The construction market has yet to see signs of recovery from the current recession, but it’s coming next year, according to a forecast released by McGraw-Hill Construction.
Grunley Construction Co. of Rockville, Md., also was awarded a $34.3-million contract to renovate portions of the Smithsonian Institution’s Arts and Industries Building in Washington, DC.
Henderson General Contractors of Williamsburg, Va., will begin construction in December on a three-building, 146,800-sq-ft retail complex at the Williamsburg Pottery Factory in Lightfoot, Va.
Coakley & Williams Construction of Gaithersburg, Md., was awarded a contract for the historical restoration of the dome at the Maryland State House in Annapolis.
In October, Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman was joined by Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, Federal Railroad Administration Deputy Administrator Karen Rae, Rep. Bill Shuster, and other state and local officials to break ground for the new Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility in Greencastle, Pa.
Poor management of available resources at the Virginia Dept. of Transportation resulted in $877 million in transportation funds left unspent during the last two fiscal years, says an independent audit commissioned by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R).
Turner Construction Co. was selected to provide construction management services for the University of Pennsylvania’s $30-million Penn Park, a 24-acre parcel of land that will serve as a recreation space for students and residents that connects the city of Philadelphia together with Penn’s campus.
Skanska USA Commercial Development of Washington, D.C., announced it will start construction on a Class A office building at 1776 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Va.
Ground was broken in October for the Sustainable Energy Technology Center (SEnTeC), a research and development facility at the campus of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research in Danville, Va.
The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded Grunley Construction Co. of Rockville, Md., the $57-million Phase 1B Adaptive Reuse contract as part of the consolidation of the Dept. of Homeland Security at the St. Elizabeths Hospital site in Washington, D.C.