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The three-story, 55,000-sq-ft expansion of the Hayes Barton United Methodist Church Family Life and Mission Center added 29 classrooms, 17 offices and 50 surface parking spaces.

After surviving repeated delays, funding shortfalls and mid-project construction team changes, the four-building, 250,000-sq-ft museum complex adjacent to Biscayne Bay offers an aesthetically distinct, technically intricate setting rivaling the wonders of science and nature displayed within.

While fast-tracked projects have become the norm, the $42-million design-build reconstruction of Biogen’s biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant carried extra implications for the project team.

The Merritt Island Airport, a public general-aviation airport surrounded by the Banana River Aquatic Preserve, needed a 185-ft extension to its lone 3,601-ft-long runway.

Built in 13 months, Clemson University’s $55-million Allen N. Reeves Football Complex features a locker room with 25,000 sq ft of weight-training space and 50-person lunge and hydrotherapy pools.

Girl Scouts Build ‘Magic’ On Arizona Mountainside: Despite financial challenges, camp and leadership center is a model for how to build in the desert

Sixty-plus years after operations ended on Hillside Mine near Bagdad, Ariz., tailings erosion was linked to high levels of contaminants in Boulder Creek. 

OdySea, the Southwest’s largest aquarium, measures 200,000 sq ft, holds more than 2 million gallons of water and accommodates up to 10,000 visitors daily.

Las Vegas’ new IKEA store measures 350,000 sq ft and features a sales floor, warehouse and restaurants.