Photo by Jim Tetro Park amenities include a rain garden, pavilions, an ice-skating rink and a cafe. Related Links: 2013 Best of the Best Projects Winners ENR Mid-Atlantic 2013 Best Projects: Washington Canal Park The team transformed a parking lot for Washington D.C. school buses on the Anacostia Waterfront into a three-acre park that offers aboveground recreational amenities and a belowground stormwater sewer system. Runoff from seven city blocks is diverted to the system, which includes two underground 40,000-gallon cisterns; tree pits also collect runoff. The reused water provides nearly 95% of the park's needs, saving an estimated 1.5 million
Photo by Eric Laignel The interior fit-out project created offices, workspaces, conference rooms, a 150-seat auditorium and galleys. Related Links: http://enr.construction.com/bonus_regions/midatlantic/2013/1216-best-interior-designtenant-improvement-project.asp Best Interior Design/Tenant Improvement Project Located in the recently built 1000 Connecticut Building in downtown Washington, D.C., Arent Fox's 235,000-sq-ft leased space is spread across levels Nos. 2 through 8 and portions of the first level. The interior fit-out project created offices, workspaces, conference rooms, a 150-seat auditorium and galleys.Despite the complex design features and nine-month schedule, the project was delivered on time. There were no lost-time accidents or OSHA-recordable incidents during the 100,000 work-hours logged on the job.Project
Photo by Atlantic Archives Project team erected the Savannah, Ga., building atop an existing underground parking garage. Related Links: 2013's Best of the Best Projects Winners Modern Office Rises Over Historic Savannah Initiated by the General Services Administration's need for new space for the Office of the United States Attorney, Southern District, the biggest challenge facing the contractors erecting Savannah's Cay Building was to overcome the downtown site's development history.Prior to this project, the owners of the site, John Cay and Whitaker Street Associates, had granted the city of Savannah the right to construct and operate a 1,000-space, below-ground parking
Designed to earn certification as the first LEED Platinum-rated law school in the country, the Angelos Law Center in Baltimore required extensive coordination efforts to achieve its performance goals.
Photo by Tim Griffith A network of five shoring and underpinning systems preserved a historic facade, rising 90 ft high in places. Related Links: 2013 Best of the Best Projects Winners Bay Area Stadium Rehab Boosts Seismic Safety A poor seismic safety rating and general deterioration prompted the University of California, Berkeley, to undertake $300 million in renovations for the California Memorial Stadium, built in 1913. Because it is sited above an active fault, engineers treated it as a series of discrete blocks, each capable of accommodating up to 2 ft of vertical and 6 ft of horizontal movement during
photo by Maxwell Mackenzie the University of Virginia added 127,000 sq ft of new space to its Charlottesville teaching hospital. photo by Maxwell Mackenzie Related Links: MidAtlantic: Best Health Care Project Using existing structural capacity, the University of Virginia added 127,000 sq ft of new space to its Charlottesville teaching hospital, the University of Virginia Medical Center.To reduce disruption to the existing nursing units, a 2-ft, 8-in. gap was left between the new construction and the old exterior wall. When the addition was fully enclosed, crews built out the gap, removed the old facade and renovated the adjacent space, creating
Related Links: Clean Water Declaration List of organizations supporting clean water declaration Outraged by rising water pollution in their state, Florida environmental groups are pushing to make protection of the state’s water resources a priority in the 2014 legislative session, which begins on March 4.In the past year alone, record numbers of dolphins, manatees and pelicans have died in the Indian River Lagoon. Investigations placed the blame on pollution from a 146% artificial expansion of the lagoon’s watershed and rapid coastal development.In the same period, heavy rains have increased the water level in Lake Okeechobee, forcing the U.S. Army Corps
NDA Developed since the 1940s, the 4-sq-km complex has been a weapons-making center, the site of the world's first nuclear powerplant, and a fuel-recycling and waste-storage facility. Related Links: British Report Says Sellafield Costs Soaring as Cleanup Lags Facing Tough Competition, URS Lands Huge U.K. Contract U.K.-U.S. Team Picked For $4-Billion Nuclear Waste Cleanup at Scotland Site U.K. officials have slammed the management of the huge U.S.-led cleanup program at the Sellafield nuclear-waste site, located in northwest England, months after it was awarded a five-year contract extension.The consortium, called Nuclear Management Partners Ltd. (NMP), "has failed to provide ... clear
Related Links: Another 'Death Ray' Building Heats Up Reflective Solar Rays Two developers say they will spend several million dollars on the facade of London’s 37-floor “Walkie Talkie” skyscraper to prevent the solar glare that caused scorching damage in the adjacent street last summer (ENR 9/16/13 p. 20).Lightweight, 38-centimeter-long metal fins, or brise soleile, will be fixed to the curved south facade of the building at 20 Fenchurch St. in a six-month operation, subject to planning approval from the local authority. Eight levels of fins are planned for each floor, from No. 3 to No. 34.Solar-glare investigations ordered by the
Rendering courtesy BC Hydro Design includes an auxiliary spillway (at left) as a safety feature. Map courtesy BC Hydro Site C is in northeast British Columbia, near the W.A.C. Bennett and Peace Canyon dams. Related Links: Site C panel chairman exasperated by mountains of BC Hydro documents Site C dam protesters preparing to descend on Victoria BC Hydro engineers are disputing accusations that a proposed CA$7.9-billion ($7.2 billion) dam in northeastern British Columbia will damage wildlife migratory routes and trample on First Nation aboriginal rights. At public hearings in December and January, BC Hydro submitted more than 27,000 documents to
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