Institutional

This project was different. Everyone seemed to feel it. Perhaps it was the weight of local history: Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery—now known as the Buffalo AKG Art Museum—was founded in 1862 and opened its first building in 1905. Or maybe it was the scope of work: The four-y...

Forney Independent School District in Forney, Texas, is giving a whole new meaning to career and technical education—and a whole new building in which to learn. Sitting just east of Dallas, Kaufman County, in which Forney is located, grew 7.6% in 2022-2023, making it the fastest-...

For builders looking for a modern, durable solution outside of traditional building materials, tensile architecture has become increasingly popular due to its adaptable nature and versatility for potential uses. This new building technology is a combination of lightweight constru...

When Michael Lloyd got involved in the plans for 2222 Market Street as chief operating officer for IMC Construction in September 2020, the possibility of breaking ground on a 360,000-square-foot, 19-story office building in downtown Philadelphia was in doubt. Center City Philly h...

The fan experience at major sporting events like the 2024 Summer Olympic Trials goes far beyond the thrill of the competition itself. It encompasses the ambiance of the venues along with the various amenities they offer. Imagine a baseball game without peanuts and hot dogs, the e...

Intriguing, creative conversion projects are reinvigorating moribund buildings and streetscapes throughout the United States today, taking a wide range of structure types and sizes in diverse locales from obsolescence to economic and environmental sustainability. While not new, t...

Nearly a month into Q2, is your 2024 all you wanted and more? Economists and industry experts shared their predictions at the end of last year, but now Construction Executive checks in with Dan Rosenberg, a construction and real-estate lawyer with Much Shelist P.C., about his exp...

A former steel fabrication and manufacturing plant might not be the most obvious candidate for an adaptive-reuse project. But Grubb Ventures, which purchased the Peden Steel facility in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2017 following its previous redevelopment of Dock 1053 just across...

PROJECT ∣ Amanda and G. Brint Ryan Tower, University of North Texas at Dallas CONTRACTORS ∣ Post L Group, general contractor; Enterprise Precast Concrete, precast concrete producer BUDGET ∣ $2 million SCOPE ∣ Lighted, 180-foot tower made from 70 load-bearing precast concrete w...

As HITT Contracting’s senior vice president for the hospitality sector, Peter Lanfranchi has worked on just about every type of hotel—from high-quality luxury properties with heavy millwork to limited-service accommodations with tight deadlines. With all those spectacular project...