(Jul 2010) Hensel Phelps has been awarded the North Mainside Infrastructure Expansion project located at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in Twentynine Palms, California. The work under this contract is for the design and construction of all associated infrastructure and utilities adjacent to the Mainside area of MCAGCC Twentynine Palms and includes major earthwork, water utilities, sewer utilities, electrical utilities, gas utilities, high temperature/hot water system, chilled water system, storm drainage utilities, and communication infrastructure.

(Jul 2010) On June 11, the Pennsylvania Department of General Services awarded Hensel Phelps its first project for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The 2,000-bed New Correctional Facility for SCI Benner is a 562,000 SF medium security prison comprised of 30 separate one- and two-story precast buildings. Individual buildings include administration, security, health service, dietary services, maintenance shops, industrial laundry, chapel/treatment, learning resources, inmate activities/recreation, guard stations, field houses, warehouse, sallyports, central plant, 10 housing units, and transportation hub. The project also includes a large site work and site improvements scope.

(Jul 2010) Hensel Phelps has won three additional Safety Through Exemplary Performance (STEP) Silver Awards for the following University of Texas (UT) projects: UT Arlington Engineering Research Complex (ERC), Health Science Center (HSC) Houston Dental Branch Building, and UT Austin DKR Texas Memorial Stadium Maintenance and Renovation project (MRP). This is the fourth UT STEP Silver award for the HSC Dental Branch Building, and the second UT STEP Silver award for both the UT Arlington ERC and UT Austin MRP projects – bringing the total number to 15 STEP awards for Hensel Phelps! The STEP Silver awards recognize projects that have demonstrated outstanding safety performance by meeting the requirements of rigorous criteria during a six-month period.

(Jul 2010) The University of Arizona on behalf of the Arizona Cancer Center has awarded design-build services to the Hensel Phelps / ZGF Architects team for the design and construction of a new building for the Arizona Cancer Center on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus in Phoenix, Arizona. The Arizona Cancer Center will be approximately 249,000 GSF and will house medical offices and cancer treatment clinics.

(Jul 2010) Hensel Phelps was awarded the Military Medical Emergency Simulation Training Suites Tenant Improvement project located on the Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Medical Campus in Scottsdale, Arizona. Planned to open later this year, the Scottsdale Healthcare Military Training Center will house a high-tech teaching facility with human patient simulators and six emergency/disaster simulation training rooms. The center will expand and enhance capabilities of the hospital's existing training program.

(Jul 2010) Hensel Phelps’ Southeast District Office Building has been certified LEED Gold in the LEED for Commercial Interiors 2.0 program. Among the items that led to the LEED Gold certification are energy-saving features such as natural light sensors; occupancy sensors; low-flow water closets, faucets, and shower heads; and Energy Star-rated appliances. Approximately 95% of the construction waste was diverted from landfills and recycled.

(Jul 2010) More than two years after completion of the Fort Carson Brigade and Battalion headquarters project in Colorado, the building continues to receive awards. In June, notification was received that the project received the top award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Engineers’ Design and Environmental Awards Program. Judged against other projects completed in the past four years by an interdisciplinary jury of design professionals comprised of architects, interior designers, civil engineers, environmental engineers, and landscape architects, the judging criteria for the projects included functional quality, leadership and innovation, environmental sustainability, cost effectiveness, and aesthetic quality.

Since 1965 when the Chief of Engineers’ awards program was implemented, 524 awards have been given out. This year, the Fort Carson Brigade and Battalion Headquarters was one of only seven projects across the country to be recognized.

(Jul 2010) Congratulations are due to the entire project team at the Fort Bliss Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) Hangars, Task Order #2 project for being the recipient of the Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Mega Contractor Local Award under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2010 fiscal year “Operation Reward Safety” program.

(Jul 2010) Prior to the completion of the foundation package, Hensel Phelps was awarded the next phase of the GPS III project — the Lockheed Martin GPS III Production Facility – Phase III – Building Package. This new phase consists of the construction of a new addition (on the foundations that were just completed) that will house the TVAC and anechoic testing chambers, and convert the existing high bay into a clean room where the new GPS III satellites will be built. The Phase III work has a targeted completion date of October, 2011.

(Jun 2010) From quality, to safety, to exceptional support of our Nation’s Defense, Hensel Phelps has recently been the proud recipient of:

• the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) Western Pacific Region’s Award of Merit for the UC Irvine Humanities Gateway project in Irvine, California. Having demonstrated the successful application of design-build principles, the iconic building that is the new foundation of the Humanities Department was honored for the advanced and innovative application of total integrated project delivery and finding unique solutions for the project challenges.
• the McGraw-Hill Mountain States Construction magazine’s Top 2010 Project Overall of all Colorado and Wyoming projects and the Top Government / Public Building Project in the region for the Denver Justice Center in Denver, Colorado. The Denver Justice Center is comprised of a detention center and a separate courthouse building, two independently designed monumental structures facing each other across a landscaped (and tunneled) plaza.
• the “Pro Patria Award” from the Virginia Committee of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. This is the highest award presented by the ESGR in the State of Virginia to the one employer in the State that has provided the most exceptional support of our national defense through leadership practices and personnel policies to sustain its employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve.
• the prestigious One Million Hour Award without a lost time accident for the Fort Bliss Brigade Combat Team (BCT) #1, #2, #3 Barracks project. The design-build barracks projects span approximately 1.7 million SF in El Paso, Texas. BCT #1 broke ground in February 2007, and BCT #3 is approaching substantial completion this December.
• the DBIA Western Pacific Chapter Regional Design-Build Award for Public Sector Buildings over $15 million for the San Joaquin County Administration Building in Stockton, California. The six-level, 250,000 SF office building was designed and built in collaboration with long-time design partner Fentress Architects, and was recognized for its teamwork, contracting approach, safety, design, quality, schedule adherence, and cost management.

(Jun 2010) Officially breaking ground on California’s new Veterans Home in Fresno, California on May 19th, the Hensel Phelps design-build team will transform a vacant 27-acre site surrounded by farmland into five premiere communities for veteran housing, an impressive and welcoming central services building, and a central plant. Upon completion in 2012, this facility will be the region’s first state veterans home and will serve an estimated 300,000 veterans who live in central California. It also will allow local veterans to stay closer to their families, as the nearest veterans home is currently almost four hours from Fresno. The new home is targeted to achieve LEED Silver rating for New Construction from the U.S. Green Building Council, meeting energy and environmental goals set by California Governor Schwarzenegger.

(Jun 2010) On May 11, Hensel Phelps was given Notice to Proceed on the Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control Hangars at Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, New Mexico. Hensel Phelps is teaming up with architect Michael Baker Jr. Inc. to deliver the design-build project to the US Army Corps of Engineers for two separate hangars for the Air Force’s Special Operation Forces’ C-130 airplanes. The Fuel Cell hangar will be approximately 32,000 SF, while the Corrosion Control hangar will be 58,000 SF. The project is targeting a LEED Silver 2.2 rating and is scheduled for completion in February 2012.

(May 2010) Recently awarded to Hensel Phelps, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Jennie Sealy Hospital Replacement project will have a significant economic impact on the rebirth of Galveston after Hurricane Ike (September 2008) delivered its fiercest storm surge since the 1900s – a devastating blow to the entire island. Hurricane Ike left behind millions of people and their businesses without power for months.

The hospital replacement project will respond to the urgent need to revitalize healthcare technology on the island, and through strict mitigation measures, will protect the hospital from another catastrophic hurricane or similar event. The hospital includes 464,000 SF of new surgical suites, surgical intensive care units, and clinical support services, along with 60,000 SF of renovation space and connections to the existing hospital.

(May 2010) Notice to Proceed was received on April 5th for the Samaritan Medical Center Office Building and Parking Structure project located in San Jose, California. The contract includes the construction of two major components. The first is a four-story, 75,000 SF medical office building, which Hensel Phelps is currently contracted to build as a core and shell structure. The building is comprised of a structural steel superstructure with a combination of curtain wall and architectural precast façade. The second component is a five-level, 276-stall parking structure, which is an extension of an existing parking structure, featuring a cast-in-place superstructure with post-tensioned reinforcement. The parking structure is clad with an architectural precast façade and has a curtain wall enclosed elevator.

(May 2010) Spring Condominiums in Austin, Texas, a project successfully completed by Hensel Phelps in 2009, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Building Awards for the Residential/Multi-family (All Dollar Amounts) category, given by The TEXO Construction Association (created from the consolidation of the ABC North Texas Chapter and the AGC North/East Chapter {QUOIN}).

The 44-story condominium tower rises to a height of 428 feet. The 251-unit high-rise is Austin’s first “point tower” – a design concept that creates a tremendous amount of space efficiency and panoramic views. This modern and sophisticated residential tower has created an added glow and energy to Austin’s downtown skyline. Building lot line to lot line, the slender design of the contemporary tower boasts HVAC ducts embedded inside 7 ½“ thick post-tension slabs — with no interior columns.