Austin High School Celebrates Historical Campus’ Grand Opening

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Upon recent completion of modernizations to its historic campus, Austin High School hosted its grand opening ceremony. The school is the oldest continuously operating public high school in the state of Texas. Throughout the duration of the project, it was crucial that the addition and renovations did not diminish the rich history of the campus, but rather, enhanced it. Cadence McShane Construction Company worked alongside architecture firm O’Connell Robertson to accomplish this through creative design methods and repurposing of materials. The updated campus incorporates a total of 65,000 square-feet of additions and renovations. This includes a full running track replacement, … Read more

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Builtech Continues Relationship with Sterling Bay, Starbucks

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CHICAGO, Ill. – Builtech Services LLC has been awarded a contract to perform the construction on the historic Howard Building on Randolph Street in the West Loop for Sterling Bay in Chicago, Illinois. Located at 1000 W. Randolph St. in Chicago’s Fulton Market District, the adaptive re-use project entails the rehabilitation and renovation of the two-story, 15,500-square-foot building for new retail tenants, which include Starbucks and Anthropologie. Located at the northwest corner of the West Loop, the Fulton Market District continues its evolution from long-time meat-packing district to upscale neighborhood. The shops will sit across the street from what will … Read more

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Linbeck Group Finishes Sunset Coffee Building Rehabilitation

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HOUSTON, Texas – Linbeck Group has recently completed downtown Houston, Texas’ historic Sunset Coffee Building located at Allen’s Landing near Main and Commerce streets. Purchased by Buffalo Bayou Partnership in 2003, as part of its master plan to transform a 10-mile stretch of the neglected Buffalo Bayou into a thriving waterfront, the 12,700-square-foot former coffee-roasting facility required extensive work to rehabilitate the 1910 industrial building. It is now a recreational and cultural center that features a rooftop terrace for events, an outdoor plaza, a canoe, kayak and bike rental facility, café and office space for BBP. Total cost for the … Read more

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Western Specialty Contractors Completes Historic Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary Project

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – When the main cell house building at the historic Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco, California, was constructed in 1910-1912, prison workers mixed salt water from the surrounding San Francisco Bay and brick rubble in the concrete support beams. Coupled with the island’s extreme weather conditions, the large, cast-in-place concrete support beams in the original citadel and basement shower room areas that support the main cellblock structures began to deteriorate and fail, posing major structural damage to the historic building. The citadel was part of the original structure and dates back to the Civil War era. … Read more

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Hensel Phelps Moves Historic Structure in Washington, D.C.

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After months of detailed planning, the Hensel Phelps project team at the Columbia Place/Square 369 project site, located adjacent to the Washington Convention Center in the heart of the District of Columbia, geared up for an exciting start to the day — the relocation of the historic structure at 911 L Street. In the days before, the team, with the help of Wolfe House and Building Movers, prepared this historic three-story, 160-year-old Civil War-era townhome for relocation to its new site, flush with the historic Lurgan Building. In order to carry out the operation, the team first abated and demolished … Read more

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