Industry News

The Oakland Airport is engaged in a $1-billion expansion project. Turner Construction has been awarded a $250 million contract for the first phase of construction, which includes a 300,000-sf extension of Terminal 2, an 80,000-sf customer service building, and a seven-level parking garage for 6,000 cars. Ground will be broken on the first phase in February 2004 with completion expected in mid-2006.

Lourdes Health System is constructing a $53 million critical care expansion adjacent to Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden. Slated for completion in 2005, the 120,000-sf building will house four new operating suites, 42 new critical-care beds and 34 new critical-care step-down beds. The expansion will accommodate a new emergency department, larger inpatient rooms, a new and expanded school of nursing, rehabilitative and recuperative facilities for critical-care patients, centralized surgical units, and operating suites.

The U.S. Secret Service has selected Johnson & Jennings General Contracting to build out 11,000 sf of office space in San Diego’s 550 Corporate Center. The project architect was Benito Design Group.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., has reached the halfway mark on its $166 million “Project for Progress”. Construction manager McCarthy is overseeing 460,000 sf of new construction and 350,000 sf of renovations to provide enhanced hospital accessibility and additional space for outpatient, emergency, and cancer treatment services. The project includes a 550-space parking structure and a new MRI. Completion is expected in winter of 2005.

Torrance Medical Center is constructing the 94,500-sf West Campus Tower in Torrance, Calif. Designed by Torrance-based Hamilton Klow & Associates, the 5-level facility includes an interconnecting bridge linking the tower to the existing hospital. Project contractor McCarthy will complete construction in spring of 2004.