IRVING, Texas – Fluor Corporation’s joint venture team has been selected to Design-Build, finance, operate and maintain the Los Angeles International Airport Automated People Mover project for the Los Angeles World Airports, located in California. The project includes a total of six stations that will connect a new consolidated rental car facility, intermodal transportation facilities, expanded airport parking and Metro transit to the airline terminals. The project will provide reliable, time-certain access to the airline terminals for passengers and employees. Fluor will participate in every phase of the 30-year project. Fluor is an equity member of the LAX Integrated Express … Read more
Milton District Hospital Expansion Case Study for Design-Build Excellence
PCL Constructors Canada Inc. has achieved final completion on the Milton District Hospital expansion project. The project achieved substantial completion in April 2017 and Halton Healthcare began providing patient care in the new space in October. Ensuring the existing Milton District Hospital could continue to serve the community during construction was key to the success of the expansion, which was built to meet the increasing care needs of one of Canada’s fastest-growing communities, and to accommodate new technology. Valued at $512 million, the expansion adds 330,000 square feet of space to the existing 125,000-square-foot hospital and features: Expanded emergency and surgical … Read more
Gilbane, Design Partners Win Two 2017 U.S. Air Force Design Awards
Gilbane, together with their design partners, were the winners of two 2017 United States Air Force design awards for recently completed healthcare projects. Gilbane, along with Sherlock Smith and Adams, received the Honor Award for Facility Design of the Medical Clinic at Holloman AFB in New Mexico. Gilbane, along with Leo A. Daly, received the Merit Award for Facility Renovations & Additions design of the San Antonio Military Medical Center Hyperbaric Facility in Texas. The Medical Clinic at Holloman AFB is a new 100,000-square-foot outpatient facility. The clinic embraces the southwest desert landscape and channels abundant natural light into the … Read more
Prefabricated Envelopes Deliver Flexibility to Projects
By George Vangelatos and Chuck Eyberg Today’s project owners want reduced costs and shorter construction time, while still seeking high-quality materials. One option to explore is prefabricated exterior building envelopes. Especially when used in large projects, prefabricated envelopes are made possible by integrated teams working together to answer client objectives. For example, take Torrance Memorial Medical Center’s Lundquist Tower in California. The expansion tower was conceived to have several skin types with elegant detailing. The project team worked together to devise an offsite prefabricated skin, which achieved high quality at a lower cost, and saved six months on the critical … Read more
University Honored for Community Impact, Design and Construction Excellence
CHICAGO, Ill. – The University of Chicago’s Campus North Residential Commons, located in Illinois, has won three awards from the Design-Build Institute of America, including the first Chairman’s Award for Community Impact and Social Responsibility. Following a competitive judging process, the university’s first major Design-Build project was one of two recipients of this new honor and also won awards for merit and excellence in design. The Chairman’s Award for Community Impact and Social Responsibility was created this year to “reward Design-Build teams which have shown extraordinary commitment to triple bottom-line success—economic, environmental and social—and which have clearly improved the communities … Read more