Graduate Auburn Hotel Reaches Construction Milestone

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Graduate Auburn Hotel in Auburn, Alabama recently celebrated structural completion of the project with a topping out ceremony. The five-story, 177-room, nearly 140,000-square-foot hotel has direct views of Auburn’s campus and Toomer’s Corner. It will feature an indoor-outdoor rooftop bar, ground-floor café and meeting and banquet space. The property will be the newest in the Graduate Hotels collection, which includes more than 30 locations in iconic cities and college towns across the United States and United Kingdom. Designs are inspired by local culture, history and collegiate nostalgia. During the topping out ceremony, the project team hosted the Auburn University Raptor … Read more

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Clemson University Alumni & Visitors Center Tops Out

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The Clemson University Alumni & Visitors Center located in Clemson, South Carolina has reached its full height, marking a major construction milestone. During a recent topping out ceremony, the university and Brasfield & Gorrie, the project’s construction manager, celebrated the craft workers building the facility. To date, the project has included: moving 8,000 tons of dirt pouring 2,800 yards of concrete setting 2,500 pieces of steel placing 300,000 pounds of cross laminated timber This five-story, 98,000-square-foot structure will gather Tigers of multiple generations under one roof. The center will house numerous programs, including the Clemson Alumni Association, Class of 1944 … Read more

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Major Construction Milestone Achieved at Southwest Healthcare Inland Valley Hospital

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The Southwest Healthcare Inland Valley Hospital expansion project in Wildomar, California has topped out. The project team includes general contractor DPR Construction and design architect HOK. The new seven-story, 290,000-square-foot patient tower will accommodate 102 beds to support Riverside County’s growing population. The campus will be equipped with leading-edge clinical technologies for minimally invasive procedures and advanced therapies, and sustainable infrastructure including energy-efficient LED fixtures and solar panels. As the only designated Trauma Center in Southwest Riverside County, the existing healthcare campus has remained fully operational throughout construction. The project team relocated every major utility that sat in the footprint … Read more

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Clemson Women’s Sports Program Expansion Reaches Full Height

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The topping out of the Women’s Sports Program Expansion project at Clemson University in South Carolina was recently celebrated. The project expansion has reached its full height for new and upgraded facilities that will serve lacrosse, gymnastics and rowing teams. Brasfield & Gorrie is the general contractor on the project. Clemson’s Women’s Sports Program Expansion is the largest recent expansion of women’s sports in the nation. The project includes multiple new facilities: 9,000-square-foot lacrosse operations facility 6,900-square-foot, 1,000-seat lacrosse stadium with press box New lacrosse field 24,000-square-foot gymnastics operations and training facility 10,000-square-foot elite athlete recovery center Addition of Players’ … Read more

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UC San Diego Medical Center, Hillcrest Outpatient Pavilion Tops Out

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The new outpatient pavilion at UC San Diego Medical Center, Hillcrest (California) has topped out. Part of the first phase of the UC San Diego Long Range Development Plan, the six-story, 250,000-square-foot facility will house key clinical programs, addressing the region’s growing demand for specialized diagnostic, treatment and surgical services, notably in cancer care. The project is anticipated to be complete in 2025. The first phase of construction also includes a new parking structure to provide approximately 1,850 spaces for employees, patients and visitors, plus related road and utility infrastructure. The project is taking place on a complex site. In … Read more

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