Friendship Campus Receives California State Approval to Begin Construction, Project Delivery Group Joins as General Contractor

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The Friendship Foundation has received final approval from the State of California’s Division of the State Architect and permits to begin construction on its new Friendship Campus for intellectually and physically diverse students in Redondo Beach, Calif. FF has selected Project Delivery Group as the general contractor for this phase of construction, which includes remaining demolition, earthwork, utility prep and foundation work for the 64,000-square-foot facility. PDG joins Gensler, Gardiner & Theobald and Saatchi & Saatchi on the project. The 3.25-acre education and vocational campus will revolutionize postsecondary training for young adults on the autism spectrum or other intellectual or […]

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Public Safety Training Center Breaks Ground at Crafton Hills College  

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Erickson-Hall Construction Co. joined more than 150 members of Crafton Hills College leadership, elected officials, fire chiefs and other stakeholders to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Public Safety Training Center at Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa, Calif. The development was made possible by Measure CC, a bond approved by voters in 2018 to fund upgrades in the San Bernardino Community College District. The new facilities were designed specifically to accommodate the fire academy requirements for cadets seeking their certification as fire fighters, and will train students in conditions that replicate real-life emergency situations. The new center is expected to be complete in […]

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Ground Broken on Bus Garage Reconstruction Design-Build Project

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The groundbreaking of Northern Bus Garage Reconstruction project, located in Washington, D.C., was recently celebrated by representatives from Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Federal Transit Administration, the District of Columbia and Clark Construction Group. Clark is serving as Design-Builder. Located on 14th Street Northwest, the new garage will house up to 150 zero-emission buses, aligning with Metro’s goal to transition to a zero-emission bus fleet. Once complete, the new Northern Bus Garage will be the first Metro facility to support a fully zero-emission bus fleet. The garage will have the infrastructure to accommodate an all-electric fleet. Originally built as a […]

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42-Story Mixed-Use Tower in Chicago Undergoes Extensive Curtainwall Restoration

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Restoration is underway on a curtainwall at Accenture Tower, a 1.46-million-square-foot, 42-story Class A office and retail property in Chicago, Illinois. The project team includes Western Specialty Contractors and KBS. The tower, completed in 1987 and formerly known as 500 West Madison, has twice earned The Outstanding Building of the Year Award Internationally by The Building Owner and Managers Association. The building, which features numerous top-tier amenities, contains 40 stories of office space and 80,000 square feet of retail space over two levels. Sitting above the Ogilvie Transportation Center, the sixth-busiest railway commuter station/terminal in North America, Accenture Tower has […]

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Houston Methodist Cypress ‘Hospital of the Future’ Tops Out

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The topping out of Houston Methodist’s new Cypress Hospital campus, located in the greater Houston, Texas area, was recently celebrated. McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. serves as construction manager at risk. The campus sits on 105 acres and consists of a seven-story hospital, two medical office buildings and a central utility plant, with a mixture of built-out space, as well as a shell for future growth. McCarthy broke ground on the hospital in February 2022, and construction is scheduled to achieve substantial completion by the end of 2024. McCarthy’s scope includes demolition of 11 existing buildings, totaling 600,000 square feet, before […]

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