McCarthy, one of America’s oldest and largest builders, hosted a Contractor Day this morning for the new Mars Chocolate North America manufacturing facility under construction in Topeka, Kan. The purpose of the event was to provide contractors with information about the project, the bidding process, and the timeline. At approximately $250 million and 550,000 total square feet, the project will be the first chocolate plant built by Mars in the United States in 35 years. This project is the first phase of a potential multi-phased project. Significant site preparation began in September with construction estimated to be complete in 2013.
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16 Nov 11
McCarthy Hosts Contractor Day for New Mars Chocolate North America Facility in Topeka
15 Nov 11
Woodall Rodgers Park Project in Downtown Dallas Gets Underway
McCarthy, a Texas builder for 30 years, has started work on The Park, located over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway between Pearl and Saint Paul streets in downtown Dallas. McCarthy will construct the park on a support structure over the freeway, transforming the site into an urban green area for public use for events, concerts, exercise, education programs and gatherings.
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14 Nov 11
Casino Del Sol Celebrates Resort Expansion in Tucson
On Nov. 11, 2011 Casino Del Sol and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Tucson, Ariz., celebrated the completion and grand opening of a $130 million, 161,000-square-foot hotel, spa and convention center addition to their existing casino facility.
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03 Nov 11
Camp Pendleton Naval Replacement Hospital Project Tops Out
McCarthy, in joint venture with Clark Construction Group, LLC, has topped out today on the 500,000-square-foot Naval Replacement Hospital Project at Camp Pendleton, having erected more than 4,000 tons of structural steel to reach the milestone. The design-build construction team, with Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest, marked the completion of the project’s structure with a jobsite lunch and celebration.
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01 Nov 11
BIM Driven by Integrated Design-Build is Significantly Reducing Project Cost on New St. Jude Medical Campus Patient Tower
The design/build team of McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., and TAYLOR, are working with St. Joseph Health System to build a new patient tower, parking structure and central utility plant at the St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif. Located on the northern side of the existing medical campus at Bastanchury Road and Harbor Boulevard, site preparation has been underway since December 2010, and the new tower officially broke ground during a private ceremony on September 25, 2011.
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