Skanska Builds Office Building, Movie Theater in Tysons Corner

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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Clark Tops Out Concrete Structure at 150 Van Ness

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Clark Construction’s team in San Francisco, California has topped out 150 Van Ness, a 420-unit apartment building taking shape in the heart of the city’s Civic Center neighborhood. The milestone marks the completion of the building’s cast-in-place concrete superstructure and comes nine months after the project’s mud slab was poured. Crews placed 18,000 cubic yards of concrete to complete the complex’s 13-story frame. With this milestone realized, the project team will focus on completing the building envelope and interior work. In May, Clark constructed two mock-up units to provide the client with a first-hand look at … Read more

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BNBuilders Awarded Mile Square Regional Park Project

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – BNBuilders has been awarded the County of Orange’s $4.3-million Mile Square Regional Park Multi-Purpose Facility. Located in, Fountain Valley, California, the new facility will house indoor recreation, meeting and training space. The MISQ Multi-Purpose Facility is one of numerous high-profile projects underway by BNBuilders in the Los Angeles/Orange County area, including the UCLA Geffen Academy, Caltech Wang Laboratory Renovation, Telecare Tenant Improvements, UC Irvine Fire/Life Safety Upgrades and UC Riverside BSL-3 Laboratory, among others. For Orange County’s MISQ Multi-Purpose Facility, BNBuilders will provide construction manager at risk services for both the pre-construction and construction phases. The … Read more

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Architecture Billings Index Growth Moderates

WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the sixth consecutive month, architecture firms reported increasing demand for design services as reflected in the July Architecture Billings Index. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate 9-12-month lead time between architecture billings and construction spending. The American Institute of Architects reported the July ABI score was 51.9, down from a score of 54.2 in the previous month. This score still reflects an increase in design services (any score above 50 indicates an increase in billings). The new projects inquiry index was 59.5, up from a reading of 58.6 the … Read more

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Celebrating Promotions, New Officers of Turner Construction Company

Christa Andresky has been promoted to senior vice president, risk management and chief accounting officer. Andresky is responsible for leading Turner’s tax and accounting groups, as well as Turner’s Risk Management group. Prior to joining Turner in 2013 as vice president and chief accounting officer, she had extensive experience working in audit and finance. Kyle Rooney has been promoted to senior vice president of the Ohio region. Rooney joined Turner’s Cleveland, Ohio office in 1982 as a field engineer. He transferred to the Miami, Florida office in 1984 to serve as an engineer and superintendent. In 1991, he transferred to … Read more

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