Owner: U.S. Dept. of State Architect of Record: Page Southerland Page LLP Design/Bridging Architect: Richard and Kennedy General Contractor/Construction Manager: BL Harbert International (BLHI) Civil Engineer: Cowen Design Group Structural and MEP Engineer: Arup LA
It is not every day that a U.S. contractor has a jobsite in a headquarters city for several large drug cartels. But that was the situation BLHI faced when it built the New U.S. Consulate Compound in Matamoros, Mexico, which is just two miles—though worlds away—from a U.S. Customs and Immigration Station at the border between the two nations.