Industry News

Balboa Naval Hospital has hired Ninteman Construction Co. of San Diego to build a $2 million, 1.1 million-gallon emergency water storage tank for the hospital. The pre-stresssed concrete tank will be built 30 feet below a nearby softball field.

Several other San Diego-area firms working on the design-build project are DYK (tank construction); Naton Engineering (earth moving); Redondo Electric (utility line installation).

University of California San Diego Medical Center is remodeling its four-story, 28,000-sf Bachman Building. Two San Diego companies are involved in the renovation: Roesling Nakamura Architects Inc. and Kvaas Construction Co.

George Mason University's Fairfax campus may be the recipient of $31 million from the state's proposed 2000-2002 budget. Funds would be used to complete capital improvements already begun at the campus.

A $22 million, 100,000-sf project at the Manassas campus awaits funding as well. This project would construct conference rooms and classrooms for existing biotech and research facilities.

The Department of Defense has contracted with Consolidated Engineering Services of Arlington for the operation and maintenance of three buildings in Northern Virginia and the District.

The management contract for a building that will house government contractors has been awarded to Cushman & Wakefield's Washington office. Completion of the facility is scheduled for early 2001.

CB Richard Ellis has been awarded a management contract by Douglas Development of Rockville, Md., for 90 Washington-area buildings totalling 4 million sf.