Robins & Morton and Corporate Office Properties Trust completed two build-to-suit facilities and a parking deck in Huntsville, Alabama, which have been leased by Northrop Grumman. The project team also included Powers Brown Architecture. The two Class A tilt-wall buildings total approximately 260,000 square feet and each stand five stories tall. Sitework and construction began in February 2021. The campus features executive office space, program management and engineering design space, a 15,000-square-foot hardware-in-the-loop integration lab, a 16,000-square-foot data center, a 350-person auditorium to facilitate classified program meetings and a 144,000-square-foot parking deck with nearly 400 spaces. During […]
Azure Printed Homes to Deliver 26 Affordable Homes to California
Azure Printed Homes alongside Laconic WPC LLC have been selected to build 26 affordable 3D printed homes in Twentynine Palms, California. The community, called Veterans Village, will provide housing for veterans in need in the local community and will consist of 2-bedroom homes that are 900 square feet. Azure Printed Homes is a company that uses 3D printing technology to construct modular homes quickly and efficiently. The use of 3D printing technology will significantly reduce construction time and costs, making it possible to provide affordable housing for veterans in need. The homes will feature modern design and innovative construction techniques, […]
New University of Arizona Applied Research Building Furthers Space Research
The University of Arizona marked the completion of construction and opening of the $85-million Applied Research Building in Tucson, Arizona. With the progressive design-build partnership between integrated design firm SmithGroup and general contractor McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., the 89,000-square-foot ARB will house all research spaces related to the fabrication and testing of satellites in one integrated facility. The ARB is the new home of applied physical sciences and engineering, connecting faculty across four colleges and eight departments — College of Engineering; College of Science; College of Optical Sciences; and the College of Medicine — enabling space science and exploration, advanced manufacturing […]
Construction Begins on Phase IID of Westhaven Park in Chicago
McShane Construction Company and joint venture partner, Ashlaur Construction, were selected by Brinshore Development and The Michaels Organization to build Phase IID of Westhaven Park in Chicago, Illinois. The 12-story development will integrate 96 mixed-income apartment units with ground-floor retail space. The precast concrete building will incorporate a total of 121,800 square feet. Three retail spaces will occupy the ground floor with residential units on floors two through 12. Units will feature quartz kitchen countertops, luxury vinyl plank flooring, stainless steel appliances and in-unit washers and dryers. Floorplans will be offered in one- and two-bedroom layouts. 66% of units will […]
Façade of Historic Armory Restored at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Western Specialty Contractors has restored the brick and stone façade of the historic armory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Western contracted with project general contractor Grunloh Construction to tuckpoint the armory’s east elevation, as well as portions of its north and south elevations. The scope of work also included the demolition and rebuilding of an existing parapet wall using block masonry, salvaged stone and fabricated stone that closely matched existing stone. The severity of deterioration on the upper areas of some masonry walls required a change in scope to completely rebuild additional parapet locations. Due to irregular dimensions […]






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