UPS delivers more than packages ahead of schedule, such as its new sorting facility.
By Chris Kelsch
In picking someone to oversee the expansion of its Centennial Hub packaging center in Louisville, Ky., it’s easy to see why UPS chose Jim Zimmer, its in-house project engineer. “I think like a UPS employee,” Zimmer explains. “When I’m working on the facility, I’m thinking about how a UPS employee would use it.”
Zimmer has considerable experience working on construction projects for UPS. He oversaw the $400 million UPS Worldport expansion in 2006, among other projects. The Centennial Hub expansion ranks right up there with UPS’s most ambitious.
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Surface Tech brings the future of asphalt and concrete to today's applications.
Contractors and design engineers want concrete and asphalt applications that can withstand heavy loads and harsh environmental conditions. Various products have attempted to improve the durability and service life of asphalt and concrete, but reliability and scalability have had mixed results. Until now.
Surface Tech approached these challenges utilizing scientific research and development methods and has succeeded in bringing effective 
technologies to the construction marketplace.
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Lockheed Martin teamed up again with Hensel Phelps to build its new Gateway Center.
By Alan Dorich, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
As an employee-owned company, Hensel Phelps’ workers make sure its clients’ projects are built with care. “Everyone has an extremely large amount of pride in what they do on this project,” Project Manager David Brooke says. “We have a true sense of ownership in completion of these projects.”
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Rybak Development’s projects go beyond ‘standard, cookie-cutter buildings.’
By Alan Dorich
Many companies have complex operations, but Rybak Development thrives by keeping things lean and simple. This has paid off for the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based real estate and construction company, owner and Principal Sergey Rybak says.
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Hensel Phelps Construction plans to arrive on time with the Austin Bergstrom International Airport expansion.
By Kat Zeman
One of the largest general contractors and construction managers in the United States, Hensel Phelps Construction is about midway through a $350 million expansion project at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas.
The mammoth project, that broke ground in 2015, is targeting completion in 2019. Hensel Phelps is handling the construction portion of the project that amounts to roughly $276 million. The project’s highlights include new contact gates, an expanded airfield for jet parking, apron pavement expansions and more concession space for shops and restaurants.
“I think it’s going to be a great project for the city of Austin,” Project Manager Joe Sanders says. “It’s a great design that builds on the city’s character.” The expansion is expected to boost Austin-Bergstrom’s capacity by 27 to 30 percent.
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McCormick Construction will bring more housing to Burbank, Calif., next year with the completion of Talaria at Burbank.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers
McCormick Construction is the general contractor for the development of Talaria at Burbank, a premium residential rental community located in the heart of Burbank, Calif. “It is right in the middle of the Media District so since much of the workforce commutes into Burbank, it has gotten a lot of visibility and interest,” President and CEO Mike McCormick says.
Set to open in the first quarter 2018, McCormick Construction says Talaria at Burbank’s future residents will likely consist of people who currently commute into Burbank for work. The Burbank Studios, iHeart Media and Warner Bros. Studios are all a stone’s throw from Talaria at Burbank. The community is also a short distance from The Walt Disney Co. and Universal Studios.
McCormick Construction is a Burbank-based construction and consulting company with more than 100 years of experience in the industry. “We were founded in 1914 and my brother, Steve, and I are the fourth-generation to run the business,” McCormick says. “I think the biggest differentiator for us is that we are a high-touch builder. It’s all about the client relationship and responsiveness.”
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William A. Randolph is using cold formed steel panelized construction to boost quality and construction speed on the Hyatt Place Hotel and Apartment Buildings.
By Alan Dorich
William A. Randolph Inc. is a National Commercial builder with 60 years in Business. Randolph has developed the expertise to build projects such as the Hyatt Place in Royal Oak, Mich., using leading edge construction methods that meet its customer’s requirements. The company’s experience helped it determine that the best approach for these buildings was panelized construction.
“We believe it’s more cost effective than a precast structure and masonry and hollow core plank,” Project Manager Peter Farquhar says. “It’s the optimal structure that provides quality and economics for this type of building product... and have become leaders in this field.”
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John Moriarty and Associates lands the development deal of a lifetime that will include the Boston Celtics as tenants.
By Kat Zeman
Boston has a new neighborhood on the horizon. Poised on the Mass Pike and easily accessible from anywhere in the city, the mixed-use 15-acre development will soon be the new home of an apartment complex and a variety of commercial businesses, sports venues and a hotel.
Welcome to Boston Landing. It’s already the new home of the Boston Bruins hockey team and the Boston Celtics basketball team’s practice facility will follow soon. The mammoth development, which has been baptized as the revitalization of Boston’s Brighton neighborhood, is the brainchild of New Balance Chairman Jim Davis.
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