The University of North Florida Science and Humanities project included a 117,000-sq-ft teaching and research facility as well as a 116,500-sq-ft biological sciences building with 45 labs.
DPR Construction's contract for Novelis required transforming an existing 162,000-sq-ft, single-story warehouse and office building into a research and development facility focused on metal casting and fabrication.
The Atlanta Humane Society's delayed purchase of the building site, combined with a previously scheduled grand-opening fundraising event, gave Rogers Construction just four months in which to convert an existing auto dealership into an animal adoption and spay-neuter clinic facility.
The St. Regis is a 2.1-million-gross-sq-ft resort development consisting of three 27-story residential towers with more than 500 units. But one of the project's biggest challenges was the 270,000-sq-ft subterranean garage, which is positioned below the water table.
Lend Lease's management of HCA's medical center project—comprising a five-story, 389,000-sq-ft hospital and four-story, 90,000-sq-ft medical office building—was noted for its safety program and record, which included no recordable incidents from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Nashville, Tenn.'s 2010 floods along the Cumberland River sent water to a level not seen since the 1930s, bringing with it an unexpected level of damage, including to the Grand Ole Opry.
Office building construction has slowed in recent years, but that hasn't lessened the urgency of owners to have their new facilities built as quickly as possible—even if it means using unconventional methods.
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