Market Specific

02 Mar 10

Sacramento’s School of Engineering and Sciences Opens for Winter Term

Regent Development and McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. have completed the Sacramento City Unified School District’s (SCUSD) new campus for the School of Engineering and Sciences, which opened to students in January 2010 for the winter term. The five-building, 39,681-square-foot campus on Havenside/Gloria Drive near Florin Road replaces the temporary campus and will house up to 500 students, grades 7-12. WLC Architects designed the campus.

“This project represented a true collaborative effort, and the end result is an innovative campus, which incorporated cutting edge technology to emphasize the technical science and engineering curriculum offered by the school,” said Mark Radell, McCarthy’s project director. “It is gratifying to be a part of a project that will foster an optimal learning environment for years to come.”

Posted in Education (K-12), Market Specific, Office Specific, Press Releases, Sacramento Email

02 Feb 10

Southwest Contractor Magazine Announces “2009 Best of Nevada” Award Winners

Southwest Contractor, a leading construction industry publication, recently announced the winners of its Best of 2009 Awards for Nevada. The annual competition recognizes construction and design excellence in separate award ceremonies for Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.

Entries were reviewed by an independent jury comprised of design and construction professionals in this year’s Nevada competition. After carefully scoring each project and engaging in intense discussion, the jury arrived at 19 winning projects in a variety of categories. McCarthy came away with two big awards in the Civil/Public Works and Engineering Design, and K-12 Education categories.

“The judges considered a variety of criteria for each project, from teamwork and safety to innovation and aesthetics,” says Scott Blair, senior editor of Southwest Contractor. “Several close contests were decided by which project provided the greatest social or economic benefit to the community.”

“What an incredible honor it is to receive not one, but two project awards,” said Randy Highland, president of McCarthy’s Nevada/Utah Division. “Collaboration and teamwork were the keys to success on both of these projects and the awards serve as further emphasis that when we focus on communication and collaboration our potential in this challenging market is unlimited.”

Posted in Awards & Recognition, Education (K-12), Heavy/Civil/Transportation, Las Vegas, Office Specific, Press Releases Email

27 Jan 10

Milestone Reached on New Westminster Police Department Headquarters

McCarthy, in partnership with Griffin Structures, recently topped out the structural steel on the new Westminster Police Department Headquarters building. Located at 8200 Westminster Blvd. in Westminster, Calif., the three-level facility was topped out during a ceremony when steel workers from Pro-Steel placed the final structural steel I-beam on the braced-frame steel structure.

Former Mayor and current council member Frank G. Fry spoke during the ceremony along with McCarthy Project Manager Blaze Bartoli. The event was both a thank you to the contractors and a tribute to the progress made thus far. The Chief of Police Andy Hall, Captain Mitch Waller, Captain Ron Coopman and Sgt. Brian Carpenter were in attendance along with several other dignitaries from the city of Westminster, construction workers and project consultants.

Posted in Events & Engagements, High Performance/Green, Institutional, Market Specific, Newport Beach, Office Specific, Press Releases Email

14 Dec 09

Awarded Contract for Construction of New $92 Million Math and Science Building at San Diego Mesa College

MBC SDCCD As one of the nation’s leading education facility builders, McCarthy has been awarded the contract for the construction management of the new 180,000-square-foot, four-story Math and Science Building in the heart of San Diego Mesa College, located at 7250 Mesa College Dr. in the Clairemont area of San Diego, Calif.

Posted in Higher Education, Market Specific, Press Releases, San Diego Email

04 Dec 09

McCarthy Wins Keystone Award for Federal Reserve Bank Project

The St. Louis Chapter of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) recently honored McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. with a 2009 Project of the Year Keystone Award for the renovation and expansion of The Federal Reserve Bank located in downtown St. Louis. McCarthy received the award in the $40 million or more General Contractor/Construction Manager-Building Construction category.