The new $145-million Mobile Launch Platform at Kennedy Space Center will serve the next generation of manned space flight under the Constellation space exploration program. It will be used for assembly, testing and servicing areas at existing space center facilities; to transport the Ares I rocket to launch pad; and to provide ground support for launches. Photo Courtesy Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Related Links: Best Of 2010 The tower of the mobile launcher is 405 ft tall and weighs 6.8 million lbs. Constructing a mobile launch platform with a main support structure, including a base, tower and facility ground systems,
The $25.7-million BB&T Ballpark in Winston-Salem, N.C., incorporates major-league finishes in a minor-league setting, creating a model for baseball parks in the Southeast. Photo Courtesy Samet Corp. Photo Courtesy Samet Corp. Related Links: Best Of 2010 The 50,000-sq-ft ballpark includes 5,000 fixed seats and 1,500 seats available in picnic and grass berm areas, a press box, premium suites, a private club and restaurant, group sales seating areas, concessions, team store and commissary kitchen. There also are home and visitor locker rooms, clubhouse and training facilities, support spaces, team and administrative offices and a box office. Designed by CJMW Architecture and
The $364-million, 192-bed Shands Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville is the product of a visionary organization that, together with a dedicated team of architects, engineers, construction managers, and health-care providers, wanted to create a healing environment that would provide a comfortable place for families and caretakers while enhancing functionality, quality and provider well-being. Photo Courtesy FLAD Architects Related Links: Best Of 2010 Shands HealthCare partnered with Flad Architects and Skanska USA to work as a noncontractual integrated team to create a long-term expansion program and then design and build the first phase of that plan. Operating
The $1.7-million Cleveland Park Animal Hospital near downtown Greenville, S.C., replaced the existing 1950s-era clinic at the same location. The building features dedicated space for small animal examination, treatment, surgery, grooming and boarding, and an equine treatment area, as well as multiple laboratories, a pharmacy, an employee breakroom, and management offices. Among the facility’s design attributes is special acoustical treatment in the dog boarding and main reception areas. Photo Courtesy Moss & Associates Related Links: Best Of 2010 Design-builder Moss and Associates recommended relocating the practice and its associated medical equipment to 3,000 sq ft of temporary modular facilities on
Lane Construction Corp. completed the $126.4-million SR 408 improvement project, the largest ever let by the Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority in Florida, in October 2009. The project was on time, under budget and without a lost-time accident. Photo Courtesy Lane Construction Corp. Photo Courtesy Lane Construction Corp. Related Links: Best Of 2010 The job entailed widening of eight existing bridges, reconstruction of one bridge, construction of two new bridges, design-build of architectural precast at bridges, widening the highway from six to eight lanes and replacement of rigid concrete pavement with asphalt pavement. Also, construction of two new mainline toll
The $55.3-million Fifth and Alton Vertical Retail Center is a beautifully designed retail and parking structure located at the gateway into Miami Beach, adjacent to the historic Art Deco District. Photo Courtesy Suffolk Construction Co. Related Links: Best Of 2010 The building provides three levels of retail and a six-level parking garage. The project represents a new, urban prototype that addresses the specific needs of large-value retail tenants that have previously been limited to an ever-expanding suburban landscape, while simultaneously integrating these uses into the higher residential and commercial densities of inner-city cores. Suffolk Construction Co. of West Palm Beach
The $103.6-million Atlantic Coast High School on 100 acres of land in Jacksonville was constructed as an enhanced hurricane protection area to be used by the city of Jacksonville during emergencies. It includes 850 standard beds and 250 special-needs beds. Photo Courtesy W.G. Mills Photo Courtesy W.G. Mills Related Links: Best Of 2010 The new school embraces the variety of learning styles of today’s students and teachers. Operable walls provide the flexibility to expand or contract the educational space for a variety of academic functions. The design features a courtyard centered within the main building with structures that create gallery
div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Award of Excellence - Architectural Design NASCAR Hall of Fame Location: Charlotte, N.C. Owner: City of Charlotte / Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority / Lauth Property Group Contractor: Turner / BEK / Davis Joint Venture Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP Civil Engineer: Kimley-Horn & Associates Structural Engineer: Leslie E. Robertson Associates MEP Engineer: Jaros Baum & Bolles Award of Excellence -Civic/Public Works Floridan Aquifer Desalination Facility Location: Florida City Owner: Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority Contractor: Wharton Smith Construction Manager: CH2M HILL Architect/Engineer: CH2M HILL Award of Excellence – Civil/Public Works I-595 Shared-Use
Construction of the new 1,200-seat sanctuary and administrative offices at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Nassau Bay, Texas, required careful planning because the new construction was added onto the existing facility, which had to remain in full use during construction. Photo: John C. Lindy Related Links: Best of 2010 Awards Work was carefully sequenced throughout the fast-track project so that the worship space was never out of commission. Hurricane Ike hit in September 2008 when the structural frame of the building was being completed. The project is located 12 mi from the point where the hurricane made landfall,
PROJECT COST: $389.5 million Image Courtesy PCL Civil Constructors Interstate 4/Crosstown Connector Related Links: Back to Top Project Starts The $389.5-million Interstate 4/Crosstown Connector in Tampa was another long-awaited Florida Dept. of Transportation project kick-started into life by roughly $100 million in stimulus funding. The remaining $289.5 million of the design-bid-build-finance project�s funding will be contractor-financed until federal funding begins in 2013 or 2014. A joint venture of PCL Civil Constructors of Tampa and Archer Western Contractors of Atlanta holds the design-bid-build-finance contract. PBS&J of Tampa is the project�s engineer. The project involves constructing multiple, elevated, one- and two-lane ramps
RSS