The Blue Origin engine manufacturing facility, with a 400,000-sq-ft footprint, has a split personality.
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Month: March 2021
Best Landscape/Urban Development: Spokane Riverfront Park U.S. Pavilion
The U.S. Pavilion in Riverfront Park in Spokane, Wash.—with its 150-ft-tall angled mast supporting a 50-ft-dia steel ring—was iconic.
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Best Airport/Transit: Sacramento International Airport Runway 16R-34L Pavement Rehabilitation
The team tasked with completely rehabilitating an 8,500-ft-long, 150-ft-wide runway at Sacramento International Airport in just 6½ months not only did so on schedule, but also achieved a record industry standard for pavement smoothness.
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Best Interior/Tenant Improvement: Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago
Where coffee meets Willy Wonka is what Starbucks fans will find at its Chicago Reserve Roastery on Michigan Avenue, in a renovation that turned the 43,000-sq-ft space into a retail experience as much as a coffee outlet and cafe.
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Best Higher Education/Research: University of Arizona Health Science Innovation Building
A congested site near three ongoing campus projects and three operating medical buildings required the Health Sciences Innovation Building team to attend weekly meetings with other project teams and the owner to ensure needed 24-hour access to campus buildings.
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Best Health Care: Mission North Tower
Shortly after work began in 2017 on Mission Health’s long-planned 12-story hospital tower in Asheville, N.C., an unexpected problem at the jobsite began setting off alarms.
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Best Heath Care: Mission North Tower
Shortly after work began in 2017 on Mission Health’s long-planned 12-story hospital tower in Asheville, N.C., an unexpected problem at the jobsite began setting off alarms.
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Best Government/Public Building: Long Beach Civic Center
The Long Beach Civic Center in Long Beach, Calif., spans more than 22 acres across six city blocks, with four connected buildings.
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Construction Economics for March 15, 2021
ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
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Keep Infrastructure on an Upward Track
Next for Congress comes the planning for an infrastructure bill, and we have ideas to help members start. While consensus will be difficult, much of the outline already exists.
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