The Advocate - Tue July 05, 2022
After Flooding in 2016, Louisiana's Baker High School to Finally Be Renovated
After many starts and stops, it appears that a high school in Baker, La., will finally be renovated, nearly six years after historic flooding swamped the town north of Baton Rouge. The Advocate reported that Baker's school board voted unanimously June 27 to hire a contractor to make much-needed repairs to the high school and campus damaged by four days of heavy rains in August 2016....
Spellman College & Turner Construction Co. - Wed June 29, 2022
Construction Starts on $75M Innovation, Arts Center at Spelman College
New York-based Turner Construction Company has begun work on building Spelman College's Center for Innovation & the Arts (CI&A) in Atlanta, the contractor announced June 27. The 84,000-sq.-ft facility is designed to house Spelman College's creative and scientific disciplines in one dynamic space, while serving as a catalyst for interdisciplinary interaction....
UT Daily Beacon - Tue June 28, 2022
UT-Knoxville Receives $108M More to Renovate Century-Old Neyland Stadium
A renovation project at the University of Tennessee's 100-year-old Neyland Stadium, originally conceived in November 2017 and planned for completion this fall, will now be extended, and expanded, according to UT Athletics Director and Vice Chancellor Danny White....
Waterville Morning Sentinel - Thu June 23, 2022
Skowhegan, Maine, Voters Approve Building New $75M Elementary School
Nearly 72 percent of voters in Maine's School Administrative District (MSAD) 54 gave their support in mid-June for the construction of a $75 million consolidated elementary school in Skowhegan. District officials and architects now will turn their attention to the design development and funding phase of the project to be approved by the Maine Department of Education before going out to bid for construction....
Samford University - Tue June 21, 2022
Alabama's Samford University to Begin Building $65M Recreation Complex in 2023
Samford University, a private college in the Birmingham, Ala., suburb of Homewood, announced that it will embark on the largest capital project in the school's history by building a new, $65 million recreation and athletic complex....
Auburn University - Wed June 15, 2022
Federal Grants Help Auburn University, Contractors to Preserve Historic Schools
A multidisciplinary research team at Auburn University will use money from a recent National Park Service (NPS) grant to work with a preservation contractor to stabilize the crumbling Tankersley Rosenwald School in Hope Hull, Ala., one of many schools built for African American children in the first half of the 20th century....
UVA Today - Wed June 08, 2022
Red-Tailed Hawks Keep Watch Over UVA's Alderman Library Renovation
A pair of hawks have been so ubiquitous and unfazed by workers at the University of Virginia's main library construction and renovation site that they have become the project's mascots. Workers at the Charlottesville job site have often spotted an adult red-tailed hawk, the most widespread of the species in North America, and a younger hawk perched on railings, equipment and posts in the construction area....
Salem News - Wed June 08, 2022
Peabody, Mass., Breaks Ground On Welch Elementary School Upgrade
City officials in Peabody, Mass., broke ground on a major upgrade for William Welch Elementary School June 6 that its supporters said will update the building for both its current and future students. "There's a wonderful spirit in the Welch School, and to have that reflected in the building will be great," Peabody Mayor Ted Bettencourt commented at the event....
Skanska - Tue May 31, 2022
Skanska Selected to Lead Dorothy Thomas Exceptional Center's Campus Replacement in Tampa
Skanska, a global construction and development firm, was selected to spearhead the campus replacement at the Dorothy Thomas Exceptional Center, a Hillsborough County public school in Tampa, Fla., that is dedicated to serving students in need of emotional and behavioral support....
New York Yimby - Tue May 17, 2022
New York's St. John's University Building $106M Health Sciences Center
Construction has begun on a permanent home for St. John's University's nursing school and other wide-ranging health programs. New York YIMBY reported that the new 70,000-sq.-ft. Health Sciences Center facility, located within the university's primary campus in Hillcrest, Queens, is designed to enrich the campus with new classrooms, laboratories, collaborative spaces, administrative offices and simulation facilities for traditional clinical experiences and acute patient scenarios....
