Perini Building Company, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perini Corporation (NYSE: PCR), said it has been awarded a $1.2 billion construction contract to build Terminal 3 at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, NV.
The project, which is expected to commence in August 2008, includes a new terminal building with an elevated roadway structure fronting the facility, [...]

Axis Technologies Group, Inc. announced today that Kirchhoff Construction will join the company as an efficiency advocate in energy saving partnering. Kirchhoff, a leader in innovation, recently installed in their own facility the energy efficient lighting fixtures by Crescent/Stonco, a division of the Genlyte Group, Inc. that is equipped with the Axis Dimming/Daylight Harvesting [...]

Beneath its dark netting and scaffold-covered exterior, the historic Sears building at 400 E. Fordham Rd. is undergoing drastic restructuring. The shopping center will re-emerge in the next 16 to 18 months as Fordham Place, the Bronx’s first mixed-use development in more than 15 years.
Last Thursday, real estate developers Acadia Realty Trust and P/A [...]

At least 29 hospitals with hi-tech equipment are under construction across the country, funded to the tune of R1.2 billion this financial year, as part of government’s hospital revitalisation programme.
This was revealed by Acting Health Minister Jeff Radebe, Friday.
Speaking during his first public engagement as the Acting Minister of Health at the opening of the [...]

Leopardo Construction, a leading construction services firm, completed Lakeside Tower and topped off Vision on State, both of which are 20-story condominium projects in Chicago’s South Loop. The two projects - Lakeside Tower and Vision on State - are poured-in-place concrete structures with a combined size of 644,000 square feet and 397 units.
Located less than [...]

The future of the University General Hospital system will bear the mark of Houston’s Chinatown.
The choice of this growing neighborhood for the company’s second location was based on market research indicating it will be in an underserved area.
And this choice will leave a lasting imprint because the culture in this area has helped inspire a [...]

Kerry Haber, the architect who designed the in-progress Genesis building in Kennett Square, told the borough council Monday that he is adding a plan for dark-colored bricks to the façade of the upper floors to enhance the appearance. The bricks are spaced at regular intervals and form a series of diamond designs.
Other than that, he [...]

Today, the crossroads of business and design are intersecting at an unprecedented rate, as leading organizations see design as a tool for innovation, competitiveness and growth. Graduate business programs — such as the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley — are integrating design into their curriculums, top business publications are [...]

Dr. Arthur T. Porter, Director General and CEO of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), announced today that Moshe Safdie, a McGill University graduate and world-renowned architect, has accepted to design the master plan for the Glen Campus of the MUHC, a 43-acre former brownfield site destined to revitalize several neighbourhoods. Mr. Safdie will join [...]

The Jerde Partnership, an internationally acclaimed architecture, planning and design firm, today announced that Thomas Lehn has joined as vice president and design principal. Lehn, a veteran interior designer with expertise in creating branded environments, will lead an interdisciplinary design group to extend Jerde’s signature experiential design into interior realms. The group, composed of interior, [...]

Owatonna Hospital and Owatonna Clinic, both of Allina Hospitals and Clinics, have chosen Hammel, Green and Abrahamson Inc. as the architect and engineer of its new hospital, the providers said Tuesday.
The Owatonna Healthcare Campus architect selection committee picked HGA because of its experience in similar-sized projects and examples of unique hospital designs, Minneapolis-based Allina [...]

CME LLC, a leading provider of fully accredited continuing medical education programs since 1978, has won an American Graphic Design award for their print advertisement, “One Size Does Not Fit All.”
The print advertising features an eye-catching photograph of a child dressed as an adult in oversized clothing with the headline “One Size Does Not Fit [...]