PROJECT COST: $99.4 million Ballenger-McKinney Wastewater Treatment Plant Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Frederick, Md. Owner: Frederick County, Md. Contractor: Allan A. Myers, a Company of American Infrastructure, Worcester, Pa. Architect and Engineer: Whitman, Requardt & Associates, Baltimore Start Date: December 2009 Completion Date: March 2013 The $99.4-million Ballenger-McKinney Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion and Enhanced Nutrient Removal project in Frederick, Md., will increase the facility�s capacity to 15 million gallons per day, up from 6 MGD. Construction began in December. Allan A. Myers, a company of American Infrastructure, Worcester, Pa., will complete a new influent pumping station
PROJECT COST: $92 million Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant Addition No. 7 Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Savage, Md Owner: Howard County, Md. Contractor: Clark/US, a joint venture between Clark Construction Group, Bethesda, Md., and Ulliman Schutte Construction, Rockville, Md. Engineer: PBS&J, Baltimore Start Date: June 2009 Completion Date: Summer 2012 The $92-million Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant Addition No. 7 Enhanced Nutrient Removal Expansion and Improvements project in Savage, Md., will increase the plant�s ability to treat wastewater before its release into the Little Patuxent River and onward to Chesapeake Bay. Clark/US, a joint venture between
PROJECT COST: $160 million Photo: photo courtesy ronald williams, wssc Bi-County Water Tunnel Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Bethesda, Md. Owner: Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, Laurel, Md. Construction Manager: Jacobs Associates, Baltimore; EA Engineering, Science and Technology of Hunt Valley, Md. Contractor: Renda, Southland, SAK joint venture, a partnership among Oscar Renda Contracting of Roanoke, Texas; Southland Contracting of Fort Worth; and SAK Construction of O�Fallon, Mo. Start Date: August 2009 Completion Date: 2012 The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission first identified the need for the Bi-County Water Tunnel, which will transport drinking water from the Potomac Water
PROJECT COST: $178 million Wilmington Hospital Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Wilmington, Del. Owner: Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, Del. Contractor: Skanska USA Building, Philadelphia Architect: Wilmot/Sanz, Gaithersburg, Md. Start Date: April 2009 Completion Date: August 2013 Christiana Care Health System began a transformation project at Wilmington Hospital aimed at dramatically increasing capacity at the Delaware acute-care facility. Construction manager Skanska USA Building of Philadelphia broke ground in April 2009 on the $178-million, 386,000-sq-ft addition to the 122-year-old hospital. Construction will be complete in August 2013 and bring the hospital to 1 million sq ft. The project
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,