Cost: $90 million The new facility, which was designed with extensive student input, will include several upgrades including outdoor terraces, a conference center, a bowling alley, retail space, a climbing and bouldering wall, space for student organizations and an entertainment venue featuring a pub and space for live performances. Photo: Courtesy Of Workshop Architects University of Wisconsin New South Campus Union, Madison, Wis. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts Other features will include a coffee shop, underground parking, food service, rooms for campus visitors, an art gallery and a two-level hotel. Building Information Modeling is being used to provide
Cost: $46.5 million This new 20-story, 100-unit tower seeks to revitalize Milwaukee�s Prospect Avenue at the street level and offer a unique new option in high-rise senior living. Photo: Courtesy Of Perkins Eastman Saint John�s On the Lake, ILU Expansion - South Tower, Milwaukee Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts The project�s urban location will put dining, shopping and activities within easy walking distance so residents can stay connected to the community. Perkins Eastman is providing architectural and interior design for the project. The design team worked closely with the owner, St. John�s Communities Inc., and their development manager,
Cost: $144.6 million The notice of award was issued in December 2008 for this $144.6 million project consisting of six lined drop shafts with inside diameters ranging from 7-ft, 2-in. to 15 ft and varying in depth from 227 to 250 ft; a vent shaft; six connecting structures; three backflow gate structures; entrance conduit structures; manholes; replacement gates; the addition of 25 existing louvers at 25 existing drop shafts and 14,740 linear ft of 15-ft inside diameter lined rock tunnel. Photo: Courtesy Of Kenny Construction Co. 39th Street Conduit Rehabilitation, Chicago Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts When crews
Cost: $80 million Clarian announced in late 2009 that construction had resumed on the first acute care hospital in Fishers, Ind., Clarian Saxony Medical Center. Clarian Saxony Medical Center, Fishers, Ind. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts In February 2009, Clarian had announced that construction of the hospital would be delayed in response to deteriorating economic conditions. Clarian Saxony Medical Center will be built in phases, initially bringing primary care, surgical, cardiovascular, sports medicine, imaging, chest pain and urgent care services, and a sleep center to the town of Fishers. The 44-bed, acute care hospital will be approximately 200,000
Cost: $51 million S. M. Wilson & Co. was selected to provide pre-construction and construction management services for a $51 million program of building renovations, expansions and site improvements for the School District of Clayton in Clayton, Mo. Clayton School District, Clayton, Mo. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts The two-year, multi-phased building program will include improvements to Clayton High School, Captain Elementary School, Glenridge Elementary School, Meramec Elementary School and the Family Center. Clayton High School will receive three new additions, including a three-story science and technology addition consisting of new classrooms and science labs and a small
Cost: $85 million A 280,000-sq-ft, 11,000-seat multi-purpose indoor arena, the Evansville Arena will include an event level, main concourses, suite level, balcony, upper/deck/press level, private suites and a club lounge. Photo: Courtesy Of Populous Evansville Arena, Evansville, Ind. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts This facility will host basketball, hockey, family shows and other entertainment events and is the future home of the University of Evansville�s Purple Aces. The first two steel beams that will make up the skeleton of the new Evansville arena were recently set in place. Arena Project Director John Kish called it a great milestone
Cost: $36.6 million Express Scripts Inc., one of the largest pharmacy benefits management companies in North America, is building its new High Volume Filler pharmacy in St. Louis. Express Scripts High Volume Filler Facility, St. Louis, Mo. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts The decision to bring advanced pharmacy technology to St. Louis will create nearly 300 new jobs for the region. Express Scripts� development of HVF technology advances its leadership in providing solutions for today�s healthcare challenges. The new facility will feature pharmacy automation for the dispensing, packaging and shipment of 110,000 prescriptions per day. The technology developed
Cost: $77.2 million Phase two of the Fowler Ridge project spans across 17,000 acres of Indiana farmland in Benton County. Fowler Ridge II Wind Farm, Benton County, Indiana Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts Located approximately 90 mi northwest of Indianapolis, Fowler II has the potential to power approximately 50,000 average American homes. Mortenson Construction�s scope of work included the installation of 133 GE SLE 1.5-megawatt wind turbines, 133 foundations, 19 mi of access roads, 40 mi of underground collection, 345 kV transmission line and one 345 kV project substation. Fowler Ridge II will deliver more than 1 billion
Cost: $98 million The joint venture of Tarlton Corp. and Interface Construction is providing construction management services for this 12-story building in St. Louis� Central West End. Photo: Courtesy Of Bjc Healthcare Barnes-Jewish Hospital Outpatient Services Expansion, St. Louis Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts The 300,000-sq-ft building will house physician offices and outpatient clinics, as well as BJC HealthCare administrative offices. The first floor will provide a lobby and about 10,000 sq ft of street-level retail space available for lease. A pedestrian bridge at the fourth level will link the building to the adjacent parking garage and to
Cost: $99.5 million This $99.5-million, three-story addition will expand Purdue University�s Mackey Arena basketball facility into a resource for all of the university�s 500 students that compete in intercollegiate sports. Photo: Courtesy Of Hntb Mackey Arena Expansion, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts Purdue is financing the project without using taxpayer money. Funding is coming from Big Ten television contracts and private donations. The addition will put athletic, academic and training facilities under one roof. It will house a sports-medicine facility, strength and weight training areas, an oversized basketball practice facility, new locker rooms,