PROJECT COST: $70 million U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Fort Lee, Va. Owner: US Army Engineer District, Norfolk District Design-Build Contractor: W.M. Jordan Co., Newport News, Va. Architect: Wiley|Wilson, Richmond, Va. Start Date: October 2009 Completion Date: 2011 The new U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School at Fort Lee, Va., will house 600 military personnel and 300 civilians when complete in 2011. The work is part of a Base Realignment and Closure program that resulted in $1.2 billion in construction at the base. Design-build contractor W.M. Jordan Co. of Newport News,

PROJECT COST: $78 million U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Headquarters Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Fort Eustis, Va. Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, Va. Contractor: Tompkins-Turner Government Services, Washington, D.C. Architect: Michael Baker Jr., Alexandria, Va. Start Date: April 2009 Completion Date: February 2011 The $78-million U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Headquarters at Fort Eustis, Va., will provide commercial-style office space for about 1,260 employees of Army Command operations and a new 18,800-sq-ft band-training facility for 66 musicians. It will become one of only four permanent headquarter locations for the Army�s four-star

PROJECT COST: $115 million BRAC National Capital Region Relocation Administrative Facility Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Owner: U.S. Air Force, Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment, Andrews Air Force Base Design-Builder: CDM/CAPE, a partnership of CDM, Newport News, Va., and CAPE, Atlanta Construction/Design Partners: Coakley & Williams Construction and AECOM, Washington, D.C. Start Date: August 2009 Completion Date: January 2011 The $115-million design-build BRAC National Capital Region Relocation Administrative Facility at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland will provide a headquarters building and courts facility at the installation and bring

PROJECT COST: $619 million Bear Garden Power Station Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Buckingham County, Va. Owner: Dominion Virginia Power, Glen Allen, Va. Contractor/Engineer: Fluor Corp., Irving, Texas Start Date: April 2009 Completion Date: May 2011 The $619-million Bear Garden Power Station in Buckingham County, Va., about 60 mi west of Richmond, will help Dominion Virginia Power of Glenn Allen, Va., meet the region�s demand for electrical power. The new 580-megawatt, combined-cycle plant will run primarily on natural gas with ultralow-sulfur diesel fuel as a backup. The project is located on a site across the James River

PROJECT COST: $71.7 million I-476 Blue Route Reconstruction, Phase 4 Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Montgomery Co., Pa. Owner: Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation General Contractor: Allan A. Myers, LLP, a company of American Infrastructure, Worcester, Pa. Design Partner: Traffic Planning and Design, Pottstown, Pa. Start Date: December 2009 Completion Date: 2011 The final phase of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation�s Interstate-476/Blue Route Improvement project completes the restoration of one of Philadelphia�s most heavily used expressways. Located between the I-76/Schuylkill Expressway and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the 3.2-mi design-build project includes replacement of 1970s-era concrete pavement (currently covered with

PROJECT COST: $102 million C2-CNT East Facility Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District Contractor: James G. Davis Construction Corp., Rockville, Md. Architect: EwingCole, Philadelphia Start Date: September 2009 Completion Date: February 2011 A new $102-million Command Control/Communications Network (C2/CNT) East Facility at the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C4ISR) campus at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., will provide office and research space to accommodate 1,900 personnel. James G. Davis Construction Corp. of Rockville, Md., began construction in September on the project, which includes a 485,000-sq-ft,

PROJECT COST: $122 million Photo: Courtesy GSA Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Phase III Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Washington, D.C. Owner: General Services Administration, Washington, D.C. Contractor: Grunley Construction, Rockville, Md. Architect: Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern, Roanoke, Va. Start Date: November 2009 Completion Date: March 2011 The third and final $122-million phase of restoration at the historic Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., will modernize about 172,000 sq ft of the building used by the executive team serving the president. Construction began in November. Design-build contractor Grunley Construction of Rockville, Md.,

PROJECT COST: $510 million Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Fort Detrick, Md. Owner: Dept. of Defense, Washington, D.C. Contractor: Manhattan Construction Co. of Washington, D.C., and Torcon, Red Bank, N.J. Architect: HDR CUH2A, Omaha, Neb.; Smith Carter Architects, Atlanta, Georgia Start Date: August 2009 Completion Date: 2014 Some of the country�s top scientists converged at Fort Detrick, Md., for the August groundbreaking of the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, the Dept. of Defense�s biodefense laboratory. The institute develops vaccines, drugs, diagnostics and information to protect U.S.

PROJECT COST: $68.4 million Quantico Phase II Student Quarters, Instruction Facility Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Marriottsville, Md. Owner: Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, D.C. Contractor: Harkins Builders, Marriottsville, Md. Architect: Stanmyre & Noel Architects of Reston, Va., and VOA Architects of Chicago Start Date: August 2009 Completion Date: May 2012 Harkins Builders of Marriottsville, Md., broke ground in August on the $68.4-million Quantico Phase II Student Quarters and Instruction Facility at Quantico, Va. The design-build project includes two student quarters buildings, with a total of 516 beds, for the Basic School at

PROJECT COST: $140 million Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus Expansion Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Dover, Del. Owner: Bayhealth Medical Center, Dover, Del. Contractor: Whiting-Turner, Newark, Del. Architect, Engineer: EwingCole, Philadelphia Start Date: January 2009 Completion Date: November 2011 The second $140-million phase of Bayhealth Medical Center�s Kent General Hospital in Dover, Del., broke ground in January 2009. The 440,500-sq-ft pavilion includes an expanded emergency department, integrated oncology center and medical conference facilities. �This project involved the transformation of a graying campus,� says Howard Skoke, a principal with the architectural and engineering firm EwingCole of Philadelphia. �It