Swinerton Partners with Palo Alto Unified School District on $41.7M Greene Middle School Transformation

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Swinerton Builders has been selected by the Palo Alto Unified School District to lead the $41.7-million Greene Middle School Transformation Project in California. This lease-leaseback initiative marks Swinerton’s first collaboration with PAUSD, which serves more than 8,000 students. Designed by LPA Design Studios, the project will modernize and expand Greene Middle School. Key components include: A new single-story, 16,054-square-foot Career Technical Education classroom building A new two-story, 23,360-square-foot food service and library building Modernization of 2,940 square feet of an existing single-story wing Comprehensive site improvements and an extension of the existing fire access lanes. Swinerton is working with the … Read more

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Helix Electric Installs Prefabricated Electrical Building at Water Treatment Plant in Northern California

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Helix Electric installed a prefabricated electrical building at the Orinda Water Treatment Plant. It will provide cleaner drinking water to more than 800,000 East Bay residents in both Contra Costa and Alameda counties in Northern California. The installation supports East Bay Municipal Utility District’s $267-million project to reduce disinfection byproducts in the water supply. Project partners include EBMUD and Flatiron Construction. The company used seven trucks to deliver the prefabricated building, executing a tightly coordinated sequence over 48 hours. The building plays a crucial role in supporting the project, which integrates new ultraviolet disinfection and chlorine contact basin technology, enhancing … Read more

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NEU Releases Low-Carbon Concrete Guide

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NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete, has released a new publication, The Low-Carbon Concrete Guide: Materials. The guide is authored by Mary Christiansen, Ph.D., LEED AP. The resource focuses on practical, data-driven strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of concrete, with particular emphasis on the material and mixture decisions that designers, engineers, contractors and policymakers make at the project level. The guide provides the context, background and technical framework needed to understand low-carbon concrete materials and their implications for performance and sustainability. The publication also examines the role of concrete in global carbon emissions, lifecycle thinking … Read more

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ABC Names 2026 National Chair, Executive Committee

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Thomas “Murph” Murphy, vice president of Power & Construction Group, Scottsville, New York, was elected 2026 chair of the Associated Builders and Contractors’ National Board of Directors. “I am blessed and honored to serve ABC and its members in the role of 2026 national chair,” said Murphy. “Starting my construction career in the field and learning the importance of every position on a jobsite makes me appreciate how the merit shop gives everyone the opportunity to rise from laborer to industry leader.” Celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2025, ABC is a national construction industry trade association established in 1950 with … Read more

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Topping-Out Celebration Held for Duke Health Expansion in North Carolina

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A topping-out celebration was held for Duke Health Cary B200 building in Cary, North Carolina, signifying the structural completion of the project. The five-story, 111,014-square-foot expansion facility will add hospital services at the existing location, providing access to care closer to the rapidly growing population in Wake County. Some of the services include an emergency department, ambulatory surgery, specialty care and infusion services. “Completing the structural framework of this facility is a significant milestone in our mission to bring leading healthcare closer to growing Wake County communities,” said Julia Somarriba, Duke Health project executive. The project is scheduled to be … Read more

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