INDIANAPOLIS, In. – The Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing—which will connect the east end of Louisville, Kentucky, with Southern Indiana—recently earned an Envision Platinum Award from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure for the project’s exceptional achievements in sustainable infrastructure design, construction and operations. The ORB EEC represents many Envision Award firsts, including the first project involving a highway, first river bridge, first bi-state project and first project with a roadway tunnel to receive an Envision Award. In addition, the $763-million public private partnership project—Indiana’s first for construction—is the largest P3 project in North America to be third-party certified by … Read more
1350 Boylston Topping Out
Skanska USA has recently topped out 1350 Boylston in The Fenway, a 17-story, 183,000-square-foot residential tower with 212 apartments and approximately 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. Nearly 130 construction workers have dedicated approximately 90,000 work hours to achieve this milestone, which marks the completion of structural steel erection on the neighborhood’s next premier, luxury building targeting LEED Gold certification. 1350 Boylston is walking distance to some of Boston’s most iconic entertainment and sporting venues, cultural destinations and healthcare and educational institutions. At the intersection of Boylston and Kilmarnock Streets, the residences are proximate to the MBTA’s Green Line and … Read more
BNBuilders Begins Construction on County of San Diego Project
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – BNBuilders has commenced construction on the renovations at the county of San Diego Housing and Community Development Services administrative offices. Located at 3989 Ruffin Road in San Diego, California, the project is one of three recent San Diego County construction management at-risk contracts awarded to BNBuilders’ San Diego office. The project is expected to be completed in May 2017 BNBuilders will provide preconstruction and construction services for the 30,000-square-foot HCDS administrative office renovation. Designed by BNIM Architects, the new space will include highly efficient MEP systems and controls, Solatubes for enhanced natural light, LED light fixtures, … Read more
BNBuilders Awarded $23.8M UCLA Geffen Academy Project
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – BNBuilders was recently awarded the $23.8-million Geffen Academy project on the campus of UCLA in California. Geffen Academy is a new college preparatory school for students in grades 6-12 from across the greater Los Angeles area, including children of UCLA faculty and staff. The new school, which is also the first K-12 facility awarded to BNBuilders Southern California office, will offer a world-class education to more than 600 students when it opens in late 2018. The Geffen Academy will be located in the existing 75,000-square-foot, three-level Kinross Building. The Kinross Building was built in 2002 as … Read more
Skanska’s Expo 2 Project Receives Envision Platinum Certificate for Green Infrastructure
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Skanska’s project, the Expo Line Phase 2 Extension, located in Los Angeles, California, has received Envision Platinum certification from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure. It is the first transit project to receive the certification, as well as Skanska’s first Envision-certified project. Additionally, at more than $700 million, it is the largest project by contract value to achieve the certification. Much like LEED for building construction, Envision is a groundbreaking resource for professionals involved in planning, designing, building and maintaining civil infrastructure. The system provides a holistic framework for evaluating and rating the community, environmental and economic … Read more