Sitting on a 43-acre site with nearly 300,000 sq ft of usable space, this facility is one of the largest leaseback projects in the history of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
During construction, the UC San Diego campus expansion was Southern California’s largest ongoing health care project and the second-largest in state history.
Manufacturers are demanding process efficiencies, lean construction, highly collaborative and flexible spaces, prefabrication and even more complex automation that makes for more difficult projects for their general contractors and construction managers.
Water and wastewater construction revenue in the U.S. appeared to shrink last year, as measured by reports from the ENR Top 400 Contractors. But new needs and supply approaches are creating opportunities for firms.
Contractors say they expect the demand for petroleum—liquefied natural gas (LNG) and petrochemicals production, in particular—will remain strong across the U.S. in the near future, with capital markets and construction projects following suit.