Ground Broken on Charlotte’s Queensbridge Collective Mixed-Use Development

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Ground was recently broken on Queensbridge Collective, a transformative mixed-use development in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clark Construction Group is serving as construction manager-at-risk. Other project team members include Riverside Investment & Development, Woodfield Development, Goettsch Partners and CBRE . Located at a popular intersection in Charlotte’s South End Neighborhood, the development includes a 42-story multifamily tower with 409 units; a 35-story, 600,000-square-foot office building; nearly 30,000 square feet of retail and 1,600 parking spaces. Vertical construction on the residential tower will begin immediately following the completion of sitework, and the building is expected to complete in the summer of 2025. … Read more

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Snapdragon Stadium Kicks Off New Era for San Diego

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This fall’s football home opener for the San Diego State University Aztecs kicked off an exciting new era for the California school. The game marked the opening of Snapdragon Stadium – a 35,000-person capacity multi-use venue which, in addition to collegiate football, will host professional and collegiate soccer, NCAA championship games, concerts and events. The stadium is a part of the first phase of development at SDSU Mission Valley, a mixed-use, medium-density, transit-oriented development that will expand the university’s educational, research, entrepreneurial and technology programs. Completion of the stadium is the culmination of Clark Construction’s two-year Design-Build effort in conjunction … Read more

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Four-Story Vertical Expansion, Renovation at BayCare St. Anthony’s Hospital Complete

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Construction on a four-story vertical expansion and renovation project at BayCare’s St. Anthony’s Hospital, located in St. Petersburg, Florida, is complete. Robins & Morton served as the general contractor on the project, which included 143,000 square feet of new construction and 75,000 square feet of renovation. The scope included adding 90 new private patient rooms and support space, a dialysis unit and three new surgical suites with connections to the existing hospital at key levels. Construction also included horizontal expansion of a new main entrance and a new central energy plant. The vertical expansion was built over two existing stories … Read more

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Planning is Paramount: Crane Utilization on Vertical Construction Projects

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By Robert Pavelka When it comes to managing and mitigating risks on construction jobsites, few activities require a greater level of awareness or more extensive preplanning than the deployment of cranes. Whether it is a fixed tower crane that is brought in and assembled on the construction site for use throughout the project, or a mobile crane such as a crawler, hydraulic or vehicle-mounted variety, cranes have long been an essential tool for builders to effectively and efficiently erect their vertical construction projects. But the consequences of inadequate planning and errors in execution can be dire. According to the U.S. … Read more

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