Skanska Converts Commercial Building in San Francisco into Hotel

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ÖSTERSUND, Sweden – Skanska has signed a contract with 1095 Market Street Owner to renovate 1095 Market St. in San Francisco, California, converting the historic structure into a hotel. The contract is worth $38 million. The project consists of rehabilitation of a historic commercial office building originally built in 1904. The existing eight story, approximately 22,000-square-foot building will receive a top-to-bottom renovation, including seismic structural upgrades. Additionally, a new story will be inserted within the ground floor level, resulting in a nine-story 25,600-square-foot high-rise building. The hotel that will occupy the building will include more than 200 rooms. The property … Read more

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Turner, SOM Awarded Design-Build Contract at United States Naval Academy

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A Design-Build team comprised of Turner Construction Company and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has been selected to deliver the latest addition to the campus of the United States Naval Academy: the Center for Cyber Security Studies. The $114-million center is a 206,400-square-foot academic building, dedicated to the education of midshipmen in all areas of cyber warfare, and will include classrooms and lecture halls, teaching and research laboratories, a research and testing tank to support the engineering and weapons laboratories, an observatory, offices and multi-purpose collaborative space for students and faculty. Situated between Nimitz Library and Rickover Hall, the center will … Read more

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PREMIER Design + Build Group, LLC Wraps Up Phase II of CIE

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ITASCA, Ill. — Lake Park Associates Inc., and University of Chicago, chose PREMIER Design + Build Group, LLC to spearhead the renovation of the Doerr Building in Chicago, Ilinois’ historic Hyde Park neighborhood, which included the revamp of the building’s core and shell. The Doerr Building houses high-tech facilities for the Chicago Innovation Exchange—an innovation hub for the University of Chicago, top engineering leaders and startup companies. Featured in the new space is a digital fabrication lab designed for rapid prototyping. State-of-the-art amenities included in the new Fab Lab aid in bridging the gap between physical and digital design and … Read more

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Construction Employment Rises in 44 States, D.C. Over Last Year

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Forty-four states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between March 2015 and March 2016 while construction employment increased in 28 states between February and March, according to analysis of Labor Department data released by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that the five states experiencing year-over-year construction employment declines are all energy producing states where construction demand has likely suffered from declining prices for coal, oil and other fuels. “Construction employment growth occurred all regions in the latest 12 months,” said Ken Simonson, chief economist for the association. “The only soft spots in construction demand … Read more

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Hill International JV to Design, Manage Construction of Rixos Saadiyat Island Hotel in Abu Dhabi

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PHILADELPHIA, Pa., and ABU DHABI, UAE – Hill International’s joint venture with EHAF Consulting Engineers has received a contract from Megaprojeler Insaat Turizm Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi, an affiliate of Rixos Hotels, to provide design and construction supervision consultancy services in connection with a new five-star, 374-key Rixos Saadiyat Island Hotel located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The two-year contract has an estimated value to the joint venture of approximately $3.8 million. Hill is a 65 percent partner in the joint venture. Saadiyat Island is located off the coast of Abu Dhabi. It is a 10.4-square-mile island planned and created … Read more

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