Construction

TAT showcases urban transformation and innovation with Boston mixed-use complex With Boston’s Bower mixed-use complex, The Architectural Team (TAT) showcases urban transformation and innovation.Photo courtesy TAT The Architectural Team (TAT) has completed Bower, a mixed-use infill complex transforming the area around Boston’s historic Fenway Park into a connected, walkable, and vibrant neighborhood with new rental housing and retail offerings, transit access, and public space. As the first phase of the highly anticipated transit-oriented Fenway Center development, Bower offers 312 residential units and 3716 m2 (40,000 sf) of commercial space across two buildings. Community resources including a 1161-m2 (12,500-sf), multilevel pedestrian...

Level 10 Construction Tops Out at Father Joe's Villages' Saint Teresa of Calcutta Villa Project SAN DIEGO, Feb  2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 10 Construction officially tops out at St. Teresa of Calcutta Villas. A topping out ceremony is a builders' rite that is traditionally held when the last beam (or its equivalent) is placed atop a structure during its construction.  Level 10 Construction   "Level 10 is delivering as promised despite the challenges the pandemic has presented," said Jim Schmid, CEO and founder of Chelsea Investment Corporation. "Their efforts to keep the project team safe while delivering this project on time will soon...

Transit hub, innovation centre construction expected to start in June Artist rendering of the transit hub and innovation centre. An update on the project was provided to town council last night. Construction of the new transit hub and innovation centre on Railway St. is currently projected to start in June and be completed for the summer of 2022. A detailed update was provided to town council last night for both the building and CP tracks pedestrian crossing into the Historic Downtown. It was not printed as a finished product but was an opportunity for feedback before the final design begins on the project. The...

Container homes – a statement against Barcelona’s housing shortage ©Koen Greven It’s not something you expect in Barcelona’s old town center. But they are certainly there. Twelve container homes on the Nou de Sant Francesc, near the world famous Rambla. As a remedy against the acute lack of social housing. “I honestly think it’s a bit of a gimmick”, says Dutch architect Co Gevers. She’s based in the capital of Catalonia along with her company ‘Zest’. In other words, the container homes have partly been built with the aim of attracting attention to the major housing problems that Barcelona is...

Mick George Group Buys UK’s First Doosan DL-7 Wheel Loaders by Doosan (Europe) The Mick George Group, a leading supplier to the construction industry in the East Anglia and East Midlands regions of the UK, have taken delivery of the country’s first new Doosan DL-7 wheel loaders. As well as four new DL420-7 models, the order includes two DL580-5 and a DL300-5 wheel loader all now working at quarries within the Mick George Group, with a further new DL320-7 wheel loader arriving in mid-January 2021. Advertisement The new wheel loaders have been supplied by Leicester-based Pioneer Plant Ltd, the new...