Snapdragon Stadium Kicks Off New Era for San Diego

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This fall’s football home opener for the San Diego State University Aztecs kicked off an exciting new era for the California school. The game marked the opening of Snapdragon Stadium – a 35,000-person capacity multi-use venue which, in addition to collegiate football, will host professional and collegiate soccer, NCAA championship games, concerts and events. The stadium is a part of the first phase of development at SDSU Mission Valley, a mixed-use, medium-density, transit-oriented development that will expand the university’s educational, research, entrepreneurial and technology programs. Completion of the stadium is the culmination of Clark Construction’s two-year Design-Build effort in conjunction […]

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Important Milestone Reached on Seattle Aquarium Ocean Pavilion

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Following two years of planning and construction, the concrete pour of the main tank of the $160-million Ocean Pavilion at Washington’s Seattle Aquarium is complete. The tank is two feet thick at minimum and includes 680 cubic yards of concrete and 355 tons of rebar – four times more rebar than a typical core. Turner Construction Company is the general contractor and LMN Architects is the designer. To view a time lapse video of the pour, click here. In planning for the pour that would essentially have no straight edges, Turner worked with its partners to create 229 panels that […]

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HOK, McCarthy Chosen as Design-Build Team for UCLA Health Neuropsychiatric Hospital Project

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HOK and McCarthy have been selected by UCLA Health to transform the former Olympia Medical Center in the Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles, California into a neuropsychiatric hospital. The renovation will transform four hospital buildings into a unified care facility for patients experiencing mental and behavioral health challenges. UCLA Health’s inpatient neuropsychiatric program is housed in the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, located within Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on UCLA’s Westwood campus. The move to the Mid-Wilshire location will allow UCLA Health to help address the region’s unmet need for behavioral health services. All 74 inpatient psychiatric beds […]

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Stantec to Provide Architecture, Engineering Design Services for New Airport Control Tower in Anchorage

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Stantec was selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to provide architecture and engineering design services for the new airport traffic control tower and terminal radar approach control base building in Anchorage, Alaska. The facility will provide air traffic control for Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, which also includes the Lake Hood Seaplane Base. ANC is the gateway to Alaska and the U.S. with approximately 5.7-million passengers and more than 3 million tons of cargo passing through the airport each year. The airport, including the future ATCT and TRACON, sits on the traditional land of the Dena’ina people. The ATCT serves as […]

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Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute Opens in Winter Park Village

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Stevens Construction has completed Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute in Winter Park Village, Florida. The company completed an interior 37,000-square-foot renovation of an existing building into a new cancer center, which includes an expansive treatment room, PET CT suite, blood draw room, laboratory, pharmacy, research offices, exam rooms, check-out and scheduling area and employee lounge. FCS incorporates principles of Evidence-Based Design, which have been proven to ease patient anxiety while offering opportunities for privacy or support during treatment. Stevens Construction led the project with Heilman Architecture, P.A. and Peninsula Engineering.

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