Awards Abound December 2009 Associations honored their member�s best projects at ceremonies this fall. Gilbane Building Company won the ABC of Metropolitan Washington�s Excellence in Construction Award in the Mega Project category for the National Biodefense Analysis & Countermeasures Center project. Left to right are members of the project team: Jim Settle and Mike Bogdash of Gilbane; Dave Williams of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Ted Trester, Jeff Schramm and Justin Percoski of Gilbane; Suketu Patel of Perkins + Will; and John Peperone and Lola Poe-Taylor of Gilbane. Dean Smith (left), Bart Bush, and Doug Nelson of the U.S.
Gregs G. Thomopulos, P.E., Chairman & CEO of Stanley Consultants of Houston, was elected president of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers for a two-year term. FIDIC represents globally the consulting engineering industry. Thomopulos has been on the organization’s executive committee for six years. His election marks the first time in 20 years that a U.S. citizen holds the position, which only three other Americans have held in FIDIC’s nearly 100-year history. Dynamic Lighting Solutions in Pearland announced Robert C. Horswood joined the company as utility sales representative, Eastern Division. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s
Related Links: Non-Residential Market Continues to Suffer in 2010 Stimulus Dollars Drive Megaprojects in the Mid-Atlantic Clark Starts $229 Million Medical Research Project at Aberdeen Forrester Keeps Active in K-12 Heery Lands $44 Million MATOC Clark Breaks Ground on Virginia Tech Research Facility Bozzuto Moves Ahead on $40 Million Mixed-Use Development Daniel J. Keating Lands Three Eastern Penn Projects Holder Starts $56 Million School SPRINGFIELD, PA—J. J. DeLuca of Springfield, Pa. started four new projects this fall. Site development is in progress for the new Weschler Building @ Elwyn in Media, Pa. The $9 million, 40,000-sq-ft project is expected to
Following three years of precipitous decline, the construction market may have finally hit bottom and be in the early phase of a rebound with housing leading the way. Robert Murray, vice president of economic affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction, announces that the market is "inching upward" during the 2010 Construction Outlook conference in Washington, D.C., in October. Related Links: Stimulus Dollars Drive Megaprojects in the Mid-Atlantic Clark Starts $229 Million Medical Research Project at Aberdeen Forrester Keeps Active in K-12 Heery Lands $44 Million MATOC Clark Breaks Ground on Virginia Tech Research Facility Bozzuto Moves Ahead on $40 Million Mixed-Use Development
Although the bulk of stimulus dollars are aimed at small projects, the few megaprojects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are beginning to move ahead. In August, GSA awarded a $435.4 million design-build contract for the new U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters building in Washington, D.C. Clark Construction Group of Bethesda, Md., leads the winning team. Related Links: Non-Residential Market Continues to Suffer in 2010 Clark Starts $229 Million Medical Research Project at Aberdeen Forrester Keeps Active in K-12 Heery Lands $44 Million MATOC Clark Breaks Ground on Virginia Tech Research Facility Bozzuto Moves Ahead on $40 Million Mixed-Use Development
Related Links: Non-Residential Market Continues to Suffer in 2010 Stimulus Dollars Drive Megaprojects in the Mid-Atlantic Clark Starts $229 Million Medical Research Project at Aberdeen Forrester Keeps Active in K-12 Heery Lands $44 Million MATOC Bozzuto Moves Ahead on $40 Million Mixed-Use Development Daniel J. Keating Lands Three Eastern Penn Projects J.J. DeLuca Starts Four Pa. Projects Holder Starts $56 Million School ARLINGTON, VA—Clark Construction broke ground this fall on a 144,000-sq-ft research facility for Virginia Tech in Arlington, Va. The project includes six stories of office and research space, one story of retail space, and three levels of below-grade
Related Links: Non-Residential Market Continues to Suffer in 2010 Stimulus Dollars Drive Megaprojects in the Mid-Atlantic Clark Starts $229 Million Medical Research Project at Aberdeen Forrester Keeps Active in K-12 Heery Lands $44 Million MATOC Clark Breaks Ground on Virginia Tech Research Facility Daniel J. Keating Lands Three Eastern Penn Projects J.J. DeLuca Starts Four Pa. Projects Holder Starts $56 Million School ARLINGTON, VA—Bozzuto Development Company and Chesapeake Community Advisors began construction of the $40 million The Views at Clarendon, a mixed-use, mixed-income development in Arlington, Va. The development will consist of eight stories of apartments atop two stories that
Related Links: Non-Residential Market Continues to Suffer in 2010 Stimulus Dollars Drive Megaprojects in the Mid-Atlantic Forrester Keeps Active in K-12 Heery Lands $44 Million MATOC Clark Breaks Ground on Virginia Tech Research Facility Bozzuto Moves Ahead on $40 Million Mixed-Use Development Daniel J. Keating Lands Three Eastern Penn Projects J.J. DeLuca Starts Four Pa. Projects Holder Starts $56 Million School WASHINGTON, DC-In September, Clark Construction of Bethesda won a $229.3-million contract to build the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense Replacement Facility at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Harford County, Md. The 526,255 sq-ft facility is expected to
Related Links: Non-Residential Market Continues to Suffer in 2010 Stimulus Dollars Drive Megaprojects in the Mid-Atlantic Clark Starts $229 Million Medical Research Project at Aberdeen Forrester Keeps Active in K-12 Heery Lands $44 Million MATOC Clark Breaks Ground on Virginia Tech Research Facility Bozzuto Moves Ahead on $40 Million Mixed-Use Development J.J. DeLuca Starts Four Pa. Projects Holder Starts $56 Million School NARBETH, PA–The Daniel J. Keating Co. picked up three projects in eastern Pennsylvania this fall. Ground was broken for the new 72,000 sq-ft West Philadelphia High School, Oct. 27. The three-story school is expected to complete by fall
Related Links: Non-Residential Market Continues to Suffer in 2010 Stimulus Dollars Drive Megaprojects in the Mid-Atlantic Clark Starts $229 Million Medical Research Project at Aberdeen Heery Lands $44 Million MATOC Clark Breaks Ground on Virginia Tech Research Facility Bozzuto Moves Ahead on $40 Million Mixed-Use Development Daniel J. Keating Lands Three Eastern Penn Projects J.J. DeLuca Starts Four Pa. Projects Holder Starts $56 Million School ROCKVILLE, MD—In a down economy, Forrester Construction of Rockville, Md., has found opportunities in the K-12 market. In October, the company began preconstruction on the $40 million 250,000-sq-ft modernization of Anacostia Senior High School in