The facade of the Moderne, a 30-story residential tower, sports streamlined forms reminiscent of the Art Moderne movement, bygone ocean liners and the sense of momentum they impart.
In addition to decentralizing nurses' stations to reduce the distance between patients and caregivers, the 359,000-sq-ft Good Samaritan Regional Health Center incorporates music and art to promote healing and includes a family zone where loved ones can stay overnight.
Renovations to the 60-ft-long, 40-ft-wide, 125-ft-high Methocel Flaker Tower entailed construction of elaborate scaffolding to blast and paint the structure while ensuring every inch of it could be accessed by hand.
To minimize the expense of building a new apron and associated taxiways, Duluth International Airport elected to locate its $62-million passenger terminal immediately south of the structure it was intended to replace, challenging project team members to promote safe operations throughout construction.
Despite a firm completion deadline, tough site conditions and damage caused by vandals, the 403-bed Redstone Lofts apartment complex on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington was delivered on time and under budget in July 2012—in time for the start of the fall semester.
Meeting tolerance limits of one thousandth of an inch would pose a challenge on any construction project. But when the job is in an active shipping channel, where crews often work from barges, the task is particularly daunting.
The city of East Providence, R.I., needed to bring its 10.4-million-gallon-per-day wastewater treatment plant and 115-mile, 25 pump station and collection system into regulatory compliance.
Thomas Baillie oversees operations of BOND's civil and utility division, which includes a range of complex and high-risk gas and electrical projects as well as campus infrastructure projects.
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