PROJECT COST: $43,860,294 Photo: Pogue Construction Paris High School Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 Key Facts Location: Paris Construction Start Date: February 2009 Expected Completion Date: August 2010 Utilizing BIM? No Seeking LEED certification? No Owner/Developer: Paris ISD, Paris Construction Management Firm: Pogue Construction, McKinney Architect: PBK Architects, Dallas Civil Engineer: Hayter Engineering, Paris Structural Engineer: Structural Engenuity Inc., Dallas MEP Engineer: PBK Engineering, Dallas Main Specialty/Subcontractors: Skinner Masonry, Mesquite; Structural Fabrications, Sherman; Nighthawk Electrical, Denison Next Project »
PROJECT COST: $35,863,064 Photo: McCarthy Building Cos. Inc Port of Houston Bayport Phase 1 Stage 2 Container Yard Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 Key Facts Location: Seabrook Construction Start Date: May 2009 Expected Completion Date: May 2010 Utilizing BIM? No Seeking LEED certification? No Owner/Developer: Port of Houston, Houston General Contractor: McCarthy Building Cos Inc., Dallas Civil Engineer: Klotz Associates, Houston MEP Engineer: Schrader Engineers, Houston Main Specialty/Subcontractors: IHC Inc., Fort Worth; EAS Inc., Houston Next Project »
PROJECT COST: $52,121,669 Photo: Pogue Construction Anna High School Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The new Anna High School project included not only a two-story, 275,891-sq.-ft. high school for Anna ISD, but also sitework and site utilities. An offsite package included additional sitework, paving and roadwork. Future phases include a new practice gym and auditorium; classroom additions; and football fields that will be bid separately. Wetter-than-normal fall and winter weather proved challenging to the construction team, slowing completion of exterior work such as piers, grade beams, slabs, masonry and roofing. Crews have been working additional
PROJECT COST: $42,872,419 Photo: Harper Construction Co. Armed Forces Reserve Center Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 Key Facts Location: Fort Sill, Okla. Construction Start Date: May 2009 Expected Completion Date: October 2010 Utilizing BIM? Yes Seeking LEED certification? Yes - Silver Owner/Developer: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lawton, Okla. General Contractor: Harper Construction Co., Inc., San Diego, Calif. Architect: Cass/Sowatsky/Chapman & Associates, San Diego, Calif. Civil Engineer: Calibre Engineering Inc., Littleton, Colo. Structural Engineer: SMR-ISD Consulting Structural Engineers, San Diego, Calif. MEP Engineer: Walsh Engineering and ILA Zammit Engineering, San Diego, Calif. Main Specialty/Subcontractors: Industrial
PROJECT COST: $38,000,000 Photo: Smith Group/ Marmon Mok Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 Key Facts Location: San Antonio Construction Start Date: November 2009 Expected Completion Date: April 2011 Utilizing BIM? Yes Seeking LEED certification? No Owner/Developer: Department of Veteran Affairs, Washington, D.C. General Contractor: Robins & Morton, Birmingham, Ala. Architect: Smith Group/Marmon Mok (joint venture), Washington D.C. and San Antonio Next Project »
PROJECT COST: $77,182,652 Photo: Aerophoto Austin Community College - Round Rock Campus Phase I Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 The first phase of the new Austin Community College District Round Rock Campus includes five buildings totaling more than 276,000 sq ft on 48 acres. The facilities will provide space for the delivery of general studies, as well as health-service curricula including professional nursing, radiology, allied-health sciences, health and kinesiology and related studies. The campus also includes facilities for instruction in computer science and advanced technology; applied technology, including automotive
PROJECT COST: $120,800,000 Photo: Earthcam Baylor Cancer Center Related Links: Top Project Starts - 1 to 25 Top Project Starts - 26 to 55 The Baylor Cancer Center outpatient facility is a 10-story, 460,000-sq-ft structure with a facade that includes a mix of glass fiber reinforced concrete, stone, glass and metal panels. An additional 125,000 sq ft of parking is located on two below-grade floors. The center will include four linear accelerator vaults, a high-dose radiation room, multiple X-ray rooms, an MRI suite, laboratories, research suites, infusion rooms, pharmacies, and multiple exam and treatment rooms. The facility has a self-supporting
PROJECT COST: $60,500,000 Photo: Perkins+Will Baylor Sammons Collins Renovation Related Links: Top Project Starts 1-25 Top Project Starts 26-55 The renovation of the Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center at Baylor University Medical Center seeks to unify the sprawling urban hospital campus. Over the years, campus expansion occurred without a master plan, leaving the 100-plus-year-old facility disjointed and fragmented. A new south entry will become the centerpiece announcing arrival to the overall campus. The integration of the two existing 250,000-sq-ft inpatient care buildings with a new 500,000-sq-ft outpatient cancer center was accomplished by designing a circular connecting walkway linking the atriums