AdventHealth Breaks Ground on New Health Plaza

A ground breaking ceremony was held for the new Freytag Health Plaza at AdventHealth Palm Coast on Oct. 26 in Palm Coast, Florida.   The two-story, 30,000-square-foot standalone facility will serve as a vital hub for comprehensive cancer treatment, including radiation oncology and medical oncology and will offer advanced therapies, personalized cancer care and resources for patients and their families.   It will also house multiple primary care physician offices and provide adult rehabilitation services, including outpatient physical, occupational and speech language pathology for orthopedic, hand, neurological and lymphedema specialties.    Construction is expected to be complete by the end … Read more

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Gilbane Wins Top Honors at P3 Awards Recognizing Work in Public-Private Partnerships

Gilbane has earned top honors at the P3 Awards in two 2023 award categories. Gilbane Development Company and Gilbane Building Company together won the ESG of the Year Award and Best Education and Higher Education Project Award for the Eastern Michigan University “Welcome Home EMU” Initiative. In addition, the William H. Gray III 30th Street Station Redevelopment Project earned Best Social Infrastructure Project of the Year and Gilbane Building Company is a member of the Plenary Infrastructure Philadelphia consortium modernizing and renovating that project. The 2023 P3 Award recognition for Gilbane included:     Environment, Social and Governance of the Year For … Read more

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Federal Sector Best Practices for Design-Build Updated by DBIA

The Design-Build Institute of America has updated its Design-Build Done Right Federal Sector Best Practices, offering a comprehensive guide for teams navigating the intricacies of federal project delivery. For these teams, understanding the Federal Acquisition Regulation and adhering to the right practices can be the key to a successful design-build project, and the updated Federal Sector Best Practices provides that guidance. The new version is based on the recently updated Universal Best Practices, keeping pace with the growth and evolution of design-build. These best practices are firmly grounded in the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Office of Management and Budget and Office … Read more

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Balfour Beatty, HMC Architects Celebrate Completion of Sierra College’s New Instructional Building

Balfour Beatty, as part of the progressive design-build team with HMC Architects, celebrates the completion of Sierra Joint Community College District’s new instructional building, Building Q, in Rocklin, California. Building Q is a three-story classroom facility that replaces and consolidates campus square footage from several smaller inefficient buildings to one larger efficient building with modern and comfortable classrooms and gathering spaces. With 85,000 square feet of classrooms, teaching laboratories, art studios, student collaborative spaces and office spaces, the building reimagines the future of higher educational learning spaces harvesting endless opportunities for future generations. The building is funded by the community … Read more

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Construction Employment Rises In 43 States & D.C.

Construction employment increased in 43 states and the District of Columbia in September from a year earlier, while 28 states and D.C. added construction employees from August to September, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said the month-over-month dips in construction employment in some parts of the country were likely caused by firms struggling to find enough workers to replace retiring ones amid labor shortages. Between September 2022 and September 2023, 43 states and D.C. added construction jobs, while industry employment declined in seven states. Texas added … Read more

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