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 Cadence
McShane Selected as Design/Builder for AMB’s DFW Logistics –
Building One
(New Development Located Near DFW International
Airport to Provide Modern, Efficient Warehouse Capabilities)
(Dallas, Texas) – Neal L. Harper, President of Cadence McShane
Corporation, is pleased to announce that the firm has been selected
by developer, AMB Property Corporation, to complete DFW Logistics
Center – Building One, a 113,640 square foot freight-forwarding
facility located at Minters Chapel Road and North Airfield Drive in
Grapevine, Texas. The new facility is located on an 8.1-acre site
with convenient access to the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
The design/build team of Cadence McShane and project architect, Alliance
Architects, Inc., will provide a November 2006 completion of the freight-forwarding
center.
 The
single-story building features a 24’ clear height to accommodate
the movement of bulk materials and packaged goods throughout the facility.
Loading and unloading will be accomplished through 39 external truck
docks. Cadence McShane will construct the facility of tiltwall panels
accented with a GraniTex exterior treatment providing a natural exterior
façade. Punched window systems and attractive storefront entries
will highlight the multiple suites within the new facility. Cadence
McShane will also complete all site landscaping and outdoor lighting
and will provide 167 car parking spaces and ample trailer parking
on the site.
For
leasing information on AMB Property Corporation’s DFW Logistics
Center – Building One, contact Rick Medinis, SIOR, of NAI Robert
Lynn, at 214.256.7100.
 Cadence
McShane Completes 36,274 sf. Warehouse Facility for Harwood &
Associates
(Dallas, Texas) –
Neal L. Harper, President of Cadence McShane Corporation, is pleased
to announce the completion of a new single-story, 36,274 square foot
bulk storage warehouse on behalf of Virginia-based Harwood & Associates,
developer for the project. The new facility is located on a 3.1-acre
site at 8909 San Dario Avenue in Laredo, Texas. The single-user tenant
of this new warehouse facility relocated from an existing rented space
upon the building’s completion in late April 2006.
Cadence McShane
constructed the 24’ clear height warehouse utilizing stained
tilt-wall panels over a structural steel frame. The facility includes
high-speed overhead doors for five exterior and two interior drive-thru
doors. The truck maintenance area features a car lift, central vacuum
system, paint spray booth and stainless steel casework. An office
component was also completed that includes administrative areas and
employee amenities including a full fitness center. Exterior features
of the project include adjacent surface parking, landscaping throughout
the site and a perimeter fencing system that provides security for
the facility. A sophisticated interior and exterior building security
system was also completed.
Alliance Architects,
Inc. of Richardson, Texas provided architectural services for this
warehouse project.
MDI Inc. General Contractors Wins National AGC
Safety Excellence Award
MDI employees (left to right)
Todd Woodruff, Randy McCord, Letty Coleman, and Frank Pieschel
accept AGC’s Construction Safety Excellence Award in Palm
Springs, CA. |
(Irving, Texas – June 2006) MDI Inc. General Contractors was
recently recognized by The Associated General Contractors of America
(AGC) as one of the nation’s top construction safety leaders
who consistently exhibits outstanding safety practices. MDI received
AGC’s Construction Safety Excellence Award with
second place honors in the Building Division category for general
contractors with 100,000 or less work hours at the National Convention
held in Palm Springs, CA. “Winning this award for the second
consecutive year means everything to our employees and subcontractors
who work so hard to insure safe jobsites and injury-free personnel,”
says Frank Pieschel, MDI President.
National
AGC is comprised of 33,000 members including approximately 7,000 general
contractors. MDI was selected locally by sacvenue judges last fall as
the best safety program in their Building Division category. sacvenue
then forwarded MDI’s application and written proposal as well
as other Division category winners to National AGC judges. After undergoing
a highly competitive national selection process, AGC selected MDI
as one of three finalists to compete and make an oral presentation
at the National Convention in their Division category. Winners were
announced at the annual AGC/Willis Construction Safety Excellence
Awards Breakfast. Accepting the award on behalf of MDI’s employees
included MDI President Frank Pieschel, project manager Todd Woodruff,
field superintendent Randy McCord, and Letty Coleman in the estimating
department. Other members of MDI’s Safety Committee include
Randy Hubbard, Vice President of Operations and Risk Management, and
Tracy Skelton, Vice President of Field Operations who is also the
company’s Safety Director.
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on the photo to read the entire article.
Cadence McShane awarded Multi-Building Assignment
from Desoto Independent School District
 (Dallas,
Texas) – Neal L. Harper, President of Cadence McShane Corporation,
is pleased to announce that the firm has been awarded a multi-building
assignment on behalf of DeSoto Independent School District –
its first assignment within this growing school district. The project
includes renovations and additions to DeSoto High School and the construction
of a new Middle School for 1,000 students in the southwest area of
the District.
The
Dallas office of Cadence McShane will construct the new 173,180 square
foot Middle School with a two-story classroom wing housing 56 regular
classrooms and nine science laboratories. Band and choir facilities
will also be completed along with two art laboratory rooms. The new
school will include a library, competition and auxiliary gymnasiums
with weight room and locker rooms, food service facilities and administration
offices. The grounds will feature a competition football field with
a running track, and baseball fields, a practice field for football
and soccer and six tennis courts. The Middle School will be completed
in July 2007 to accommodate students for the 2007/2008 school year.
The
assignment also includes the final phase of renovation work at DeSoto
High School. Cadence McShane will streamline classroom space and student
flow throughout the many additions that have been previously completed
surrounding the original educational facility by updating existing
corridors and stairways, classrooms, storage space and administrative
space. Cadence McShane will also construct new classroom additions
for health, science and culinary art. A front entrance and entry plaza
with a covered walkway will be completed as well as upgrades to the
auditorium sound and lighting systems. The exterior façade
of the original building will be updated to complement the exteriors
of the many additions.
PBK
Architects, Inc. is providing architectural services for both DeSoto
Independent School District projects.
SEDALCO Honored for Outstanding Construction
SEDALCO Construction Services of Fort Worth, Texas recently received
an award for “Outstanding Construction” by sacvenue, a chapter
of the Associated General Contractors of America, for its New Town
Hall and Policy Facility project for the Town of Hickory Creek, Texas.
sacvenue’s
awards program is designed to recognize publicly the quality and innovation
of construction and to honor all the members of the construction team,
including the contractor, the owner and the design team responsible
for the project. The winning projects were selected from entries submitted
from across the area and were judged on complexity, attractiveness,
unusual challenges, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety
and budget.
The
Hickory Creek New Town Hall and Police Facility Project is a multi-use
facility that houses the Town administration, police department, community
development, court services, and public works. The development of
the overall floor plan design is based largely upon information and
feedback from the staff employed with each of these departments, as
well as the Town Officials and was programmed for a projected employee
growth and functionality requirements to meet the Town needs for a
minimum of ten years, with proposed separate building expansions for
the Police Department and Public Works as a part of a ten year master
plan.
This
masterwork design/build contract was completed on schedule with no
lost time accidents for a guaranteed maximum price. The Project Team
consisted of the Town of Hickory Creek, Texas, which was established
in 1963, Wigginton, Hooker & Jeffry, Architects of Dallas, Lee
& Baldauf Engineers of Dallas, MD Engineering of Dallas, G&A
Consultants of Dallas, ROC Construction, Dallas Concrete Contractors,
Supreme Roofing, T&D Systems, Texas Quality Painting, North Central
Plumbing, Daniels Air Conditioning, Genesis Fire Protection, and Bean
Electric along with numerous other subcontractors and suppliers.
Cadence McShane Completes Renovation and Expansion
Assignment for Dallas ISD
 (Dallas,
Texas) – Neal L. Harper, President of Cadence McShane Corporation,
is pleased to announce the completion of the renovation and expansion
assignment on behalf of Dallas Independent School District, as part
of the District’s $1.37 billion bond program. Cadence McShane
recently completed 218,922 square feet of renovations and 29,770 square
feet of new classroom additions at W.T. White High School located
at 4505 Ridgeside Drive and W.H. Gaston Middle School located at 9565
Mercer Drive, both in Dallas, Texas.
Cadence
McShane constructed a new three-story classroom addition at W.T. White
High School that includes 18 standard classrooms and one science laboratory
classroom. The exterior of the new addition complements the existing
façade. Cast stone trim was installed to emulate the existing
precast stone panels utilized throughout the high school campus. In
addition, renovations within the school included the replacement of
the roofing system, technology infrastructure upgrades, mechanical,
electrical and life safety system improvements and the renovation
of the existing courtyards and landscaping.
At
W.H. Gaston Middle School, Cadence McShane constructed a new two-story
classroom addition that consists of 11 classrooms, one new science
laboratory and a new library. Renovations included technology infrastructure
upgrades and improved mechanical, electrical and life safety systems.
Cadence McShane also reconfigured the existing library and adjacent
classroom into four new classrooms. The exterior of the new Gaston
Middle School addition incorporated brick and stone to match the existing
façade of the middle school.
Austin
Commercial provided program management for the project, and Jacobs
and Associates served as project architect.
Cadence McShane Completes
Two Industrial Facilities on Behalf of Majestic Realty Co.
 (Over
290,000 S.F. of Industrial Space Available for Immediate Occupancy
Near D/FW International Airport)
(Dallas, Texas) – Neal L. Harper, President of Cadence McShane
Corporation, is pleased to announce the design/build completion of
two speculative industrial facilities, a development of Majestic Realty
Co., within the Park West Commerce Center in Coppell, Texas. The site
is located at Airline Drive and Beltline Road in Coppell, Texas offering
convenient proximity to the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
Due to its strategic location near the airport, the Park West Commerce
Center offers a convenient location for freight forwarding and logistics
companies seeking highly-efficient distribution operations.
Majestic
Park West Building A, at 1025 Beltline Road, is a 153,000 square foot
distribution facility and Majestic Park West Building B, at 1075 Beltline
Road, offers 137,000 square feet. Both have been designed and constructed
with a contemporary façade of painted tiltwall panels with
natural stone veneer accents at the entryways to the buildings. Each
building features a 28’ clear height and includes 47 truck docks
efficiently configured to maximize warehouse and distribution operations.
Cadence
McShane also completed all site landscaping including extensive plantings,
exterior lighting and an automatic irrigation system. Hardy McCullah/MLM
Architects, Inc. provided architectural services for the two-building
assignment.
Ahern Rentals Opens the Largest High-Reach Equipment
Rental Center in Tarrant County
Fort
Worth, Texas – Ahern Rentals announces plans to hold an open
house to celebrate its new location, now serving Fort Worth and the
surrounding areas.
Where: 5021 Haltom Road, located one block south
of loop 820 N.E., between I-35 and Rufe Snow.
When: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 from 10:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m.
The one day
event will feature new equipment, a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted
by the Ft Worth Chamber of Commerce, Factory Reps on-hand to answer
all questions, a complimentary lunch, vendor demonstrations, door
prizes, giveaways and more.
The Ft Worth
location is a state-of-the-art facility featuring a huge inventory
of high reach machines including scissor lifts, straight and articulated
booms, reach forklifts and warehouse forklifts, as well as general
rental equipment including backhoes, box blades, tractors, wheel loaders,
mini excavators, dump trucks, water trucks, generators, light towers,
air compressors, compaction equipment and much more.
“April
marks our fourth year in the metroplex. We appreciate the importance
of being located in Ft Worth,” says Walter Wilson, Regional
Sales Manager for Ahern. Walter has been serving the rental market
for twenty years and fully understands the necessity of being a part
of the business community in the Metroplex area.
According to
RER (Rental Equipment Register) the industries National magazine,
Ahern Rentals has been rated as the 13th largest rental company in
North America and is also the largest independently owned Rental Company.
Ahern Rentals has been family owned since 1953 and currently has 35
rental locations in eight states (Arizona, California Colorado, New
Jersey, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Texas). The two newest locations
are located in Cherry Hills, NJ and Romoland, CA. To accommodate customers
every need Ahern currently buys equipment and tools from over 100
separate manufacturers, such as JLG, Genie, Skyjack, Mutiquip, Snorkel
and Kubota, to name a few. These relationships are invaluable in the
rental industry.
Cadence McShane to Construct Third Pre-Kindergarten
Center for Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
 (New
Pre-Kindergarten Center to Address Need within this Growing District)
(Dallas, Texas) – Neal L. Harper, President of Cadence McShane
Corporation, is pleased to announce that the firm has been selected
by Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District to construct
a new 47,500 square foot Pre-Kindergarten Center. This Center represents
the third within the District that provides educational opportunities
for three, four- and five-year-old children. The new Center will be
located on a 9.5-acre site at 2325 Heads Lane in Carrollton, Texas
across from Mary Heads Carter Park. Cadence McShane, and project architect,
Corgan Associates, Inc., will provide project completion by December
2006.
Cadence McShane
will construct the new single-story facility with a steel frame structure
and masonry exterior. The Center will include a welcoming reception
area, 26 new classrooms, four special education areas, a cafeteria,
a nurse’s clinic and administrative offices. Separate entrances
for parents and school buses will provide efficient traffic flow for
student drop-off and pick-up. An indoor play area and outdoor playground
will also be constructed. Upon completion, the Pre-Kindergarten Center
will open with a full-day class schedule. The new Center will provide
the District with additional early childhood educational services
to augment existing pre-kindergarten facilities at the Community Learning
Center in Carrollton, Texas and the McLaughlin Annex in Farmers Branch,
Texas.
Cadence McShane Selected to Construct Trammell
Crow’s New 531,254 S.F. Industrial Facility
(Dallas, Texas) – Neal L. Harper, President of Cadence McShane
Corporation, is pleased to announce that the firm has been selected
by developer, Trammell Crow Company, to complete the first phase of
development at Trammell Crow’s new I-20 Distribution Center,
a cross-dock distribution center at the crossroads of I-20 and I-35
in Dallas, Texas.
The
new 531,254 square foot I-20 Building One is located on a 30-acre
site at the southeast corner of Hampton and Beckleymeade Roads. This
assignment represents the first of a new multi-phased Trammell Crow
development situated adjacent to the firm’s Stoneridge Business
Park. Cadence McShane and project architect, Alliance Architects,
Inc. will provide an October 2006 completion of the phase one development
to coincide with the extension of Beckleymeade Road that will provide
access to the new development.
Cadence McShane will construct the 30’ clear height facility
utilizing a conventional steel frame with an exterior of painted tiltwall
panels. Attractive metal canopies will accent both of the two-story
entryways into the building. The facility will feature 100 external
docks and four drive-in doors for a variety of single- or multi-tenant
cross-dock distribution uses. Cadence McShane will provide 365 car
parking spaces and ample trailer parking on the distribution center
campus.
Gilbane Building Company’s Dallas/Fort Worth
Office continues with its Growth Expansion Plans
GRAPEVINE, TX -- March 19, 2006 – Gilbane Building Company,
a leading national construction management firm, has continued to
grow in the local Dallas/Fort Worth marketplace with two key staff
additions. Their district office, located in Grapevine, is part of
the company’s Southwest Region. There two new additions were
made to their team recently, adding to the already experienced and
knowledgeable local employees. Mr. Freddie Bustillo, with over 25
years experience in the industry, rejoins the Dallas/Fort Worth office
as the District Manager of Business Development. He is in his 12th
year with Gilbane and had been very active with projects throughout
the State of Texas, prior to his most recent two year assignment in
Phoenix, Arizona.
With
over 36 years of experience in the construction industry, Mr. Dave
Truesdell, is responsible for all estimating and subcontractor procurement
activities in this office. Prior to joining Gilbane, he worked for
a major construction firm in positions such as Manager of Preconstruction
Services.
Gilbane Building Company Breaks Ground On New
Garland Bass Pro Shop
 GARLAND,
TX – On Tuesday, February 7, construction began on the newest
Bass Pro Shop retail store in Garland with a ground breaking celebration.
This
120,000-square-foot store will boast many of the signature features
of Bass Pro Shops, not to mention a more than 8,000-square-foot Islamorada
Fish Company restaurant and courtesy boat docks. This newest location
is scheduled to open in October and will anchor the 28-acre Harbor
Point Development; a retail/entertainment development located on the
shores of Lake Ray Hubbard.
Gilbane
has managed the construction of multiple Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World
stores across the country, including locations in Katy, Texas, Broken
Arrow, Oklahoma and Bossier City, Louisiana.
Dallas Cowboys Select General Contractor
for New Stadium
Strategic Alliance
Brings Manhattan Construction together with local minority owned firms
Rayco Construction and 3i Construction
The Dallas Cowboys announced today that Manhattan Construction Co.,
in a strategic alliance with local minority owned firms Rayco Construction
and 3i Construction, has been selected as the general construction
management team of the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium, to be built in
Arlington in time for the 2009 NFL season.
This
alliance, led by Manhattan Construction, brings together management
from each of the three companies to direct the on-site construction
of the Dallas Cowboys Stadium. This group will direct the construction
of a retractable-roof stadium designed by architect, HKS, with a capacity
of up to 100,000 persons and featuring open end zones linked to fan
decks and the latest in artificial turf systems. Restaurants, shops,
and gathering places within the stadium venue will extend fan experiences
to daylong events. In addition, the Cowboys Experience and Hall of
Fame — an interactive, multi-faceted venue for community activities,
fan experiences, and tourism — will be part of the entertainment
complex.
Fort Worth Chapter of American Institute of Architects
Honors AUI Contractors with 2005 Quality in Construction Award
 FORT
WORTH, Texas (Feb. 1, 2006) – AUI Contractors recently received
the 2005 Quality in Construction Award from the Fort Worth Chapter
of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). AUI executives Glenn
Strother, Doug Alumbaugh and Tony Rader accepted the award at the
chapter’s Honors and Awards Dinner on Jan. 24.
“AUI is pleased to join a small group of elite contractors that
have won this award. Receiving this award proves that the architectural
design community values our work. We take pride in our projects and
the 300 people on the AUI team,” commented Alumbaugh, one of
AUI’s founders.
AUI was spotlighted for construction excellence on major projects
that included the Tarrant County Regional Water District headquarters
completed in 2003 and the new AUI headquarters in Fort Worth, which
was completed in 2004. Also recognized by AIA with an 2005 Excellence
in Architectural Design Award was Greg Ibanez of Gideon Toal, an architectural
firm based in Fort Worth. One of Ibanez’s designs includes the
AUI headquarters facility, which earned a 2004 Merit Award from the
AIA Fort Worth Chapter. |
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