In design-building Unilever’s expanded ice cream manufacturing facility adjacent to the company’s existing production facility in Covington, Tenn., contractor Primus Builders and its design arm, Primus Design Services, connected the two buildings via an elevated corridor that’s kept at a temperature of -20°F.
In renovating an historic, nearly 90-year-old tobacco company building in downtown Durham, N.C., into a first-class research facility for the Duke University School of Medicine, LeChase Construction converted a former warehouse structure into Class A office and laboratory space for developer Longfellow Real Estate Partners and Health Care Property.
On the $4.3-million Northside Hospital Ground Floor Surgery Renovation and Addition project, Batson-Cook Construction overhauled 16,000 sq ft of existing surgery space while also expanding the waiting room by 585 sq ft.
The state of North Carolina’s first major municipal design-build project, the McAlpine Creek Water Wastewater Management Facility, is Charlotte Water’s largest, with a treatment capacity of 64 million gallons per day (MGD).
When contractors demolished Alachua General Hospital in 2010, the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency, the University of Florida and the city of Gainesville worked to create a vision for the 16-acre property, which is located between the university’s main campus and downtown.
For its I-Drive NASCAR project, design firm Rabits & Romano Architecture, Planning and Design transformed a 30-year-old, 65,000-sq-ft warehouse space into an indoor kart racing facility and entertainment complex.
In building its latest SkyHouse project in Atlanta’s Buckhead area, Batson-Cook Co. once again utilized lean construction methods to erect the 26-story luxury apartment building.
The $42-million modernization and renovation effort of the Robert Smith Vance Federal Courthouse—originally built in 1921—aimed to remediate and solve moisture-intrusion problems in the structure’s basement.
This 11,000-sq-ft renovation transformed an outmoded basement mechanical space into a light-filled workspace for the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences.