A major challenge for Beck was the pervasive use of non-standard materials. The new home of Salvador Dali's artwork is a 66,400-sq-ft facility that is as flamboyant as the Spanish artist himself.
The $1.5-billion project earned LEED Gold certification. NGA Campus East is the consolidated eastern headquarters of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a unit of the Dept. of Defense that provides geospatial intelligence, such as satellite imagery, for national security objectives.
ENR's Top 20 Under 40 competition will identify some of the design and construction industry's leaders of tomorrow. Winners will be highlighted in ENR's regional editions. Related Links: ENR California Top 20 Under 40 Nomination Form ENR Midwest Top 20 Under 40 Nomination Form ENR Mountain States Top 20 Under 40 Nomination Form ENR New York Top 20 Under 40 Nomination Form ENR Southeast Top 20 Under 40 Nomination Form ENR Southwest Top 20 Under 40 Nomination Form ENR Texas & Louisiana Top 20 Under 40 Nomination Form Who are the design and construction leaders of tomorrow? That’s the question
The value of new Florida construction contracts eked out a 1% gain in September, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, with new projects totaling roughly $1.7 billion. Related Links: Georgia's September Contracts Improve by 11% Infrastructure Work Boosts N.C. Contracts to 58% Gain in Sept. S.C. Contracts Record Solid 35% Gain in September For the month, the nonresidential category continued its downward trend, registering a 29% decline compared to the same period of a year ago, with $419.3 million in new contracts. Residential contracts outpaced last September’s total by 27%, however, with an estimated $817.5 million in new projects. The nonbuilding sector,
Across-the-board double-digit gains in all three construction categories fueled South Carolina’s September contracts to a 35% overall gain for the month, according to McGraw-Hill Construction. The company, publisher of Engineering News-Record, estimated the state’s September contracts at $479 million. The nonbuilding category, which includes infrastructure work, increased by 42% compared to last September, for a total of $89.4 million. Nonresidential contracts jumped 36% compared to a year ago for a $122.2-million monthly tally. The value of new residential contracts increased 33%, for a total of nearly $267.4 million.McGraw-Hill Construction now estimates South Carolina’s 2011 contracts at $5.3 billion overall, which
Thanks to strong activity in the residential and nonbuilding categories, the value of Georgia’s new construction contracts improved by 11% overall in September, according to McGraw-Hill Construction. The jump resulted in an estimated $941.3 million in new contracts. Related Links: Infrastructure Work Boosts N.C. Contracts to 58% Sept. Gain S.C. Contracts Record Solid 35% Gain in September The residential market showed the greatest improvement for the month. The category registered nearly $335.6 million in new contracts, or 30% better than last September. The nonbuilding category, which includes infrastructure projects, recorded an estimated $110.2 million in new contracts, a 19% improvement
A month after an invalid vote that provided “conditional approval” of a $30-million settlement with HDR Engineering over cracks in its six-year-old reservoir, on Oct. 17 the board of directors of Tampa Bay Water voted unanimously to reject the deal and proceed with its pending lawsuit in federal court.
A more than 300% gain in North Carolina’s nonbuilding category pushed the state’s September total for new construction contracts to a 58% overall improvement for the month, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, the publisher of ENR Southeast. The stated recorded an estimated $1.3 billion in new contracts in September. Related Links: S.C. Contracts Record Solid 35% Gain in September The nonbuilding category, which includes infrastructure projects, recorded an estimated $604.5 million in new contracts, compared to last September’s $148.8-million tally. The nonresidential construction category was also positive, with its monthly total of $257.7 million equating to a 17% gain. The residential
Image courtesy ENR Art Dept. Firms are increasingly using social media to build their company brand. Related Links: Social Media Reshape Job Hunting and Recruitment at Smith Group, CH2M Hill Hashtag This: Social Media Risks and Rewards in Construction VHB/Eng-Wong, Taub and PB: Building Client Relationships with Social Media In Social Media, Some Conversations Are Best Kept Private Water Social Networking Site Matches Water Providers With End Users Corps Finds Facebook Excels for Flood Emergency Communications As more contractors and design firms build online presence and promote their brand via social media, some—but not all—are beginning to develop formal company