CALIFORNIA Turner Construction Co. was given approval by Northern Inyo Hospital to proceed with the $42-million phase two of a hospital expansion project. Phase two includes a new central plant, emergency rooms, ICU, CCU, three operating rooms and 26 patient rooms in a new two-story, 56,000-sq-ft facility.Construction will begin in March 2009 and is scheduled for completion in March 2011. Turner had managed the $12.7-million first phase of Northern Inyo Hospital’s expansion project, which was completed in March 2008. It included a radiology laboratory and support facility. Turner Construction Co. 1211 H St., Sacramento 95814-1912. DR# 08-00714115.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The joint venture of Columbia Enterprises/Forrester Construction has been awarded a $10-million design-build renovation contract for the interior of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The project involves the conversion of existing spaces into an additional 40,000-sq-ft of meeting space and the installation of folding partitions to allow for more flexible use of space, as well as the relocation of existing office spaces. Columbia Enterprises Inc. 738 7th St. SE, Washington D.C. 20003-2739; Forrester Construction Co. 12231 Parklawn Dr., Rockville, Md. 20852-1723. DR# 09-00412568.