https://www.enr.com/rss/215-mid-atlantic-construction-projects en-us rubind@enr.com (Debra K. Rubin) Commonwealth Fusion will locate 400-MW facility near Richmond. aiming to secure permits next year and operate by the early 2030s—backed by more than $2B in private investment and government funding.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/60115 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/60115-east-coast-fusion-power-pioneer-picks-virginia-for-first-grid-scale-plant Congress’s last-minute spending appropriations saga had one more unexpected twist, with the Senate approving legislation to transfer administrative control of the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium campus to the District of Columbia. 

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/60107 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:33:05 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/60107-departing-congress-grants-control-of-rfk-stadium-site-to-dc Virginia’s first-ever JW Marriott Hotel and Residences is part of a $1.3-billion development called Reston Row.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/60064 Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/60064-hotel-anchors-13b-megaproject-in-reston-va State officials have estimated costs between $4.7 billion and as high as $9 billion, depending on the selected route.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59960 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:07:09 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/59960-stv-jacobs-wra-joint-venture-wins-baltimore-red-line-design-contract jriceenr@gmail.com (Justin Rice) The expanded Concourse E, designed to accommodate new widebody planes, is set to open in late 2026.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59956 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 18:25:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/59956-dulles-airport-plans-500m-terminal-expansion-project The Museum of Exploration will feature unique curated exhibits and serve as a showcase of sustainable construction practices.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59626 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:16:07 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59626-national-geographic-creating-one-of-a-kind-museum-in-washington-dc jriceenr@gmail.com (Justin Rice) From educational facilities to courthouses to central utility buildings and art museums, the winning submissions in the 2024 ENR MidAtlantic Best Projects competition represent what a panel of judges said were “outstanding” projects across the region.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59363 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:01:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59363-enr-2024-midatlantic-best-projects-project-teams-meet-challenges-head-on With the completion of Raymond Elementary School in July 2023, the design-build team of MCN Build and Studios Architecture demonstrated that high sustainability goals and strict historic preservation requirements can coexist.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59413 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59413-project-of-the-year-finalist-and-best-project-renovation-restoration-raymond-elementary-school The new Embassy of Australia aims to serve as both an integral civic space and an enduring symbol of the country. The embassy’s design respects Capitol Hill’s architectural style while acknowledging the site’s transition between residential buildings and commercial structures, according to the project team.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59412 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59412-project-of-the-year-finalist-and-best-project-government-public-building-embassy-of-australia Aimed at increasing higher education access for low-income and underrepresented communities, Bard High School Early College offers graduates both a high school diploma and a tuition-free Associate in Arts degree from Bard College.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59411 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59411-project-of-the-year-and-best-project-k-12-education-bard-high-school-early-college The dam was built in 1912 to support fire protection, drinking water and manufacturing needs.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59396 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59396-award-of-merit-water-environment-lake-williams-dam-rehabilitation Hampton Roads Sanitation District’s Atlantic Treatment Plant, which has a permitted design capacity of 54 million gallons per day, operates as a high-rate activated sludge plant that is able to achieve biological oxygen demand and total suspended solids removal.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59395 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59395-best-project-water-environment-atlantic-treatment-plant-thermal-hydrolysis-process-and-fog-receiving-station The 3,000-seat arena and convocation center includes telescoping and fixed seating, an elevated connection to the adjacent building and parking deck, a plaza with paver systems, landscaping and street upgrades.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59393 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59393-award-of-merit-sports-entertainment-longwood-university-joan-perry-brock-center-and-tennis-courts The $12.4-million building systems overhaul is the initial phase of the medical center’s plan to convert three existing office and administration floors into patient space for the shock trauma unit.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59392 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59392-best-project-specialty-construction-university-of-maryland-shock-trauma-center-renewal The $3.9-million phased office space fit-out seamlessly integrates new additions with the existing first phase.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59391 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59391-award-of-merit-small-project-supernal-innovation-center Great Wolf Lodges may all look similar aesthetically, but building its largest resort proved as complex as hospital construction, the project team says.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59390 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59390-award-of-merit-residential-hospitality-great-wolf-lodge-maryland Storing approximately 5,500 pieces of art, the museum advocating for and showcasing women in the arts is housed in a 1907 historical building that was converted into the museum in 1983. A wing was added in 1997.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59389 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59389-award-of-merit-renovation-restoration-national-museum-of-women-in-the-arts-renovation-and-restoration While essentially identical, Pittsburgh’s most iconic bridges built in the 1920s aged differently.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59388 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59388-award-of-merit-renovation-restoration-three-sisters-bridge-rehabilitation Serving as a model for resilience and sustainability by demonstrating accessible methods to homeowners, developers and small business owners for living and building more sustainably, the structure is designed to “float” during major flooding to ensure operational continuity and demonstrate resiliency.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59385 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59385-sustainability-and-office-retail-mixed-use-ryan-resilience-lab In just over two years, the 1970s-era, seven-story office building was reimagined as a 485,000-sq-ft, mixed-use destination.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59384 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59384-best-project-office-retail-mixed-use-20-massachusetts-avenue-nw Finishing on time and below budget just after the school’s lease expired on its previous location and just in time for the start of the school year, the 16-month project produced what the team says is a first-of-its-kind educational facility.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59383 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59383-award-of-merit-k-12-education-lehigh-valley-academy-regional-charter-school Transforming a core and shell completed by another contractor into a medical facility involved fitting out a 45,000-sq-ft specialty care space.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59382 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59382-award-of-merit-health-care-nemours-childrens-health-specialty-care-and-ambulatory-surgery-center A three-story interconnecting staircase forms the centerpiece of this headquarters relocation, which was completed on time and under budget in eight months.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59381 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59381-best-project-interior-tenant-improvement-confidential-project A tied-arch bridge span floated a mile down the Ohio River in April 2021, marking the first time such a method had been used to install a West Virginia bridge.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59380 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59380-award-of-merit-highway-bridge-wellsburg-bridge A temporarily welded wire retaining wall system helped restore traffic 12 days after an 8,500-gasoline tanker truck crash killed the driver and destroyed the Interstate 95 northbound bridge.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59378 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59378-award-of-merit-highway-bridge-i-95-bridge-collapse-emergency-repairs-and-permanent-replacement After 60 years of continuous operation, a life-cycle cost analysis of the Delaware Memorial Bridge showed that the benefits of an ultra-high-performance concrete overlay surpassed those of traditional overlay repairs or a complete deck replacement.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59377 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59377-best-project-highway-bridge-delaware-memorial-bridge-deck-rehabilitation-project Completed at budget and on schedule in 43 months, the multiphased addition and renovation to the existing dining facility at the heart of campus includes a 42,000-sq-ft mass timber dining addition.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59376 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59376-award-of-merit-higher-education-swarthmore-college-dining-and-community-commons Despite a 10-month delay due to the pandemic, the $49-million, four-story residence hall was completed three months early and under budget thanks to a proactive preconstruction phase design-assist effort, stringent construction protocols and offsite prefabrication of exterior wall and building system components.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59375 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59375-best-project-higher-education-research-carnegie-mellon-university-forbes-and-beeler-residence-hall The first phase of the medical center’s Promise Project, a three-story extension to the existing hospital, includes a 120,000-sq-ft addition that serves as the building’s new main entrance.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59374 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59374-award-of-merit-health-care-louis-and-phyllis-friedman-building The nearly six-year, $519-million project is Washington, D.C.’s largest-ever health care job.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/59372 Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/59372-best-project-health-care-verstandig-pavilion-at-medstar-georgetown-university-hospital