NAMC Names Robins & Morton Large Construction Firm of the Year

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The National Association of Minority Contractors, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas chapter, named Robins & Morton “Large Construction Firm of the Year” at its first annual awards luncheon. Robins & Morton earned this distinction for supporting and advocating on behalf of minority contractors. The additional categories and winners are: Public Entity of the Year – UNT System Professional Services of the Year – Nervi’ Strategic Solutions Corporate Advocate of the Year – Annie Holmes-Partee M/WBE Director – Dallas ISD M/WBE Firm of the Year – Post L Group

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Topping Off Celebrated at West Valley College Kvamme Planetarium

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SARATOGA, Calif. – Gilbane Building Company recently celebrated a major milestone at the site of the West Valley College Kvamme Planetarium project in Saratoga, California. The steel topping-off ceremony was attended by representatives from West Valley – Mission Community College District, college staff, Mr. and Mrs. Kvamme, for whom the planetarium is named, BHM Construction, Rackley Steel Erectors and representatives from Gilbane. Gilbane is providing construction management services for West Valley Mission Community College District’s Kvamme Planetarium. A major portion of the project funds have been donated by Jean and Floyd Kvamme. The project includes a 42-foot projection dome with … Read more

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Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino Resort Expansion Celebrates Topping Out

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AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY – Sundt | Yates Construction and Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino celebrated the topping out of a new 12-story, 230-room hotel tower last month. Members of the project team signed the final steel beam before workers placed it on the structure. When complete, the casino resort expansion will enhance this entertainment venue for the Ak-Chin Indian Community and the surrounding communities of Pinal County, including Maricopa, Arizona. The Design-Build project expands the casino and hotel and adds an 18,000-square-foot banquet and meeting space and 730-car parking garage. There will also be a pedestrian bridge spanning Ak-Chin Parkway to unite … Read more

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Lynn Community Health Center Expansion Complete

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BOSTON, Mass. – BOND has recently completed 20,000 square feet of the newly renovated expansion space at Lynn Community Health Center located at 269 Union Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. Lynn Community Health Center is the medical care home to more than 40,000 patients and for over 40 percent of the population who live in the city. This project is part of the LCHC’s Stephen D. Hayes Building that BOND completed construction of in 2012. The construction of the newly renovated space will better provide patients with healthcare by increasing access to primary care, urgent care, health promotion and prevention services … Read more

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Skanska Builds Office Building, Movie Theater in Tysons Corner

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Skanska has signed a contract with The Meridian Group & Rockefeller Group to build a new office building and movie theater in Tysons Corner in Virginia. The contract is worth $167 million. Skanska will build the new 20-story, approximately 460,000-square-feet Class A office building, and a more than 107,000-square-foot movie theater both constructed over a shared 5-level, below-grade parking garage. The office project will be seeking LEED Gold certification.

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