PCL Project Receives International Living Future Institute Petal Certification

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The PCL family of companies has received its first International Living Future Institute’s Petal Certification for the Calgary Zoo’s Panda Passage, located in Alberta, Canada. The Petal Certification, from the ILFI Living Building Challenge, makes it the most advanced constructed habitat in the world. The Panda Passage is the first-ever Petal-certified project for PCL and the first in Alberta; it is also the second zoo facility to receive the certification. Focused on innovation and sustainability, the Living Building Challenge provides guidelines for design and construction that promote the relationship between people and the environment. Based on the ILFI and the … Read more

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San Antonio’s New Frost Tower ‘Crown Jewel’ of Central Business District

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After 26 months of construction, Clark Construction has reached substantial completion on Frost Tower, the first new office tower to rise in downtown San Antonio, Texas since 1989. Located in the heart of San Antonio’s Central Business District, Frost Tower features 440,000 square feet of leasable office space and an additional 20,000 square feet of street retail. The structure also includes a 1,000-space wraparound parking facility, which tucks under the first four floors and wraps the west side of the building. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc, the 24-story octagonal building tapers up to a curtainwall … Read more

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Multiplex Completes Final Tower in Australia’s Collins Square Development

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Multiplex has reached completion on the fifth and final commercial office tower at Walker Corporation’s landmark $2.5-billion Collins Square development located in Melbourne’s central business district. Collins Square is one of the largest commercial mixed-use developments in Australia. Spanning an entire city block, it consists of five commercial office buildings with retail space providing a combined total of more than 250,000 square meters of commercial space and 10,000 square meters of retail area. The final $168.5-million tower spans three levels and reaches 117 meters in height. It provides a total area of approximately 40,000 square meters of commercial office space, … Read more

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Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley Campus Building Tops Out

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Haselden Construction recently celebrated the topping out of two new buildings at Colorado Mountain College’s Spring Valley campus in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Haselden Construction is building a 34,000-square-foot fitness center and the 16,000-square-foot Ascent Center, which will serve as the welcome center and entrance focal point for the campus. The two new buildings, designed by Anderson Mason Dale Architects and being constructed to LEED Silver standards, will offer students, staff and community members flexible spaces for classrooms, meetings and lectures, as well as state-of-the art workout facilities. The fitness center will have two full basketball courts, an indoor track, a … Read more

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One Snowmass 2-Building Resort Tops Out

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Haselden Construction recently celebrated the topping out of One Snowmass in Snowmass Village, Colorado. The new two-building resort will offer 41 whole and fractional ownership condos with sweeping views of the Roaring Fork Valley and an abundance of amenities. The resort will be the focal point of the entrance to Snowmass Base Village. One Snowmass, designed by 4240 Architecture, will provide 165,000 square feet of residential living space, retail shops, restaurants, a fitness center and yoga studio, spa and medical center. Condo units, ranging from 1,500 to 3,500 square feet, will have balconies and floor-to-ceiling windows with views of either … Read more

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