FARMINGTON, Conn. — KBE Building Corporation was recognized for its outstanding design-build work on the Armed Forces Reserve Center, in Middletown, Conn., as winner of the 2013 Gold Award for Building Construction by the Design Build Institute of America, New England Region, at its annual meeting and awards presentation on Dec. 11, 2013. The extensive military campus project was KBE’s first design-build project for the U.S Army Corps of Engineers. The 16-month completion schedule was called impossible by nearly everyone familiar with the project. Not only did KBE successfully meet all the project milestones, but they also earned the USACE … Read more

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — HITT Contracting Inc. announced Tysons Metro Center I as its 100th LEED-certified project. The recently repositioned Class A building is part of Tysons Corner's growing green building movement in response to the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project. The cohesive project team comprised of HITT, Beacon Capital Partners, Cassidy Turley, Gensler and GHT Limited contributed to the successful completion of the 11-story, 156,000-square-foot renovation. Moreover, the project boasts zero safety incidents and no lost man hours out of the approximately 48,000 hours onsite. The renovation and repurposing strategy for many of the older building assets in Tysons Corner … Read more

ROSEMONT, Ill. — With 12 institutions, 280 national championships and 120 years of historic intercollegiate sports, the Big Ten Conference will continue its mission of “honoring legends and building leaders” in a new $20-million, 50,000-square-foot headquarters located in Rosemont, Ill. The new mixed-use HQ will feature a 3,500-square-foot interactive museum on the first floor entitled, “Big Ten Experience,” showcasing past and present legends, and is scheduled to open in early 2014. The building also includes a conference center on the second floor for more than 130 annual Big Ten academic and athletic meetings that educate tomorrow’s conference leaders. Also included … Read more

LISLE, Ill. — Designed to complement a new curriculum that offers real world experience, Universal Technical Institute’s new flagship campus in Lisle, Ill., will provide a true living laboratory for tomorrow’s automotive engineers. “They let the curriculum drive the building, not the building drive their curriculum,” said architect Erika Carey, partner, Partners by Design, Inc., Chicago. “We designed this building from the inside out. A lot of discussion early on helped shape the building while giving UTI the most efficient and flexible space to shape their facility.” Opening in November 2013, the $25-million state-of-the-art Midwest regional campus redeveloped an existing … Read more