Restoration Complete of Iconic Adagio Mermaid Fountain at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park in Florida

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The Adagio Fountain, featuring a statue of two mermaids in an adagio pose atop a 25-foot pillar, has greeted visitors to Florida’s Weeki Wachee Springs State Park since it was unveiled in 1966. Made of vintage masonry, the 56-year-old sculpture was experiencing cracks, spalling, deterioration and other damage when the Florida Department of Environmental Protection reached out to Western Specialty Contractors to resolve the issues. The fountain’s mermaids were created by retired Weeki Wachee “mermaid” Diane Whatt McDonald, 91. McDonald and other women performed as magical mermaids for audiences in the spring’s underwater theater – a roadside attraction that started […]

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Erickson-Hall Completes High School STEM Building

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Erickson-Hall Construction Co. joined the Los Alamitos Unified School District for a ribbon-cutting ceremony of Los Alamitos High School’s new $52-million STEM building in Orange County, California. The program featured speakers from the school, district, Board of Education and development team, as well as performances by the student marching band, show choir and jazz ensemble. The three-story STEM building serves as the new campus gateway. At 55 feet tall and comprising 86,528 square feet, the building is the tallest on campus, offering almost two acres of enclosed learning space. It houses 30 science, math and career technical education classrooms with […]

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Amenity-Rich, Mixed-Use Development to be Developed

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A mixed-use development in Alabama called Northriver Commons has been approved to be developed by Capital Growth Buchalter and Spaces Management. The estimated $60-million-project will provide approximately 225 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, 17,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space encompassing three restaurants, a 427-space parking deck, and more — all centered around a central community greenspace. Located on a vacant 4.68 acre-tract, the five-story development will offer shared open spaces, social hangout areas, an exercise facility and spa, plus innovative amenities to attract and serve residents and the surrounding community. Despite its proximity to the University of Alabama […]

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Student Housing Expansion to Welcome Students in Fall

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The $106-million Suites project, a student housing expansion project for CSU Fullerton (California) on the east side of campus, is complete. Sundt Construction served as the general contractor for the suite-style housing spaces geared toward returning sophomores and above that will welcome students this fall. The new 185,505-square-foot complex will accommodate 600 students within three six-story buildings. Each suite will hold eight students with four-bedroom, two-bath apartments and a small kitchenette. Additional amenities include active rooms for residents to socialize or study, amenity spaces on every floor, a large multipurpose room that can seat up to 200 people and the […]

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AECOM-Hunt Turner, Joint Venture Tops Out Concrete at LA Clippers’ Future Home Intuit Dome

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Turner recently celebrated the topping out of the Intuit Dome’s concrete frame – the Los Angeles Clippers’ future home along with joint venture partner AECOM-Hunt. More than 200,000 hours of work performed by 350 workers went into completing the concrete frame. To celebrate the major milestone, the joint-venture team joined LA Clippers Chairman Steve Ballmer, LA Clippers President of Business Operations Gillian Zucker, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts, Intuit’s Director of Sponsorships Danielle Roark and Sen. Steven Bradford, to place handprints in concrete. “What our construction team has achieved in the last six months is incredible,” said Rames Sundaram, project […]

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