School Construction

Skanska - Mon February 22, 2021

Skanska Tops Out Bowden Campus at St. Philip's College

Construction firm Skanska announced that it has reached a significant milestone on St. Philip's campus with the steel topping out of the Bowden Campus Center. The Bowden Campus Center will replace the original building from the 1940s....

MassLive - Mon February 22, 2021

Agawam, Mass., Needs to Replace or Upgrade Old High School

At more than 65 years old, Agawam High School may be looking at retirement. Town officials have asked the state to consider funding the renovation or replacement of the building at Cooper and Mill streets in Agawam....

Charleston Gazette-Mail - Mon September 21, 2020

FEMA Head Tours New West Virginia High School Construction Site

The new Herbert Hoover High School campus beginning to take shape near Elkview, W.V., "is an excellent example of planning with foresight," said Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) chief Pete T....

PRWEB - Wed February 27, 2019

New Construction Technique Makes Schools Safer in Hennessey, Okla.

To help keep Oklahomans safe, Hennessey Public Schools and South Industries have teamed up to construct a multipurpose school gymnasium and storm shelter in Hennessey, Okla. The choice to use a monolithic dome design was an easy one due to the inherent advantages of the dome shape....

Joe Trinacria - Mon August 21, 2017

State's Competitive Streak Reaches High School Stadium Construction

Everything is bigger in Texas, where going over the top to outdo your neighbor is not uncommon in the friendly spirit of competition. And when it comes to football? Forget about it. Texans take their pigskin so seriously that school districts are building stadiums and indoor practice facilities at such a rapid rate that parents don't even have a chance to bat an eye at their gargantuan price tags....

Fri August 11, 2017

Sandy Hook Elementary School Construction Project Closes Out $1.5 Million Under Budget

From its earliest days as conceptual drawings, until early August, when Newtown's Public Building and Site Commission (PBSC) officially closed out the Sandy Hook Elementary School building project, the state-of-the-art educational facility has represented something eminently important for virtually every person who played a role in its construction — including taxpayers across Connecticut whose $50 million contributed to its completion....

Fri May 26, 2017

N.C. in need of $8 Billion in School Construction

The North Carolina House is pushing forward legislation that would allow voters to decide whether to borrow $1.9 billion for public school projects across the state. A House education committee agreed Tuesday to advance a bill that supporters say would put money in schools in all 100 counties....

Gary Fineout - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Sat March 14, 2015

Schools to Get More Than $700M for Construction

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) State legislators are going to set aside millions for a new downtown campus of the University of Central Florida as well as $75 million for the state's charter schools. Budget negotiators on March 6 agreed to spend more than $700 million on school construction projects....