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Building a climate-controlled warehouse and logistics facility for United Therapeutics in North Carolina’s Research Triangle was a matter of power management and careful planning.

Reconstruction of the 1940s-era Spellacy covered bridge—one of America’s largest at 300 ft long and 24 ft wide—had a small price tag of $9.5 million but delivered a big impact.

At the outset of a 1.6-mile, multimillion-dollar Phase II light rail extension project in Phoenix, representatives from project owner Valley Metro Rail, Kiewit-McCarthy, Jacobs and other consultants convened to brainstorm value engineering ideas.

Engineering is already the fastest-growing field of study at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, but its $73-million Advanced Engineering Building, which opened for classes last fall, could make more students change majors.

Protecting delicate and rare plants and trees from around the world was one of the challenges of building the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis.

Brasfield & Gorrie was able to safely execute simultaneous construction of a 26-story office tower, 26-story residential tower and 14-story hotel on a tight site in urban Atlanta.

The team working on the project to expand a top-rated Mayo Clinic facility in Phoenix performed extensive prefabrication work that allowed the hospital not only to avoid disruptions to patient care by remaining open during construction but also shaved months off the schedule.

Sustainability was top of mind for county officials and their project team working on this $195-million mass timber office building.

Managing construction of new pedestrian and cycling pathways at the water’s edge in Manhattan brought no shortage of challenges, said the project team.

Early coordination helped the Structure Tone-Turner Construction joint-venture partnership tackle challenges such as installing professionally engineered supported scaffolding in the theater’s acoustic ceiling and crane picks from the street that involved placing mechanical units on the roof and three terraces.