The Columbia Northwest Corner Building, at New York's Columbia University, crosses over a four-story gymnasium in a densely built main campus, a high hurdle from a construction perspective.
The $162.5-million Square 54, a mixed-use project in the heart of Washington, D.C.'s Foggy Bottom neighborhood, was wrapped up within budget and one month ahead of schedule last February.
After years of suffering surface loss and deterioration, the landmark New York Public Library—Humanities and Social Sciences Library, also known as the main branch on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, underwent a $55-million restoration of its marble facade.
The new 17,000-sq-ft Fort McHenry Education and Visitors Center replaced an existing structure built in 1966 for the National Park Service at the site of the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore.
The last time several thousand people showed up at the Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, Pa., they were reporting for a shift at the historic facility, whose 30,000 workers churned out steel for such projects as the Empire State Building and the Holland and Lincoln tunnels.
The HOK New York Office project had several challenges to overcome to achieve a smooth and successful delivery of its office space in midtown Manhattan, the first being a short and demanding schedule.
A historic 1930s-era Art Deco-style post office in Center City Philadelphia was renovated and restored as part of the $252-million IRS 30th Street Campus Project. The result is a consolidated campus and Class A office space that is home to the Internal Revenue Service.
Arverne by the Sea YMCA has chosen Racanelli Construction Co., Melville, N.Y., to provide general contractor/construction management services on a new $17.3-million project in Queens. Construction on the two-story, 36,600-sq-ft building began in September and is expected to be completed by March 2013. Rendering Courtesy of Donald Blair Architects The project will be built on a 2.2-acre site, part of the 117-acre Arverne-by-the-sea residential community in Arverne, N.Y. The facility will be constructed out of a piled foundation and contain concrete and structural steel framing. It will include a partial basement with a pool hall, locker rooms, conference rooms, multi-purpose
Bristol, Conn. The Connecticut Laborers' District Council is not a fan of ESPN's choice of nonunion contractors to build a new $100-million, 193,000-sq-ft digital center in Bristol, Conn. The council is encouraging union players in the major sports leagues to boycott ESPN. The general manager charges that the GM, Associated Construction Co., Hartford, Conn., and site contractor, Mizzy Construction, Plainville, Conn., are nonunion shops that “do not pay living wages or follow area standards.”Neither ESPN nor the contractor firms returned calls for comment by press time. However, the Connecticut chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors throws its support behind
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