ENR Photo Contest 2007: Buildings
Of the three absolute requirements for life—water, air and shelter—only shelter depends on human ingenuity. This gallery celebrates the process of the intense communication and teamwork that modern construction requires of its participants to realize in metal, glass, wood and stone, the heights of design imagination.
FRP Connection
Precast concrete panels incorporating fiber reinforced polyester Aslan 700 composite action NuTies being installed in a Fallbrooke estates school building in Lincoln, Neb. Photo by Doug Gremel.
Mixed Use
Marty Sellers, of Sellers Photo, in Huntsville,, Ala., shot this image of a $250 million, multi-use retail, restaurant, hotel, condo, theater, lake and office space development in Huntsville being built for O & S Holdings, Santa Monica, Calif.
Tilt
Precast concrete panels incorporating fiber reinforced polyester Aslan 700 composite action NuTies being installed in a Fallbrooke estates school building in Lincoln, Neb. Photo by Doug Gremel.
Production in Motion
Workers placing steel beams with the help of a crane as the 4-story, Terry and Thomas Office Building as it tops out under cloudy Seattle skies. Photo by Justin Anderson. Submitted by Jennifer O'Rear, Rafn Company, Bellevue, Wash.
How You See It
A crane lifts cooling tower to the roof as Las Vegas Strip stands in the background. Photos are by Jim Carman of Crescent Real Estate Equities, Ltd., which is the project owner.
How You See It
A crane lifts cooling tower to the roof as Las Vegas Strip stands in the background. Photos are by Jim Carman of Crescent Real Estate Equities, Ltd., which is the project owner.
How You See It
A crane lifts cooling tower to the roof as Las Vegas Strip stands in the background. Photos are by Jim Carman of Crescent Real Estate Equities, Ltd., which is the project owner.
In Time
Dan Bascom
Steed Hammond Paul Inc., captured this image of a concrete finisher's knee pads waiting to get back to work on a drying slab . Structure is a New elementary school for Cincinnati Public School system. The building is a three-story structural steel and masonry bearing wall structure with a brick veneer. This will be a LEED certified project, utilizing raised access flooring with underfloor plenum supply air, sloped ceiling to maximize daylight, substantial use of recycled materials and locally supplied materials.
Ten Museum Park
Photographer Brian S. Webster , of PPC, LLC, Ft. Lauderdale, submits these images of Ten Museum Park, in Miami, Fla.
Ten Museum Park
Photographer Brian S. Webster , of PPC, LLC, Ft. Lauderdale, submits these images of Ten Museum Park, in Miami, Fla.
Ten Museum Park
Photographer Brian S. Webster , of PPC, LLC, Ft. Lauderdale, submits these images of Ten Museum Park, in Miami, Fla.
In Control
Travis Kerr, of Architects in Association Rood and Zwick, Cocoa, Fla., sends us his photo from a 50,000 sq ft, self-contained medical and mental health facility self contained medical and mental health facility with the latest technologies in correctional control and survellance. Located in Sharpes, Fla., the $11-million BCDC: Medical + Mental Health Facility includes 4 direct-supervision dorms and a progressive behavioral isolation suite for inmates with severe psychological conditions.
Tip-Off
Photographer Donnell Field, of Johnson & Galyon, Inc., Knoxville, Tenn., also sends this shot from Pratt Pavilion, at the University of Tennessee, where a $16-million project is under way to build a basketball practice facility. Construction started in Aug., 2006 and is scheduled for completion in October 2007. The three-level facility will house two full size gymnasia, one for each of the men's and women's varsity basketball teams, as well as space for an athletic training room, a weight room, men's and women's locker rooms and a film study room.
Polished
Photographer Donnell Field, of Johnson & Galyon, Inc., Knoxville, Tenn., submits this shot from a $10 million renovation project that began in winter 2007 to upgrade facilities at the Cherokee Country Club Knoxville, Tenn. Work continues on the Tennis Facility, women's locker rooms, a small four-lane bowling alley and swimming facility, while sections such as the formal ballroom, dining room, patio and men's locker rooms have already been completed.
Seismic Corrections VAMC San Diego steel erection
This was a $55 million project which consisted of a Stair No. 3 structural steel erection
Bragg Crane, photographer Tom Basham, Department of Veterans Affairs
St. Mary's Medical Center North
Johnson & Galyon, Inc is building the sixth Floor of St. Mary's Medical Center North in Knoxville, Tenn., shown here is a “shell” floor for future growth.
St. Mary's Medical Center North
Johnson & Galyon, Inc is building St. Mary's Medical Center North in Knoxville, Tenn. It is a six floor, 206,000-square-foot building Costing $67 million dollars.
Jay Auto Mall Detention Pond
The lagest ADS system in the Columbus, GA to date is the 1.5 acre underground Jay Auto Mall Detention Pond built by Freeman & Associates Inc. The property is to be used for two purposes, storm run-off and a future parking storage lot, Photographed by Kerry Willey
Jay Auto Mall Detention Pond
The lagest ADS system in the Columbus, GA to date is the 1.5 acre underground Jay Auto Mall Detention Pond built by Freeman & Associates Inc. The property is to be used for two purposes, storm run-off and a future parking storage lot, Photographed by Kerry Willey
Jay Auto Mall Detention Pond
The lagest ADS system in the Columbus, GA to date is the 1.5 acre underground Jay Auto Mall Detention Pond built by Freeman & Associates Inc. The property is to be used for two purposes, storm run-off and a future parking storage lot, Photographed by Kerry Willey
Ela Quality Resort Hotel Construction
Building site of Ela Quality Resort Hotel Construction, a five star all inclusive hotel in Belek, Antalya, Turkey.
Providence Portland North Pavilion
The addition of a new 525,000SF, 14-floor Cancer treatment and research facility to Providence Hospital's Portland Oregon campus is a project of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP, photographed by Richard Hisashi Shiga
Providence Portland North Pavilion
The addition of a new 525,000SF, 14-floor Cancer treatment and research facility to Providence Hospital's Portland Oregon campus is a project of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP, photographed by Richard Hisashi Shiga
Lever Company
Addition of 6 processing lines in Cartersville, Georgia at the Lever Company, project by Garner Brothers Company, photographer James Garner.
Shaw Industries PLant Addition
Shaw Industries PLant Addition for expansion of robotic Material Handling facility, project by Garner Brothers Company, photographer James Garner.
Shaw Industries PLant Addition
Shaw Industries PLant Addition for expansion of robotic Material Handling facility, project by Garner Brothers Company, photographer James Garner.
Shaw Industries PLant Addition
Shaw Industries PLant Addition for expansion of robotic Material Handling facility, project by Garner Brothers Company, photographer James Garner.
World Trade Center
Picture taken by Christopher Zedano while strolling in NYC. It shows the development in Ground Zero at The World Trade Center in New York City.
Seretta Schultze Amer La France
With 163,000 square feet of concrete construction, Seretta Construction Inc. worked with the BRPH team to complete the project, Rockledge, Florida.
Seretta Schultze Amer La France
With 163,000 square feet of concrete construction, Seretta Construction Inc. worked with the BRPH team to complete the project, Rockledge, Florida.
Seretta Schultze Amer La France
With 163,000 square feet of concrete construction, Seretta Construction Inc. worked with the BRPH team to complete the project, Rockledge, Florida.
Highland Oaks V Entrance
With 163,000 square feet of concrete construction, Seretta Construction Inc. worked with the BRPH team to complete the project, Rockledge, Florida.
Carroll Distributing
With 163,000 square feet of concrete construction, Seretta Construction Inc. worked with the BRPH team to complete the project, Rockledge, Florida.
Carroll Distributing
With 163,000 square feet of concrete construction, Seretta Construction Inc. worked with the BRPH team to complete the project, Rockledge, Florida.
Ritz Carlton Westchester
Ongoing construction of luxury apartment, hotel, office complex in heart of White Plains NY, on the morning of April 3, 2007 photographed by Adam Kaplinski.
L.A. Live
Beginning of L.A. live construction by the Dept. of Building & Safety. Los Angeles, photographed by Garth Pillsbury.
St. Johns Hospital
Two concrete pumps at St. Johns Hospital in Joplin Missouri. Project by Brundage Bone Concrete Pumping and photographed by Michael E Cook.
Visconti Apt.
Visconti Apt. being built in Los Angeles, CA photographed by Garth Pillsbury.
Ironside Welding New Shop
Rick Sidebottom took a photo of the base structure of a new shop Ironside Welding constructed before the end walls were set. Located in Guy, Arkansas.
Ironside Welding New Shop
Rick Sidebottom took a photo of the base structure of a new shop Ironside Welding constructed before the end walls were set. Located in Guy, Arkansas.
Ironside Welding New Shop
Rick Sidebottom took a photo of the base structure of a new shop Ironside Welding constructed before the end walls were set. Located in Guy, Arkansas.
Lorton Workhouse Arts Center
The BE&K Building Group located in Vienna, VA is working on a $19 million restoration project that will convert the former Lorton Prison into a vibrant center for the arts in Lorton, VA. Photographed by Jessie J. Delgado.
Bay Bridge
Preston Nguyen photographed the Cleveland Wrecking Company, Covina, Calif., finishing an exhaustive 72 hour demoliiton project in Oakland, Calif.
Manhattan skyline
Dolores Spivack took a photograph of an early morning view of the Manhattan Skyline from the roof top of a building located north of Canal Street, New York, N.Y.
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DPR Construction, Inc., San Diego, Calif., First: placing Steel Second Working on perimeter clip angles.
Third: Welding diagonal bracing in Temecula, Calif. Photographer David Cox.
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DPR Construction, Inc., San Diego, Calif., erecting a tower crane at the Breeza Condominiums site. Photographer David Cox.
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DPR Construction, Inc., San Diego, Calif., installing perimeter clip angles for curtain wall construction in Temecula, CA. Photographer David Cox.
Lower Manhattan
Thornton Tomasetti photographed Lower Manhattan in New York City, N.Y.
Bank of America Tower
The Durst Organization, New York, N.Y., is working on the Bank of America Tower located in New York, N.Y. Photographed by Richard Kariolic.
Bank of America Tower
The Durst Organization, New York, N.Y., is working on the Bank of America Tower located in New York, N.Y. Photographed by Richard Kariolic.
Bank of America Tower
The Durst Organization, New York, N.Y., is working on the Bank of America Tower located in New York, N.Y. Photographed by Richard Kariolic.
Ave Maria Town Center
The 24,000 sqft, 1,100 seat, 100 ft. tall Oratory building shown in the picture is the centerpiece of the Ave Maria Town Center. The photograph was taken Jose Castillo in March of 2007 as workers from Opus South Corporation, Estero, Fla., were completing the installation of the aluminum exterior skin and beginning the stonework on the building's south facade.
Kansas City Convention Center
Eric Wimmer photographed a view of the Kansas City Convention Center and its art deco pylons, Kansas City, Mo. Project by HNTB, Kansas City, Mo.
Okeene Municipal Hospital
Sunrise concrete pour at rural Okeene Municipal Hospital in Okeene, Okla. Project by JE Dunn Construction, Kansas City, Mo. and photographed by Ryan Busking.
Mountain View Medical Center
Getting an early start on readying tools and equipment for setting stone on the south elevation of the Mountain View Medical Center, Mesa, AZ. A project of JE Dunn Construction, Kansas City, Mo., and photographed by Grant Posey.
Burj Dubai building
Photo taken by by Matthew J. from the Burj Dubai building located in Dubai, UAE. A project of Turner Construction Company, New York, N.Y.
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Burj Dubai buildingPhoto taken by by Matthew J. from the 153rd floor with a view of the Burj Dubai building located in Dubai, UAE. A project of Turner Construction Company, New York, N.Y.
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Photo taken by by Matthew J. of Dubai, UAE., in the clouds. A project of Turner Construction Company, New York, N.Y.
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Larry G. Morris photographed a "patriotic" steel worker
"Frosty morning on site" at Lincoln-Way High School in frankfort,ill. A project of
Henry Bros.Co., Hickory Hills, Ill.
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Central LA Learning Center #1 is a K-12 school on the old Ambassador Hotel site in Los Angeles. The K3 will open in Sept 2009, and the MS/HS will open Sept 2010. The project owner is LAUSD, Hermosa Beach, Calif and photographed by Andrea Miller.
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DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif is working on tank construction showing wall scaffolding on a 2 x 3.34 MG "890 Zone" Tanks located in Azusa, Calif. Photographed by Shelly Anderson.
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DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif is working on tank construction showing wall pour of the 2 x 3.34 MG "890 Zone" Tanks located in Azusa, Calif. Photographed by Shelly Anderson.
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DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif is working on
Tank construction showing wall scaffolding on the 2 x 3.34 MG "890 Zone" Tanks located in Azusa, Calif. Photographed by Shelly Anderson.
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Tank construction showing rigging of stair tower of as 1.2 MG "200B" Tank located in Dublin, Calif. A project of DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif. Photographed by Dan Wallace.
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DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif is working on
tank construction showing wall formwork of inner wall located in Dublin, Calif. Photographed by Dan Wallace.
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DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif is working on
Circumferential prestressing machine applying strand on tank wall of a 1.2 MG Tank located in Dublin, Calif. Photographed by Shelly Anderson.
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DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif is working on tank construction showing floor pour for a 0.48 MG "R28" Tank,located in Henderson, NV. Photographed by Dan Wallace.
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DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif is working on
Tank construction showing column pour on a 0.48 MG "R28" Tank located in Henderson, NV. Photographed by Dan Wallace.
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DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif is working on a
tank construction showing wall pour, located in Henderson, NV. Photographed by Dan Wallace.
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DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif is working on a
tank construction showing wall pour, located in Henderson, NV. Photographed by Dan Wallace.
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DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif is working on
Tank construction showing roof shoring on a 40.0 MG "Twin Oaks" Tank located in San Marcos, Calif. Photographed by Dan Wallace.
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DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif is working on
Tank construction dismantling of roof shoring on a 40.0 MG "Twin Oaks" Tank, San Marcos, Calif. Photographed by Dan Wallace.
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Art Harvey climbed 475 feet to capture the view from the top of
the tower crane looking down at Level 29 under construction. Half the floor
has been poured and the other half is ready to be poured with the
reinforcement and post-tension cables in place. This is the construction site of the EPIC Hotel and Residences, Miami, Fla. A project of CMC Construction, Miami, Fla.
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Art Harvey took this picture as the construction team is
lowering a 30 foot section of a 16-inch diameter condensing water return
riser that goes from the cooling tower on the 55th floor to the chillers on
the 16th floor of the EPIC Hotel and Residences, Miami, Fla. A project of CMC Construction, Miami, Fla.
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Photo taken by Art Harvey of the structural steel support for the curved 30-foot tall store-front glass at the hotel lobbybof EPIC Hotel and Residences, Miami, Fla. A project of CMC Construction, Miami, Fla.
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1.2 MG "200B" Tank construction showing rigging of stair tower located in Dublin, Calif. A project of DYK Incorporated, El Cajon, Calif and photographed by Dan Wallace.
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44 Monroe's top deck gives a spectacular view of the downtown
Phoenix skyline. A project by The Weitz Company and photograph is Courtesy of The Weitz Company.
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44 Monroe poses for a patriotic pic! In the spirit of July 4th, a worker climbs to the top of 44 Monroe's tower crane for a Captain
America photo opportunity! A project by The Weitz Company and photograph is Courtesy of The Weitz Company.
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Downtown Phoenix enjoys an electrical storm as lightning
illuminates 44 Monroe. A project by The Weitz Company and photograph is Courtesy of The Weitz Company.
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The Symphony House Condominium is a 4-part condominium with 163 residences, a 367-seat live theater, two restaurants, and a public parking garage. A project of Dranoff Properties, Philadelphia, Pa and photographed by Joshua Weingram.
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The Symphony House Condominium is a 4-part condominium with 163 residences, a 367-seat live theater, two restaurants, and a public parking garage. A project of Dranoff Properties, Philadelphia, Pa and photographed by Joshua Weingram.
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The Symphony House Condominium is a 4-part condominium with 163 residences, a 367-seat live theater, two restaurants, and a public parking garage. A project of Dranoff Properties, Philadelphia, Pa and photographed by Joshua Weingram.
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The view from right field concourse of the new Nationals Ballpark stadium looking across the outfield. Doesn't it look like the crane has just set the Washington Monument down in the background? A project of Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., Washington, D.C. and photographed by Wayne Stocks, P.E., Vice President.
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The corrugated metal form for a caisson cap creates a
mesmerizing spiral effect. The image shows the caisson, which will help
support a 15-story hospital tower, prior to prior to placement of the high
strength anchor bolts. A project of Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., Washington, D.C. and photographed by Wayne Stocks, P.E., Vice President.
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Sunshine filters through the spokes of a tower crane as it
delivers a bucket of concrete to the basement foundation walls of this 1.5-million-SF hospital. A project of Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., Washington, D.C. and photographed by Wayne Stocks, P.E., Vice President.
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The photo shows the roof framing of the Naval Academy's new
athletic facility. Box trusses spanning more than 200 feet are connected by
bar joists. The trusses curve gracefully towards the water as the come to
rest on thier concrete supports at the Wesley Brown Field House, Annapolis, MD. A project of Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., Washington, D.C. and photographed by Wayne Stocks, P.E., Vice President.
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One Lincoln Park, Denver, Colo., a project of Swinerton Incorporated, San Francisco, Calif. Photographed by Lori Slivensky.
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Plaza Indonesia Extension in Jakarta Indonesia, a project of Plaza Indonesia Realty TBK. Photographed by Sunjoto Setiadji Lawu.
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Plaza Indonesia Extension in Jakarta Indonesia, a project of Plaza Indonesia Realty TBK. Photographed by Sunjoto Setiadji Lawu.
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Plaza Indonesia Extension in Jakarta Indonesia, a project of Plaza Indonesia Realty TBK. Photographed by Sunjoto Setiadji Lawu.
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dramatic window banks at TAMU Corpus, Corpus Christi, Texas. A project of Zachry Construction., San Antonio, TX. Photographed by Allisa Hollimon.
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Structural steel erection at the Nebraska CityStation Unit 2 in Nebraska City, NE. A project of Zachry Construction., San Antonio, TX. Photographed by Rick Hunter
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Unit No. 2 structure under construction at the Nebraska CityStation Unit 2 in Nebraska City, NE. A project of Zachry Construction., San Antonio, TX. Photographed by Rick Hunter
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Clinker dome at the Oro Grande Project in Oro Grande, Calif. A project of Zachry Construction., San Antonio, TX. Photographed by Rick Hunter
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Photo of the Swinerton Incorporated Executive Team at the Mission Bay Project 26A., San Francisco, Calif. A project of Swinerton Incorporated., San Francisco, Calif. Photographed by Bill LaBranche.
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Photo of the Sandia National Laboratories Project Team members, Albuquerque, New Mexico. A project of Swinerton Incorporated, San Francisco, Calif. Photographed by Bill LaBranche
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BBL Construction Services of Albany, N.Y. working on the radius foundation of the CNSE East Building, Albany, NY. Photographed by Paul Knapick.
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Steel Back Lit at Railside Farms, Guilderland, NY. A project of BBL Construction Services, Albany, NY . Photographed by Paul Knapick.
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Structural Steel and Wood at Railside Farms, Guilderland, N.Y. A project of BBL Construction Services., Albany, NY. Photographed by Paul Knapick.
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Aria Condominiums is a 24-story condominium tower in downtown San Diego houses 137 units. A project of PCL Construction Services, Inc. San Diego, Calif. Photographed by Paul Turang.
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Workers installing glass in plaza at the Academy Of Sciences Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Calif. Photographed by Joseph A. Blum.
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Cleveland Cement Contractors, Inc. Cleveland, Oh., in association with Gilbane Building Co. worked on the historic renovation of the Virginia State Capitol.The photo is of Cleveland Cement placing the roof slab on the 25,000 square foot addition which houses conference facilities and a visitors center. This wing was eventually buried to maintain the original look to the capitol. Photographed owned by Gilbane Building Co.
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Simulated Iraqi Village for training and equipment testing at Fort Irwin Training Center, California. A project of Parsons in Pasadena, Calif. Photographed by Jimmy Greenfield.
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Simulated Iraqi Village for training and equipment testing at Fort Irwin Training Center, California. A project of Parsons in Pasadena, Calif. Photographed by Jimmy Greenfield.
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The Santa Fe Civic Center will be a 72,500 square foot public facility located in Santa Fe, N.M. A project of Parsons, Pasadena, Calif., and photographed by Charles Thomsen.
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Mat pour at the Montage project in Beverly Hills, Calif. Work goes on through the night and finishes in time to open the streets by 8am. Photographed by Paul Turang, Turang Photography.
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Mat pour at the Montage project in Beverly Hills, Calif. Work goes on through the night and finishes in time to open the streets by 8am. Photographed by Paul Turang, Turang Photography.
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$149.8 million, diagnostic & treatment center, 4-story atrium, specialized OR suites for open heart surgery and orthopedics, cath labs,
imaging department and site work at St. John’s Health Center., Santa Monica, Calif. A project of MC Industrial independent Co of McCarthy, St. Louis, Mo. Photographed by Mark Katzman.
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Construction management services for a $55.2 million
(construction value) modernization of existing high school and addition of
16 classrooms, Performing Arts facility, central plant and maintenance
building, Huntington High School District., Huntington Beach, Calif. A project of MMcCarthy Building Companies, Inc. St. Louis, Mo. Photographed by Mark Katzman.
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A foreman with Permasteelisa CS installs the glazed-in aluminum
panels at the apex of the atrium of the Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Va. A project of Balfour Beatty Construction., Fairfax, Va. Photographer: Erek Swanson.
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A foreman with Permasteelisa CS installs the glazed-in aluminum
panels at the apex of the atrium of the Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Va. A project of Balfour Beatty Construction., Fairfax, Va. Photographer: Erek Swanson.
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On the morning of September 11, 2007, the Balfour Beatty field
foreman looks down at a Memorial Unit Basin. Each of the 184 victims of the
9/11 Pentagon attack will be represented with a Memorial Unit Basin, at the Pentagon Memorial, Arlington, Virginia. Photographed by Eddie Hidalgo.
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Balfour Beatty Construction concrete crew prepares the Memorial Unit Basin for backfill on the morning of September 11, 2007, at the Pentagon Memorial, Arlington, Virginia. Photographed by Eddie Hidalgo.
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The Memorial Units are precisely aligned and must be constantly monitored by Balfour Beatty Construction surveyors at the Pentagon Memorial, Arlington, Virginia. Photographed by Eddie Hidalgo.
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The 170,000 sf Phase II Expansion of the California Science
Center will feature science museum exhibits, administrative office space and
back-of-house support spaces. The exhibits include living habitats,
interactive museum elements and the World of Ecology. The World of Ecology
is a new pavilion that will feature a 180,000-gallon kelp forest tank,
allowing visitors to experience the beauty beneath the ocean's waves.
A project of Morley Builders, Santa Monica, Calif., and photographed by Gary Krueger.
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The 170,000 sf Phase II Expansion of the California Science
Center will feature science museum exhibits, administrative office space and
back-of-house support spaces. The exhibits include living habitats,
interactive museum elements and the World of Ecology. The World of Ecology
is a new pavilion that will feature a 180,000-gallon kelp forest tank,
allowing visitors to experience the beauty beneath the ocean's waves.
A project of Morley Builders, Santa Monica, Calif., and photographed by Gary Krueger.
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The 170,000 sf Phase II Expansion of the California Science
Center will feature science museum exhibits, administrative office space and
back-of-house support spaces. The exhibits include living habitats,
interactive museum elements and the World of Ecology. The World of Ecology
is a new pavilion that will feature a 180,000-gallon kelp forest tank,
allowing visitors to experience the beauty beneath the ocean's waves. A project of Morley Builders.,Santa Monica, Calif. Photographed by Gary Krueger.
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The 170,000 sf Phase II Expansion of the California Science
Center will feature science museum exhibits, administrative office space and
back-of-house support spaces. The exhibits include living habitats,
interactive museum elements and the World of Ecology. The World of Ecology
is a new pavilion that will feature a 180,000-gallon kelp forest tank,
allowing visitors to experience the beauty beneath the ocean's waves. A project of Morley Builders.,Santa Monica, Calif. Photographed by Gary Krueger.
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Plaza Irvine consists of two, 13-story concrete residential towers that total 460,000 sf. The project features a partially subterranean parking structure for 552 cars. Approximately 43,000 cubic yards of concrete were used to complete the project. a project of Morley Builders, Santa Monica, Calif., and photographed by Gary Krueger.
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Addition of Outpatient and Cancer Center at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro, N.C. A project of BE&K Building Group, Charlotte, N.C., and photographed by Paul Acorn.
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Addition of Outpatient and Cancer Center at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro, N.C. A project of BE&K Building Group, Charlotte, N.C., and photographed by Paul Acorn.
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Addition of Outpatient and Cancer Center at Randolph Hospital, Asheboro, N.C. A project of BE&K Building Group, Charlotte, N.C., and photographed by Paul Acorn.
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This is a photograph of the Encore Parking Structure at the Wynn Las Vegas, Nev. is a project of Pacific Coast Steel, San Diego, Calif., and photographed by Carlos Ramirez.
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This is a photograph of the Encore Parking Structure at the Wynn Las Vegas, Nev. is a project of Pacific Coast Steel, San Diego, Calif., and photographed by Carlos Ramirez.
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This is a photograph of the Encore Parking Structure at the Wynn Las Vegas, Nev. is a project of Pacific Coast Steel, San Diego, Calif., and photographed by Carlos Ramirez.
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This is a photograph of the The Hilton Hotel located in San Diego, Calif. A project of Pacific Coast Steel, San Diego, Calif., and photographed by Carlos Ramirez.
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This is a photograph of the The Hilton Hotel located in San Diego, Calif. A project of Pacific Coast Steel, San Diego, Calif., and photographed by Carlos Ramirez.
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This is a photograph of the The Hilton Hotel located in San Diego, Calif. A project of Pacific Coast Steel, San Diego, Calif., and photographed by Carlos Ramirez.
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This is a night pour at Centerpoint Condominiums, a project of Jones Concrete Construction, LLC, Phoenix, Ariz. Photographed by Larry Erps.
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New Natomas Pump Station located in Sacramento Calif is a project of Pacific Coast Steel, Fairfield, Calif. Photographed by Howard Bennion.
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300 Spear Street is a project Pacific Coast Steel, Fairfield, Calif. Photographed by Howard Bennion.
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This photo submitted by Rebecca Hassell
shows work under way by Choate Construction Co., Atlanta, Ga., is credited to Aerial Innovations of Tennessee. The project is Icon at the Gulch in Nashville, Tenn. where
Project Owner Bristol Development Group
is building an $88.4 million mixed use, condominium, retail and mid-rise residential project. A 21 story condominium tower is surrounded by six levels of retail and mid-rise apartments with a six-level parking deck for 817 cars.
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A 75 million dollar project by Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company of San Francisco, Calif. at Britannia Oyster Point II, South San Francisco, Calif. Photographed by Mick Kotaro Miyake.
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Pressure Washing of One Liberty Plaza Facade-East side of ground zero, New York, N.Y. AHMED H. ZUBAIR. shot the picture while working from an adjacent suspended scaffold hanging from 670 feet above street level!
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Pressure Washing of One Liberty Plaza Facade-East side of ground zero, New York, N.Y. The statue of liberty can be seen in the background. AHMED H. ZUBAIR shot this picture from the suspended scaffold hanging from 670 feet above street level!
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workers are using a quick slab forming system that can be set up and struck quickly leaving the post shores in place, drastically cutting pour cycles at The Grand at Diamond Beach, Wildwood, N.J. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, NY
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Workers are using a quick slab forming system that can be set up and struck quickly leaving the post shores in place, drastically cutting pour cycles at The Grand at Diamond Beach, Wildwood, N.J. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, NY
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Workers are using a quick slab forming system that can be set up and struck quickly leaving the post shores in place, drastically cutting pour cycles at The Grand at Diamond Beach, Wildwood, N.J. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, NY
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This job is using crane lifted platform systems to raise the concrete formwork and finishing platforms at Shea Stadium, N.Y. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, N.Y. Photographed by Joshua Joorabchi.
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This job is using automatic climbing systems(hydraulic driven) to raise the concrete formwork and protection panels at the Ritz Carlton, Philadelphia, Pen. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, N.Y. Photographed by Joshua Joorabchi.
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this job is using automatic climbing systems(hydraulic driven)
to raise the concrete formwork and protection panels at the Ritz Carlton, Philadelphia. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, NY. Photographed by Joshua Joorabchi.
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This job is using automatic climbing systems(hydraulic driven) to raise the concrete formwork and protection panels at the Ritz Carlton, Philadelphia, Pen. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, N.Y. Photographed by Joshua Joorabchi.
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Setting up shoring for Philigry panels at Harrah, Atlantic City, N.J. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, N.Y. Photographed by Joshua Joorabchi.
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Setting up shoring for Philigry panels at Harrah, Atlantic City, N.J. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, N.Y. Photographed by Joshua Joorabchi.
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Setting setting formwork on shear wall at Harrah, Atlantic City, N.J. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, N.Y. Photographed by Joshua Joorabchi.
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Setting setting formwork on shear wall at Harrah, Atlantic City, N.J. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, N.Y. Photographed by Joshua Joorabchi.
Rittenhouse Square
Safety was of high concern on this job, you will notice all the retractable lines in use at 10 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pa. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, N.Y. Photographed by Joshua Joorabchi.
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Safety was of high concern on this job, you will notice all the retractable lines in use at 10 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pa. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, N.Y. Photographed by Joshua Joorabchi.
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took picture while working the Barclay Tower next to Ground Zero, N.Y. A project of PERI Formwork Systems, Inc., Valley Cottage, N.Y. Photographed by Joshua Joorabchi.
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Connecting the newly built recreational center to the existing church by raising a pedestrian bridge over a public road at University United Methodist Church, San Antonio, TX. Photographed by Alan Harmon.
The Legacy
The Legacy is a 72-story condominium building to be located at 60 East Monroe Street in Chicago, Illinois. The project is a mixed-use tower
which will combine rail, academic, residential and 454 parking spaces. A project of The Walsh Group,Chicago, IL and photographed by Joe Martinez Jr.
The Legacy
The Legacy is a 72-story condominium building to be located at 60 East Monroe Street in Chicago, Illinois. The project is a mixed-use tower
which will combine rail, academic, residential and 454 parking spaces. A project of The Walsh Group,Chicago, IL and photographed by Joe Martinez Jr.
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Photo is of the library tower for Central Los Angeles High School #9 (CLAHS#9),Calif., under construction. The library will be a focal point of the campus, with the tower symolizing a "space of knowledge." Photographed by Magnus Stark.
Central Los Angeles High School #9
Photo is of the library tower for Central Los Angeles High School #9 (CLAHS#9),Calif., under construction. The library will be a focal point of the campus, with the tower symolizing a "space of knowledge." Photographed by Magnus Stark.
Central Los Angeles High School #9
Photo is of the library tower for Central Los Angeles High School #9 (CLAHS#9),Calif., under construction. The library will be a focal point of the campus, with the tower symolizing a "space of knowledge." Photographed by Magnus Stark.
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Kimberly Wright, of Balfour Beatty Construction in Plantation, Fla., took this shot as an ironworker walks across a beam, with safety line securely fastened, to get in place for framework to be set during construction of the $101.6 million Office Depot World Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.
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Kimberly Wright, of Balfour Beatty Construction in Plantation, Fla., took this shot of an ironworker as he helped line up crane-lifted framework during construction of the $101.6 million Office Depot World Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.as an ironworker walks across a beam, with safety line securely fastened, to get in place for framework to be set.
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Kimberly Wright, of Balfour Beatty Construction in Plantation, Fla., took this shot as A worker leans out a window-hole in the exterior of the future Office Depot World Headquarters building during construction of the $101.6 million Office Depot World Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.
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Skyward view of a stationary crane in photo by Kimberly Wright, Balfour Beatty Construction, Plantation, Fla. on site of $52.5-million City Place Office Tower building under construction in West Palm Beach, Fla. for Related Companies, L.P.
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Photo by Kimberly Wright, Balfour Beatty Construction, Plantation, Fla.
on site of $52.5-million City Place Office Tower building under construction in West Palm Beach, Fla. for Related Companies, L.P. Photo by Kimberly Wright, Balfour Beatty Construction, Plantation, Fla.
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A worker stands on the building ledge with his torch and trowel, laying tar paper, with the West Palm Beach skyline as his background. Photo by Kimberly Wright, Balfour Beatty Construction, Plantation, Fla. on site of $52.5-million City Place Office Tower building for Related Companies, L.P.
under construction in West Palm Beach, Fla. for Related Companies, L.P.
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David A. Kamila, of Stantec, in Portland, Maine, submitted these shots he took during a project called Katrina Build in the summer of 2007. Hundreds of volunteers participated over a single weekend in the pre-assembly of two single-family homes for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland, and then disassembled them and loaded them on two flatbeds for delivery to Hattisburg, Miss. There, working along with other volunteers, additional donated materials and cash donations, they completed two 3-bedroom homes for two families as part of a nationwide Habitat effort. Project cost was $300,000.
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David A. Kamila, of Stantec, in Portland, Maine, submitted these shots he took during a project called Katrina Build in the summer of 2007. Hundreds of volunteers participated over a single weekend in the pre-assembly of two single-family homes for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland, and then disassembled them and loaded them on two flatbeds for delivery to Hattisburg, Miss. There, working along with other volunteers, additional donated materials and cash donations, they completed two 3-bedroom homes for two families as part of a nationwide Habitat effort. Project cost was $300,000.
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David A. Kamila, of Stantec, in Portland, Maine, submitted these shots he took during a project called Katrina Build in the summer of 2007. Hundreds of volunteers participated over a single weekend in the pre-assembly of two single-family homes for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland, and then disassembled them and loaded them on two flatbeds for delivery to Hattisburg, Miss. There, working along with other volunteers, additional donated materials and cash donations, they completed two 3-bedroom homes for two families as part of a nationwide Habitat effort. Project cost was $300,000.
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The sun setting as another day of work on the Argosy Hotel in
Kansas City, Mo. A project of Walton Construction Company, Kansas City, MO and photographed by Walton
Construction.
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West view of a flying form from The Infinity. A mixed-use
residential project including four towers (8, 9, 36, and 41-stories) located in San Francisco, Calif. A project of Webcor Builders, San Mateo, Calif and photographed by Webcor Builders.
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Aerial view of The Infinity. A mixed-use residential project
including four towers (8, 9, 36, and 41-stories). in San Francisco, Calif. A project of Webcor Builders, San Mateo, Calif and photographed by Steve Proehl.
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View looking west from Millennium Tower., San Francisco, Calif. It is a mixed-use residential project consisting of a 60-story, 645 foot tower and a 12-story amenity building connected by a 3 level podium. A project of Webcor Builders, San Mateo, Calif., and photographed by Bob Hughes.
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Photo looking up from the inside of one of two new clinker
silos located at the Holcim St. Genevieve Cement Plant, St. Genevieve County, Mo., measuring 150-feet in diameter and 205-feet tall. When completed, the two clinker silos will be the largest in the world. A project of VSL, Hanover, Md., and photographed by Justin Anderson.
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This project is an expansion of an existing CCRC 12 story tower located in Falls Church, VA. It is an expansion of an existing CCRC 12 story tower. This Phase I expansion includes a three story Health & Wellness
Center with assisted living, clinic space, and an indoor pool. This shot was taken during the steel erection. Working as a team, this shot shows how the independent members of the steel and erection crew all work together. A project of Advanced Project Management., Chantilly, Va. Photographed by Leah C. Palmer
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This project is an expansion of an existing CCRC 12 story tower located in Falls Church, VA. It is an expansion of an existing CCRC 12 story tower. This Phase I expansion includes a three story Health & Wellness
Center with assisted living, clinic space, and an indoor pool. This shot was taken during the steel erection. The tower crane operator could see the storm coming from his perch, and the job was shut down for the day. A project of Advanced Project Management., Chantilly, Va. Photographed by Leah C. Palmer.
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On top of the cupola located in Grand Rapids, Mi., is an ornate cross that the company sent to the Vatican
to be blessed by Pope John Paul II. We got it back and erected it onto the cupola during a special ceremony. Photographed by Triangle.
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A 70,536 sq. ft. two story Train America Athletic Development building, Lakeville, Minn., has precast concrete walls and precast second floor slab. Longspan trusses allow space for tennis,
basketball and volleyball courts as well as baseball, softball and
gymnastics training. Photographed by Lonnie Anderson, AIA.
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A 70,536 sq. ft. two story Train America Athletic Development building, Lakeville, Minn., has precast concrete walls and precast second floor slab. Longspan trusses allow space for tennis,
basketball and volleyball courts as well as baseball, softball and
gymnastics training. Photographed by Lonnie Anderson, AIA.
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Working at the top of 41 Fifth Ave Restoration, New York City, N.Y. A project of Yates Restoration Group, LTD., Bronx, New York and photographed by Phil DeLorenzo.
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Working at the top of 41 Fifth Ave Restoration, New York City, N.Y. A project of Yates Restoration Group, LTD., Bronx, New York and photographed by Phil DeLorenzo.
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New pier installation at 400 Madison Ave., New York City, N.Y. A project of Yates Restoration Group, LTD., Bronx, New York and photographed by Phil DeLorenzo.
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Working off the bridge at 400 Madison Ave., New York City, N.Y. A project of Yates Restoration Group, LTD., Bronx, New York and photographed by Phil DeLorenzo.
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View from the scaffold looking through small hole in netting at 400 Madison Ave., New York City, N.Y. A project of Yates Restoration Group, LTD., Bronx, New York and photographed by Phil DeLorenzo.
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Providing acces to all areas of work at the Riverside Drive Church, New York City, N.Y. A project of Yates Restoration Group, LTD., Bronx, New York and photographed by Phil DeLorenzo.
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One worker moving Dokamatic Tables using the Table Lifting System at the Renaissance Hotel, Raleigh, N.C. A project of Doka USA, Ltd., Little Ferry, N.J. Photographed by Doka USA, Ltd.
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Pipe installation moving up the tower at Riverside Drive Church, New York City, N.Y. A project of Yates Restoration Group, LTD. Photographed by Phil DeLorenzo.
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Workers laying plywood decking at 400 South The Strand, Oceanside, Calif. A project of Doka USA, Ltd., Little Ferry, N.J. Photographed by Doka USA, Ltd.
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The photo is of some ironworkers welding bridging on the steel
bar joists. What caught my eye was the clear shadow of the two men
mirroring their images onto the wall, but in a somewhat cartoonish
appearance. The project is a new elementary school for Cincinnati Public Schools in Ohio and will be LEED certified. A projec tof Steed Hammond Paul Inc., Cincinnati, Oh. Photographed by Dan Bascom.
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Rigging crew prepairing to hoist Carrier Evergreen Chiller in for Central Plant at EL CAMINO COMM. COLLEGE, TORRANCE California. A project of ACCO Engineered Systems. Photographed by R. Scott Lewis.
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Rigging crew prepairing to hoist Carrier Evergreen Chiller in for Central Plant at EL CAMINO COMM. COLLEGE, TORRANCE California. A project of ACCO Engineered Systems. Photographed by R. Scott Lewis.
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Pipe Fitters finish instalation of 1900 ton Centrifugal Chiller for Cal State University San Bernardino California. A project of ACCO Engineered Systems, Glendale Calif. Photographed by R. Scott Lewis.
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Crane maneuvering Air Conditioning Ductwork along the Nokia Theater Floor, Hand held shot taken from the balcony, Los Angeles, Calif. A project of ACCO Engineered Systems, Glendale Calif. Photographed by R. Scott Lewis.
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Sheet Metal Workers instaling Air Conditioning Ductwork along the Nokia Theater ceiling, Hand held shot taken from the balcony, Los Angeles, Calif. A project of ACCO Engineered Systems, Glendale Calif. Photographed by R. Scott Lewis.
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Cranes repositioning for more Air Conditioning Ductwork
instalation along the Nokia Theater ceiling, Hand held shot taken from the
ground, Los Angeles, Calif. A project of ACCO Engineered Systems, Glendale Calif. Photographed by R. Scott Lewis.
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Complete demolition of dormitories on Cornell Universities, west campus, Ithaca, N.Y. A project of Wexler & Associates., New York, N.Y. Photographed by Daniel Faraone.
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IEH designed a green, zero energy home for
Cape Cod's beautiful beach-front property. This sleek home's shape and form
mimics the topography of the surrounding land while simultaneously taking
advantage of the property's breath taking views. Built by Silvia & Silvia
Custom Builders. Photographed by Ron Silvia, Silvia & Silvia Custom Build.
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Installation of final product rail load-out silos at Kaneka in
Pasadena, TX. Silos were fabricated in Mexico and shipped via truck to the
Pasadena jobsite. A project of Gray Construction, Lexington, Ky. Photographed by Woodallen Photography.
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Installation of final product rail load-out silos at Kaneka in
Pasadena, TX. Silos were fabricated in Mexico and shipped via truck to the
Pasadena jobsite. A project of Gray Construction, Lexington, Ky. Photographed by Woodallen Photography.
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Installation of final product rail load-out silos at Kaneka in
Pasadena, TX. Silos were fabricated in Mexico and shipped via truck to the
Pasadena jobsite. A project of Gray Construction, Lexington, Ky. Photographed by Woodallen Photography.
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Sunrise on deck at the LCO Parking Garage, Buffalo, New York. A project of STS Construction of WNY, Inc.,Buffalo, New York. Photographed by Erik Polkowski.
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Early morning ramp pour. at the LCO Parking Garage, Buffalo, New York. A project of STS Construction of WNY, Inc.,Buffalo, New York. Photographed by Erik Polkowski.
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Royal Palm II at Southpointe represents the
essence of the way we do business. Balfour Beatty has been working with the
Hogan Group for over 16 years and we have completed 10 similar type
projects. This particular facility is a eight-storys, 230,000 SF, Class "A"
office building. It encompasses a 270,000 SF, four-level, 848-car parking
garage with an attached one-story 12,000 SF office and retail area with
associated site development. A project of Balfour Beatty Construction., Plantation, Fl. Photographed by Maggie Zebold.
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Royal Palm II at Southpointe represents the
essence of the way we do business. Balfour Beatty has been working with the
Hogan Group for over 16 years and we have completed 10 similar type
projects. This particular facility is a eight-storys, 230,000 SF, Class "A"
office building. It encompasses a 270,000 SF, four-level, 848-car parking
garage with an attached one-story 12,000 SF office and retail area with
associated site development. A project of Balfour Beatty Construction., Plantation, Fl. Photographed by Maggie Zebold.
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Royal Palm II at Southpointe represents the
essence of the way we do business. Balfour Beatty has been working with the
Hogan Group for over 16 years and we have completed 10 similar type
projects. This particular facility is a eight-storys, 230,000 SF, Class "A"
office building. It encompasses a 270,000 SF, four-level, 848-car parking
garage with an attached one-story 12,000 SF office and retail area with
associated site development. A project of Balfour Beatty Construction., Plantation, Fl. Photographed by Maggie Zebold.
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On deck PT pour at the Waterfront Village Pasquale Tower in Buffalo, New York. A project of STS Construction of WNY, Inc. Photographed by Erik Polkowski.
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Pouring a PT level at the Waterfront Village Pasquale Tower in Buffalo, New York. A project of STS Construction of WNY, Inc. Photographed by Erik Polkowski.
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Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, CHICAGO, Il., limestone facade
cleaning project underway with MARK 1 Restoration building cleaners
water-soaking the Museum's North Portico. Preprations for MSI 75th
Anniversary celebration in 2008. A project of JONES LANG LASALLE, CHICAGO Il. Photographed by M RICHARD KLARICH.
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Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, CHICAGO, Il., limestone facade
cleaning project underway with MARK 1 Restoration building cleaners
water-soaking the Museum's North Portico. Preprations for MSI 75th
Anniversary celebration in 2008. A project of JONES LANG LASALLE, CHICAGO Il. Photographed by M RICHARD KLARICH.
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A 300,000 sf office building located in Covington, Louisiana. A project of Clayco., St. Louis, Mo. Photographed by Curt Costello.
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Casino Queen is a floating gaming facility located in East St. Louis, Il. A project of Clayco, St. Louis, Mo. Photographed by Nathan Cook.
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Chaifetz Arena at Saint Louis University, Mo., is a 10,600-seat basketball Arena. A project by Clayco., St. Louis, Mo. Photographed by Jared Hegeman.
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Chaifetz Arena at Saint Louis University, Mo., is a 10,600-seat basketball Arena. A project by Clayco., St. Louis, Mo. Photographed by Jared Hegeman.
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Wheatherby Construction workers install pre-assembled rebar cages atop the Water Tower, in Atlantic City, NJ. A project of Doka USA, Ltd., Little Ferry, N.J. Photographed by Martin Photography
Inc.
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A beautiful daytime photograph taken by Martin Photography Inc.
of the new Water Club being built adjacent to the Borgata Hotel & Casino in
Atlantic City, NJ. A project of Doka USA, Ltd., Little Ferry, N.J. Photographed by Martin Photography
Inc.
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A beautiful nightime photograph taken by Martin Photography
Inc. of the new Water Club being built adjacent to the Borgata Hotel &
Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. A project of Doka USA, Ltd., Little Ferry, N.J. Photographed by Martin Photography
Inc.
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This is a Residential Mixed Use Building being constructed by Navilus on 8th Ave in New York, N.Y. A project of Doka USA, Ltd., Little Ferry, N.J. Photographed by Diana Wojtaszek.
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50 story mixed use tower located in Buckhead, Atlanta, GA - retail and offices in lower floors, condominiums at 27 and above. A project of Lafarge., Alpharetta, Ga. Photographed by Roy Keck.
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This photo was taken from the active deck of one of the two twin towers at the 500 Brickell, Miami, Fl. It is looking over at the other tower with other existing building in the background. A project of Baker Concrete Construction., Monroe, Oh. Photographed by Matthew Glasshagel.
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This photo was taken from the active deck looking down along
the edge of the Infinity at Brickell located in Miami, Fl. A project of Baker Concrete Construction., Monroe, Oh. Photographed by Matthew Glasshagel.
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This photo depicts the use of a snow tarp being hoisted from the working deck of the project as a concrete pump is set up in the
background located in Snowmass Base Village, Co. In the snowy mountain areas of Colorado snow tarps are an effective way of dealing with the frequent heavy snowfalls. A project of Baker Concrete Construction., Monroe, Oh. Photographed by Matthew Glasshagel.
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Employees going over engineering drawings on site at the Borgata, The Water Club in Atlantic City, N.J. A porject of Doka USA, Ltd. Photographed by Doka USA, Ltd.
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Employees pouring concrete into the formwork at the Motor City Casino, Detroit, MI. A project of Doka USA, Ltd. Photographed by Doka USA, Ltd.
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David Condreay, of Matt Construction, Henderson, Nev. submitted his shot of company crews working on the Paradise Aviation Jet Hangars in Las, a $30 million project for The Molasky Group. The Tilt up construction job is for the erection of structural steel aircraft hangars with class A offices.
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Jackie Loza, of Bovis Lend Lease, Inc., Bethesda, Md., sent her shot from a company project called the Columbia Gateway Office Building, in Columbia, Md. The $12.3 million structure, for Orix Gateway Columbia, LLC, is designed by Stephen Rankin Associates, a Chicago-based architecture firm. The five-story, 110,000-sq ft office building in the Columbia Gateway Business Park is being
developed by ORIX Real Estate Capital of Chicago as a speculative office building. Construction began in December 2006 and is expected to be complete in early 2008.
The steel frame building is clad in composite metal panels and precast concrete of contrasting gray tones. It is designed to complement the neighboring building, which was developed by ORIX for Micros Systems, Inc. in 2000.
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Jackie Loza, of Bovis Lend Lease, Inc., Bethesda, Md., sent her shot from a company project called the Columbia Gateway Office Building, in Columbia, Md. The $12.3 million structure, for Orix Gateway Columbia, LLC, is designed by Stephen Rankin Associates, a Chicago-based architecture firm. The five-story, 110,000-sq ft office building in the Columbia Gateway Business Park is being
developed by ORIX Real Estate Capital of Chicago as a speculative office building. Construction began in December 2006 and is expected to be complete in early 2008.
The steel frame building is clad in composite metal panels and precast concrete of contrasting gray tones. It is designed to complement the neighboring building, which was developed by ORIX for Micros Systems, Inc. in 2000.
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Jackie Loza, of Bovis Lend Lease, Inc., Bethesda, Md., sent her shot from a company project called the Columbia Gateway Office Building, in Columbia, Md. The $12.3 million structure, for Orix Gateway Columbia, LLC, is designed by Stephen Rankin Associates, a Chicago-based architecture firm. The five-story, 110,000-sq ft office building in the Columbia Gateway Business Park is being
developed by ORIX Real Estate Capital of Chicago as a speculative office building. Construction began in December 2006 and is expected to be complete in early 2008.
The steel frame building is clad in composite metal panels and precast concrete of contrasting gray tones. It is designed to complement the neighboring building, which was developed by ORIX for Micros Systems, Inc. in 2000.
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Chris Lanza, of Pompano Masonry Corp.,
Pompano Beach, Fla., submitted this shot by John Lear of UNC-Duke Centennial Hall
in Chapel Hill, N.C. It is part of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's new complex of classrooms and offices.
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Chris Lanza, of Pompano Masonry Corp.,
Pompano Beach, Fla., submitted this shot by John Lear of a two-tower condo on the Atlantic Ocean in Singer Island, Fla.
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Landmark at the Gardens, a three-tower condo by the Gardens mall in a new mixed-development project in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Description:: Submitted by Chris Lanza, of Pompano Masonry Corp. Photo by John Lear.
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Photographer, John Lear caught this view of 1060 Brickell, a two-tower condo on the ever-expanding Brickell Avenue, in downtown Miami. Submitted by Chris Lanza, of Pompano Masonry Corp.
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Mason and Laborer working rooftop during construction at 500 Brickell
in Miami, Fla. Photographer: John Lear. Submitted by Chris Lanza, Pompano Masonry Corp., Pompano Beach, Fla.
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Stem wall construction, journeyman mason (Left) helping mason tender (Right) elevate mud board during construction of the South Florida Evaluation & Treatment Center in Florida City, Fla. Photographer: Americo Cantarella. Submitted by Chris Lanza, Pompano Masonry Corp., Pompano Beach, Fla.
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Stem wall construction, Pompano Masonry Foreman (Right) observing Journeyman Mason (Left) during construction of the South Florida Evaluation & Treatment Center in Florida City, Fla. Photographer: Americo Cantarella. Submitted by Chris Lanza, Pompano Masonry Corp., Pompano Beach, Fla.
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Laborer cutting 8" cmu at 500 Brickell
in Miami, Fla. Photographer: John Lear. Submitted by Chris Lanza, Pompano Masonry Corp., Pompano Beach, Fla.
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Bill boards top sections being erected by crane, 3 trades
workers ,2 on cat walk and one in lift. Bill board located alone the NJTPA
on the NJSEA property in East Rutherford, N.J. A project of Tishman Construction Inc., East Rutherford, N.J. Photographed by Nicholas Manente.
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Truss side section being bolted with crane erecting & workers in
personal lift at the Xanadu Sports Entertainment Complex
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Interior of snow dome 193' high, first sking building in USA, 3 workers on decking but small in scale at the Xanadu Sports Entertainment Complex.
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iron worker tack welding deck with HVAC workers above, iron worker below & stadium in back round at the Xanadu Sports Entertainment Complex.
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A worker sitting atop a steel girder at the 25 story 3 PNC
Plaza in Pittsburgh, PA. A project of Doka USA, Ltd., Little Ferry, N.J. Photograph owned by Doka USA, Ltd.
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The pile caps for this 33 story Hilton San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, Calif., varied in location, size and shape. The main pile cap, which is the base of the tower, is utilizing approximately 13,000 square feet of form face. A project of Doka USA, Ltd.Little Ferry, N.J. Photographed by Daniel Cercone.
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Escala Basement Construction, Seattle, WA - showing basement walls, and
column cage reinforcing steel from bottom of project pit 100 feet below
street level. Photographed by Johnny Kwok - MMFX Technologies.
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Escala, Seattle, WA., Column Concrete Pour showing column cage reinforcing steel with confinement steel - worker placing concrete from bucket shoot 100 feet below street level. Photographed by Johnny Kwok - MMFX Technologies.
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Escala, Seattle, WA., Base Column Concrete Pour 100 ft below street level -
showing concrete column forms with workers directing concrete into place
from concrete bucket shoot.Photographed by Johnny Kwok - MMFX Technologies.
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The New El Paso County Federal Courthouse, valued at
approximately 100 US Million dollars and designed by Antoine Predock, the
renowned AIA Honor Awarded Gold Medalist, will highlight El Paso's skyline
making the building the second tallest structure in El Paso. Texas Far West
COnstruction and Engineering is providing and installing the reinforcing
steel that will support the structure. Photographed by Erika Urias.
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The New El Paso County Federal Courthouse, valued at
approximately 100 US Million dollars and designed by Antoine Predock, the
renowned AIA Honor Awarded Gold Medalist, will highlight El Paso's skyline
making the building the second tallest structure in El Paso. Texas Far West
COnstruction and Engineering is providing and installing the reinforcing
steel that will support the structure. Photographed by Erika Urias.
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The New El Paso County Federal Courthouse, valued at
approximately 100 US Million dollars and designed by Antoine Predock, the
renowned AIA Honor Awarded Gold Medalist, will highlight El Paso's skyline
making the building the second tallest structure in El Paso. Texas Far West
COnstruction and Engineering is providing and installing the reinforcing
steel that will support the structure. Photographed by Erika Urias.
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Office Depot Global Headquarters, Miami, Fl., is 635,000 SF office building will house a multitude of various spaces for the Office Depot operations personnel and executives. A project of Balfour Beatty Construction., Plantation, Fl. Photographed by Lisa Paully.
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Two Midtown, Miami, Fl., is the first of the two residential towers that
Balfour Beatty Construction is constructing. The 850,000 SF, post-tension
concrete structure is 32 stories high with 323 residential units when
construction completes. The tower will contains ground-floor retail space,
high-speed elevators, and a meditation garden and swimming pool overlooking
Biscayne Bay. Photographed by Lisa Paully.
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The University of Texas is expanding the football stadium to
include a new memorial plaza and a new north end zone structure. The new
memorial plaza will feature a bronze tablet honoring Texas World War I
deaths, a monument, landscaping, and a new stadium entry gate. The expansion
of the north end zone will increase seating to over 90,000 and will
include an upper deck, club space, suites, athletic offices, academic
advising areas and a basement with gym space. Agree:: I am not the
photographer of this image but own the rights to its use and by submitting
it to this contest I grant, for no fee, to McGraw-Hill the non-exclusive
rights to use this material in any of McGraw-Hills print and electronic
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The University of Texas is expanding the football stadium to
include a new memorial plaza and a new north end zone structure. The new
memorial plaza will feature a bronze tablet honoring Texas World War I
deaths, a monument, landscaping, and a new stadium entry gate. The expansion
of the north end zone will increase seating to over 90,000 and will
include an upper deck, club space, suites, athletic offices, academic
advising areas and a basement with gym space. Agree:: I am not the
photographer of this image but own the rights to its use and by submitting
it to this contest I grant, for no fee, to McGraw-Hill the non-exclusive
rights to use this material in any of McGraw-Hills print and electronic
publications. Photographer: CALVIN O.
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The University of Texas is expanding the football stadium to
include a new memorial plaza and a new north end zone structure. The new
memorial plaza will feature a bronze tablet honoring Texas World War I
deaths, a monument, landscaping, and a new stadium entry gate. The expansion
of the north end zone will increase seating to over 90,000 and will
include an upper deck, club space, suites, athletic offices, academic
advising areas and a basement with gym space. Agree:: I am not the
photographer of this image but own the rights to its use and by submitting
it to this contest I grant, for no fee, to McGraw-Hill the non-exclusive
rights to use this material in any of McGraw-Hills print and electronic
publications. Photographer: CALVIN O.
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A 3200+ Cubic Yard monolithic floor pour for a 7,400,000 gallon prestressed concrete equalization tank. The pour started at 10 pm to aviod
traffic conjestion and lasted 10.5 hours. The Crom Corporation was a subcontractor under Fru-Con Construction Corporation. The project was located in Arlington County, VA. Photographer:: Stephen Crawford
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The construction crew erects scaffolding and formwork for the concrete structure of the new Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, Il. A project of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago. Photographed by Eric Hornik.
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The construction crew hangs the curtain panels of the new Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, Il. A project of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago. Photographed by Eric Hornik.
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Floor by floor, the concrete structure rises in the sky. At just 16 floors, the new 90-story Trump International Hotel and Tower is already massive to the skyline of Chicago, Il. A project of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago. Photographed by Eric Hornik.
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Casting a precast riser for the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, Arlington, Texas. A project of Heldenfels Enterprises, Inc., San Marcos, Texas. Photographed by Gavin Koepp.
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Casting a precast riser for the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, Arlington, Texas. A project of Heldenfels Enterprises, Inc., San Marcos, Texas. Photographed by Gavin Koepp.
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Out side view of the Dallas Cowboys Stadium looking at the north side from the Wal-mart parking lot on 8/7/2007 in Arlington, Texas. A project of Heldenfels Enterprises, Inc., San Marcos, Texas. Photographed by Gavin Koepp.
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This two tower condo is located on the ever expanding Brickell Avenue right in downtown Miami, Fl. A project of Pompano Masonry Corporation, Pompano Beach, Fl. Photographer: John Lear
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The Lakeview Reservoir and Booster Pump Project includes construction of an 8.0 MG two bay, rectangular, cast-in-place concrete
reservoir and 5,000 gpm booster pump station that are replacing existing
facilities that were constructed in 1960. A project of Parsons., Pasadena, Calif.
Photographer: Jack Shing.
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LAUSD Central Los Angeles High School #9, Los Angeles, Calif. A project of PCL Construction Services, Inc., Glendale, Calif. Photographer:Tom Bicksler, Area Superintendent.
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A $300 million mix use complex at the beautiful water of the
San Juan coast in the Caribbean. Photo by AEROFOTO INTERNACIONAL.
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The Bristol is the most exclusive building in Puerto Rico. This Picture was taken from the open ocean plaza across the street in Condado, Puerto Rico. A project of Planos y Capacetes, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photographed by Wilson Nazario.
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The soaring Cathedral of Christ the Light features a sanctuary
for 1,500 worshipers, a mausoleum, a rectory, office and retail space,
meeting and conference facilities and a 200-car subterranean parking garage.
Webcor worked with the structural engineer to develop a top-down erection sequence for the unique tension supported structure. This approach
called for the erection of the roof prior to the supporting structure, which
allowed the time-consuming architectural ceiling to begin before the
completion of the walls. A project of Webcor Builders, San Mateo, Calif. Photographed by Steven Fruhwirth.
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This is a shot of the canopy ringing the roof of the new
California Academy of Sciences. This canopy contains nearly 60,000 photo
voltaic cells, which will produce over 5 percent of the Academy's annual
energy needs and prevent the release of over 405,000 pounds of greenhouse
gas emissions each year. These photo voltaic cells are clearly visible in
the glass canopy, providing both shade and visual interest for the visitors
below. A project of Webcor Builders, San Mateo, Calif. Photographed by Steven Fruhwirth.
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This is a shot of the signature curving roof of the new
California Academy of Sciences. This part of the roof being worked on in
the foreground stretches over a glass-enclosed rainforest dome inside. The
large dome in the top of the photo streches over a planetarium dome inside.
A project of Webcor Builders, San Mateo, Calif. Photographed by Steven Fruhwirth.
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California Academy of Sciences
Description:: This is a shot of the signature curving roof of the new
California Academy of Sciences. This part of the roof stretches over a
glass-enclosed rainforest dome. The large round skylights will provide
light to the plants and animals inside.
A project of Webcor Builders, San Mateo, Calif. Photographed by Steven Fruhwirth.
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Construction moment is one of the most beautiful scene. A project of Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company, :: San Francisco, Calif. Photographed by Mick Kotaro Miyake.
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Photos are of John Liechty Middle School, which opened its
doors to students in the Pico Union area of Los Angeles this past September.
The facility has a minimized building footprint to provide much green space
in a park-poor area. A project of LAUSD. Photographed by Shannon Haber.
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One worker moving Dokamatic Tables using the Table Lifting System at the Renaissance Hotel, Raleigh, NC. A project of Doka USA, Ltd.
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$101 million, design/build concrete silos for raw meal (blending), clinker and cement storage in Bloomsdale, MO. A project of MC Industrial independent Co of McCarthy, St. Louis, MO. Photographed by Scott Ferguson.
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A worker leans out a window-hole in the exterior of the future Office Depot World Headquarters building, Boca Raton, Florida. A project of Balfour Beatty Construction Plantation, Fla. Photographed by Kimberly Wright.
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Olympic West Parking Structure provides parking for 2,500 cars for L.A. Live Development in downtown Los Angeles, Calif. Approximately 62,000 cubic yards of concrete were placed for this parking structure, which boasts over 1,000,000 sf of parking. A project of Morley Builders. Photographed by Gary Krueger.
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Providing access to all areas of work at Riverside Drive Church, New York City, N.Y. A project of Yates Restoration Group, LTD., Bronx, N.Y. Photographed by Phil DeLorenzo.
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This photo is a reflection of the collaborative efforts of the
Engineer of Record and the Construction Team. The field superintendant,
concrete subcontractor, and field engineer discuss the constructability of
steel braced frames in the basement of the 1.5-million-SF hospital building. A project of Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., Washington, D.C. and photographed by Wayne Stocks, P.E., Vice President.
Don Crossland
Photographer: Don Crossland
Submitter: Amy Villasana, The Weitz Co.
Description: Crossland publishes kontakt, a Phoenix-based architectural design magazine. He sent this image to The Weitz Co., the contractor building 44 Monroe, a 34-story residential high-rise in the center of the picture. The $75-million project is set to wrap in July 2008. “My loft looks at the site,” says Crossland. “Last summer I watched a storm roll in and I grabbed the tripod and started shooting.” Lightning did not really strike the building’s crane, he says: “That was an optical illusion.”
Matthew Glasshagel
Photographer: Matthew Glasshagel, Baker Concrete Construction, Monroe, Ohio
Submitter: Matthew Glasshagel
Description: Glasshagel visited Baker's twin condominium towers site in Miami several times on project review trips from the Ohio home office. "It's a really cool job," he says, noting the downtown, 43-story, 1.5-million-sq-ft structure is a "big footprint." The project used 66,000 cu yd of concrete, 7,000 tons of rebar, 950,000 lb of post tensioning cable and required 390,000 hours of labor. A heavy late-afternoon rainstorm blotted out the sun behind him, lending the picture its flat, odd light. The shot is surprisingly devoid of other tower cranes, considering that with so much development to date, the equipment is considered the city's official bird, he says.
Paul Knapick
Photographer: Paul Knapick, BBL Construction Services, Albany, NY
Submitter: Paul Knapick
Description: While adding a great room to an existing home in Guilderland, N.Y., near Albany, Knapick said he wanted to capture the "creative engineering" involved in turning a two-car garage and connecting breezeway into a wide-open, high-ceilinged living space. The steel and wood framing caught his eye. "Sometime in a picture, everything leads you in one direction," says Knapick, whose images have been selected in past ENR photo contests. "With this shot, your eye can kind of decide where it wants to go."
Terri Meyer Boake
Photographer: Terri Meyer Boake, associate director, School of Architecture, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Submitter: Terri Meyer Boake
Description: Teaching building construction is no textbook case for Terri Meyer Boake, associate director of the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. She brings the field into her classroom through her photos. For an educational CD, Boake documented construction of the Royal Ontario Museum’s Crystals, designed by Daniel Libeskind, from start to stop. To get better access, she even bought a membership to the existing museum, which had viewing windows. This shot was taken from the 18th-floor balcony of a nearby hotel. "I found the [workers] captivating," she says. "Once the building is complete, those images and lessons are forever hidden from view."
Mick Kotaro Miyake
Photographer: Mick Kotaro Miyake, Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co., San Francisco, Calif.
Submitter: Mick Kotaro Miyake
Description: Miyake says his role as San Francisco-based Hathaway Dinwiddie project manager gives him the chance to anticipate moments that can generate great photos, particularly when the lighting is dramatic. Such was the case with this photo taken at dawn of the new Britannia Oyster Point biotechnology research complex in South San Francisco, for which the firm is general contractor. "Those images are my favorites, morning and evening light, very strong contrast," Miyake says. "I spend a ton of time to wait, wait, wait until the moment comes," he says. "People don't understand how long it takes." The judges were impressed by Miyake's eye and timing.
Gary Krueger
Photographer: Gary Krueger, photographer, Los Angeles
Submitter: Jon Sansom, marketing manager, Morley Builders, Santa Monical, Calif.
Description: Gary Krueger, a professional photographer, frequently takes project photos for Santa Monica, Calif.-based Morley Builders. The firm asked Krueger to document a continuous concrete pour on the $100 million California Science Center expansion in Los Angeles that started around 3 or 4 A.M. Krueger says he likes to take pictures at twilight, but he shot this photo at the opposite end of the day with similar effect. just before the sun came up. "When you shoot things at twilight, you've got that half hour [where] you've really have this great sky...It gets to be very pretty."
Steven Fruhwirth
Photographer: Steven Fruhwirth, marketing manager, Webcor Builders, San Mateo, Calif.
Submitter: Steven Fruhwirth
Description: As a marketing manager for San Mateo, Calif.-based Webcor Builders, Steven Fruhwirth routinely takes photos for his firm. Shooting this image of the domed roof atop the new California Academy of Sciences building in San Francisco, completed in fall 2007, required him to climb onto a 100-ft-tall tower crane. The innovative structure includes skylights that provide light for plants and animals living in a manmade rainforest inside. The black covering between skylights is substrate for plants and grasses that will foster the building's new green roof. The location of workers on the side of the dome makes the photo interesting, says Fruhwirth. "You get a sense of the scale of the project," he says.
Larry Erps
Photographer: Larry Erps
Submitter: Peter Bromley, Jones Concrete Construction LLC
Description: Erps, project manager for Ceco Concrete Construction, the formwork contractor on the Centerpoint condo project in Tempe, Ariz., shot the 3 a.m. deck placement last fall. Tempe is home of Arizona State University and there are a number of popular bars near the jobsite. "They close at 2 a.m.," says Erps, "and after an hour the trucks can use the parking lots." He also videotapes each pour. Like a football coach, “I watch game films, looking for efficiency.”
Kimberly Wright
Photographer: Kimberly Wright, graphic designer, Balfour Beatty Construction, Plantation Fla.
Submitter: Kimberly Wright
Description: Wright, a graphic designer with Balfour Beatty, took this shot of a ladder in a shaftway at the City Place Office Tower in West Palm Beach, Fla. one day while looking for advertising and project profile images, which can call for just about anything. "It's always hard to find good construction shots, so the senior graphic designer and I often go to sites," Wright says. Wandering, they came across a ladder. "Someone had just stored it there and I liked the contrast in colors," she says. Maybe we will see this ladder in the Annual Report.
Art Harvey
Photographer: Art Harvey, field engineer, CMC Construction, Miami, Fla.
Submitter: Desiree Cuenca, project manager, CMC
Description: Harvey, an avid amateur photographer, uses his knowledge of CMC operations to anticipate good shoots. He captured this one as a team lowered a 30-ft section of 16-in.-dia condensing water return riser through several floors on the EPIC Miami Hotel and Residences in downtown Miami. “They do this every fourth or fifth floor,” he says. Harvey’s images are often hung in the company office or submitted with progress payment estimates, but he notes that taking construction photos is mostly just plain fun.
Daniel Faraone
Photographer: Daniel Faraone, Engineering Intern, Wexler & Associates, New York, NY
Submitter: Daniel Faraone
Description: While still living on campus at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., Faraone, who is now co-oping with Wexler, took this shot of demolition of the Noyes Center Dining Hall. The work is part of a campus-wide program to create a new residential college housing system. Faraone saw this moment in history while walking back from class. The sight of the machine striking a second-story wall from its perch on a pile of rebar and concrete stopped him in his tracks. "I witnessed the gradual destruction of ‘my’ Cornell University to make way for the new students arriving in the years to come," he says.
Matthew J. Makes
Photographer: Matthew J. Makes, package manager, cladding, Turner Construction Co., Dubai office
Submitter: Matthew J. Makes
Description: On a foggy November morning in Dubai, visibility was one or two car lengths as Matthew J. Makes drove to his job on the future world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai. On the way up the tower's hoist, the view improved. "By the time we reached the 81st floor, the clouds were about 40 levels below us," says Makes, curtain wall manager for Turner International. "I had my camera with me at the time and was able to get a few shots 'above the clouds,'" he says. The eerie view is of the skyline along Sheik Zayed Road, Dubai's main street.
David Cox
Photographer: David Cox, DPR Construction Inc., San Diego, Calif.
Submitter: David Cox
Description: "There's not enough time to take all the pictures...there are so many scenic things happening out there every day," says David Cox, a superintendent with contractor DPR. He says he loves his digital camera that date-stamps every shot and allows him to create a visual diary of multiple images to reference later. Cox says he also uses his camera to observe other contractors' jobsites, such as this one near San Francisco, to observe and analyze equipment setups and approaches. At this site, Cox noticed an unusual crane erecting a tower crane, an image he chose to capture. "There was this little man up there directing this huge piece of iron," he says.
R. Scott Lewis
Photographer: R. Scott Lewis, ACCO Engineered Systems, Glendale, Calif.
Submitter: R. Scott Lewis
Description: Scott Lewis had been writing submittals and owners' manuals for 11 years with ACCO Engineered Systems, a mechanical-electrical-plumbing contractor in Glendale, Calif., when his boss realized his photography skills. He still writes, but for the last four years, Lewis has been turned loose with his camera. "I like the thrill of it," he says. "Every shot is different and I can carve out the light. For me, it is a different world." Lewis snapped this shot of company workers finishing installation of a 1900-ton centrifugal chiller at California State University, San Bernardino, and says it is just the kind of photo that allows all of his co-workers to realize the construction industry's dimension. "The office workers don't see this part of what we do," Lewis says. "This brings it home."
Joshua Weingram
Photographer: Joshua Weingram, project manager, Dranoff Properties, Philadelphia
Submitter: Joshua Weingram
Description: Joshua Weingram, a construction project manager for Philadelphia-based developer Dranoff Properties, was walking through a unit of a new $125-million condominium and performing arts building under construction in the city's downtown when he noticed two ironworkers outside dismantling a tower crane. Already armed with a camera, he quickly leaned out the window to capture the image. "I couldn't resist," he says. "It was the closest I could get to seeing the workers' perspective as they dangled over one of the major streets of Philadelphia."
Edward Bloom
Photographer: Edward Bloom, Thornton Tomasetti, New York City
Submitter: Edward Bloom
Description: As curtain-wall consultant on the $350-million Federation Tower in Moscow, Thornton Tomasetti associate Ed Bloom has documented progress for more 18 months. The project consists of two towers of 85 and 53 stories with a central elevator spire reaching 430 meters high. It will be the tallest building in Europe when completed in 2010. Towers connect to the elevator spire by skybridges and are clad in unitized curtain-wall panels made in China. Thornton Tomasetti is structural engineer and curtain-wall consultant. Here, Bloom uses a Minolta Z2 camera to capture workers handling curtain-wall segments being lifted to position.
Joseph Blum
Photographer: Joseph Blum, People & Work Photography, San Francisco
Submitter: Joseph Blum
Description: Blum is an accomplished photographer who takes delight in cool construction work. "I thought this project was really great," he says of the $429-million California Academy of Science building under construction in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. "There was something about the triangular shapes and how they had to spin them into place—and the thing was being lowered with an overhead crane they were coordinating with an operator you can't see."
Wayne Stocks
Photographer: Wayne Stocks, vice president, Thornton Tomasetti Inc., New York City
Submitter: Maya Cotton, Thornton Tomasetti Inc.
Description: On the site of a new 15-story tower for the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, shafts are drilled to stable material and filled with concrete, for a solid foundation. The first pour had already been done on this 9.5-ft-dia., 10-ft-deep shaft. The corrugated lining creates a slightly hypnotic visual effect, in addition to serving as the framework for the caisson cap. "We normally take site photos of cracks or bolts," says Stocks, "but I thought this one looked kind of cool. A lot of what we do gets covered up and is never seen again, so photos allow us to have a record."
Larry G. Morris
Photographer: Larry G. Morris, Henry Bros. Co.
Submitter: Larry G. Morris
Description: Photographer Larry G. Morris calls this shot "frosty morning on site." He is corporate photographer at Henry Bros. Co., a medium-sized, 85-year-old general contractor and construction management firm in Hickory Hills, Ill., near Chicago. The company specializes in schools construction and uses photography extensively to track projects and build portfolios to obtain new work. "Anytime I go out on a site I usually shoot 100 plus--and I am out several times a week," Morris says. On this early winter morning, he says his photographer's eye focused on this composition and he shot many frames of it. "It was impressive," says Morris. "You see something like that and you just know."
Jessie Delgado
Photographer: Jessie Delgado, project engineer, BE&K, Birmingham, Ala.
Submitter: Jessie Delgado
Description: Jessie Delgado, a project engineer with Birmingham, Ala.-based BE&K, loves to take pictures of projects he is working on, sometimes shooting 60 or 70 photos in a session. Delgado says he saw this worker at a jobsite on the grounds of the former Lorton correctional facility in Lorton, Va. and knew he had to capture the moment. "Every once in a while you get that one picture," he says. "It was the perfect angle of the sun, and he looked like he was working very hard." BE&K is converting buildings on the Lorton site into studios and galleries for working artists.
Eddie Hidalgo
Photographer: Eddie Hidalgo, senior project engineer, Balfour Beatty Construction, Fairfax, Va.
Submitter: Ashley McCarron, Balfour Beatty
Description: Eddie Hidalgo came to the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. on Sept. 11, 2007 to take progress shots of Balfour Beatty's project to build a memorial to the 184 people who died there six years before in the 9/11 terror attack. The event is commemorated each year with an illuminated flag draped from the building. The $33-million memorial, scheduled for completion in September 2008, will feature 184 basins in a larger reflecting pool to recognize each of the victims. Hidalgo, who noticed this foreman lost in thought, believes it is a poignant image of the day
Rick Kariolic
Photographer: Rick Kariolic, The Durst Organization, New York, NY
Submitter: Rick Kariolic
Description: Kariolic captures archival shots for Durst, the project owner. He found this group of workers on the 48th floor of the 56-story Bank of America tower in New York City as they were shaking out their first load of the day. The early light and the storied Manhattan skyline gives power to the scene. “It was not quite 7 a.m. and the sun wasn’t even coming off the horizon,” he says. “There was something about the colors and the shadows that stood out.” Not being able to see faces adds an additional layer of strength and mystery.
Justin Anderson
Photographer: Justin Anderson, project engineer, Rafn Co., Bellevue, Wash.
Submitter: Jennifer O'Rear, Rafn Co.
Description: Against a foreboding Seattle sky, castellated steel beams are lifted in by crane as the four-story Terry and Thomas office building tops out in a vision of metal and cloud. Project engineer Justin Anderson caught the moment on film as some of the last few beams were brought in. General contractor Rafn Co., Bellevue, Wash., began taking photos of the building's steel erection because "we were putting up all this steel, and realized we didn't have any good photos of the work being done," says Anderson. The castellated steel beams are used throughout the building's frame in an effort to reduce weight and materials, and to be more eco-friendly.