Gannett Fleming has appointed Thomas Pursel, P.E., as the Northeast region construction services area manager for water/wastewater. Pursel has worked on and supervised field personnel for numerous award-winning projects, including the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in New York, the City of Lebanon Authority Wastewater Treatment Plant in Pennsylvania and the Tempe Town Lake Downstream Dam Replacement in Arizona. Pursel has a specialized background in construction services for dams and will continue to collaborate with the Earth Sciences Global Business Line to assist with growth, business development and project execution nationwide. Pursel earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering … Read more
Topping Off Celebrated at West Valley College Kvamme Planetarium
SARATOGA, Calif. – Gilbane Building Company recently celebrated a major milestone at the site of the West Valley College Kvamme Planetarium project in Saratoga, California. The steel topping-off ceremony was attended by representatives from West Valley – Mission Community College District, college staff, Mr. and Mrs. Kvamme, for whom the planetarium is named, BHM Construction, Rackley Steel Erectors and representatives from Gilbane. Gilbane is providing construction management services for West Valley Mission Community College District’s Kvamme Planetarium. A major portion of the project funds have been donated by Jean and Floyd Kvamme. The project includes a 42-foot projection dome with … Read more
Lendlease to Provide CM for Pfizer’s New Biologics Clinical Manufacturing Facility
BOSTON, Mass. – Lendlease was recently selected to provide construction management services for Pfizer’s new biologics clinical manufacturing facility in Andover, Massachusetts. On June 16, Pfizer broke ground for the 175,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that will enable the production of high-quality, complex biologics and vaccines. The new clinical manufacturing facility is designed with five independent manufacturing suites to support Pfizer’s highly complex and diverse biologics research effort. The facility will: Employ flexible design to fully enable next generation manufacturing strategies Leverage state-of-the-art, single-use bioreactors and disposable process technologies Provide clinical manufacturing options with the lowest cost and greatest flexibility for efficiently … Read more