Gilbane Building Company Celebrates Groundbreaking for New York City’s Pier 26 Science Play Area

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Gilbane Building Company joined Hudson River Park in celebrating the groundbreaking of the Pier 26 Science Play Area in New York City. Gilbane is managing construction of the recreational space in Hudson River Park. The groundbreaking was marked by a ceremony held at Pier 26 on Dec. 14. The 4,000-square-foot marine science-themed space is the beneficiary of a private fundraising campaign by Hudson River Park Friends and will feature custom, interactive sculptural elements where children can learn, play and be inspired by wildlife and the Hudson River habitat. Designed by OLIN, the specialized playground will also serve as an outdoor […]

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Gilbane Joins NYC Parks & NYCEDC to Celebrate Groundbreaking on $87M Restoration of Orchard Breach Pavilion 

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Gilbane Building Company joined NYC Parks, NYC Economic Development Corporation and Bronx elected and community officials, to break ground on the $87-million Orchard Beach Pavilion project to restore the historic 140,000-square-foot space. The groundbreaking was celebrated with a ceremony on Dec. 13 at Orchard Beach. Gilbane is serving as the construction manager for the renovation project. The three primary objectives for the project are to restore the historic architecture of the landmarked building, provide greater ADA access and provide welcoming and viable amenities for the community. As part of the project, the historic structural concrete roofs will be reconstructed with […]

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Officials Break Ground on Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner Building 

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Pima County officials marked the start of construction of the new Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner, a $45-million facility designed to meet future growth within Pima County in Arizona and the region. Kitchell is overseeing the project construction, with design services provided by SmithGroup. The 34,000-square-foot facility will have two distinct zones. One area will support administrative functions with offices, a public lobby, meeting rooms, a large conference room and other support spaces. The autopsy area will include six stations with an observation gallery, an aseptic room, anthropology, imaging, unidentified remains storage and a 200- to 300-body cold […]

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TCU’s Burnett School of Medicine Breaks Ground in Fort Worth

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TCU broke ground on the newly named Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University. The University’s first major off-campus development, known as the Burnett School of Medicine, will further advance TCU’s mission to transform healthcare by inspiring its 240 Empathetic Scholars when the new building opens in Summer 2024. The 95,000-square-foot Burnett School of Medicine project is an architectural partnership between CO Architects and Hoefer Welker, alongside Dunaway.  Located in Fort Worth’s Near Southside District for close proximity to TCU’s clinical partners, the school is part of a 5.3-acre extended campus master plan that will include additional […]

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Staten Island Home to First Waste Plastic Roads in New York

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Staten Island is now home to the first public roads in New York to be created using waste plastic, following a partnership between New York City Department of Transportation and British waste plastic road company MacRebur. The two roads, located on Rice Avenue and Royal Oak Road, form the first stages of a revolutionary trial that sees otherwise unrecyclable plastics re-engineered into a new, high-quality, sustainable polymer and given a new lease on life within asphalt mix in road construction. The new eco-friendly surfaces have saved over 7,331 kilgrams of CO2e in comparison to traditional asphalt and diverted the equivalent […]

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