Overcoming the harsh effects of years of neglect and water damage to restore a historic property's original splendor was the core challenge facing contractors renovating the 1920s-era, 16-story Hotel John Marshall in Richmond, Va.
Throughout the 643,500 man-hours tallied during renovation and restoration of this historic site, the team had no OSHA recordable incidents or lost-time accidents.
The $62.7-million expansion doubled the Abingdon Water Treatment Plant capacity to 20 million gallons per day, which addressed increased demands on Harford County's water distribution system.
R.J. Griffin & Co. of Atlanta overcame regulatory hurdles, record winter storms and a steady stream of visitors to complete HCA’s $96-million, 282,358-sq-ft Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center in Fredericksburg, Va., on time and within budget. Photo Courtesy R.j. Griffin & Co. Photo Courtesy R.j. Griffin & Co. Related Links: Best of 2010 List R.J. Griffin released the sitework and concrete contracts on the fast-track greenfield project early, before receiving construction drawings, to fulfill state certificate-of-need requirements that all footings be complete by Aug. 31, 2008, a little more than three months after breaking ground. The team also let the steel
The $73.5-million restoration of Richmond, Va.’s Carpenter Center and expansion into the former Thalhimers’ block has created the Richmond CenterStage. The project cornerstone, the historic John Eberson-designed Loew’s theater, is a landmark theater that has been restored to its original 1928 architectural glory. Photo Courtesy Gilbane Building Co. Related Links: Best of 2010 List Improvements include an expanded stage house, resloped balcony seating, enhanced lobby and restroom spaces and added accessibility for all levels. The renovations included qualifications for historic tax credits and were constructed to strict historic preservation standards to preserve the building, one of only five John Eberson
The first $41.5-million phase of the Settlers Ridge shopping center near Pittsburgh converted a 79-acre former coal strip-mine site into a retail project and boosted the local economy. Photo Courtesy EMJ Corp. Related Links: Best of 2010 List EMJ Corp. of Dallas began the project in September 2007 and provided sitework, offsite improvements, building shells and fit-outs for smaller shops. The economic downturn altered the initial plans of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based developer CBL & Associates Properties for a lifestyle center. Instead, the company brought the design and construction team together, while sitework was under way, to create a 400,000-sq-ft outdoor destination
The new Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Library is one in a series of new libraries in Washington, all part of the District of Columbia Public Library’s Building Program. Located in the Shaw neighborhood, the new $12-million, 22,800-sq-ft library is three stories, with one below grade. Photo Courtesy Forrester Construction Co. Related Links: Best of 2010 List The new facility exists on the site of the former library structure, which was demolished to accommodate the new structure. The new building foundation was designed based on the previous building’s geometric shape and form. Due to problems with the demolition of the original foundation,
777 South Broad Street is a five-story mixed-use development project consisting of 146 residential units atop street-level retail on Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts. The residences include one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 830 to 1,400 sq ft. Photo Courtesy Intech Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 List The project utilized a combination of structural steel and wood-frame structure. The steel frame was built to support the ground-level retail, lobby and other public spaces, while the wood frame was used for the framing of the three stories of apartments above. The primary pre-construction challenge was meeting the owner’s budget. The
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