Construction Camp for Girls Provides Hands-on Learning Experience, Career Exploration

Rosendin recently sponsored Camp NAWIC, a construction camp for girls created by the Austin (Texas) Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction. The week-long camp gave 24 middle schoolers the opportunity to explore career paths in construction and gain hands-on learning experience from women in the industry. This is the second year NAWIC has hosted this camp in Austin. The camp ran July 19-23 at Austin’s Carpenter Training Center. On July 21, campers took a field trip to Rosendin’s Pflugerville facility to learn hands-on skills in electrical work. “Many younger girls are unaware of the possibility of a … Read more

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Joint-Venture Team Delivers Parkland Moody Center for Breast Health

Construction is complete on Parkland Health & Hospital System’s Moody Center for Breast Health, located on the first floor of the system’s new outpatient clinic building, a freestanding six-floor medical building in Texas. The newly opened 40,000-square-foot clinic provides comprehensive breast care to all Dallas County residents seeking care. The new center is designed to be a warm, welcoming, hopeful environment for patients. Services such as medical and surgical oncology, plastic surgery, imaging, infusion, physical therapy and more will be co-located in the outpatient clinic building. Previously, patients had to make separate appointments at different locations, and coordinate transportation, childcare … Read more

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Virtual Mock-Ups, VR Lead Way to Delivery of Medical Examiner Facility

Construction has been completed on a new 32,000-square-foot, single-story medical examiner facility, located in Olathe, Kansas. The building was designed to increase autopsy rates to meet appropriate national benchmarks, create a high-functioning facility that can be known for excellence and leadership, facilitate National Association of Medical Examiners accreditation by meeting scientific requirements and provide reliable data for public health to identify trends and emerging diseases. The project team included construction manager McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., PGAV Architects, SmithGroup JJR, Henderson Engineering, McClure Engineering and Confluence. The facility will have a staff of eight, including toxicologists, a medical death investigator, autopsy … Read more

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Construction Complete on Vertex Pharmaceuticals Research Center in San Diego

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – BNBuilders, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. and Vertex Pharmaceuticals recently celebrated the grand opening of Vertex’s new research facility in San Diego, California with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Vertex’s new facility was developed by Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. with the building shell designed by LPA and interiors designed by DGA. Vertex Pharmaceuticals is a biotech company focused on creating transformative medicines for people who have serious diseases. The company has had a research and development presence in San Diego for more than 15 years. Its San Diego research team is responsible for the discovery of … Read more

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6 Trends on the Frontline of Construction

By Todd Imming Construction has thrived on innovation and technological breakthroughs for millennia. Now is no different. Firms that embrace today’s cutting-edge technology and techniques can shorten project timelines, cut construction costs and promote a cleaner, more sustainable industry. The search for efficiency in terms of labor, materials and timelines has come with the territory in the construction industry from the moment someone first made a brick out of mud and then wondered if there was a better way. We’re way beyond that now, but the spirit remains the same. How can we speed up construction? What materials can we … Read more

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