McCarthy recently completed construction of a 154,486-square-foot patient tower at Methodist Hospital of Southern California in Arcadia, Calif. The North Tower is the latest addition to the 122-acre Methodist Hospital campus, which originally opened in 1957 and has undergone building additions and renovations over the years.
McCarthy News & Events
16 Dec 11
McCarthy Expansion Selected as ENR Texas & Louisiana’s ‘Best Project’
Engineering News-Record (ENR) Texas and Louisiana has announced the winners of the 2011 Best Projects award program, naming The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Albert B. and Margaret M. Alkek Hospital Expansion in Houston as the region’s Overall Best Project. Completed by the Texas Division of McCarthy in 2011, the Alkek Hospital expansion project was chosen out of more than 100 project entries in 17 categories to win the best overall title. The project is now entered into ENR’s national competition to select the nation’s top project.
15 Dec 11
Soka Performing Arts Center and Academic Building Achieve LEED Gold Certification
Soka University of America’s new Soka Performing Arts Center and Academic Building project, which opened in September 2011, recently received Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The Soka Performing Arts Center, which is located on 1.9 acres of the Soka University campus in Aliso Viejo, serves as a venue in South Orange County for concerts, theater productions, lectures and assemblies, furthering Soka University’s role as a cultural center and community gathering place.
15 Dec 11
McCarthy Awarded Texas A&M Wellborn Road Grade Separations Project
McCarthy has been awarded the Wellborn Road Grade Separations project, marking McCarthy’s first project with The Texas A&M University System. McCarthy will construct two, two-lane vehicular roadways and two, 30-foot wide pedestrian pathways that will reduce heavy traffic over existing railroad tracks and Wellborn Road.
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08 Dec 11
McCarthy Tops Out on R&D Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
McCarthy, one of the nation’s leading science and technology builders, recently topped out on construction of the new Maximum Building Energy Efficiency Research Lab (MAXLAB) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee. The $11.8 million, 16,600-square-foot facility will be devoted to the research and development of energy-efficient building products, including HVAC and exterior building envelope materials, components and systems. This project follows McCarthy’s construction of the Chemical and Materials Sciences Building completed this past summer. The ORNL campus is managed by UT-Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy.
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