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Online Service Documents Construction Process
Seeing is believing. That’s why Scott Yahraus created ConstructionPhotoDocs, an online system that documents each step of the building process.
Balfour Beatty Tapped to Build 330,000-SF NPR Headquarters in D.C.
The new NPR headquarters will be located at 1111 North Capitol St., N.E., in the city’s burgeoning NoMa neighborhood, on a site that was home to a 165,000-square-foot warehouse when the company acquired the property in 2008.
Skanska Tapped for $115M Seattle Road Construction
The Swedish development and construction firm will build the $115 million Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, a 0.8-mile stretch on the southern section of the Alaskan Way on the State Route 99 bypass in downtown Seattle.
Turner Tapped for $31M Renovation of Portland’s PGE Park
The company will be responsible for overseeing the construction of a training facility, club seating with a full-service restaurant, grandstands with concessions, a roof structure to cover the stands and a new playing field.
Report: Santa Clara City Council Approves New Yahoo! Complex
The San Jose Mercury News is reporting that the Santa Clara City Council has given the nod to an enormous new Yahoo campus.
Perkins+Will Tapped as Master Planner for Walter Reed Campus
Global interdisciplinary design firm Perkins+Will has been selected as the master planner for the 62-acre Walter Reed Army Medical Center Campus.
With Receiver at the Helm, Construction Resumes on $180M D.C. Office Project
Less than a year after Rockville, Md.-based developer Opus East L.L.C’s bankruptcy filing put the brakes on construction of the 400,000-square-foot office building at 1015 Half Street in Washington, D.C., San Diego-headquartered court-appointed receiver Douglas Wilson Companies (DWC) has gotten the approximately $180 million project million project back on track.
Canon Kicks Off $636M Development of HQ on Long Island
After three years of planning, Canon U.S.A. Inc. has just broken ground on its new 1.2-billion-square-foot headquarters in Melville, N.Y.
Turner Construction Commences Work on $93M Hospital Research Center in Ohio
With Turner Construction at the helm, ground has just broken on Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s (NCH) $93 million Research Building III in Columbus, Ohio. Turner is on track to complete construction of the 225,000-square-foot facility in 2012.
Welcome to the Neighborhood–USGBC Introduces New LEED Rating for Communities
The Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Green Building Council’s internationally recognized official stamp of sustainability has been awarded to millions of buildings around the world, but with the organization’s introduction of the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system, entire communities can now achieve LEED certification.