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Bossardt Selected for Fitness Center Renovation Project
The Bossardt Corporation will serve as Construction Manager on the renovation of the Williston Center, a community fitness and recreation facility in Minnetonka, MN. The $4 million, multi-phase project will include major improvements to the entrance, locker rooms, swimming pool, and fitness areas, and an addition to the existing pool building for children’s activities. Construction will begin in June 2010. “Tishman developed innovative, effective ways to achieve more LEED points for this project,” Shapour Ebadi, project executive for the GSA, says. “Their methods of purchasing, construction, and documentation were performed to LEED Gold standards, making Tishman key to the success of this project.”

Gilbane Picked for new university of north Florida Wellness Facility
Gilbane will oversee Construction Management services for the University of North Florida’s new $28 million Student Wellness & Sports Education Center in Jacksonville, FL. With a LEED® silver sustainability goal, the 116,000-square-foot, multi-story facility will feature a fitness center, indoor running track, specialty exercise studios, three court multipurpose gymnasium, roof top plaza, inside and outside rock climbing walls, classrooms, departmental offices, and retail space. Construction will start in October 2010, with an overall completion expected by December 2011.

Jacobs Receives Three-Year DuPont Contract
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., has been awarded a three-year MSA contract to provide engineering, procurement, and CM services for DuPont operations in Europe, Asia, and North America. Additionally, Jacobs will provide front end engineering and design services at various DuPont project sites throughout North America. “We are pleased to extend our excellent working relationship with DuPont and continue providing long-term services to them,” Jacobs Executive Vice President Tom Hammond stated. “DuPont is a market leader, and Jacobs is committed to delivering the highest level of service and value to help them maintain that position.”

23 federal buildings located throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. This energy improvement program makes significant progress toward achieving President Obama’s mandate for the implementation of high-performance, sustainable federal building design, construction, operations, and maintenance. Parsons’ services will include oversight of high-performance roofing systems, solar-energy solutions, high-efficiency equipment and lighting upgrades, and installation of control systems to optimize building performance, reduce energy consumption, and promote the long-term viability of GSA’s portfolio properties. The program, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, involves managing 10 design-build contracts covering 23 occupied facilities, including secure buildings with security clearance requirements. Design and construction will progress concurrently across multiple projects with the majority of construction occurring after normal working hours.

Vanir Promotes Kuprenas to VP, Southern California Regional Manager
Vanir Construction Management, Inc., has promoted John Kuprenas, LEED AP, PE, CCM, to vice president, regional manager for the Southern California region. A 25-year veteran of construction engineering and management, Kuprenas originally joined Vanir in 1988 as a field engineer and has also served as senior project manager for several large signature programs within Southern California. In his new position, he will oversee all project operations, business development, marketing, and administration in Southern California.

Faithful+Gould names new north American PPP Consulting Service Lead
Faithful+Gould has named Ryan Brady as its new North American public-private partnership consulting service lead, responsible for business development, client management, and technical advisory services relating to project management and construction monitoring. Prior to his new role, Brady served as Faithful+Gould’s technical advisor to both public and private clients on U.S. and Canada PPP projects.

Parsons Selected by GSA for Construction Management on Sustainable Energy Projects
Parsons has been selected by the GSA to provide CM services for a variety of sustainable energy projects for

Tishman Restoration of FDA Headquarters Achieves LEED® Gold Certification
The U.S. General Services Administration’s Food and Drug Administration Building 1 in Silver Spring, MD, restored and renovated by Tishman Construction Corporation in a joint construction management venture with Heery International, has been awarded LEED® gold certification. Transforming the historic Naval Ordnance Building built in 1946 into the Office of the Commissioner for the FDA to serve as a gateway to the FDA’s new headquarters campus involved completely gutting the four-story, 102,000-square-foot building and stripping everything to structural steel. Tishman was involved in gaining additional LEED credits for bicycle storage and changing rooms, fuel-efficient vehicles, reduced water usage, and increased use of recycled content and certified wood.

MBP Team Awarded GSA Mid-Atlantic Contract
McDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc., will provide Construction Management services for the U.S. General Services Administration’s Hoffman Federal Courthouse in Norfolk, VA, under the terms of a $25 million IDIQ contract. The project, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will include an energy bundle/boiler replacement, variable frequency drive installation, and air handler unit replacement. “We are thrilled to have been selected by GSA for this project,” MBP Vice President and Regional Manager James T.V.L. Peck, PE, CCM, says. “We consider it a major accomplishment of the team and a reflection of the quality work we have provided thus far in our other ongoing projects with GSA in various regions.”

KCI Headquarters Earns LEED® Gold Certification
KCI’s new 120,000-square-foot headquarters building in Sparks, MD has earned LEED® gold certification. KCI CEO and Chairman Terry Neimeyer, PE, required that the building incorporate LEED certification as a condition of the lease. Two of the construction practices used to achieve this second-highest benchmark for green building include recycled elements throughout the structure and diverting more than 75 percent of building debris away from local landfills for production into recycled materials. KCI engineers and LEED specialists designed the building according to green standards, with a white solar reflective roof, water-efficient landscaping, and high-performance climate control, plumbing, and electrical systems. KCI has occupied the new headquarters since January 2009.

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