Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino Resort Expansion Celebrates Topping Out

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AK-CHIN INDIAN COMMUNITY – Sundt | Yates Construction and Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino celebrated the topping out of a new 12-story, 230-room hotel tower last month. Members of the project team signed the final steel beam before workers placed it on the structure. When complete, the casino resort expansion will enhance this entertainment venue for the Ak-Chin Indian Community and the surrounding communities of Pinal County, including Maricopa, Arizona. The Design-Build project expands the casino and hotel and adds an 18,000-square-foot banquet and meeting space and 730-car parking garage. There will also be a pedestrian bridge spanning Ak-Chin Parkway to unite … Read more

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Clark Tops Out Concrete Structure at 150 Van Ness

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Clark Construction’s team in San Francisco, California has topped out 150 Van Ness, a 420-unit apartment building taking shape in the heart of the city’s Civic Center neighborhood. The milestone marks the completion of the building’s cast-in-place concrete superstructure and comes nine months after the project’s mud slab was poured. Crews placed 18,000 cubic yards of concrete to complete the complex’s 13-story frame. With this milestone realized, the project team will focus on completing the building envelope and interior work. In May, Clark constructed two mock-up units to provide the client with a first-hand look at … Read more

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Swinerton Tops out Genesis North Tower in South San Francisco

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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Swinerton and Phase3 Real Estate Partners recently celebrated the topping out of the Genesis North Tower in South San Francisco, California. Genesis North Tower is a 21-story, 390,000-square-foot building with a steel-framed structure and aluminum and glass exterior. Genesis North Tower project includes offices, conference rooms, Biotech laboratories and a fitness center. The project is located just north of San Francisco International Airport off Highway 101—the hub of biotechnology in South San Francisco. Core and shell of the project is designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP, and interiors by McFarlane Architects Inc. Since beginning … Read more

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Construction Milestone Celebrated for New Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation and Aquatic Center

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ATLANTA, Ga. – One of the most exciting and iconic projects in the city of Atlanta, Georgia’s booming Old Fourth Ward neighborhood has moved a major step closer to completion. The City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation and Winter Johnson FS360, a joint venture, recently celebrated topping out of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation and Aquatic Center. The topping out event took place at the new recreation center construction site on Hilliard Avenue and feted the placement of the top beam and the completion of the facility’s superstructure. Attendees at the topping out were treated to … Read more

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Campus for All Animals Expansion Tops Out

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HOUSTON, Texas – The Houston SPCA will celebrate the construction midpoint of its premier, state-of-the-art Campus for All Animals at 11:30 a.m. on May 4 in Houston, Texas. The topping out ceremony will feature remarks by representatives from the Houston SPCA and from Linbeck Group, the construction team for the multi-million dollar project. Other event highlights include an installation of the highest point of the new adoption center – the cupola – above the new center’s lobby. Immediately following the ceremony, the Houston SPCA and Linbeck Group will conduct tours of the new facility for team members and the media. … Read more

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