In the wasteland of the New York region’s slumping construction market, K-12 public schools were the oasis sustaining contractors, designers, and others as work dried up elsewhere. “Thank God for the schools,” says Tom Rogér, vice president for Gilbane Building. “It maintained some level of consistent activity through the recession.” The plodding finance process for school construction had set up several years’ worth of projects as the recession deepened. “Last year, there was still a significant amount of new construction going on, because those were projects approved three years ago,” Rogér adds. But the downturn’s ripples have begun lapping against
Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded a $68-million contract to Atlanta-based Archer Western Contractors for restoration of 11 bridges and overpasses along the Interstate-95 corridor in Richmond. Archer Western will replace bridges along a 7-mi stretch of I-95 between Lombardy Street in the city of Richmond and Upham Brook in Henrico County. Construction is slated to begin in the fall and complete by 2014. The four-year project will be completed in multiple phases. The first two years of the project will involve repair and restoration activities under each bridge. Beginning in 2012, contractors will replace each bridge span with a new,
BE&K Building Group, a subsidiary of KBR, is working as construction manager for the initial phase of DuPont’s planned expansion of its suburban campus in Wilmington, Del. The first phase of the Chestnut Run Plaza project encompasses a five-story, 222,000-sq-ft office building designated as “Building 730.” Image courtesy BE&K Building Group A rendering of DuPont’s new Building 730, now under construction by BE&K Building Group in Wilmington, Del. Designed to support 700 employees, Building 730 will include an 18,000-sq-ft cafeteria. Other scope of work includes site infrastructure items such as utilities, parking and walking paths, as well as a new
Inova Fairfax Hospital announced the start of construction of a $161-million, 11-story South Patient Tower on the Falls Chuch, Va., campus. Turner Construction will lead erection of the 216,000-sq-ft tower, which will consist of 174, all-private intensive care and medical/surgical patient rooms. Photo courtesy Inova Fairfax Hospital Officials recently participated in the ceremonial groundbreaking of Inova Fairfax Hospital�s new South Patient Tower project. Construction was scheduled to begin this summer, with completion expected by fall of 2012. The new tower will stand at the entrance of the existing hospital, and the two structures will connect on all 11 levels. The
The Virginia Dept. of Transportation named McDonough Bolyard Peck of Fairfax, Va., as part of the program management team for the $1-billion Midtown Tunnel project in Hampton Roads. MBP will act as an extension of VDOT's staff, participating in negotiations with the design-build firm to reach a comprehensive agreement and then begin the design and construction phases for the tunnel. The main focus for the PM team through 2010 will be the feasibility determination and viability of the project financing. The feasibility determination is anticipated to be completed by spring 2011. The design and construction phases of the project have
The Fairfax, Va., office of Balfour Beatty Construction was selected to provide preconstruction services and manage construction of the new Washington, D.C., headquarters for NPR, the producer and distributor of news, talk and entertainment programming. Located in a business improvement district of Washington, D.C., the headquarters will transform an historic warehouse into a sustainable 330,000-sq-ft office building. The project was designed by Hickok Cole Architects of Washington, D.C., to achieve LEED Gold specifications. The restored existing warehouse will connect to a new structure with three below-grade levels and seven levels of above-grade office and studio space. The facility will house
Walbridge Southeast, based in Charlotte, N.C., was selected by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va., as construction manager for a new Supplemental Module Outfitting Facility, which will support its contract to construct Virginia-class nuclear submarines for the U.S. Navy. The project includes installation of overhead cranes and utility services, as well as construction of service platforms, offices, administrative space, shops and tool storage buildings. The new facility will house several production bays and will be sized to handle multiple submarine modules. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2012. Becky Stewart, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding’s vice president of submarine programs,
Skanska USA’s commercial development business unit broke ground in June on its 10th and G development project at 733 10th Street in Washington, D.C. The company acquired the building’s development rights last fall and is self-financing 100% of the development costs. The 10th and G project, located five blocks from the White House, will consist of eight stories of office space, 165,000 rentable square feet, ground-level retail space, and worship space for First Congregational United Church of Christ. The building was previously being developed by PN Hoffman. The project is the first development project in the U.S. for Skanska USA
How do you pack the construction of four new 14-mile- long lanes, 58 new bridges and 900,000 sq ft of retaining wall into an active highway carrying 200,000 daily vehicles and do it in four years? Virginia’s Capital Beltway expansion team would answer: Pack all the players into one room—early and often. Then, as Virginia Dept. of Transportation senior project manager Larry Cloyed says, the team has to live by the motto “Get it done.” Photo: Courtesy Of Capital Beltway Express LLC As part of the contract, the design-build team is building connections to the Springfield Interchange at the segment’s
In explaining his decision to sell his company, Tishman Construction, to AECOM Technology Corp., Daniel R. Tishman notes that the company lacked the very deep financial resources needed to establish new overseas offices and maintain itself as a major market player. “It’s a very expensive proposition to open an office in the Middle East,” he said onJuly 19 in New York City. Photo: Luke Abaffy for ENR Daniel Tishman moves engineer AECOM further into construction services. And with those words, the respected leader of one of construction’s most famous family-owned companies summed up why AECOM and its competitor, URS Corp.,
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