Korte to Construct $16.7M Las Vegas Army Reserve Center

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The Korte Company was selected, along with its joint-venture partner, MACNAK, for the construction of a 300-member Army Reserve Center. The MACNAK Korte Team LLC will begin construction of the ARC in October. When completed, the ARC will include a 37,000-square-foot training building, a 21,000-square-foot area maintenance support activity / organizational maintenance shop and approximately 4,100 square feet of unheated storage. The ARC site will be located just south of Las Vegas, Nev.

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New Camp Pendleton Naval Replacement Hospital Construction Teams Stomp Competition at World Famous 10K Mud Run

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Just as the Clark/McCarthy joint venture design-build team is out ahead of construction on the new 500,000-square-foot Camp Pendleton Naval Replacement Hospital, so were its members and associates ahead of the pack during the World Famous Mud Run on June 15 on the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base north of Oceanside, Calif. A total of 183 participants — including McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., and Clark Construction Group, LLC, employees, subcontractor partners, owners" representatives and friends and family members — comprised 36 separate teams that endured the grueling and muddy course and raised a combined $8,100 (not … Read more

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The American Institute of Architects Unveils New, Updated AIA Contract Documents

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Institute of Architects   Contract Documents team announced several additions and updates to its suite of offerings: a new family of Program Management documents; a new, free Guide for Small Projects; an updated Guide for Sustainable Projects and updated BIM and Digital Practice Documents. The new documents and updates will improve the contract negotiation experience for architects, building owners, general contractors and other design and construction professionals. The new documents and guides are available in the latest version of AIA Contract Documents software, which is now compatible with Microsoft Office 2013 and Windows 8. “We … Read more

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Construction Employment Hits All-time High

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Construction employment increased in a majority of states in May, setting all-time highs in Louisiana and North Dakota, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials noted that construction demand remains very uneven and urged policy makers to expedite stalled public and private projects. “The strongest recoveries in construction employment have occurred in states with oil and gas activity, while the steepest construction job losses have occurred in Sunbelt states,” said Ken Simonson, the association's chief economist. “However, patterns for the past year show that even some lagging states are beginning … Read more

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C.W. Driver Begins Construction on New Student Health Building at CSU San Marcos

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SAN MARCOS, Calif. — C.W. Driver has broken ground on the new 20,000-square-foot Student Health and Counseling Building at California State University San Marcos. The $7.5-million design-build project, which is slated for completion in 2014, was designed by Los Angeles-based HMC Architects to achieve LEED-Gold certification. “The design-build team developed a series of analytic models to determine optimal performance of the building systems which will be instrumental in achieving the LEED-Gold certification,” said Andy Feth, project director with C.W. Driver. “As a result, climate and solar data was used to determine the size and location of windows, and add passive … Read more

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