Texas & Southeast On the Scene: April 2025
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JE Dunn Construction celebrated 40 years of work in Atlanta, where its aviation and industrial work originated, developing into a national footprint for the company. Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., the company has 26 offices across the U.S. and ranks at No. 18 on ENR’s Top 400 Contractors list. Since JE Dunn opened its Atlanta office in 1985, the firm has completed major landmark buildings for the area, including Northside Hospital’s 980 Doctors’ Building, The Oaks at Buckhead and the 21-story, two-tower Metropolis. Stuart Bruening, JE Dunn Atlanta office lead, said in an announcement that “reaching this 40-year milestone is a testament to the dedication and hard work of our team members, past and present.” JE Dunn is also involved in supporting its communities, donating 10% of its pretax net income to charity and contributing 10,000 volunteer hours annually to more than 50 organizations such as Boy Scouts of America and the Boyce L. Ansley School as well as partnering on workforce readiness programs and hosting the Hammerdown Road Race to support Habitat for Humanity Atlanta, the Orange Duffel Bag Initiative and For the Hope Partnership. The firm has been named among the country’s best-managed companies for five years by The Wall Street Journal and Deloitte Private. Recent notable projects in the market include Spring Quarter (see above), which includes the Sora high-rise apartments and 1020 Spring Street; Center Park Stadium, where the Georgia State University Panthers football team plays; and the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Arthur M. Blank Campus.
Woman-owned concrete specialty contractor T&T Construction Management Group, marking its 30th year in business in 2025, says it is set to open its newest office in Tampa. The company says its anniversary theme, “Building a Resilient Legacy,” reflects a commitment to quality, innovation and value for its clients and communities across the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. “Our company’s vision is to ensure the next 30 years are as impactful as the last,” says CEO Rebecca Thomas. Headquartered in Florida, the company champions diversity and empowerment in the construction industry, she says, and over the past three decades has expanded its footprint and capabilities in specialty concrete construction work related to tilt-up panels, precision floors and cast-in-place concrete.
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Gilbane Building Co., with joint venture partner R.J. Leeper Construction, joined the National Basketball Association’s Charlotte Hornets on March 26 to celebrate breaking ground on the team’s new training facility, the Novant Health Performance Center. “We are not just constructing a building, we are laying the foundation for an exciting future,” says Jeff Peterson, Charlotte Hornets president of basketball operations. “This facility will be a center of excellence, equipped with cutting-edge technology and state-of-the-art resources.” The center will feature more than 160,000 sq ft of training and performance space, administrative offices, retail venues and orthopedic and sports medicine care. Gilbane and R.J. Leeper will serve as construction manager, with Populous and Lincoln Properties as the project team as designer and owner’s representative, respectively.
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Robins & Morton has begun work on the $150-million vertical expansion of the Huntsville Hospital Madison Street Tower in Huntsville, Ala. The five-story, 154,000-sq-ft facility (see rendering, right) will include 120 beds, a cardiothoracic intensive care unit, neurological intensive care unit for neurosurgical and stroke patients, three floors of acute medical space and a new and improved vehicle entrance for the emergency department. The project will convert 70 existing patient rooms from double occupancy to single occupancy and will provide the hospital with a total of 931 patient beds, up from the current 881. The expansion is expected to complete in 2027. Jeff Samz, Huntsville Hospital Health System president and CEO, says it will give the hospital space to serve advanced health care needs in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee for the future. Robins & Morton constructed the Madison Street Tower in 2006 and is serving as general contractor for the expansion. Chapman Sisson Architects is project architect.
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Cobb County, Ga.-based consulting firm Croy received two Engineering Excellence Merit Awards at the annual Georgia Engineering Awards program for the firm’s work on design of the Chattahoochee Technical College Aviation Training Academy in Paulding County, Ga., (see below) and for its efforts on the Depot Park and Piedmont Bank Amphitheater in Kennesaw, Ga. Hosted by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Georgia and the Georgia Society of Professional Engineers on March 7, the program recognizes company achievement in demonstrating design quality and ingenuity. On the Chattahoochee Technical College facility, which opened in 2024, Croy was responsible for civil design of the site layout, utility design, grading, drainage and stakeholder coordination. The company says it worked with the city of Kennessaw to revitalize its historic downtown, first implementing a 12-phase master plan with program elements to increase the park’s size and to create a vibrant area. The Piedmont Bank Amphitheater, which included parking and a meadow area with trails and plaza event space, opened in 2024, signifying the completion of Phase 8 of the master plan.
