Lend Lease's management of HCA's medical center project—comprising a five-story, 389,000-sq-ft hospital and four-story, 90,000-sq-ft medical office building—was noted for its safety program and record, which included no recordable incidents from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Nashville, Tenn.'s 2010 floods along the Cumberland River sent water to a level not seen since the 1930s, bringing with it an unexpected level of damage, including to the Grand Ole Opry.
Office building construction has slowed in recent years, but that hasn't lessened the urgency of owners to have their new facilities built as quickly as possible—even if it means using unconventional methods.
Single-family homes are increasingly adopting sustainable building features. One such example is The Artec Group's Casa Verde project in Redington Shores, Fla.
The Fort Benning Gateway in Columbus, Ga., was designed to honor the men and women serving at one of the largest military facilities in the nation, including members of the infantry, who have called Fort Benning their home since 1940, as well as the U.S. Army Armor School, which has been located at the base since 2010.
Bringing together engineering savvy, nontraditional design and the resulting lineup of considerable construction accomplishments, Miami's Marlins Park has been named ENR Southeast's Project of the Year.
A rail system project at Miami International Airport earned dual Best Projects honors, winning the the Southeast's top transportation project award as well as the top safety award.
Construction of the original Blue Ridge Dam—then the largest earthen dam in the U.S.—began in 1925. The dam's 1,050-ft-long by 14-ft-dia riveted steel penstock—which carried water through the dam from the intake tower to the hydroelectric generator—was damaged in the 1930s when operators drained the pipe without lowering the reservoir elevation, causing a 60-ft-long bulge to form at the bottom of the penstock.
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