The 60,000-sq-ft office space on the first, eighth, ninth and 10th floors of a District of Columbia high-rise base building allows a fast-growing law firm to strengthen its presence in the D.C. market and attract new talent, the team says.

A network of more than 50 transfer girders built atop an existing three-level underground garage carries the entire load of the 12-story radial residential building, located next to the historic Washington Hilton Hotel.

As part of an emergency program to alleviate chronic neighborhood flooding, a one-acre underground cell at the century-old McMillan Slow Sand Filtration Site was converted into a temporary stormwater storage basin.

Infrastructure contractor Lane Construction has shown a willingness to pursue business down roads less traveled.

From the ground level, the U.S. Capitol dome appears much like it did almost 150 years ago, but up-close inspection reveals an aging icon in desperate need of restoration.

Steadily improving market conditions, plus some acquisitions, are producing higher revenue numbers for many large design firms throughout the mid-Atlantic region.

Owners stepped up their regional activity, launching billions of dollars of major projects in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

With work delivered through the DC Dept. of General Services, DC Public Schools is in the midst of a multibillion-dollar capital program that is not only addressing long-overdue needs, it is also delivering world-class K-12 public schools.

ENR Following a surge in 2014, total starts in the Philadelphia area will be down slightly in 2015. Commercial starts will cool off this year, but residential work remains on the upswing in the region.