Nascar Productions Facility Project Breaks Ground

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NASCAR is partnering with Choate Construction Company to bring the National Association’s production operations to Concord, North Carolina. To commemorate the project’s commencement, NASCAR hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in August and a post-event celebration at Twenty-Six Acres Brewing Company. Relocating from Charlotte to the land adjacent to the NASCAR R&D Center, NASCAR’s 58,000-square-foot production facility will provide space for its continued expansion. The Design-Build project will be made of tilt-up concrete and structural steel, with a complete build-out of the interior to house NASCAR’s television and radio production studios, as well as a broadcast equipment room, mechanical system and chemical […]

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Iconic Sports & Entertainment Locale, Xbox Plaza to Reimagine Venue, Entry & Plaza

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AEG has selected PCL Construction as general contractor for the capital improvements and property-wide upgrades to the iconic Crypto.com Arena and L.A. LIVE’s Xbox Plaza, located in California. The renovations will reimagine nearly all aspects of the venue, entry and plaza. In 1998, PCL constructed the 960,000-square-foot arena, previously known as STAPLES Center. Now, more than two decades later, AEG will partner with PCL once again to complete extensive renovations to every level of the venue — marking a new chapter in the arena’s legendary history. The extensive renovations to Crypto.com Arena will include: Reimagined City View Terrace with flexible […]

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Gilbane Celebrates Ribbon Cutting of DC Bilingual Public Charter School

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Officials from the DC Bilingual Public Charter School joined representatives from Gilbane Building Company and Hord Coplan Macht to celebrate the official ribbon cutting of the 27,000-square-foot addition to DC Bilingual’s Ward 5 campus in Washington, D.C. Designed by Hord Coplan Macht, this phased-occupied modernization project included an addition to the existing building, which expanded its current campus and increased student capacity to more than 700 students. Improvements and upgrades to the campus include age-appropriate classrooms and furniture, an expanded gym and updated art and music spaces. New spaces include an art studio, culinary and computer labs, a bilingual library, […]

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Balfour Beatty Design-Build Team Completes Town of Mooresville’s Police Headquarters

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Balfour Beatty as part of the Design-Build team with Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, delivers the Town of Mooresville’s Police Headquarters in North Carolina. The completion signifies the success of the highly interactive and collaborative relationship between the town and the Design-Build team and partners, and their efforts in providing a centrally located and newly upgraded facility that allows for future expansion for the fast-growing community. The new two-story, 50,000-square-foot building replaces the Mooresville’s existing headquarters, which houses the chief of police and police department. The facility includes collaborative spaces, exercise rooms, training room, bulk evidence storage, prisoner and vehicle processing […]

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New Land Bridge Over Tunnels Safely Reconnects Park’s Two Halves for Animals, Visitors

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For over 50 years, Memorial Park in Houston, Texas has been divided in half by Memorial Drive and its busy traffic. Humans and animal traffic, alike, now enjoy a seamless and safe way to enjoy both sides of the 1,500-acre park with the construction of land bridges over recently completed vehicular tunnels. Western Specialty Contractors – Houston Branch was tasked with waterproofing the project’s two sets of 25-foot-tall, 54-foot-wide concrete traffic tunnels that replace Memorial Drive and provide for land bridges across their tops. In August 2020, Risk Tellepsen Builders started moving dirt to facilitate erection of 300, 6-foot-wide precast […]

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