Construction articles from October 2007

Construction archives from October 2007

Patrick Square Approved For Development.(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Staff The City Council of Clemson, S.C., unanimously approved plans for Patrick Square, the city's first traditional neighborhood development (TND). Award-winning developer JMC Communities is creating a vibrant village featuring acres of...

HDR Selected For Treatment Plant Expansion.(Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities)(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Staff Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities recently selected HDR to conduct planning and preliminary design of the expansion of the Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant from a permitted capacity of 20 million gallons per day (mgd) to 28 mgd,...

SIGAL Awarded Maryland, D.C. Projects.(Anchor Inn Properties, LLC)(Sigal Construction Corp.)(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Staff Anchor Inn Properties, LLC c/o Greenhill Capital Corporation has awarded SIGAL Construction Corp., a contract to build three buildings in Wheaton, Md. SIGAL will construct two new one-story buildings and one two-story building...

Tompkins Awarded Fort Lee BRAC Contract.
October 8, 2007... Staff Tompkins Builders and design partner Michael Baker Jr., Inc., have been selected by the Norfolk District U.S. Corps of Engineers as the design-build team for the new $50-million Sustained Center of Excellence headquarters (SCOE) at...

Work Begins On U.S. 601.(Blythe Construction Inc.)(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Staff Work began in August on the U.S. 601 design-build widening project. Throughout the summer, fall and winter of this year, Blythe Construction, Inc. crews will be preparing the area for road building. Crews will be on-site, but...

NASA Science Building Breaks New Ground.
October 8, 2007... Staff More than just new ground is being broken at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., with the construction of a new, environmentally friendly sciences building. The three-story office and laboratory building, known as...

HSU Development Completes White House Project.(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Staff HSU Development Company (HSU) has just completed the year-long renovation of the White House Press Briefing Room, which was welcomed by President George W. Bush at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in July. Built in 1970 atop a swimming...

Balfour Beatty Celebrates Key Project Milestone.(Balfour Beatty Construction Inc.)(Brief article)
October 8, 2007... Staff Balfour Beatty Construction (formerly Centex Construction) recently celebrated the "topping out" of the Art Museum of Western Virginia in downtown Roanoke, Virginia. Balfour Beatty began construction in May 2006. The next phase of...

Northern Virginia's Two Major Interchanges.
October 8, 2007... By Christina Fisher The Rt. 1 and Telegraph Road interchanges in Alexandria, Virginia, are a major part of the $2.47-billion Woodrow Wilson Bridge mega-project that will help alleviate the congestion of 200,000 vehicles daily through the...

3-D Laser Furthers Highway Research.
October 8, 2007... Staff A Laser Design 3-D scanner at Virginia Tech is helping to advance the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. Using a Laser Design RE-1208 3-D laser scanning system, faculty at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute...

IBEW Employs Creative Recruitment Strategies.
October 22, 2007... By Mark Ayer Online outreach and recruiting efforts by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and other electrical organizations are paying off, but there is still room in the ranks. We've all heard Willie Nelson sing,...

MUSC's Newest Hospital Under Construction.
October 22, 2007... By Christina Fisher. The Medical University of South Carolina is nearing completion of Phase 1 of a 20-year, three-phase expansion of its hospital facilities in Charleston, South Carolina. The Medical University of South Carolina...

Dehumidifiers Keep Projects On Schedule.
October 22, 2007... Staff To speed construction on two projects at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., dehumidifiers were extensively used during the interior finishing stage. Nothing can be as frustrating for a building contractor as watching...

Nicklaus Design Golf Course Under Way.
October 22, 2007... Staff NewCourse Golf is using a variety of John Deere equipment on a new golf course project in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Today's housing market may be in a slump, but one amenity continues to lure buyers in search of resort style...