The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded the joint venture team of McCarthy and Minneapolis-based Mortenson Construction, the $80 million contract for the Central Utility Plant for the future National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. Construction of the 87,000-square-foot, free-standing Central Utility Plant is expected to begin immediately and complete in October of 2015. The plant will house the primary heating and cooling systems for the adjacent laboratory as well as diesel generators for supplying emergency power to the facility.
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Department of Homeland Security Awards Contract for Central Utility Plant to Support Future National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Honored among Top Ten Training Organizations in America on Training 125 list for Second Consecutive Year
McCarthy, one of the nation’s oldest and largest privately-held construction companies and a 100 percent employee-owned business, was honored Monday night with a 2013 Training Magazine Top 125 Award. This recognition represents the third year in a row McCarthy has received this award and the second consecutive year for the firm ranking in the top 10.
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New Calaveras County Courthouse under Construction in California “Tops Out”
The final beam in the steel structure of the new Calaveras County Courthouse was put in place on Nov. 2 during a traditional “topping out” ceremony that celebrated an important milestone in the construction of the new courthouse.
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