The University of South Carolina’s $40-million Honors Residence Hall in Columbia extends the school’s commitment to the environment and sustainability, while integrating classrooms and study areas into students’ living quarters. Photo: Garvin Design Group Large overhangs block direct sunlight from heating the upper-floor interiors. Photo: Garvin Design Group The new facility was designed by Garvin Design Group of Columbia, S.C. China Construction, also of Columbia, was the general contractor. “‘Living and learning’ has emerged in the last few years as a national trend,” says project architect Mark L. Timbes, a principal with Garvin Design Group of Columbia. “We did everything
Though green-building experts and construction lawyers laud the good intentions of the U.S. Green Building Council about its popular Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green-building rating system, many have serious concerns about at least one new requirement in the latest version of LEED, which went into effect on July 1. The requirement, a “precondition” of certification for all buildings under LEED Version 3, says owners must commit to sharing building energy and water-usage data for at least five years after a new building is occupied or an existing building is certified. Another change sending shudders down the spine of
In South Florida, Memorial Health System is moving forward with a new children’s hospital, while in Central Florida, the long-discussed Nemours Children’s Hospital project is finally getting started. Image: Memorial Health Systems. A rendering of the new Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital facility, now under construction in Hollywood, Fla. Photo: Skanska USA Building. Skanska USA Building holds a $220-million construction contract for the Nemours Children’s Hospital project in Orlando, which is targeting a 2012 completion. Related Links: Healthy Additions Despite the national recession, and the Sunshine State’s own dismal downturn—including, of all things, population—two health systems have found there’s no time
Health-care providers have been making significant investments in their Florida facilities over the past several years. From medical office buildings to children’s hospitals, new patient towers, completely new hospitals and, more recently, research facilities, numerous communities have received significant additions to their health-care network. Photo: Moss & Associates. The University of Miami Biomedical Research Facility was built by Moss & Associates of Fort Lauderdale, and designed by Karlsberger & Associates. Photo: Robins & Morton An aerial view of the Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Fla. Robins & Morton of Birmingham, Ala., was the contractor for the $173-million
Concessionaire I-595 Express has begun working on the largest project in the history of the Florida Dept. of Transportation, the $1.796-billion Interstate-595 Corridor Improvement Project in Broward County. Photo: FDOT From left: James Wolfe, district secretary for the Florida Dept. of Transportation, and Joe Borello, project manager with FDOT. Photo: RS&H Early work on the project. The entire project is scheduled for completion in 2014. “This is such an important corridor in Florida, because I-595 connects the port, the airport, Florida’s Turnpike, I-95, I-75 and the Sawgrass Expressway,” says Joe Borello, FDOT project manager. “It has a huge economic impact
Editor’s note: This article was written for our December issue, and went to press on November 5, the day of the shooting at Fort Hood that took the lives of 13 persons and injured some 20 others. Texas Construction offers its deepest sympathies to the families of those injured or killed in the heinous act of violence. Courtesy Randy Cephus/USACE The 45-acre, 32-building Combined Arms Collective Training Facility at Fort Hood. Courtesy Randy Cephus/USACE Fort Hood�s mock village is part of the base�s mobilization mission, which includes training of some 58,000 soldiers from the base as well as outside units
A former employee of engineer-architect Reynolds, Smith & Hills Inc. entered the company's downtown Orlando office shortly before lunch on Friday and shot and killed one employee and wounded five other people. The alleged shooter, Jason Rodriguez, 40, then fled the building and was apprehended without resistance about four hours later by Orlando police. “Clearly, this has been a sad day for the close family at RS&H,” said Mike Bernos, spokesman at the company’s Jacksonville headquarters. “We’re saddened by the event. Our greatest concern is for our associates in the Orlando office.” Reached by cell phone, RS&H CEO Leerie Jenkins,
Raleigh-Durham Roadbuilders, a joint venture between Archer Western Contractors and Granite Construction, won the largest contract in this massive project. Image: The LPA Group Inc. This conceptual rendering shows some of the aesthetic features that will be incorporated into bridges along the project corridor. Construction has begun on the Triangle Parkway of the North Carolina’s Triangle Expressway, an 18.8-mi toll road that will create a regional loop around Raleigh. “The Triangle Expressway represents a new paradigm for financing transportation infrastructure in North Carolina,” David Joyner, executive director of the North Carolina Turnpike Authority, says in an e-mail. He adds that
PageSoutherlandPage, which focuses on urban building, civic participation and professional projects, has won the 2009 Architecture Firm Award from the Texas Society of Architects, which represents the AIA in Texas. Photo: PageSoutherlandPage Austin Convention Center. Photo: PageSoutherlandPage Discovery Green in Houston. The firm will receive its award later this week in Houston at the 70th Annual Convention and Design Products & Ideas Expo. The society’s selection of PSP, which has offices across the Lone Star State, was based on three areas of achievement: exemplary design, practice and personal development, and professional and community involvement. “PSP supports its employees in performing
Ever wonder how important federal money is to the state’s construction industry? Perhaps I can cast a bit of light. Since 2000, the federal government has awarded 165,610 contracts worth $256 billion to 12,689 Texas defense contractors. This information is furnished by the U.S. Department of Defense and posted at governmentcontractswon.com. GUAJARDO In one city alone, San Antonio, 30 contracts worth $700 million were scheduled to be awarded for Base Realignment and Closure projects during fiscal 2009, which ended Sept. 30. Those contracts were in addition to the $1.2 billion in BRAC-related construction awarded during fiscal year 2008. Meanwhile, the
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