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Long obscured details are being cleaned up in the Kansas statehouse interior dome as part of a major restoration. Mural paintings, plaster details, and copper embellishments that were subjected to water damage are being spruced up.
Copper covering iron beams and wrapping segments inside the dome...
Workers have begun a major renovation of Lambeau Field, home of the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers. The stadium will get a $143 million makeover that will include construction of a rooftop viewing terrace for club seats and a total of 6,700 new seats added in four levels. Team...
The third-oldest federal building in Washington, the US Treasury Department’s headquarters, was recently awarded LEED Gold certification after extensive renovations. It is believed to be the oldest building in the world to receive LEED certification.
Constructed over 33 years between 1836 and 1869...
Regulators approved a major renovation of Homewood Mountain Resort on Lake Tahoe’s west shore, despite concerns over its impact on traffic and air pollution. JMA Ventures says the $250 million plan is the most environmentally friendly project ever at Lake Tahoe, which likely helped the plan get the...
A plan by a green technology company to transform a former Ford Motor Co. assembly plant in Michigan into a manufacturing plant took a big step forward last week as the Michigan Economic Growth Authority board approved a $6.3-million tax credit for the project.
Townsend Energy Solutions of Hunt...
Major renovations, including a $50 million rehab of the Student Union, are prominent in the University of Mississippi’s current $118 million construction program. The 163-year-old campus will see other renovations and expansion projects in student housing, research facilities, classrooms, and...
The Obama Administration announced $4 billion in combined federal and private sector energy upgrades to buildings over the next two years. According to the White House, these investments will save billions in energy costs, promote energy independence, and create tens of thousands of construction...
Work has begun on a mixed-used development at a former U.S. Naval base site on Staten Island. New Jersey-based Ironstate Development Co. will invest $150 million in the project, which will include two buildings with 900 market-rate rental apartments, 30,000 sf of ground-floor retail, 600 parking...
The abandoned Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in Parsippany, N.J. and surrounding land will be preserved and turned into parkland, leaving the question of what to do with the historic Kirkbride building. The neo-Gothic building was the largest poured-concrete structure in the U.S. before the...
MGM Resorts International will spend $275 million to renovate seven of its wholly owned hotel properties. The work will include $70-million of renovations at the Bellagio in Las Vegas that includes remodeling all 2,568 standard guestrooms, and a $160-million remodel of 4,300 rooms in the MGM Grand...
