— On June 10, the owners or executives of 31 small business enterprises celebrated the completion of a comprehensive ten-month education program intended to increase their size, scope, and scale within the construction industry. The graduates were honored during a ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda, hosted by Clark Construction Group, LLC. This event celebrated the third class of graduates from the Local, Small, and Disadvantaged (LSDBE) Strategic Partnership Program. Developed in 2006 by Clark, in coordination...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Future Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Tops Out
— The Clark/Balfour Beatty, A Joint Venture project team has completed major structural work at the future Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). Located on the site of the existing National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) in Bethesda, Md., WRNMMC will be a combined hospital and flagship medical institution for the United States Army, Air Force, and Navy.The design-build project, with a total construction cost in excess of $640 million, consists of building a new 560,000...
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Lafayette Tower is D.C.’s First LEED® Platinum Certified Office Building
— Lafayette Tower recently became the first commercial office building in Washington, D.C. to achieve Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Clark Construction Group, LLC, completed construction of the $48 million, 327,500 square-foot building for owner Louis Dreyfus Property Group earlier this year. Located on the site of the former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Headquarters at 801 17th Street, NW, Lafayette Tower is adjacent to the White House and Lafayette Park. The...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Clark Enterprises is D.C.’s Top Corporate Philanthropist
— Clark Enterprises Inc., has been named Washington, D.C.'s top corporate philanthropist, according to the Washington Business Journal's annual survey of local philanthropists. In 2008, Clark Enterprises, including A. James Clark, the Clark Charitable Foundation, Clark Construction, and the Clark CARES Foundation, a charitable initiative of Clark Realty Capital, gave more than $10 million to non-profit and charitable organizations in the Washington, D.C. area alone. The Top Corporate Philanthropists list was published in the paper's May...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Clark Completes 300 New Jersey Avenue, NW
— Clark Construction Group has completed the construction of 300 New Jersey Avenue, NW, one of the closest commercial office buildings to the U.S. Capitol and Senate office buildings. The 10-story, 255,000 square-foot building is connected to the neighboring Acacia Building at 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW, by a dramatic, nine-story glass atrium. The first Washington, D.C. office building designed by renowned British architect Lord Richard Rogers, the building's unique floorplan cantilevers eight feet over New Jersey Avenue,...