McCarthy to Tackle $450 Million Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Campus Expansion Project
Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts (MFAH) is planning a major redevelopment of its 14-acre campus, a $450 million effort that will include a new exhibition building, an art school, parking garage, rooftop garden, tunnel connectors, a central plant and extensive site development.
McCarthy Building Cos. will act as construction manager at risk on the project, “providing preconstruction and construction services for the new Glassell School of Art, which includes a 290-car, two-level below grade parking structure and a three-level 86,000 sq ft school,” says Jeff Wagner, project director at McCarthy. “The exhibition hall includes a 300-car, two-level below grade parking structure and 125,000 sq ft museum, a tunnel connecting the Glassell and the exhibition hall, a tunnel connecting the exhibition hall to the existing Law Museum, renovations and an expansion to the existing Cullen Sculpture Garden.”