First Ground-Up Project Complete for Turner Vancouver, British Columbia Team

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Turner Construction Company’s Vancouver, British Columbia team celebrated its first ground-up project, with the recent completion of the Heather Place Redevelopment for Metro Vancouver Housing, located in Canada. The project included the construction of a five-story, 67-residential rental unit building, complete with a cast-in-place concrete structure, with fiberglass windows, a combination of metal, cement, brick veneer as well as exposed architectural concrete making up the exterior finishes. The 57,000-square-foot building was awarded a LEED Gold certification. Photo credit: © Andrew Latreille.

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1st Building in Denver Advantage Campus Framework Plan Welcomes Students

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The University of Denver, along with Saunders Construction, recently completed the Dimond Family Residential Village, the first-year residence hall on the DU Campus, which was delivered in time for the start of the fall quarter. The Dimond Family Residential Village is a 132,000-square-foot residence hall, and last month, the doors opened to students for move-in day. This is the first of three buildings scheduled to open this academic year under DU’s Denver Advantage Campus Framework Plan. The residential village has more than 250 rooms, which, at capacity, can house more than 500 students. Students are separated into cohorts, which has … Read more

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Opening of William J. Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center Begins New Era for Sports Research, More

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A first-of-its-kind facility, designed with intentional “collision spaces” for collaboration between medical doctors, faculty researchers and students, celebrates a vision six years in the making with the recent opening of the William J. Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center in Colorado. The start of the fall semester at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs brings together students and faculty for education and research with the medical providers and clinical experts at Centura Penrose-St. Francis Health Services. Led by co-directors Bill Lueck from Centura and Steve Johnson from UCCS, the facility uses a liberal amount of glass and open space to … Read more

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Construction Underway on $27M Botany Building Renovation at UCLA

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A $27-million upgrade to the University of California, Los Angeles has commenced, which includes an extensive renovation to the campus’ Botany Building. The project team includes BNBuilders and CO Architects. The renovations at UCLA’s 4-level, 37,351-square-foot Botany Building include the building and an adjacent herbarium. The work consists of removing all existing interior partitions; mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and hazardous materials; and installing new MEP and life safety systems, new roof, entrance, accessibility upgrades, seismic upgrades, technical equipment upgrades and interior finishes. When complete, the renovations will provide new wet and dry labs for research, classrooms for teaching and … Read more

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Construction Complete on Silicon Valley’s Sunnyvale Hilton Garden Inn

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The Sunnyvale Hilton Garden Inn, located in California’s Silicon Valley, has recently been completed. The project team included Sundt Construction, Inc. and Architectural Dimensions. According to Jim Larrieu, vice president and Sacramento regional director for Sundt’s Building Group, the property “will equip guests with the amenities and workspace close to technology companies like Google, Apple and Facebook.” Sundt served as the construction manager at risk for the $47.2-million hotel project. The six-story, full-service hotel includes 238 guestrooms and provides a mixed-occupancy space with meeting rooms, bars and luxury lounges, a full-service kitchen, dining areas, outdoor patio spaces, a pool and … Read more

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