Skanska USA has signed a contract with Alamo Colleges to build its new District Support Operations Administration Complex in San Antonio, Texas. The contract is worth $45 million. The new facility will include approximately 52,000 square feet of class A office space, 500 parking spaces, office suites, a conference center, campus police headquarters and dispatch and a central utility plant. Construction will begin in January 2017 and is slated for completion in July 2018.
The 818,000-square-foot project is situated on a 47-acre site with three entrances onto the property and includes a 788,845-square-foot processing and distribution center with administration, maintenance and employee support areas and is located in Portland, Oregon. The distribution facility features areas specified for a Business Mail Entry Unit and United States Postal Inspection Services. The building consists of workroom, which houses fixed mechanization equipment and postal automation equipment, and a mail platform with a total of 92 dock positions. Also included in the overall scope of work is a 29,000-square-foot vehicle maintenance facility with 15 service bays, two body shops … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors have made new resources available to its members through its membership in the Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention. ABC joined the Construction Financial Management Association-led alliance in October 2016 to help provide resources and disseminate information on suicide prevention and mental health awareness in the construction industry, with a goal of building a zero-suicide industry. A 2016 Centers for Disease Control report showed that construction is one of the most at-risk industries for suicide, with 1,324 of the 12,300 suicides (10.8 percent) studied occurring among individuals who worked in the construction or … Read more
AUSTIN, Texas – When Roger Owen – a 97-year-old retired electrical engineer with 48 years of experience – initially decided to pursue a career as an electrical engineer, he went through required training where he learned to fix electrical mishaps by climbing an electrical pole while wearing special shoes with spikes built into them. This older method created a dangerous work environment, as electricians tried to maintain balance while dealing with a circuit that could produce 12,000 volts of electricity. Now Owen lives at the Buckner Villas senior living community in North Austin, Texas where he enjoys and admires these … Read more
EL PASO, Texas – Sundt Construction, Inc. has been selected to build the new Medical Science Building II at Texas Tech University’s Health Sciences Center in El Paso, Texas. The $62-million project includes the construction of a 227,000-square-foot facility, housing complex research laboratories, lecture halls and classrooms, teaching space, faculty/researcher and staff offices and campus support space. Sundt’s scope of work also includes expanding utility infrastructure, adding additional parking and improving the surrounding landscape. Sundt has a history of more than 45 years and more than $2 billion of project work throughout the Lone Star State. Among the general contractor’s … Read more
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