PROJECT COST: $79 million Penrose Square Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Arlington, Va. Owner: Carbon Thompson Development, Reston, Va. Contractor: Foulger-Pratt Contracting, Rockville, Md. Architect: Heffner Architects, Alexandria, Va. Start Date: April 2009 Completion Date: September 2011 The $79-million Penrose Square in Arlington, Va., transforms an aging shopping center into an upscale, mixed-use development with retail and a community park. The project, on a 4-acre parcel near the Pentagon, consists of 299 luxury rental apartments, 97,000 sq ft of retail space and a public square featuring various amenities. Foulger-Pratt Contracting of Rockville, Md., began work on the
PROJECT COST: $83 million Riverside Regional Medical Center Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Newport News, Va. Owner: Riverside Health System, Newport News, Va. Contractor: W. M. Jordan Co., Newport News Architect: Earl Swensson Associates, Nashville, Tenn. Start Date: July 2009 An $83-million, 240,648-sq-ft addition to Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Va., doubles the size of the hospital�s central energy plant, which will supply heating and cooling and medical gases to a new surgical suite with 13 operating rooms, related services and 68 patient beds. W.M. Jordan Co. of Newport News, Va., broke ground on the
PROJECT COST: $164 million Metrorail Red Line Rehabilitation Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Washington, D.C. Owner: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Washington, D.C. Design-Build Contractor: Kiewit Corp., Peachtree City, Ga. Start Date: December 2009 Completion Date: Summer 2012 The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority embarked in December on the first phase of a four-year rehabilitation to the Metrorail�s Red Line in Washington, D.C. The Red Line, WMATA�s first subway line, opened in March 1976 with five stations. The project aims to enhance the authority�s ability to keep the system in good repair with minimal disruptions. WMATA Metro
PROJECT COST: $100 million Rolls-Royce Crosspointe Centre, Phase I Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Prince George County, Va. Owner: Rolls-Royce North America, Indianapolis Program Manager: Faithful+Gould, Alexandria, Va. Design-Build Contractor: The Haskell Co., Jacksonville, Fla. Architect: Gresham, Smith and Partners, Richmond, Va. Rolls-Royce started construction in October on the first $100-million phase of an aerospace facility, slated to become the company�s largest U.S. manufacturing facility. The company says it is undertaking the project to provide capacity to accommodate its improving market position and significant growth in orders. Faithful+Gould of Alexandria, Va., serves as program manager. Rolls-Royce selected
PROJECT COST: $360 million AREVA Newport News Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Newport News, Va. Owner: AREVA Newport News, Newport News, Va. Contractor/Engineer: CH2M HILL, Englewood, Colo. Start Date: July 2009 Completion Date: January 2012 The $360-million AREVA Newport News nuclear power reactor manufacturing facility in Newport News, Va., will produce components needed to construct new nuclear power plants. The 330,000-sq-ft facility on a site adjacent to Northrup Grumman�s shipyard started in July and will complete in 2012. AREVA of Bethesda, Md., and Northrup Grumman Shipbuilding of Newport News formed a joint venture to design, engineer and
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