PROJECT COST: $83 million Riverside Regional Medical Center Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Newport News, Va. Owner: Riverside Health System, Newport News, Va. Contractor: W. M. Jordan Co., Newport News Architect: Earl Swensson Associates, Nashville, Tenn. Start Date: July 2009 An $83-million, 240,648-sq-ft addition to Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Va., doubles the size of the hospital�s central energy plant, which will supply heating and cooling and medical gases to a new surgical suite with 13 operating rooms, related services and 68 patient beds. W.M. Jordan Co. of Newport News, Va., broke ground on the

PROJECT COST: $164 million Metrorail Red Line Rehabilitation Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Washington, D.C. Owner: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Washington, D.C. Design-Build Contractor: Kiewit Corp., Peachtree City, Ga. Start Date: December 2009 Completion Date: Summer 2012 The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority embarked in December on the first phase of a four-year rehabilitation to the Metrorail�s Red Line in Washington, D.C. The Red Line, WMATA�s first subway line, opened in March 1976 with five stations. The project aims to enhance the authority�s ability to keep the system in good repair with minimal disruptions. WMATA Metro

PROJECT COST: $100 million Rolls-Royce Crosspointe Centre, Phase I Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Prince George County, Va. Owner: Rolls-Royce North America, Indianapolis Program Manager: Faithful+Gould, Alexandria, Va. Design-Build Contractor: The Haskell Co., Jacksonville, Fla. Architect: Gresham, Smith and Partners, Richmond, Va. Rolls-Royce started construction in October on the first $100-million phase of an aerospace facility, slated to become the company�s largest U.S. manufacturing facility. The company says it is undertaking the project to provide capacity to accommodate its improving market position and significant growth in orders. Faithful+Gould of Alexandria, Va., serves as program manager. Rolls-Royce selected

PROJECT COST: $360 million AREVA Newport News Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Newport News, Va. Owner: AREVA Newport News, Newport News, Va. Contractor/Engineer: CH2M HILL, Englewood, Colo. Start Date: July 2009 Completion Date: January 2012 The $360-million AREVA Newport News nuclear power reactor manufacturing facility in Newport News, Va., will produce components needed to construct new nuclear power plants. The 330,000-sq-ft facility on a site adjacent to Northrup Grumman�s shipyard started in July and will complete in 2012. AREVA of Bethesda, Md., and Northrup Grumman Shipbuilding of Newport News formed a joint venture to design, engineer and

PROJECT COST: $70 million U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Fort Lee, Va. Owner: US Army Engineer District, Norfolk District Design-Build Contractor: W.M. Jordan Co., Newport News, Va. Architect: Wiley|Wilson, Richmond, Va. Start Date: October 2009 Completion Date: 2011 The new U.S. Army Ordnance Center and School at Fort Lee, Va., will house 600 military personnel and 300 civilians when complete in 2011. The work is part of a Base Realignment and Closure program that resulted in $1.2 billion in construction at the base. Design-build contractor W.M. Jordan Co. of Newport News,

PROJECT COST: $78 million U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Headquarters Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Fort Eustis, Va. Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, Va. Contractor: Tompkins-Turner Government Services, Washington, D.C. Architect: Michael Baker Jr., Alexandria, Va. Start Date: April 2009 Completion Date: February 2011 The $78-million U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Headquarters at Fort Eustis, Va., will provide commercial-style office space for about 1,260 employees of Army Command operations and a new 18,800-sq-ft band-training facility for 66 musicians. It will become one of only four permanent headquarter locations for the Army�s four-star

PROJECT COST: $115 million BRAC National Capital Region Relocation Administrative Facility Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Owner: U.S. Air Force, Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment, Andrews Air Force Base Design-Builder: CDM/CAPE, a partnership of CDM, Newport News, Va., and CAPE, Atlanta Construction/Design Partners: Coakley & Williams Construction and AECOM, Washington, D.C. Start Date: August 2009 Completion Date: January 2011 The $115-million design-build BRAC National Capital Region Relocation Administrative Facility at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland will provide a headquarters building and courts facility at the installation and bring

PROJECT COST: $619 million Bear Garden Power Station Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Buckingham County, Va. Owner: Dominion Virginia Power, Glen Allen, Va. Contractor/Engineer: Fluor Corp., Irving, Texas Start Date: April 2009 Completion Date: May 2011 The $619-million Bear Garden Power Station in Buckingham County, Va., about 60 mi west of Richmond, will help Dominion Virginia Power of Glenn Allen, Va., meet the region�s demand for electrical power. The new 580-megawatt, combined-cycle plant will run primarily on natural gas with ultralow-sulfur diesel fuel as a backup. The project is located on a site across the James River

PROJECT COST: $71.7 million I-476 Blue Route Reconstruction, Phase 4 Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Montgomery Co., Pa. Owner: Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation General Contractor: Allan A. Myers, LLP, a company of American Infrastructure, Worcester, Pa. Design Partner: Traffic Planning and Design, Pottstown, Pa. Start Date: December 2009 Completion Date: 2011 The final phase of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation�s Interstate-476/Blue Route Improvement project completes the restoration of one of Philadelphia�s most heavily used expressways. Located between the I-76/Schuylkill Expressway and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the 3.2-mi design-build project includes replacement of 1970s-era concrete pavement (currently covered with

PROJECT COST: $102 million C2-CNT East Facility Related Links: Top Project Starts Key Facts: Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Owner: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District Contractor: James G. Davis Construction Corp., Rockville, Md. Architect: EwingCole, Philadelphia Start Date: September 2009 Completion Date: February 2011 A new $102-million Command Control/Communications Network (C2/CNT) East Facility at the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C4ISR) campus at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., will provide office and research space to accommodate 1,900 personnel. James G. Davis Construction Corp. of Rockville, Md., began construction in September on the project, which includes a 485,000-sq-ft,