Howard S. Wright Selected to Deliver Vern Miller Civic Center Renovations

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Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, has been selected to deliver exterior and interior renovations to the Salem Civic Center/City Hall in Salem, Oregon to create a 21st century workplace for the mayor and city managers offices, city council chambers, municipal courts and planning and purchasing departments. Roughly $40 million in substantial renovations will be made to the 1970 Civic Center featuring a seismic retrofit and structural upgrades. Additionally, the project team will deliver a new parking garage and extensive interior renovations. Project partners include Hacker Architects and CBTWO Architects. The company has been contracted for design and preconstruction … Read more

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Adolfson & Peterson Construction Awarded Austin Independent School District Projects

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Adolfson & Peterson Construction was recently awarded the construction and renovation contract for Austin Independent School District’s Anderson and McCallum High Schools. Anderson High School, in Northwest Austin, Texas, was built in 1970. The renovation includes a 43,350-square-foot competition gym with an 1,800-seat capacity and locker rooms with coaches’ offices, training rooms, officials’ dressing rooms and laundry. Common spaces will feature a Hall of Honor and trophy cases, while the entry vestibule and front office will be reconfigured for security. This project is designed to accommodate the school’s 2,397 students. Opened in 1955, McCallum High School will expand its Science … Read more

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Construction Complete on Bed Tower Expansion at Shannon Medical Center

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Construction is complete on the west bed tower at Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo, Texas. The seven-story, 140,000-square-foot expansion broke ground in early 2023, and will allow the healthcare provider to serve a wider range of patients across Concho Valley. Hoar Construction served as the contractor. Shannon Medical Center spans just over 1.5-million square feet on East Harris Avenue in downtown San Angelo, and is part of Shannon Health System. The new bed tower brings three floors of a concrete parking garage underneath four floors of patient care space. The third floor houses a 19,310-square-foot intensive care unit and … Read more

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Joint Venture Celebrates Grand Opening of $2B Intuit Dome

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Turner Construction Company, joint-venture partner AECOM Hunt and the Los Angeles Clippers, celebrated the grand opening of the $2-billion Intuit Dome located in Los Angeles, California. The first event in the arena was a sold-out Bruno Mars concert. The 17,700-seat venue holds five basketball courts including the homecourt of the NBA’s Clippers, a practice facility and has an outdoor plaza for gathering. The arena has several unique features: the world’s largest Halo Board is a double-sided 4K scoreboard with an acre-sized screen, and the “Wall” is a 4,500-person cheering section available to Clippers fans to engage in the game as … Read more

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Turner Construction Crew Places Final Steel Beam on 5-Story Cancer Center in Tennessee

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A topping out ceremony was recently held for the $76.4-million Midtown Medical Office Building and $25.4-million Tennessee Oncology tenant improvements in Nashville, Tennessee. The final steel beam was signed by the workers and clients during the topping-out celebration. When complete, the five-story cancer care center will combine imaging, medical and radiation cancer care specialists under one roof. The project includes technology investments focusing on cancer prevention, detection and treatment. Patients will have access to enhanced services such as nutritionists, social workers and navigators to provide coordinated clinical and concierge services. Turner Construction is serving as the general contractor for both … Read more

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