2019 Design-Build Project/Team Award Winners Announced

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From university buildings to office transformations, this year’s 2019 Design-Build Project/Team Award winners are the best Design-Build projects in the nation and demonstrate how Design-Build Done Right continues to deliver project innovation and savings to communities from coast to coast. This year’s winners were announced at the 2019 Design-Build Awards Dinner during the Design-Build Conference & Expo. Design-Build Project of the Year Sharp Chula Vista Ocean View Tower Design-Build National Awards of Excellence Excellence Award winners are the best in their category or excelled in one of the key components vital to Design-Build success including design, process and teaming. DBIA … Read more

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NGA Breaks Ground on New facility in North St. Louis

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The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new campus in North St. Louis, Missouri, beginning a new chapter for the agency. The new NGA campus location puts it in the heart of a community of outstanding academic institutions and cutting-edge industry. It is scheduled to be open and fully operational by 2025. The new facility will include approximately 712,000 square feet of office space, parking garages, a visitor’s center, an inspection facility and control access points. Plans are for the facility to include wireless technologies – which, while standard in private industry, has been a challenge … Read more

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McCarthy Grows Aviation Portfolio with Helisim Project

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McCarthy Building Companies is working with HPM Leadership and Airbus Helicopters Inc. and Helisim (a French joint venture of Airbus, Thales AVS and DCI), to build a helicopter pilot simulation training center in Grand Prairie, Texas. The Helisim Simulation Center is the company’s first helicopter training facility in North America and serves as its North American headquarters. McCarthy broke ground in May 2019, topped out last month and is expected to complete the project March 2020. The 18,000-square-foot training facility will house two helicopter flight simulators, the first Level D full-motion flight simulators in North America for Airbus H145 and … Read more

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Ground Broken for Columbus Crew MLS Stadium

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Ground was recently broken for the new downtown Columbus Crew Major League Soccer Stadium, located in Ohio and set to open in July 2021. Turner Construction Company and joint venture partner Smoot Construction Company are providing the Design-Build services for the 460,000-square-foot facility, which will serve as the home to the Columbus Crew Soccer Club. With the new owners, project team members and a number of city officials on stage at the groundbreaking ceremony, as well as nearly 4,300 Black & Gold fans in attendance, the festivities were held at the stadium’s new location, which will move the team from … Read more

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New Natural Resources Headquarters Tops Out

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The New Natural Resources Headquarters project in Sacramento, California topped out with its last piece of structural steel at 344 feet. The 22-story office tower will be the new headquarters for the State of California Natural Resources Agency. The project team included Turner Construction Company and Design-Build partners, AC Martin; members from Turner Engineering Group and design consultants, trade partners and owners group. The project, which will be Sacramento’s tallest building since 2009, broke ground one year ago, and has been making an impression in the city ever since. Turner has been ensuring minimal impacts to the busy downtown community, … Read more

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