PROJECT COST: $120 million TIE PPL Park Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Philadelphia Owner: Keystone Sports and Entertainment, Chester, Pa. Contractor: T.N. Ward, Ardmore, Pa. Architect: Rossetti Architects, Southfield. Mich. Start Date: February 2009 Completion Date: Summer 2010 The Philadelphia Union Major League Soccer Team will play this summer in the new $120-million PPL Park in Chester, Pa., 13 mi south of Center City, Philadelphia, on the Delaware River. T.N. Ward of Ardmore, Pa., began construction on the facility in 2009. It features 30 luxury suites; a 11,000-sq-ft, full-service club restaurant; 2,000-person supporters club section; built-in concert
PROJECT COST: $207 million Penn State Hershey Medical Center Children�s Hospital Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Hershey, Pa. Owner: Penn State Hershey Children�s Hospital, Hershey, Pa. Architect: Payette, Boston Construction Manager: L.F. Driscoll Co., Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Start Date: December 2009 Completion Date: Fall 2012 After a brief delay due to the economic crisis, the new, freestanding, $207-million Penn State Hershey Children�s Hospital in Hershey, Pa., broke ground in December. The 252,000-sq-ft children�s hospital, on the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus, will feature six pediatric surgical suites, 72 private pediatric and adolescent patient rooms
PROJECT COST: $260 million 11th Street Bridges Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Washington, D.C. Owner: District Dept. of Transportation, Washington, D.C. Design-Builder: Skanska USA Civil, Alexandria, Va.; Facchina Construction, La Plata, Md. Engineer: JMT, Sparks, Md. Start Date: December 2009 Completion Date: Summer 2013 In a city filled with monuments and memorials to national milestones, the 11th Street Bridges project is making some history for the District Dept. of Transportation. Along with being the agency�s largest-ever construction project, it�s also the first to use a design-build-to-budget procurement process. Two continuous steel, multi-girder bridges will be constructed between
Yates Construction – with offices in Fort Worth and San Antonio – was awarded a contract by the Corps of Engineers to build an Army Reserve Center in Sinton. The new $8.5-million, ARC consists of a 31,600-sq-ft training center with a combined 4,700-sq-ft organizational maintenance shop with an attached 1,300-sq-ft storage building. The scheduled completion date is May. This is one of three ARC contracts awarded to the company in the past six months including two in Arkansas. All are designed to achieve LEED-silver certification. Related Links: McCarthy Building Completes $240M Houston Hospital Expansion Armed Forces Reserve Center Under Construction
PHILADELPHIA � The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a $23.8-million contract to Grunley Construction Co. of Rockville, Md., to renovate the exterior of the U.S. Custom House in Philadelphia. The project includes masonry restoration, repair/replacement of the windows, a new �green� roof, replacement of the tower lighting with energy-efficient fixtures and a high-efficiency boiler The project is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. � The Eisenhower Memorial Commission unveiled its preferred design concept by architect Frank O. Gehry. The Eisenhower Memorial will be the first presidential memorial to be built during the 21st century, and only the seventh in U.S. history. s Image courtesy Eisenhower Memorial Commission The Eisenhower Memorial Commission unveiled its preferred design concept by architect Frank O. Gehry, pictured here. The Eisenhower Memorial will be the first presidential memorial to be built during the 21st century, and only the seventh in U.S. history. David Eisenhower, President Eisenhower�s grandson and a member of the commission said, �We were all
CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIP, Pa. � Mason-Dixon Resort & Casino announced it has selected a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming to develop and manage all resort and gaming operations in connection with the company�s resort license application filed with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Mason-Dixon Resort & Casino plans to develop a venue in southern Adams County, about 2 miles from the Maryland border. The planned $75-million Mason-Dixon Resort & Casino will feature a 300-room hotel with 20,000 sq ft of meeting and exposition space. Penn National Gaming has committed to provide the financing for the development, construction and opening of the
Mid-Atlantic Construction magazine�s publisher, McGraw-Hill Construction, regularly reports on the pace of new construction contract activity for all 50 states, the District of Columbia and numerous metropolitan areas. Here, Mid-Atlantic Construction presents its first quarterly report on the pace of new contracts within the region of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Eastern Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. (For the purposes of consistency, the numbers presented here will include the entire state of Pennsylvania.) Delaware Through the first three months of 2010, Delaware�s construction contract activity has been wildly up or down compared to the same period of a year ago. For instance, January�s
NORFOLK, Va. � McDonough Bolyard Peck of Chesapeake, Va., was awarded a contract by the U.S. General Services Administration�s Mid-Atlantic Region to provide construction management services for the Walter E. Hoffman Courthouse Energy Bundle/Boiler Replacement, Variable Frequency Drive Installation, and Air Handler Unit Replacement Project in Norfolk, Va. This is the first task order for a $25 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, and is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
MARION, Va. � Skanska was awarded a $47.6-million contract to build the Smyth County Community Hospital in Marion, Va., for Mountain States Health Alliance. The contract includes construction of a three-story building that will house offices and medical wards, with 44 beds, and departments for emergency care and surgery and other facilities. Skanska will serve as construction manager and lead the design-build project. The building will be designed to achieve LEED certification. Site work is scheduled to start in July, with completion scheduled for December 2011.
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