BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Brasfield & Gorrie announced the company recently celebrated a construction milestone at the new Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine campus in Auburn, Alabama. A topping out ceremony was held on Oct. 2 to mark the recent structural completion of the facility, which is located on a 15-acre site in Auburn University's Research Park. The new facility will house programs from VCOM at Auburn. The $20-million project includes a new 92,000-square-foot, four-story building that will include classrooms, small-group learning rooms, laboratories and a technology center. In addition, VCOM will collaborate with the Auburn Research and Technology Foundation … Read more

WOBURN, Mass. — Tocci Building Companies recently completed a 10,000-square-foot lab fitout for Greentown Labs, an incubation space for energy technology start-up companies located in Somerville, Massachusetts. Tocci worked with architects Robert Luchetti Associates and engineers Zade Associates to create additional incubator lab space for four subtenants: Zed/Transocean, Open Water Power, Quantum Diamond and Dynamo Micropower. The primary goal of the project was to provide a timely renovation of Greentown Labs” space. Since the tenants are mainly entrepreneurs that move at a fast pace, Tocci worked with the project team to fast track this task and deliver the space within … Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Design Build Institute of America has announced the 2014 Project of the Year and National Award of Excellence winners. The Denver Union Station Transit Improvement Project has been bestowed with DBIA’s highest honor, Project of the Year, with Agua Nueva, Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Henry M. Jackson Federal Building Modernization and the San Diego International Airport Terminal 2 and Airside Expansion projects being specially recognized for excellence in the critical areas of design, process and teaming. “This year’s award competition was the most rigorous to date with a greater emphasis on best practices and teamwork, as … Read more