The project team renovated part of the roof area above the Children’s National Medical Center’s clinical laboratory in Washington, D.C., to create a healing garden where young patients can safely enjoy being outside.

Delivered under a design-build contract, this project in an outer suburb of Washington, D.C., needed to be completed within 21 months after the contract award so that the Montgomery County Public Schools and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission could occupy the facilities.

With several climate-controlled buildings and animal enclosures, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s more than 3,000-acre site had a large monthly electric bill. 

Located two blocks from Independence Hall, just steps from Carpenter’s Hall and across the street from the First Bank of the United States, the 118,000-sq-ft museum (ENR MidAtlantic 6/16 p. 28) was squeezed into a tight site in Philadelphia’s Old City.

The museum has had several additions and renovations since it opened in 1977 in Richmond’s former Broad Street railroad station. 

Located in Washington Dulles International Airport’s international concourse, the 4,900-sq-ft project includes four lounge seating areas with buffets, a bar, spa/shower, prayer rooms, VIP area, commercial kitchen, television walls, flight displays and a fireplace.