DPR Selected to Build New Plant Sciences Building at NC State University

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RALEIGH, N.C. – DPR Construction has been selected by North Carolina State University to build the school’s new Plant Sciences Building in Raleigh, North Carolina. The project includes construction of a five-story, 187,000-square-foot interdisciplinary research building, comprising research laboratories, office space, corporate laboratory and office suites, hearth/atrium space, support space and shared, flexible conferencing space. The partial fifth floor will house Biosafety Levels 2 and 3 rooftop greenhouses. The Plant Sciences Building will house the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative – a partnership between NC State University and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The initiative will … Read more

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Middle Earth Expansion Begins on Student Housing at UC Irvine

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The University of California, Irvine awarded the second phase of its campus undergraduate student housing program to the Design-Build team of Hensel Phelps and Mithun in early April. The 215,000-square-foot UCI Middle Earth Expansion project consists of two phases: 1) a new student housing building on the site of two buildings to be demolished (Brandywine Commons and Brandywine Student Center) and 2) the renovation of Pippin Commons. The new project will house roughly 494 students and include a new dining facility, along with amenity and classroom spaces. Middle Earth may be where Hobbits live in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the … Read more

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Mayo Clinic to Serve as Anchor Tenant in New Discovery Square Building

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Mortenson Construction will break ground on the new Destination Medical Center Discovery Square development in Rochester, Minnesota. Mayo Clinic will serve as anchor tenant and will lease 30,000 square feet across three floors in the upcoming life science research and innovation building, which is adjacent to its historic campus. The project is planned for late 2017 with a target completion date in 2019. Building Highlights: The more than 60,000-square-foot facility will be ideally situated at the corner of 4th Street Southwest and 2nd Avenue Southwest in the 16-block Discovery Square sub-district, pending final approval Unique, integrated design … Read more

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San Antonio’s Frost Tower Construction, Design to Focus on Lean and Green

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Clark Construction Group has been awarded a contract to build Frost Tower, a 23-story office building in downtown San Antonio, Texas. This project marks Clark’s return to the city after completing the 2.8-million-square-foot San Antonio Military Medical Center in 2013. Clark will construct a 440,000-square-foot office building with an additional 20,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. The post-tensioned, cast-in-place concrete tower will be constructed on a deep pier foundation, anchoring the tower as it rises into the San Antonio skyline. Each floor’s unique footprint will generate a twisting geometric structure giving the building a distinct … Read more

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Icononic Blue Panels to Transform Future IDEA Grand Prairie

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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – IKEA officials recently announced that steel framing has progressed enough that installation of iconic blue panels has begun on its future Grand Prairie, Texas store. Installing blue panels is a construction milestone that keeps the store on track to open fall of 2017 as the second Metroplex store for IKEA, and reflects the unique architectural design for which the company is known worldwide. The 290,000-square-foot future IKEA Grand Prairie and its 1,100 parking spaces will be built on 30 acres along the eastern side of State Highway 161 and Mayfield Road, north of Interstate-20, approximately 14 … Read more

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