Virtual Topping Off Ceremony Celebrates NextGen Precision Health Institute Construction Milestone

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The University of Missouri hosted a virtual topping off ceremony to celebrate the last steel beam being placed atop the $220.8-million NextGen Precision Health Institute. As the cornerstone of the statewide NextGen Precision Health Initiative, the institute will be the home of translational research and life-saving precision health solutions that will benefit Missourians and the world. The 265,000 square-foot, five-story precision health facility will provide space for more than 60 principal investigators to conduct research in areas such as engineering, medicine, arts and science, veterinary medicine and animal sciences. The building will include laboratories, classrooms and innovative space for faculty, … Read more

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Topping-Out Ceremony Marks Milestone for The Q Transformation

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A major construction milestone in The Q Transformation to update and modernize the 25-year–old publicly owned Quicken Loans Arena was celebrated with a special topping-out ceremony to hoist the project’s final steel beam into place atop of the arena, located in Cleveland, Ohio. General contractor on the project is Whiting Turner. The topping out culminates almost a year of structural steel work on the project, which began in February 2018. More than 4,750 pieces of steel, equivalent to 1,229 tons, have been installed to form the frame of the arena’s new north atrium and south entrance. The new street-facing exterior … Read more

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Gilbane Building Company Reaches Milestone at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino Expansion

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MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Gilbane Building Company recently celebrated a major milestone on the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino Expansion project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The topping-off ceremony for this high-profile hotel expansion was attended by city, tribal and organizational leadership, as well as project team members from Gilbane Building Company, Greenfire Management and Cuningham Group. The tower expansion will provide Potawatomi Hotel & Casino with 119 additional rooms to the existing facility for a total of 500 rooms. A four-story infill area between the existing casino and hotel will also be added and include storage, multiple kitchens expansion, a pastry kitchen, banquet … Read more

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JV Celebrates Steel Topping Out on OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Research Building

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PORTLAND, Ore. – The construction joint-venture team of McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. and Andersen Construction, along with Oregon Health & Science University and SRG Partnership, recently celebrated a major milestone in the construction of the new OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Research Building. Construction workers, designers, engineers, employees, physicians, community members and donors gathered to sign the steel beam before it was hoisted atop the $190-million research and development conference center facility located in Portland, Oregon. “The Knight Cancer Institute will advance cancer research to its highest level with this leading-edge laboratory facility designed to support “team science” by encouraging collaboration … Read more

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Topping Off Celebrated at West Valley College Kvamme Planetarium

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SARATOGA, Calif. – Gilbane Building Company recently celebrated a major milestone at the site of the West Valley College Kvamme Planetarium project in Saratoga, California. The steel topping-off ceremony was attended by representatives from West Valley – Mission Community College District, college staff, Mr. and Mrs. Kvamme, for whom the planetarium is named, BHM Construction, Rackley Steel Erectors and representatives from Gilbane. Gilbane is providing construction management services for West Valley Mission Community College District’s Kvamme Planetarium. A major portion of the project funds have been donated by Jean and Floyd Kvamme. The project includes a 42-foot projection dome with … Read more

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