Arup Celebrates Start of Construction for Phase 3 of MASS MoCA

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BOSTON, Mass. — Arup has commenced construction for renovations at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in Boston. Arup is the structural engineer for the transformation of a 120,000-square-foot industrial mill building into a world-class contemporary art museum. Building 6 is the third phase of a 25-year museum master plan, and will make MASS MoCA the largest contemporary art museum in the U.S. “ Working directly for Bruner/Cott Architects and Planners, Arup is developing structural solutions that serve to implement the architect’s vision to preserve and enhance the building’s natural assets of openness, light and texture, while bringing the 100-year … Read more

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Gilbane Awarded Cobb County School District Project

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MARIETTA, Ga. — Gilbane Building Company is serving as the construction manager for Cobb County School District, the second largest school district in Georgia, on both Brumby Elementary School and Walton High School. Combined, the two projects will bring more than 200 new instructional units to the district. The Brumby Elementary School will include construction of 71 new instructional units consisting of classroom and administrative areas, media center, physical education, personnel services, food services and utility areas. Two playscapes with associated asphalt play courts and playfields will also be added. Construction is slated to begin in February 2016. Additionally, Gilbane … Read more

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Tocci Building Companies Begins Renovation of 120,000 SF Facility

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WOBURN, Mass. — Tocci Building Companies recently kicked off the renovation of a 120,000-square-foot facility at 65 Grove Street in Watertown, Massachusetts. The $13-million project will transform an outdated manufacturing plant into a premier office space. 65 Grove Street, formerly the home of GE Ionics, currently features a three-story brick façade, ribbon windows and an attached parking structure. Tocci will work alongside Cresset Development on behalf of property owners Cresset Grove, LLC. The project team includes architects MDS/Miller Dyer Spears, structural engineers Souza True & Partners, MEP engineers AKF Group, civil engineers McKenzie Engineering Group and architects Kyle Zick Landscape … Read more

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Architects Foundation Issues Report on National Resilience Initiative

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NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Architects Foundation released its first annual report on the National Resilience Initiative, a growing network of resilient design studios geared toward helping local communities become more resilient to natural disasters and climate change. The report, “In Flux: Community Design for Change, Chance and Opportunity,” was unveiled at the Clinton Global Initiative's Annual meeting. It details the compendium of activities for the past year, including the work of the NRI's three charter members: the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Resilient Design; at the University of Arkansas Community Design Center at the Fay Jones School … Read more

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Construction Employment Declines in August, Reports AGC

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Construction employment declined in 153 out of 358 metro areas between August 2014 and August 2015, nearly matching the 163 areas that added construction jobs, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that the number of metro areas losing construction jobs is on the rise amid growing uncertainty about federal funding for construction programs and growing shortages of qualified construction workers. “The fact that fewer than half of metro areas added construction jobs at a time when there were gains in nearly three-fourths of the states suggests … Read more

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