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

PROJECT COST: $695 million Photo: Courtesy Clark Design-Build Dept. of Defense, BRAC 133 Project at Mark Center Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Alexandria, Va. Owner: The Dept. of the Army, on behalf of the Dept. of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services Developer: Duke Realty Corp., Indianapolis General Contractor-Towers: Clark Design-Build, Bethesda, Md. General Contractor-Sitework and Garages: Shirley Contracting Co., Lorton, Va. Construction Management: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District Architect: HKS Architects, Washington, D.C.; Wisnewski Blair & Associates, Alexandria, Va.; Studios Architecture, Washington, D.C. Start Date: January 2009 Completion Date: September 2011 Clark Design-Build of Bethesda,

PROJECT COST: $120 million TIE MedImmune Expansion Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Gaithersburg, M. Owner: MedImmune, Gaithersburg Contractor: Tompkins Builders, Washington, D.C. Architect and MEP Engineer: KlingStubbins, Washington, D.C. Start Date: April 2009 Completion Date: December 2011 Pharmaceutical manufacturer MedImmune is expanding its presence in Gaithersburg, Md., adding a $120 million, 308,000-sq-ft laboratory and office building at the company headquarters. Tompkins Builders of Washington, D.C., broke ground on the project in April 2009 and expects to complete the work in December 2011. The nine-story facility will house up to 600 research and development scientists. Current plans call

PROJECT COST: $67 million Oakland Hall Dormitory Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: College Park, Md. Owner: University of Maryland, College Park, Md. Contractor: Clark Construction Group, Bethesda, Md. Architect: WDG Architecture, Washington, D.C. Start Date: August 2009 Completion Date: April 2011 The $67-million Oakland Hall Dormitory at the University of Maryland represents the school�s first investment in a new dormitory at the College Park campus in more than 30 years. Clark Design/Build of Bethesda, Md., a division of Clark Construction Group, began constructing the project in August. The 200,000-sq-ft, eight-story, 650-bed, cast-in-place concrete dormitory will help the

PROJECT COST: $120 million TIE PPL Park Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Philadelphia Owner: Keystone Sports and Entertainment, Chester, Pa. Contractor: T.N. Ward, Ardmore, Pa. Architect: Rossetti Architects, Southfield. Mich. Start Date: February 2009 Completion Date: Summer 2010 The Philadelphia Union Major League Soccer Team will play this summer in the new $120-million PPL Park in Chester, Pa., 13 mi south of Center City, Philadelphia, on the Delaware River. T.N. Ward of Ardmore, Pa., began construction on the facility in 2009. It features 30 luxury suites; a 11,000-sq-ft, full-service club restaurant; 2,000-person supporters club section; built-in concert

PROJECT COST: $207 million Penn State Hershey Medical Center Children�s Hospital Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Hershey, Pa. Owner: Penn State Hershey Children�s Hospital, Hershey, Pa. Architect: Payette, Boston Construction Manager: L.F. Driscoll Co., Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Start Date: December 2009 Completion Date: Fall 2012 After a brief delay due to the economic crisis, the new, freestanding, $207-million Penn State Hershey Children�s Hospital in Hershey, Pa., broke ground in December. The 252,000-sq-ft children�s hospital, on the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus, will feature six pediatric surgical suites, 72 private pediatric and adolescent patient rooms

PROJECT COST: $260 million 11th Street Bridges Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Washington, D.C. Owner: District Dept. of Transportation, Washington, D.C. Design-Builder: Skanska USA Civil, Alexandria, Va.; Facchina Construction, La Plata, Md. Engineer: JMT, Sparks, Md. Start Date: December 2009 Completion Date: Summer 2013 In a city filled with monuments and memorials to national milestones, the 11th Street Bridges project is making some history for the District Dept. of Transportation. Along with being the agency�s largest-ever construction project, it�s also the first to use a design-build-to-budget procurement process. Two continuous steel, multi-girder bridges will be constructed between

Texas Construction presents its thirteenth annual Best Of awards issue, which honors projects completed in our region between Sept. 1, 2008, and Sept. 1, 2009.

The $15.89-million Solomon G. Brown Corps Center in Washington, D.C., provides the Salvation Army a place of worship and space in which to deliver community extension services, including day-care, workforce training and wellness programs. Related Links: Mid-Atlantic Construction�s Best of 2009 Awards WCS Construction of Washington broke ground on the 74,049-sq-ft, five-story building in January 2006. At certain times of the year, the ground water topped the ground slab in the building. To fight that condition, the team designed an innovative bentonite clay-lined foundation liner, effectively sealing the subgrade of the building and walls from the interior of the project.