The Dutch subsidiary of STRABAG, ZÜBLIN Nederland B.V., will carry out a major residential construction project in Amsterdam (Netherlands) worth around 139 million euros for Greystar. The three-part building complex — &Amsterdam — with a total gross floor area of 57,017 square meters, will be built in the Amstel III development area located in southeast Amsterdam, an area undergoing a transformation from a monofunctional office district into a lively urban neighborhood. The project consists of three buildings with a total of 561 multifamily apartments on a living space of 48,000 square meters, supplemented by 1,000 square meters of commercial space … Read more
National Transport Authority in Ireland Selects Jacobs to Manage Infrastructure Project
Ireland’s National Transport Authority has selected Jacobs to provide client-partner delivery services for the BusConnects Dublin, Core Bus Corridors Infrastructure Works Program. This critical, 10-year program comprises 12 core bus corridors planned to deliver a substantial upgrade to walking, cycling and bus infrastructure in Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area, while addressing climate change. The firm will lead an integrated, locally driven team with Arup, and subconsultants SYSTRA and Chandler KBS, providing multi-disciplinary and major program management capability to support NTA in overseeing sustainable delivery of approximately 230 kilometers (~142 miles) of continuous bus priority corridors and approximately 200 kilometers … Read more
NREL Selects Design-Build Contractor for Newest Laboratory
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has chosen JE Dunn Construction with its design partner SmithGroup to design and build a new research facility on the east side of its South Table Mountain Campus in Golden, Colorado. The 127,000-square-foot Energy Materials and Processing at Scale laboratory will be a signature facility that will enable collaboration with industry partners, universities and other DOE laboratories to accelerate laboratory-scale innovations in energy materials to market-ready products and processes. JE Dunn and SmithGroup previously partnered with NREL 10 years ago to complete the Energy Systems Integration Facility, a 180,000-square-foot research building … Read more
New Kansas City International Airport Terminal Brings Enhanced Air Travel Experience to Region
In February, the first flights departed from the new single terminal at Missouri’s Kansas City International Airport, marking the end of a five-year development, design and construction effort and ushering in a new era of air travel in the region. The 1.1-million-square-foot, Design-Build project, was developed by Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate and constructed by a joint-venture team led by Clark Construction Group, and including The Weitz Company and Clarkson Construction Company. The new facility, which wholly replaces Kansas City’s existing terminal buildings, features two levels, one for departures and one for arrivals, with clear wayfinding and sightlines, as well … Read more
Department of State Announces Design-Build Construction Award for U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe
The Department of State has awarded B.L. Harbert International the Design-Build construction contract for the new U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe, Malawi (Africa). Miller Hull Partnership is the design architect. The new campus, managed by Overseas Buildings Operations, will provide a secure, sustainable and resilient platform for advancing U.S. and Malawi shared interests on democratic, accountable governance; fostering economic growth through the private sector and supporting Malawi’s development, primarily through health and education.