The Jefferson Scholars Foundation at the University of Virginia is a 32,700-sq-ft green facility with four interconnected buildings surrounded by a courtyard. The building is projected to achieve LEED Gold status. Photo Courtesy Martin Horn Inc. Related Links: Best of 2010 List In addition to serving as the new administration center for the foundation, the Jefferson Fellows Center offers graduate fellows spaces to study, teach and conduct research and lectures. To facilitate construction, contractor Martin Horn and architect VMDO used value engineering to cut roughly $1 million in changes. Mother Nature also challenged the construction team. Wells drilled 300 ft
The $4.5-million Semper Fidelis Memorial Park Chapel at the Marine Corps Heritage Center in Triangle, Va., will serve as a contemplative space for Marines and visitors. Photo Courtesy Forrester Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 List Forrester Construction Co. of Rockville, Md., began construction on the 77-seat, 2,276-sq-ft sanctuary in December 2008 and finished it in September 2009, with no lost-time accidents. The chapel, designed by Fentress of Denver, features fully exposed, bold, simple structural elements, including a locally manufactured Douglas fir timber system. The chapel resembles field chapels that Marines would have encountered in the South Pacific. The leaning
With the construction of PPL Park in Chester, Pa., Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union has a place to call home. The 18,500-seat, multiuse soccer stadium sited on the Delaware River just south of the Commodore Barry Bridge provides most patrons impressive views of the river and bridge. Photo Courtesy Rossetti Related Links: Best of 2010 List The $80-million project includes 29 luxury suites and an 11,000 sq-ft, full-service club restaurant as well as a 2,000-person midfield club seating section, all accessed by a private VIP entrance. Steel-supported fabric sideline roofs line the field and provide fans with ample shade during
Grunley Construction renovated the existing 1938 Reed School building in Arlington, Va., to serve as a library, community center, athletic and auditorium space, day-care facility and public gathering space. The facility obtained LEED NC 2.0 Gold certification. Photo Courtesy Grunley Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 List The project was a joint ownership project between Arlington Public Schools and Arlington County Government, which meant that Grunley had to meet the differing expectations and requirements of the two owners for their finished building. Prior to construction, the building had been vacant and was considered an eyesore. People in the surrounding community
The economy may have some contractors and design firms searching harder than ever for new work, but construction and design excellence is still in abundant supply in the Mid-Atlantic region, judging by the winners of Mid-Atlantic Construction’s “Best Of 2010” project excellence competition.
The $6.3-million interior improvement and extensive renovation of the American Pharmacists Association Headquarters in Washington, D.C., preserved the historic 1930s-era Pope Building and restored it to its former grandeur for use as a ceremonial headquarters, museum and event space. Photo Courtesy Tishman Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 List The Pope Building is registered as a National Historic Landmark with the National Park Service. Tishman Construction Corp. of Washington, D.C., began the restoration in January 2007. Company officials worked closely with the building architect, Hartman-Cox Architects, and the interior architect, Lehman Smith McLeish, both of Washington, D.C., to create a
With a combination of architectural excellence, engineering complexity and high-quality craftsmanship, the build team delivered a winning performance in the renovation and expansion of Arena Stage at Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, D.C. Photo Courtesy Clark Construction Group Photo By Nic Lehoux, Courtesy Bing Thom Architects Related Links: Best of 2010 List The $100-million project, which started in January 2008 and completed in July, demanded intense collaboration to tackle the design and construction challenges that arose on a nearly daily basis. That’s why an independent jury awarded the project its top award as the best overall project in
The 774,195-sq-ft, five-building Central Campus at TA-5 at Fort Lee, Va., provides Army personnel state-of-the-art facilities for maintenance training on vehicles ranging from combat vehicles to battle tanks and houses the largest welding training lab in the U.S. Photo Courtesy Balfour Beatty Construction Photo Courtesy Balfour Beatty Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 List The campus buildings, ranging from three to four stories each, house a 250-seat auditorium; workshops; classrooms; laboratories; a long-span, column-free maintenance bay; multiple voice and data networks; and custom systems for high-voltage power, compressed gas and climate control. Central Campus was designed and built to achieve
With the $27.5-million Dulles Tier 2/Concourse C APM Station - Concourse C Connector project, the new $2 billion automated people mover system at Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., is complete. Photo Courtesy Clark Construction Group Related Links: Best of 2010 List Construction of the APM was broken into several phases, and Tier 2 was the last contract to be procured. The Tier 2 project included the construction of an underground pedestrian tunnel and a vertical circulation building, which connects the existing Concourse C with the new APM Tier 2 Station via elevators and escalators. The cast-in-place concrete pedestrian tunnel
The $42-million Mason Inn Conference Center and Hotel in Fairfax, Va., is an unsolicited Public Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 project, one of the first at George Mason University. Photo Courtesy Balfour Beatty Construction Photo Courtesy Balfour Beatty Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 List Balfour Beatty Construction of Fairfax, Va., teamed with development partner Concord Eastridge to secure this public-private contract to develop, design and build a 135,000-sq-ft conference center and hotel facility at George Mason University’s main campus. The Mason Inn includes approximately 20,000 sq ft of convention space integrated with a 149-room hotel. The
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