PCL Centennial Learning Centre, Edmonton

The PCL Centennial Learning Centre was built in celebration of PCL’s corporate centennial and focuses on staff training and education. It includes a large training room for up to 60 people, rooms dedicated to remote training for worldwide personnel, professional development and human resource offices, a new corporate boardroom, and an assembly hall to host PCL staff functions.

Headquarters Offices at Old Parkland by Good Fulton & Farrell Architects, GFF Interiors

The historic buildings of Dallas’ Parkland Hospital were constructed on this 8-acre site in the Oak Lawn neighborhood in 1915 and 1921. Crow Holdings purchased the campus, which is now under construction with a restoration and major addition to the landmarked building to serve as their corporate headquarters. The central design challenge was to accommodate the company’s corporate culture (which features a non-hierarchical large room of... 

Business Park Serving Los Angeles and the Inland Empire is Acquired by Koll/PER Partnership for $39.9 Million

A 313,367-square-foot, multi-tenant business park that straddles the county line between Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties in Upland, Calif., has been acquired for $39.9 million by Koll/PER, a limited liability company owned by The Koll Company, the Newport Beach, Calif.-based real estate acquisition, development and management firm, and the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI). Consisting of 17 single-story industrial, office... 

The Chino Hills Government Center: Aggressive construction schedule calls for innovative solutions

Chino Hills’ first permanent Government Center is under construction at City Center Drive in Chino Hills. The $91 million project includes a new city hall, library, police station and fire administration headquarters as well as a parking structure with subterranean and four stories of above ground parking. T.B. Penick, one of Southern California’s largest and most trusted contractors, was selected to do the structural concrete work for the Chino... 

Capstone Quarters Student Condo Auction Results in $3.21 Million Sellout

Thursday’s auction of 29 units in the Capstone Quarters development was a complete sellout, with bidders snapping up all of the units for a combined $3.21 million. “We had a great product and a strong field of bidders. That led to an excellent outcome,” said Warren Ward, president of Albert Burney Auction Company, which managed the sale. Thursday’s sale was the second auction for the development. An auction in April had resulted in the sale... 

JWR Construction Completed Chartwell Dining Facility at FAU

JWR Construction recently completed the Chartwell Food Court at the Florida Atlantic University campus in Boca Raton. This 20,000-sq-ft facility breaks free from the traditional dining model and offers a variety of food concepts in an energetic environment. The project team included JWR Construction Services, and Gallo Architects & Development Consultants.

The oil that fuels the academic machinery

When it comes to supporting the UI’s various colleges and institutions, money talks. The university’s largest source of funding came from tuition and fees – bringing in $240 million in revenue, according to the General Education Fund budget for fiscal 2007. A report published by the UI Office of Finance and Operations said that last year, the university projected to have $2.4 million in additional tuition revenues. The report attributed...