PROJECT COST: $87,176,614 Photo: Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Infantry Brigade Combat Team Complex 1 - UEPH Barracks Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 This complex, which supports an entire Infantry Brigade Combat Team, is one of two nearly identical jobs (see next project) performed by Sundt Construction for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Each Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing (UEPH) barracks project consists of 12 buildings, each housing 120 unaccompanied enlisted personnel. Both complexes will provide 1,440 beds with more than 520,000-sq-ft of floor area and are wood-framed, two-story structures
PROJECT COST: $57,000,000 Photo: J.E. Kingham Construction Co. Livingston ISD High School Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 Despite what some have called the wettest winter in 20 years, the Livingston ISD High School project team has remained on track to meet an aggressive schedule. Crews have moved 400,000 yds of dirt in two months and will have poured 25,000 yds. of concrete by the time construction is complete. In one of its more productive days, the concrete subcontractor placed more than 980 yds in 12 hours. The 300,000-sq-ft high school will serve 1,500 students and
PROJECT COST: $300,000,000 Photo: corgan associates Love Field Modernization Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 The Love Field Modernization Program marks the largest and most ambitious construction effort at Dallas Love Field Airport since its establishment in the 1950s. The job involves a complete terminal renovation and the addition of a new concourse, ticketing hall and bag claim. Hensel Phelps, which is serving as the construction manager at-risk for the $300-million (construction cost) job, is assisting Southwest Airlines with preliminary budgets, schedules, and complex sequencing required to deliver a project
PROJECT COST: $59,520,607 Photo: Huckabee Mansfield High School #5 Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The new 2,5000-student Mansfield High School No. 5 will incorporate distinctive post-modern design elements with separate architectural aesthetics and identities for each of its main programmatic areas (fine arts, academic tower, athletics and cafeteria) to create unique high school facility that is complementary to the current campuses. The academic tower is centrally located and will include the administration suite as well as social studies, math, science, English and special needs classrooms. The 62-acre site offers 1,650 parking spaces, a full 100-yd
PROJECT COST: $85,000,000 Photo: Perkins + Will Texas A&M Memorial Student Center/Univ. Center Complex Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 This comprehensive facility master plan for the Texas A&M University Memorial Student Center serves to document justification for the Memorial Student Center/University Center Complex capital improvement projects and to guide the design process for its renovation and addition. The 396,000-sq-ft study area includes the Memorial Student Center Complex, Rudder Tower and the Koldus Building. The study includes facility condition assessment, space programming and master planning/conceptual design. Construction estimating and a
PROJECT COST: $120,153,736 Midland Memorial Hospital Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 Issues associated with aging structures on Midland Memorial Hospital's main campus are expected to be resolved with the construction of a new seven-story patient bed tower, a 450-space parking garage and an expanded central plant. The renovation and expansion will resolve aging plumbing and mechanical issues and allow the hospital to achieve a LEED-silver rating through the U.S. Green Building Council. The new tower will house an expanded emergency department on the first floor, as well as a
PROJECT COST: $68,000,000 Photo: PBK Architects New Fort Bend High School Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 A difficult site brought one of the biggest challenges to the New Fort Bend High School project team. The site is located near Waters Lake, which required the team to construct a temporary weir to provide a low water crossing for construction traffic to traverse the drainage channel adjacent to Oyster Creek. Additionally, the existing drainage channel was being improved adjacent to the site by the Levee Improvement District. The design team quickly put together a rough grading package
PROJECT COST: $70,472,200 Photo: PBK architects New Yukon High School Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 The New Yukon High School sits on 110 acres with a student capacity of 2,500. The site is shared with an existing high school, which will eventually become the intermediate school. The shared space required the incorporation of a common road for bus traffic. The project team also incorporated an existing baseball field and recently constructed field house into the design. Site access was tricky, with traffic to the jobsite limited to one street
PROJECT COST: $54,000,000 Photo: Perkins+Will Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, New Research Tower Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s new eight-story research tower offers 185,000 sq ft of new space dedicated to the study of Alzheimer’s disease, lupus, cancer, cardiovascular disease and other afflictions. The design is derived from a “pinwheel” floor plan concept. Above the lobby, the main mass of the building is cut by four deep slots which bring light and views deep into the central core of the building and divide mass into four distinct blocks. Each block, in
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