Skanska Completes $38M Expansion, Renovation of Tampa Convention Center in Florida

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Skanska USA has completed the largest renovation project in the history of the Tampa Convention Center in Downtown Tampa, Florida that will cater to locals and business and leisure travelers. The project scope included a series of capital improvements such as a 23,500-square-foot expansion to the facility and the addition of 18,000 square feet of new waterfront rooms that will provide flexible meeting and event space to better accommodate conferences and conventions coming to the Tampa Bay region. Skanska and Baker Barrios Architects, the project’s design partner, in conjunction with Convergence Design, provided master planning services for the major expansion … Read more

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Gilbane Building Company Breaks Ground on Bullard-Havens Technical High School

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The Connecticut Technical Education and Career System, Gilbane Building Company and JCJ Architecture have broken ground on the new Bullard Havens Technical High School in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Designed by JCJ, the new 215,000-square-foot school will be built on the existing 24-acre site in multiple phases over a 41-month schedule to accommodate existing operations. Building features include a new classroom/lab space, field house, theory rooms, athletic fields, a gymnasium to accommodate the entire student body and a fitness center. The school will be constructed adjacent to the existing high school, which will remain fully operational and accessible by vehicles and pedestrians … Read more

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Atlanta BeltLine Welcomes New Residential Tower in Fourth Ward Development

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Construction is complete on the newest addition to the Fourth Ward mixed-use development under construction along Atlanta, Georgia’s BeltLine. The project team completed a 493,600-square-foot, 18-story residential tower that includes 359 units, along with an abundance of amenity spaces. Developed by New City Properties, the mixed-use development’s initial phase also includes two 11-story office towers, an underground parking deck, street-level retail, a 16-story boutique hotel and a pedestrian bridge for BeltLine connectivity. The office towers were completed in 2022, and the hotel is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2024. Brasfield & Gorrie served as the general contractor, … Read more

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New Novant Health $154M Ballantyne Hospital, Medical Office Building Complete

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Construction of the new Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center campus in Charlotte, North Carolina is complete. Robins & Morton served as the general contractor and HDR served as the architect. The $154-million investment brings acute care resources to the growing suburban population in South Charlotte through a 216,236-square-foot hospital, which includes a 57,509-square-foot medical office building. The historic site, previously owned by Hall Family Farm, was transformed into a 38-acre hospital and MOB offering services including emergency care, inpatient, women’s care, expanded diagnostic services and surgical services. Keeping the tradition of community alive, space for community events was also built … Read more

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Design-Built Student Housing Complex at Cal Poly Humboldt Underway

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Groundbreaking was recently celebrated for a new residence hall complex for Cal Poly Humboldt, located in California, and the largest student housing project in the university’s history. The 964-bed Cal Poly Humboldt Student Housing Project will offer two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments with common lounges, study areas, conference spaces, computer and TV rooms, onsite laundry and a fitness center. Environmentally sustainable features of the complex include all electric systems, high-efficiency irrigation, water-efficient plumbing, energy-efficient lighting and appliances, durable exterior building materials and electric vehicle charging stations. Once complete in 2025, the project will increase the university’s student housing by nearly … Read more

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