The $22.9-million Gettysburg College Center for Athletics, Recreation and Fitness in Gettysburg, Pa., exemplifies quality and craftsmanship in a facility designed to attract students and members of the community to the campus and serve as a landmark for the college. Photo Courtesy Kinsley Construction Photo Courtesy Kinsley Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 List The building functions as a training, competition and classroom building for collegiate athletics in the fall and spring. In the summer it transforms into a home for athletic, spiritual and academic summer camps for regional youth. Kinsley Construction of York, Pa., began work on the multiphased

The Greater Richmond Transit Co.’s new $37-million Bus Operations and Maintenance Facility in Richmond provides the oldest mass transportation system in the U.S. with much-needed 21st century facilities.

The new 56,000-sq-ft Health Care for the Homeless headquarters and clinic building in Baltimore is a three-story steel frame structure. The building provides new office and clinical treatment spaces in support of HCH’s mission of providing medical, dental and psychiatric services to the homeless. Photo Courtesy Harkins Builders Related Links: Best of 2010 List The project site had previously been a surface parking lot operated by the city. Prior to that, it had consisted of row houses and a gas station. During the installation of the caisson and grade-beam foundations, the site team discovered six underground fuel tanks and other

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson planned and designed the $450-million Interstate-95/I-695 Interchange within Section 100 of the Maryland Transportation Authority’s I-95 Express Toll Lane project. Photo Courtesy Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson Related Links: Best of 2010 List The new four-level interchange replaces left-lane exits and entrances within the existing braided interchange design. Barriers will separate general-purpose lanes from express toll lanes, but all interchange movements will be provided from both sets of lanes. Since the managed lanes and general-purpose lanes had to be barrier separated through the interchange, each exit movement required two separate ramps, one for the managed lanes and

The Jefferson Scholars Foundation at the University of Virginia is a 32,700-sq-ft green facility with four interconnected buildings surrounded by a courtyard. The building is projected to achieve LEED Gold status. Photo Courtesy Martin Horn Inc. Related Links: Best of 2010 List In addition to serving as the new administration center for the foundation, the Jefferson Fellows Center offers graduate fellows spaces to study, teach and conduct research and lectures. To facilitate construction, contractor Martin Horn and architect VMDO used value engineering to cut roughly $1 million in changes. Mother Nature also challenged the construction team. Wells drilled 300 ft

The $4.5-million Semper Fidelis Memorial Park Chapel at the Marine Corps Heritage Center in Triangle, Va., will serve as a contemplative space for Marines and visitors. Photo Courtesy Forrester Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 List Forrester Construction Co. of Rockville, Md., began construction on the 77-seat, 2,276-sq-ft sanctuary in December 2008 and finished it in September 2009, with no lost-time accidents. The chapel, designed by Fentress of Denver, features fully exposed, bold, simple structural elements, including a locally manufactured Douglas fir timber system. The chapel resembles field chapels that Marines would have encountered in the South Pacific. The leaning

With the construction of PPL Park in Chester, Pa., Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union has a place to call home. The 18,500-seat, multiuse soccer stadium sited on the Delaware River just south of the Commodore Barry Bridge provides most patrons impressive views of the river and bridge. Photo Courtesy Rossetti Related Links: Best of 2010 List The $80-million project includes 29 luxury suites and an 11,000 sq-ft, full-service club restaurant as well as a 2,000-person midfield club seating section, all accessed by a private VIP entrance. Steel-supported fabric sideline roofs line the field and provide fans with ample shade during

Grunley Construction renovated the existing 1938 Reed School building in Arlington, Va., to serve as a library, community center, athletic and auditorium space, day-care facility and public gathering space. The facility obtained LEED NC 2.0 Gold certification. Photo Courtesy Grunley Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 List The project was a joint ownership project between Arlington Public Schools and Arlington County Government, which meant that Grunley had to meet the differing expectations and requirements of the two owners for their finished building. Prior to construction, the building had been vacant and was considered an eyesore. People in the surrounding community

The economy may have some contractors and design firms searching harder than ever for new work, but construction and design excellence is still in abundant supply in the Mid-Atlantic region, judging by the winners of Mid-Atlantic Construction’s “Best Of 2010” project excellence competition.

The $6.3-million interior improvement and extensive renovation of the American Pharmacists Association Headquarters in Washington, D.C., preserved the historic 1930s-era Pope Building and restored it to its former grandeur for use as a ceremonial headquarters, museum and event space. Photo Courtesy Tishman Construction Related Links: Best of 2010 List The Pope Building is registered as a National Historic Landmark with the National Park Service. Tishman Construction Corp. of Washington, D.C., began the restoration in January 2007. Company officials worked closely with the building architect, Hartman-Cox Architects, and the interior architect, Lehman Smith McLeish, both of Washington, D.C., to create a