Century Communities' Urban Division Breaks Ground on Six New Developments in Metro Denver
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. - Century Communities, ranked by Fortune magazine as the 26th fastest growing company for 2017, announced groundbreakings for six new neighborhoods in the metro-Denver area: Oak Street and Pearson Grove in Lakewood, Littleton Village in Littleton, Alder Village in Parker, Belleview Place in Aurora, and ParkView at Candelas in Arvada. All are anticipated to open for sales in 2018. "With our rapid urban expansion in this very fast-paced market, we keep our commitment of...
KWK Architects Designs Multi-Phase Community Replacement Project at University of Missouri, Columbia
(St. Louis, MO) The University of Missouri (Mizzou) in Columbia, MO is bustling with two new residence halls; a state-of-the-art, multi-restaurant dining facility; and a Starbucks coffeehouse - all designed by KWK Architects as part of a multi-phase community redevelopment project. KWK Architects, experts in student housing and dining design, was selected by the university to create a master plan for its Dobbs Neighborhood Redevelopment. The three-phased, master plan would include a total of...
No Small Plans for 62-acre South Loop Site Along Chicago River
A developer has taken the wraps off one of the most ambitious real estate projects ever conceived in Chicago, laying out plans to construct 13 million square feet of buildings — including skyscrapers up to 950 feet tall — on a riverfront site connecting the South Loop and Chinatown. Related Midwest presented the long-awaited design, which includes a 100-foot-wide walkway lined by restaurants overlooking the Chicago River, at the first public meeting on the project Thursday night. The proje...
Friends of BelovED Community Charter School 2, Urbahn Architects, and Hollister Construction Services Break Ground for New $12.5 Million Middle School in Jersey City, NJ
Developer Friends of BelovED Community Charter School 2, Inc. and the project team of Urbahn Architects and construction manager Hollister Construction Services have broken ground for the new, $12.5 million BelovED Community Charter School’s Middle School building at 535 Grand Street in Jersey City, New Jersey. Left to right: Hollister Construction Services’ Superintendent Ronald Bogdan, Estimator Stefan Markov, Assistant Project Manager Bruno Costa, Head Coach Chris Johnson, Senior Project Mana...
The Stantec Team is Making Progress on the Imagine Clearwater Downtown Revitalization Project
TAMPA, FL: The City of Clearwater approved international consulting design firm Stantec to provide architecture and engineering services on Imagine Clearwater, a Community Vision Plan for the Downtown Waterfront. Imagine Clearwater is a plan to reactivate the city’s waterfront and downtown in efforts to spur economic development. The Stantec team is currently working to provide master plan concept validation and pre-design services. The team recently finished several noise studies of the existin...
Michael Baker International Selected to Design and Develop the Livingston Executive Airport in Louisiana
Pittsburgh (March 21, 2018) - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that it was recently selected by the Livingston Parish Airport District to design and develop the new Livingston Executive Airport in Livingston, Louisiana. As part of the five-year contract, Michael Baker will provide aviation engineering services for the new general aviation airport that will include a 5,000-foot runway, a flight service station, airplane...
$2 Billion Riverline Mega-Development Divides into Separate Residential Projects
Less than two years after breaking ground on one of Chicago’s most ambitious residential developments, Riverline’s owners have split the $2 billion plan into two projects along the Chicago River. Riverline’s developers said the eight-tower South Loop mega-development is now two separately controlled projects, with Australia’s Lendlease taking over work on the 7-acre portion north of River City Condominiums and Chicago-based CMK Cos. keeping the 8-acre parcel south of the Bertrand Goldberg-des...
Haiti: Eight Years After
Miyamoto International created a video of the eight-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, describing improvements that have been made to make the new buildings (and people) more earthquake resistant.
Video: Under a Collapsed Building
I’m in Mexico City a week after the earthquake and this is our first day assisting a local engineering team. A seven-story concrete office building has collapsed. They call it Site 286. More than 40 people died here, probably the largest number of fatalities in a single structure. “Let me radio in for them to stop throwing concrete debris in our pathway.” “Alto! (Halt!),” a Spanish urban search-and-rescue (USAR) officer yells at me. “Let me radio in for them to stop throwing...
Civil Engineers Gather Resilience Data in Mexico Post Earthquake
Mexico City – The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure Resilience Division (IRD) has a team of experts in Mexico City, Mexico this week to gather information on infrastructure resilience in earthquakes, following the Sept. 19 quake. The IRD team will investigate the performance and recovery of the infrastructure systems impacted by the 7.1 earthquake. The group will be collecting data in Mexico from Nov. 12 to Nov. 18, led by Craig Davis, Ph.D., G.E., P.E., and Allis...