. The 1,000-foot-long wharf allows for the latest generation of container cranes to unload shipping containers from neo-Panamax vessels. Construction on Wharf 6 began in May 2021 and was completed in 26 months. Located at the Bayport Container Terminal in Seabrook, Texas, partial funding for the project was received from the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration. The project scope included substantial earthwork and traditional mechanical dredging activities – dredging 400,000 cubic yards of sediment from the shoreline. Other components of the project included underground utilities, the installation … Read more

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Balfour Beatty Completes Expansion, Renovation of The Alfond Inn Hotel 

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Balfour Beatty has completed the $36-million expansion and renovation of The Alfond Inn at Rollins on behalf of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. The hotel’s five-story, 81,000-square-foot addition is a vital development to the Winter Park area’s social venue spaces, which complements the Alfond Inn. The building expansion adjacent to the existing luxury hotel includes 71 new guest rooms, a communal café in the lobby, a spa with an amenity deck, a second swimming pool and an additional 2,400-square-foot meeting, boardroom and event space. The hotel’s new wing features a four-story atrium and leverages natural light to provide continuity … Read more

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