Hammers and Drills Give Way to Violins, Voices as Phase I of Wheaton College’s New Performing Arts Center Completes

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CHICAGO, Ill. – The sounds of violins and voices replaced hammers and drills on Oct. 19 as classes began at Wheaton College’s new Armerding Center for Music and the Arts, located in Chicago, Illinois. Mortenson Construction completed the year-long, $18-million transformation of the former science building in early October, with the college moving in over fall break to the new home for the school’s Conservatory of Music. In renovating the four floors of the gutted 52,000-square-foot structure, Mortenson has concluded the first phase of Wheaton’s College’s investment in centralizing its music and performing arts program in state-of-the-art educational, research and … Read more

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Skanska to Renovate Philadelphia Shopping Mall

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Skanska has, together with its joint venture partner Shoemaker Construction Company, signed a contract with Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust and Macerich to complete renovations of The Gallery shopping mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The total contract is worth $126 million. Skanska USA Building will include its share of the contract worth $61 million, in the order bookings for the fourth quarter 2016. The work at the 1-million-square-foot shopping mall includes selective structural demolition; new structural and architectural construction; modifications and additions to the MEP and fire protection systems; replacement of all common area floor finishes, ceilings and lighting, neutral columns … Read more

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