WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tishman-AECOM will build the $16 million first phase of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's new headquarters. The development will be located in Washington on the site of the former St. Elizabeths hospital campus. The first phase also includes a U.S. Coast Guard headquarters building, a parking structure and an 80-megawatt co-generation plant. The entire project, which will cost between $3 billion to $4 billion, will be complete by 2016.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Turner Construction Co. has completed the 171,838-square-foot Westside K-8 School, located at 2551 Westside Blvd. in Kissimmee. The two-building, $24.4 million project includes a gym, an art and music suite, and a career wing. Orlando, Fla.-based SchenkelShultz Architecture designed the development.
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — BE&K Building Group, a division of Houston-based KBR, will construct a $46.96 million United States Federal Building and Courthouse in Tuscaloosa. The development will replace the current courthouse and will be built to LEED Silver standards. Further details were not released.
WATERLOO, ILLINOIS — Construction is complete for Waterloo Community Unit School District No. 5 High School in Waterloo. The $38 million, 227,000-square-foot facility features 57 classrooms, three gymnasiums, a 462-seat auditorium, three vocational shops and a central courtyard with a pond and a fountain. St. Louis-based Guarantee Electrical served as general contractor on the project. St. Louis-based S.M. Wilson & Co. served as construction manager.
HOUSTON — Construction is complete for the expansion of the Julia Ideson Building, a historic library building located at 500 McKinney St. in Houston. A new archival wing totaling 21,500 square feet was added. It includes a research room on the first floor with the remainder of the three-story wing containing high-density shelving space for the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Also built was a two-story loggia that provides open-air seating as well as an garden and outdoor reading room. The new wing is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2010 once the archives are moved into it. Once that occurs, construction will begin for the complete renovation of the remainder of the 66,000-square-foot Ideson building. Completion of the entire $32 million project is slated for spring 2011. The project will be applying for LEED-Silver certification. The project architect is Gensler, with landscape architecture services being provided by TBG Partners. The construction manager is SpawMaxwell.
SUNSET HILLS, MO. — Site preparation and construction is under way for the Sunset Hills Community Center and Aquatic Center in Sunset Hills. The $4.8 million project includes the construction of a 14,626-square-foot community center and aquatic facility, which will include a competition pool, a leisure pool and a lazy river. Additionally, the project includes the renovation of a 3,219-square-foot pool and a concession stand. Completion is slated for early summer 2010. St. Louis-based Paric Corp. is serving as general contractor.
CHICAGO — The Adler School of Professional Psychology has selected Leopardo to complete its tenant build-out at One North Dearborn Street in Chicago. The project will feature a private ground-floor entrance and high-tech classroom and administrative space on the 15th and 16th floors. Two grand staircases with open atriums will connect the upper floors. The build-out will be seeking LEED Silver Commercial Interiors certification. OWP/P Cannon Design is providing architectural services for the project. ConopCo is serving as project manager. Completion is slated for August 2010.
BRIDGETON, MO. — St. Louis-based Paric Corp., serving as construction manager, is constructing the $12.8 million Bridgeton Government Center in Bridgeton. Located on Natural Bridge Road, the two-story, 41,000-square-foot building will house the city’s offices, including an expanded city council chamber and police station. Completion is slated for fall 2010.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Completion is nearing for the new International Bowling Campus, a $14 million project currently under way in Arlington. The more than 100,000-square-foot facility is situated near the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Texas Rangers Ballpark and Six Flags over Texas. Upon completion, which is expected in January, the complex will house the Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame and the International Training and Research Center. It will also served as the headquarters for the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America, the United States Bowling Congress and other industry groups.
UNIVERSAL CITY, TEXAS — Construction is complete for Northeast Lakeview College, a 285-acre college campus that is part of Alamo Colleges. The campus, which is located at the intersection of Loop 1604 and Kitty Hawk Road in Universal City, contains nine buildings totaling 375,500 square feet. Designed by San Antonio-based Overland Partners Architects in conjunction with Ford Powell Carson, the college was built over the past 4 years at a cost of $125 million. The general contractor was Austin Commercial and the construction manager was Broaddus & Associates.