The opening of New Orleans’ $145-million prison has been delayed multiple times, most recently due to an order from Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration to halt construction.
Hunt-Zachry, A Joint Venture, is surging past the half-way mark in constructing a $325-million, 800,000-sq-ft addition to San Antonio's bustling Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. The joint venture team is a partnership between Hunt Construction Group, An AECOM Company, and Zachry Construction Corp. Image Courtesy of Hunt Construction Group San Antonio hopes that sleek architecture and multiple amenities will help make Gonzalez one of top convention centers in the U.S. Photo Courtesy of Hunt Construction Group An 800,000-sq-ft addition will nearly double the size of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. Related Links: Digging Deeper: School Charts
One of New Orleans' most prominent developers is putting the finishing touches on the $100-million conversion of an abandoned 30-story office building into a 188-room hotel, 192 luxury apartments and a 365-space parking facility. The 53-year-old property, named 225 Baronne, is sited in the city's central business district. It is among several historic structures HRI Properties has converted to mixed-use developments. The intent is to "unlock their value," says Eddie Boettner, the firm's chief administrative officer. The project, he says, "saves 30 stories from the landfill." Related Links: Digging Deeper: $1B Project Legacy Rises in Tight Quarters Digging Deeper: Five-Part
A charter school system in Waxahachie, Texas, is constructing a state-of-the-art campus to meet the needs of its growing student body. The district broke ground in April 2014 on its seventh location, the Life School in south Dallas, which will serve 1,000 students. The new school will become a model for future projects in the rapidly growing district. Related Links: Digging Deeper: $1B Project Legacy Rises in Tight Quarters Digging Deeper: Five-Part Project to Ease New Orleans Flooding Staff and administrators were directly involved in the design and planning process to create a campus that exemplifies their teaching methods and
Gibbs Construction has broken ground on a $15-million, low-income senior-housing complex in New Orleans under development by Enterprise Community Partners and Providence Community Housing, a pair of low-income housing enterprises, and New York City-based L+M Development Partners. The project is part of a third phase involving reconstruction of the Faubourg Lafitte housing complex, which sustained heavy damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. When completed, the entire development will include 896 apartments in addition to for-sale and rental homes on a 27-acre site. Gibbs President Rob Wooderson says the current phase will consist of a three-story, 100,000-sq-ft elevated concrete slab extending
It's no easy task to construct more than a million sq ft of hospital facilities spread out over 12 city blocks. It's even more difficult when that hospital has to be meticulously designed and constructed from the ground up to withstand high winds and storm surge from a major hurricane. Related Links: Project Legacy NBBJ Clark/McCarthy Healthcare Partners Now more than 60% complete, the new Veterans Affairs Hospital in New Orleans will be one of the most hurricane-resistant medical facilities in the nation. Built to withstand 129 mph winds and 19-ft floodwaters, the facility will be able to operate on
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority broke ground in late January on a $41.5 million addition to the city's streetcar system. Courtesy of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority's $41.5 million addition to the city's streetcar system will add 3.2 miles of tracks on a 1.6-mile route. The project will add 3.2 miles of tracks on a 1.6-mile route running from the base of the Central Business District to Elysian Fields Avenue.Archer Western Construction of Chicago is the general contractor on the project and will perform 9,500 linear feet of utility relocations, asphalt and
Milton J. Womack recently started construction on a $20 million mixed-used building conversion project in downtown Baton Rouge. Photo courtesy of Eskew+Dumez+Ripple A $20 million mixed-used building conversion project in downtown Baton Rouge that involves the conversion of 180,000 sq ft of office space to a mixed-use commercial and multifamily building with a parking garage. The project was designed by New Orleans-based architecture firm Eskew+Dumez+Ripple and involves the conversion of 180,000 square feet of office space to a mixed-use commercial and multifamily building with a parking garage. Ninety-three apartment units will be constructed on the second through eighth floors, ranging in
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to start a $200 million project to reinforce more than 80 miles of earthen levees in the New Orleans area. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers To further minimize the impacts of erosion, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will reinforce earthen levees in the New Orleans area with a combination of Bermuda sod and a high performance turf reinforcement mats (HPRTMs). Related Links: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Circle Construction LLC In 2005, a tidal surge from Hurricane Katrina led to the failure of a number of earthen