A Pickle of a Project: Swinerton's New Eatertainment Venue
By Ken Budd
October 31, 2024
Camp North End in Charlotte, North Carolina, started in 1924 as a Ford Motor Company factory that cranked out Model T’s and Model A’s. In 1941, it became a quartermaster depot for the U.S. Army, which built five warehouses on the site before transitioning to missile manufacturing...
Flex Spaces: Today’s Sustainable Building Trend for Schools
By Matt McCaffrey
October 24, 2024
With the continuing evolution of the office and classroom experience, as well as the adoption of AI and augmented-reality systems, the future of work and learning is changing as quickly as ever. To that end, the design and construction industries continue to adapt and update how ...
Closeout: Pour It on Thick
By Construction Executive
September 30, 2024
PROJECT | Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences, Miami
GENERAL CONTRACTOR | John Moriarty & Associates
BUDGET | $668 million
SCOPE | 1,400 trucks initiated a record-breaking uninterrupted 36-hour concrete pour, delivering 13,500 cubic yards of concrete for the foundation of the W...
Top Billing in Buffalo: Renovating the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
By Ken Budd
September 26, 2024
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...
Tips for Successfully Executing a Tensile Architecture Project
By David Peragallo, Assoc. AIA
August 21, 2024
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...
What's Old Is New: Adaptive Reuse Across America
By Scott Berman
July 17, 2024
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...
Plan of Steel: Raleigh's Newest Adaptive-Reuse Project
By Grace Calengor
April 23, 2024
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...
Large Renovation Projects Will Be Abundant in 2024
By Mary Scott Nabers
February 27, 2024
In past years, it was likely more difficult for companies to categorize renovation and repair projects as highly attractive. That may not be the case anymore. Public entities throughout the United States are designing extremely large renovation projects, and without a doubt, thes...
A Delicate Demolition
By David McMillin
January 25, 2024
When Jason Hess first started walking the grounds of the onetime Catholic hospital that was slated to become the City of Knoxville’s Public Safety Complex, there weren’t any firefighters or police officers around. Instead, Hess—a senior project manager with Messer Construction Co...
Sustainability Made Simple: How Construction Can Build Better
By Darcy Utting
December 8, 2023
Construction stakeholders know that the industry—accounting for11% of global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions—needs to take steps to improve sustainability. An SAP survey showed that most organizations that set sustainability goals fall short of achieving them. But that sa...
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