PHILADELPHIA � The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a $23.8-million contract to Grunley Construction Co. of Rockville, Md., to renovate the exterior of the U.S. Custom House in Philadelphia. The project includes masonry restoration, repair/replacement of the windows, a new �green� roof, replacement of the tower lighting with energy-efficient fixtures and a high-efficiency boiler The project is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. � The Eisenhower Memorial Commission unveiled its preferred design concept by architect Frank O. Gehry. The Eisenhower Memorial will be the first presidential memorial to be built during the 21st century, and only the seventh in U.S. history. s Image courtesy Eisenhower Memorial Commission The Eisenhower Memorial Commission unveiled its preferred design concept by architect Frank O. Gehry, pictured here. The Eisenhower Memorial will be the first presidential memorial to be built during the 21st century, and only the seventh in U.S. history. David Eisenhower, President Eisenhower�s grandson and a member of the commission said, �We were all
CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIP, Pa. � Mason-Dixon Resort & Casino announced it has selected a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming to develop and manage all resort and gaming operations in connection with the company�s resort license application filed with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Mason-Dixon Resort & Casino plans to develop a venue in southern Adams County, about 2 miles from the Maryland border. The planned $75-million Mason-Dixon Resort & Casino will feature a 300-room hotel with 20,000 sq ft of meeting and exposition space. Penn National Gaming has committed to provide the financing for the development, construction and opening of the
Mid-Atlantic Construction magazine�s publisher, McGraw-Hill Construction, regularly reports on the pace of new construction contract activity for all 50 states, the District of Columbia and numerous metropolitan areas. Here, Mid-Atlantic Construction presents its first quarterly report on the pace of new contracts within the region of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Eastern Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. (For the purposes of consistency, the numbers presented here will include the entire state of Pennsylvania.) Delaware Through the first three months of 2010, Delaware�s construction contract activity has been wildly up or down compared to the same period of a year ago. For instance, January�s
NORFOLK, Va. � McDonough Bolyard Peck of Chesapeake, Va., was awarded a contract by the U.S. General Services Administration�s Mid-Atlantic Region to provide construction management services for the Walter E. Hoffman Courthouse Energy Bundle/Boiler Replacement, Variable Frequency Drive Installation, and Air Handler Unit Replacement Project in Norfolk, Va. This is the first task order for a $25 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, and is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
MARION, Va. � Skanska was awarded a $47.6-million contract to build the Smyth County Community Hospital in Marion, Va., for Mountain States Health Alliance. The contract includes construction of a three-story building that will house offices and medical wards, with 44 beds, and departments for emergency care and surgery and other facilities. Skanska will serve as construction manager and lead the design-build project. The building will be designed to achieve LEED certification. Site work is scheduled to start in July, with completion scheduled for December 2011.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. � The Washington, D.C., office of HOK was selected to design the new National Cancer Institute research campus, to be built in Montgomery County, Md., as a part of the John Hopkins University property in the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center. The JBG Cos. was chosen by the General Services Administration to build and own the $200 million, 10-acre development, which will house roughly 2,100 employees. HOK will provide planning, architecture, tenant improvements and landscaping for the 575,000-sq-ft building, which will comprise two seven-story towers. The project is targeted for LEED Gold certification. Construction is projected to
A change in the political tide in recent years has stoked the debate over potential use of project labor agreements on government-funded projects in the Mid-Atlantic. During his first month in office, President Obama overturned a Bush administration executive order that banned PLAs on federally funded projects. Stopping short of a mandate, Obama drafted a new order encouraging the use of PLAs on projects valued at more than $25 million. Photo by Bruce Buckley Mark Ayers, president of the Building and Construction Trades Dept. of the AFL-CIO, speaking at the Building and Construction Trades 2010 Legislative Conference, says more project
WASHINGTON, D.C. - District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty selected design firm Perkins+Will of Atlanta as the master planner for the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Campus. The District is planning to receive the 62-acre site from the Dept. of Defense when the hospital relocates in 2011. The reuse plan must present a vision for the site and propose land uses that reflect past use of the property while supporting the future needs of the community and the District.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. � The Naval Facilities Engineering Command has awarded Hourigan Construction Corp. of Virginia Beach, Va., with a $15.2-million firm-fixed-price task order under a previously netted multiple-award construction contract for the design and construction of a C-40 aircraft maintenance hangar at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach. The project entails the design and construction of a new aircraft hangar and associated support infrastructure and will include the demolition of two existing buildings.?