PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Skanska wins contract to
build new engineering
facility at Duke campus in
Durham Tower at Mutual Plaza after it is rede-
veloped. The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro (UNC Greensboro) has
broken ground on its new Nursing
and Instructional Building.
Skanska has signed a contract
with Duke University to build a new
engineering building at its Durham
campus. The $85-million contract calls for
the construction of a 14,000-sq. m.
new engineering structure to house
education, research and entrepre-
neurship initiatives at the Pratt
School of Engineering.
The building site is located on Re-
search Drive near the Fitzpatrick Cen-
ter for Interdisciplinary Engineering,
Medicine & Applied Sciences and
next to Bostock Library.
In a statement, Duke University
said that the new building will ex-
pand engineering student program-
ming space by nearly 50 percent,
with two floors for active-learning
teaching and design spaces; special-
ized educational centers focused on
entrepreneurship and energy, engi-
neering and environment; and a
Learning Commons dedicated to nur-
turing teaching excellence and the
student experience.
The project is expected to be
completed in November 2020.
New South Ventures plans
to redevelop 14-story
building in Durham
Durham-based New South Ven-
tures plans to redevelop the NC Mu-
tual Building, an 183,000-sq.-ft. office
building in downtown Durham, Re-
Business Online reports.
The 14-story tower — originally
constructed in 1965 — at 411 W.
Chapel Hill St. will be renamed The
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UNC Greensboro breaks
ground on $105M facility
Planned renovations include
16,000 sq. ft. of newly-constructed
space on the first floor and a new
mezzanine; a remodeled and ex-
panded lobby with a glass curtain
wall and revolving doors; stone floor-
ing and wrapped columns; LED light-
ing; grab-and-go coffee and
concessions; exterior façade restora-
tion; skylights in the concourse and
lower level; and the addition of new
conference rooms, a fitness center,
tenant storage rentals and indoor
bike parking. In addition, the devel-
oper plans to add 15,000 sq. ft. of
shared office and co-working space.
No construction timeline has been
disclosed yet.
N.C. A&T State University
plans to build five-story
residence hall
The North Carolina A&T State Uni-
versity has unveiled plans to build a
new five-story residence hall, the
Greensboro News & Record has re-
ported. The $32-million project calls for
construction of a new 440-bed resi-
dence hall near the oldest part of its
campus. Andrew Perkins, A&T’s as-
sociate vice chancellor for facilities,
said the five-story dorm will have an
interior courtyard, common areas for
students to gather and ground-floor
retail spaces.
The dorm will be built on Bluford
St., across from Harrison Auditorium
that dates to 1939.
Construction is scheduled to start
in December, with completion ex-
pected by the end of 2019.
The 180,000-sq.-ft. facility re-
ceived funding from the Connect NC
Bond, which was passed by North
Carolina voters in the spring of 2016.
The $105-million building will house
39 labs, 14 classrooms, nine re-
search suites and a community en-
gagement center.
The School of Nursing, currently
located in four buildings, will occupy
approximately 50 percent of the
building. In addition to providing
more space for the School of Nurs-
ing, the facility will provide teaching
and flexible laboratory research
space for the School of Health and
Human Sciences and the Depart-
ments of Biology and Chemistry, as
well as classroom space.
The Nursing and Instructional
Building will be located on the for-
mer site of the McIver Building,
which was demolished earlier this
month. The project is slated to open
in the summer of 2020.
Columbus County
commissioners approve
$18 million school
construction plans
The Columbus County Board of
Commissioners has approved
Whiteville City Schools’ request to
apply for a state grant for construc-
tion of Whiteville High School.
The school system hired LS3P ar-
chitect firm to design the project.
The layout includes starting 60,000
sq. ft. of new construction and
PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
10,000 sq. ft. of renovations at the
high school, according to a report
from WECT.
Phase 1 includes a new cafeteria,
new classrooms, a visual arts facility,
two health science rooms and a culi-
nary arts venue. Phase 2 will add
more buildings as they are needed,
according to Whiteville City Schools
superintendent Kenny Garland. It will
also add vocational facilities, and in-
clude renovations to the media cen-
ter and science lab. The weight
room will be torn down to add a new
gym. The project will cost about $18
million and is set to start later this
year. “When we looked at developing a
plan for the current campus of
Whiteville High, school safety was
the top priority, and it is even more
so after the incident that occurred at
Parkland in February," Garland was
quoted as saying. "We have taken
into consideration various resources
that we currently have on that cam-
pus, the buildings that we will be
able to utilize, and the buildings that
we will not be able to utilize, and
what we’re trying to do is to bring
connectivity to the campus of
Whiteville High School.”
KURZ, which focuses on hot
stamping and coating technology,
will build its North American head-
quarters in Huntersville, while Yoko-
hama Tire will build a research and
development facility in Cornelius.
The company will invest $18 million
in its new facility and the company
will hire 90 people by 2022.
Meanwhile, Yokohama Tire, which
is a subsidiary of Japan-based Yoko-
hama Rubber, plans to invest $5.85
million in its new facility and hire 56
people. 10 airports to receive
$12.2M for upgrades
The North Carolina Board of
Transportation has approved a total
of $12.2 million in state and federal
funding for 10 airports.
The Ashe County Airport will get
$350,000 to acquire land and exist-
ing hangars, while the Kinston Re-
gional Jetport at Stallings Field will
get $2 million for terminal building
repairs. The Mount Airy-Surry County Air-
port is set to receive $480,000 for
design and preliminary engineering
on a new apron and new hangars,
and the Odell Williamson Municipal
Airport (Ocean Isle Beach) will get
$1.20 million for land acquisition, in-
cluding rights-of-way and utilities,
and preliminary engineering on an
expanded runway protection zone.
Meanwhile, $500,000 will go to
the Piedmont-Triad International Air-
port for a taxiway over future I-73,
$3.80 million to the Plymouth Munic-
ipal Airport for construction of a par-
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Two new construction
project are coming to
Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg County is getting
ready for the start of two new con-
struction projects by two interna-
tional companies.
Germany’s KURZ and Japan’s
Yokohama Tire have announced
plans to open new high-tech related
facilities in Mecklenburg County, cre-
ating as many as 146 new jobs, ac-
cording to WRAL TechWire.
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