Gilbane Building Company Recognized with Design-Build Institute of America Awards

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Gilbane Building Company has earned top honors at the 2023 National Design-Build Institute of America Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. The company was the design-builder for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s new D.C. headquarters, which was selected for the 2023 Chair’s Award, and the owner’s representative for the California Department of General Services 1021 O Street State Office Building, which was selected for the 2023 Project of the Year award. Gilbane received national excellence awards for both projects in their respective categories, as well as special recognition for commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion and design for WMATA’s D.C. … Read more

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Port Houston Wharf 6 Project Completed

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McCarthy Building Companies, has completed construction on Port Houston – Bayport Wharf 6. The 1,000-foot-long wharf allows for the latest generation of container cranes to unload shipping containers from neo-Panamax vessels. Construction on Wharf 6 began in May 2021 and was completed in 26 months. Located at the Bayport Container Terminal in Seabrook, Texas, partial funding for the project was received from the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration. The project scope included substantial earthwork and traditional mechanical dredging activities – dredging 400,000 cubic yards of sediment from the shoreline. Other components of the project included underground utilities, the installation … Read more

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Balfour Beatty Completes Expansion, Renovation of The Alfond Inn Hotel 

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Balfour Beatty has completed the $36-million expansion and renovation of The Alfond Inn at Rollins on behalf of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. The hotel’s five-story, 81,000-square-foot addition is a vital development to the Winter Park area’s social venue spaces, which complements the Alfond Inn. The building expansion adjacent to the existing luxury hotel includes 71 new guest rooms, a communal café in the lobby, a spa with an amenity deck, a second swimming pool and an additional 2,400-square-foot meeting, boardroom and event space. The hotel’s new wing features a four-story atrium and leverages natural light to provide continuity … Read more

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Free Webinar Talks Top 5 Decisions Impacting Construction Jobsites

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MindForge, a software platform streamlining communication for the construction industry, will host a free webinar Noon EST on Tuesday, Dec. 5 on the top decisions impacting today’s construction jobsites. In the 30-minute webinar, MindForge CEO Stokes McIntyre will walk attendees through the Top 5 decisions that make the biggest impact on a construction jobsite. Small but mighty, these decisions, if made poorly, can drive the largest drains on money, time and materials. Made well, though, the decisions can be a crew’s biggest sources of productivity, quality and even safety. Ideal for superintendents, assistant superintendents, safety managers, project executives, foremen, project … Read more

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Design-Build Institute of America ED/CEO Lisa Washington Inducted into National Academy of Construction

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Lisa Washington, CAE, executive director and CEO of the Design-Build Institute of America, has been inducted into the National Academy of Construction. As a black woman in a traditionally male-dominated field and a leader from a non-construction background, induction to NAC is a testimony to Washington’s leadership and innovation in the engineering, design and construction industry.   Membership in the National Academy of Construction is a distinction extended solely through invitation by current members. NAC is a distinguished institution that has, over the years, elected a selective group of professionals who have made significant and lasting impacts in various aspects … Read more

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