Banner Gateway Tower Expansion Doubles Size of Medical Center Campus

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The $243-million, five-story Banner Gateway Medical Center tower expansion project, located in Gilbert, Arizona, is complete. The expansion doubles the size of the medical center campus and is expected to add more than 600 new jobs to the campus. McCarthy Building Companies served as the general contractor on the project. The 351,000-square-foot addition includes an expanded women and infant services unit with NICU, added space for inpatient cancer care by Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center (located on the same campus) and more space for surgical, emergency, endoscopy and imaging services, including four new operating rooms, new MRI, as well as … Read more

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ABC’s 2022 Tech Report Features Real-World Journeys in Construction Innovation

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Associated Builders and Contractors released its second annual construction technology report comprised of case studies that spotlight specific technologies and innovation best practices that ABC member contractors are utilizing to strengthen their value proposition. The report also features safety technology survey data from ABC contractors. Some technologies and innovative practices by ABC contractors found in the 2022 Tech Report include: Robotics: Thanks to a suite of robotic solutions, HITT Contracting, Falls Church, Virginia, and its subcontractor drilled 262 anchors in four hours, ultimately resulting in a pace that allowed a 10-day task to be completed in just four days with … Read more

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Nascar Productions Facility Project Breaks Ground

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NASCAR is partnering with Choate Construction Company to bring the National Association’s production operations to Concord, North Carolina. To commemorate the project’s commencement, NASCAR hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in August and a post-event celebration at Twenty-Six Acres Brewing Company. Relocating from Charlotte to the land adjacent to the NASCAR R&D Center, NASCAR’s 58,000-square-foot production facility will provide space for its continued expansion. The Design-Build project will be made of tilt-up concrete and structural steel, with a complete build-out of the interior to house NASCAR’s television and radio production studios, as well as a broadcast equipment room, mechanical system and chemical … Read more

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BSI Joins NIBS BIM Council

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BSI, the business improvement and standards company, has become a member of the National Institute of Building Sciences BIM Council. The Council will help develop a national BIM program for the U.S. that aligns with international standards. The BIM Council is one of eight NIBS councils with the mission to lead the development and deployment of broadly adopted national information management standards and processes. BIM is well established outside the U.S., in countries such as the UK, and supported by the international standard, ISO 19650-1:2018 – Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information … Read more

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Emerging Robotics Technology May Lead to Better Buildings in Less Time

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By Chris Adam Emerging robotics technology may soon help construction companies and contractors create buildings in less time at higher quality and at lower costs. Purdue University innovators have developed, and are testing, a novel construction robotic system that uses an innovative mechanical design with advances in computer vision-sensing technology to work in a construction setting. “Our work helps to address workforce shortages in the construction industry by automating key construction operations,” said Jiansong Zhang, an assistant professor of construction management technology in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute. “On a construction site, there are many unknown factors that a construction robot … Read more

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