Photos courtesy of ODOT Photo & Video Services The 2,000-ft-long Interstate 5 Willamette Bridge is Oregon's largest single-arch span. Its construction called for complex logistics and close collaboration under a delivery method known as construction management/general contracting. Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 ENR Northwest Project of the Year While executing construction of the $152-million Interstate 5 Willamette River Bridge, project team members detoured into unfamiliar territory. The 2,000-ft-long span, bordering Eugene and Springfield, Ore., is not only the state's largest single-arch span but also one of only a handful of U.S. transportation projects to forgo traditional delivery for
Photos by Nigel Marson Photography Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 Building a new Atlanta headquarters for the manufacturer of popular children's clothing brands Carter's and OshKosh B'gosh required fitting 11 stories of tenant space into an otherwise occupied 20-story tower.Driven by a tight schedule, the project team had to build out and finish 275,000 sq ft on 11 floors of Atlanta's Phipps Tower in only 20 weeks. The vacant office space required minimal demolition work, but the architect's plan called for complex finishes, including extensive hardwood flooring. To accomplish the architect's design, the general contractor, early in the
Photos by Sam Barnes Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 Landscape/Hardscape/Urban Development: Best Project The Crest at Galvez Plaza, a 65,000-lb, 35-ft-tall cantilevered steel sculpture, is part of a $900,000 revitalization project for the city of Baton Rouge. A steel mass of roughly 16,700 sq ft comprises the structure and supports lighting and sound equipment. Covered in stainless-steel cladding, each hollow section is triangular, and no side has the same measurement.Arrighi Construction led work on the project, which went through multiple design iterations. The design consisted of a series of 14-ft-long segments paired with complex geometry on a simple
Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 Turnkey Procurement a Key to Success on Navy Hospital Job Representing a model for future military hospital development, the Clark/McCarthy-led design-build team planned, procured and installed all of the Naval Hospital at Camp Pendleton's medical equipment and furniture, in addition to training hospital staff on how to use the medical devices. This was the first time the Navy had relied on the contracting strategy, which helped the team deliver the $455-million facility $100 million under budget and six months ahead of schedule.Best Projects judges appreciated the integrated project delivery-type strategy, which they said
Photo by Eduard Hueber / Arch Photo Work on the historic Pier A was performed with the intent of preserving the character of the site while preparing for future tenant build-out. Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 Despite being designated as a historic landmark in 1975, the 128-year-old Pier A, which is New York City's oldest surviving pier, fell into disrepair.This three-phase $37-million project involved a complete renovation of the 36,000-sq-ft pier's interior; restoration of the exterior and roof; structural repairs; and the installation of new concrete slabs and access ramps on the pier's promenade. The project scope also
Photo by Al Hurley Photo by Al Hurley Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 Central Florida Resort Project Transforms Former Mining Site With the nearest gas station some 20 minutes away and the closest town even farther, going out to lunch during construction of this luxury golf, spa and nature retreat was “next to impossible,” according to its builder, PCL Construction Services Inc. So the team set up an affordable, on-site cook shack and frequently hosted celebratory cookouts for workers and consultants to eat, gather and hang out.The resort’s out-of-the-way location—it is one of the more remote projects of
Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 The $4.35-million renovation of the Mission-style Tolman-Bacher house transformed a 1920s-era residence into a modern, 25,000-sq-ft compound with office and event space for Caltech's board and its Keck Institute for Space Studies.Repurposing the home required structural stabilization; upgrading interior finishes and room accessibility; and installing energy-efficient building systems. An integrated audiovisual system allows for control of lighting, projection equipment and blackout capabilities from a podium or digital tablet.When issues with the controls threatened the energy efficiency of a still-experimental variable-refrigerant-flow mechanical system, the contractor and mechanical engineer helped school facility managers troubleshoot causes
Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 Architectural Record profile of Novartis Campus Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. transformed its headquarters campus in New Jersey to create a world-class work environment to foster collaboration and innovation.In 24 months, NPC completed 1.2 million sq ft of construction, including the creation of three distinctive office buildings, the largest topped with a 300-kW solar array; a net zero-energy visitor reception center; reconstruction of the campus entrance; and construction of a 10-level parking garage for 1,700 vehicles. World-renowned architectural firms contributed signature designs, but collaboration and construction coordination also was in a class by itself.Despite the
Photo Courtesy of John Linden New construction at The Wallis in Beverly Hills included the 500-seat proscenium-arch theater. Photo Courtesy of John Linden Coupling the modernist-style new construction to the preserved 1930s U.S. Post Office required laser-scanned 3D models and precision work. Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 The Wallis The Annenberg Foundation During construction of a modernist-style, 500-seat theater to adjoin a preserved and repurposed 1930s U.S. Post Office, the project team was challenged with fitting together the structures, both physically and aesthetically.Best Projects’ judges say the resulting performing-arts venue and arts-education center in the heart of Beverly
Photo Courtesy of McCarthy Building Cos. Photo Courtesy of McCarthy Building Cos. Related Links: Best of the Best 2014 The safety plan implemented for the 279,000-sq-ft, six-story Banner Estrella hospital tower in Phoenix by McCarthy Building Cos. not only established new safety standards that are now used on all of the firm’s projects, but also contributed to zero lost-time injuries and a recordable incident rate of 0.47 during more than 850,000 worker hours."Each McCarthy jobsite has a site-specific safety plan, and it is not that we do it and review once a year. It is taken seriously and adjusted constantly,"