Clemson Women’s Sports Program Expansion Celebrates Grand Opening

Clemson University’s new women’s sports facilities are ready for action. General contractor Brasfield & Gorrie led construction on the new and upgraded facilities for the university’s lacrosse, gymnastics and rowing teams for the South Carolina university. Clemson’s women’s sports program expansion is the largest recent expansion of women’s sports in the nation. The new facilities are: 9,000-square-foot lacrosse operations facility 6,900-square-foot, 1,000-seat lacrosse stadium with press box New lacrosse field 24,000-square-foot gymnastics operations and training facility 10,000-square-foot elite athlete recovery center Addition of a Players’ Village outdoor space Sitework to include 252 paved parking spaces Rowing renovations included: 1,100-square-foot reconfiguration … Read more

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Balfour Beatty Completes Expansion, Renovation of The Alfond Inn Hotel 

Balfour Beatty has completed the $36-million expansion and renovation of The Alfond Inn at Rollins on behalf of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. The hotel’s five-story, 81,000-square-foot addition is a vital development to the Winter Park area’s social venue spaces, which complements the Alfond Inn. The building expansion adjacent to the existing luxury hotel includes 71 new guest rooms, a communal café in the lobby, a spa with an amenity deck, a second swimming pool and an additional 2,400-square-foot meeting, boardroom and event space. The hotel’s new wing features a four-story atrium and leverages natural light to provide continuity … Read more

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Clemson Women’s Sports Program Expansion Reaches Full Height

The topping out of the Women’s Sports Program Expansion project at Clemson University in South Carolina was recently celebrated. The project expansion has reached its full height for new and upgraded facilities that will serve lacrosse, gymnastics and rowing teams. Brasfield & Gorrie is the general contractor on the project. Clemson’s Women’s Sports Program Expansion is the largest recent expansion of women’s sports in the nation. The project includes multiple new facilities: 9,000-square-foot lacrosse operations facility 6,900-square-foot, 1,000-seat lacrosse stadium with press box New lacrosse field 24,000-square-foot gymnastics operations and training facility 10,000-square-foot elite athlete recovery center Addition of Players’ … Read more

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Construction Milestone Reached on $456M Wisconsin Center Expansion

The Wisconsin Center District recently gathered with state and local leaders to celebrate the topping-off milestone for the expanded Baird Center in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This achievement marks the completion of the steel structure of the expansion. Gilbane Building Company and C.D. Smith Construction, who have formed a joint venture as Gilbane | Smith Wisconsin Center Expansion, are the general contractors on the project. Upon completion, this monumental expansion project will nearly double the convention center’s size, bringing the expo hall to 300,000 square feet, adding 24 new meeting rooms, six additional loading docks and a rooftop ballroom with spectacular … Read more

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Banner Gateway Tower Expansion Doubles Size of Medical Center Campus

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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