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2003 News

Clark Completes Renovation of Brentwood Postal Facility

— After a sanitation effort to fumigate the facility for anthrax, the Washington D.C. P & DC in northeast D.C. underwent a complete renovation. Clark Construction Group, LLC served as general contractor on the 700,000-square-foot project for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). Before work began, the entire facility was environmentally cleaned of the chlorine dioxide residue that was generated during the decontamination process. The renovations included a significant amount of demolition to the ceilings, systems furniture, finishes and...

Clark Residential Completes Residences at Terrell Place for CarrAmerica

— Occupying the former site of the old Dime Savings Bank, the Residences at Terrell Place - a luxury 29-unit, 10-story condominium building - is now completed at 7th & E Streets northwest in downtown Washington, D.C. Clark Residential served as general contractor on the $17 million project. The Residences are owned by 675 E Street, LLC, a subsidiary of CarrAmerica. This project features the restoration of the oldest historic facade Clark has undertaken in the District. Dating...

Clark/Smoot Begins Work on 2nd JHU Cancer Research Building in Baltimore

— Just three years after completing the Bunting-Blaustein Building, The Johns Hopkins University’s (JHU) first building dedicated to cancer research, Clark/Smoot, a joint venture between Clark Construction Group, LLC of Bethesda, Md. and Smoot Construction of Falls Church, Va., recently began work on a second $80 million cancer research facility on JHU’s East Baltimore medical campus. Known as Cancer Research Building II, the 272,000-square-foot structure will be constructed next to the Blunting-Blaustein Building on the north side...

JBG Builds a New Class A Office Building at 1601 K Street in D.C.

— Existing buildings at 1601 K Street, N.W. are currently being demolished to make way for a new Class A office building in the heart of Washington, D.C.’s central business district. The JBG Companies is the developer manager of the 11-story building with two levels of below grade parking. Clark Construction Group, LLC is serving as general contractor on the 276,000-square-foot project. 1601 K Street displays a style that is elegant and distinctive. Located two blocks from the...

Clark Construction Completes Music and Dance Theater Chicago

— After 20 years of planning, Music and Dance Theater Chicago, recently named The Joan W. & Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, is now open. Located on the north end of the city’s Millennium Park project, the theater seats up to 1,500 patrons. The venue serves as the performance space for a dozen mid-sized music and dance companies, including the Chicago Opera Theater, Music of the Baroque, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and the Joffrey...

Clark Construction Earns San Diego AGC Merit Award for Manchester Hyatt Addition

— Clark Construction Group, LLC of Costa Mesa, Calif. earned the AGC Build San Diego Merit Award for Excellence in Building Construction for Private Work for the Manchester Grand Hyatt tower addition in San Diego. An adjoining tower addition makes the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel on San Diego Bay the largest and tallest waterfront hotel on the west coast, as well as the second largest Hyatt in the chain. Developed by Manchester Resorts of San Diego, the...

Clark/Smoot Wins Washington Contractor Merit Award from AGC of DC for the

— Associated General Contractors’ Washington, D.C. chapter awarded Clark/Smoot, a joint venture between Clark Construction Group, LLC of Bethesda, Md. and Smoot Construction of Falls Church, Va., a Washington Contractor Merit Award for the Washington Convention Center. Opened in April 2003, the vast new convention center contains 70 loading docks, 70 meeting rooms, 71 air handlers, 68 public restrooms, 39 escalators and 32 elevators. The most impressive aspect of the 2.3 million-square-foot building is that 40% is underground. Clark...

Terrell Place Continues Revitalization of D.C.’s MCI Neighborhood

— The revitalization around the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. continues as Clark Construction Group, LLC recently completed Terrell Place, a mixed-use complex named after Mary Church Terrell, a local civil rights activist. Located at 575 Seventh Street northwest, the development consists of 439,000 square feet of office space and 39,000 square feet of retail space. Terrell Place is owned by a joint venture between CarrAmerica Realty Corporation of Washington, D.C. and a client of JPMorgan Fleming...

California State University, Fresno Opens High-Tech Save Mart Center Arena

— With an estimated total project value exceeding $95 million, the largest privately funded project in the history of the California State University system is completed at Fresno State. It is anticipated that over one million spectators a year will visit the new Save Mart Center, which is the home court for the Fresno State Bulldogs basketball team, as well as the site of rodeos, concerts, family shows and cultural events. The Costa Mesa, Calif. office of...

Clark Construction Begins Singer Building at Johns Hopkins University

— Construction of two new buildings is underway near the west entrance of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Homewood Campus. The Maxine F. Singer building, a 79,000-square-foot biomedical research facility, will become the new home of the Carnegie Institution of Washington’s Department of Embryology, which has been affiliated with the University since 1913. The two-story office building will be located nearby, atop a 523-space parking structure that will serve both facilities, the JHU Club and the general...

Quincy Park Condos Underway in D.C. for Carr Enterprises

— The construction of multi-family residential projects in downtown Washington, D.C. continues with Quincy Park, a modern style condominium complex at 10th & L Streets, northwest. Carr Enterprises selected Clark Residential, a subsidiary of Clark Construction Group, LLC, as general contractor for the $16 million project. Designed by Esocoff & Associates of Washington, D.C., the nine-story building also incorporates two levels of underground parking. The facade includes multiple brick types that will create a colorful exterior. Quincy Park will...

Clark Construction Completes Tenant Space for Venable LLP

— Venable LLP, one of The American Lawyer’s top 100 law firms, recently moved into its 240,000-square-foot office space at Terrell Place, a new mixed-use development in northwest Washington. Clark Construction Group, LLC served as general contractor on the build-out of the $16 million space, as well as the $60 million, 478,000-square-foot base building, which was developed by CarrAmerica Urban Development, LLC and is owned by a CarrAmerica venture. Washington-based Venable LLP has lawyers practicing in all areas...

Hunt-Clark-Construct II Joint Venture Completes Orange County Convention Center Phase V Expansion in Orlando

— A joint venture of the Hunt Construction Group of Indianapolis, Clark Construction Group, LLC of Tampa and Construct II of Orlando recently reached substantial completion on the 2.9 million-square-foot Phase V expansion of the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC). Known as the north/south complex, the project was completed on schedule and on budget. Already one of the largest convention facilities in the nation, the OCCC now features over 2.1 million square feet of exhibition space. “The expansion...

Hampton Inn Underway for JBG-CG near the Washington Convention Center

— A joint venture comprised of the JBG Companies of Washington, D.C. and CG Investments of Middleburg, Va. selected Clark Residential, a subsidiary of Clark Construction Group, LLC, to serve as general contractor on the $15 million Hampton Inn Washington. It is the first Hampton Inn in the District of Columbia and was named by Hampton as its “Deal of the Year” for 2003. Hampton Inn is the only Hilton Hotels brand not already represented in D.C. “Many...

Four Clark Projects Honored by ABC Metro Washington

— Clark Construction Group, LLC earned four 2003 Excellence in Construction awards from the Metro Washington and Virginia Chapters of the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). The winning projects were Discovery Communications Headquarters (commercial building over $40 million category), Mount Vernon Square Metrorail Expansion (heavy/industrial category), Children’s National Medical Center’s Cardiac Catheterization Addition (new medical construction under $5 million), and National Museum of the American Indian (specialty- concrete category). Discovery Communications Headquarters Occupying a 4.5 acre site in Silver...

Clark Construction Leads Design-Build Team at Fort Jackson Army Base for

— Fort Jackson is the largest and most active initial training center in the U.S. Army. As part of the continuing development of Ft. Jackson training facilities, The Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded Clark Design/Build, LLC a $58 million contract for a new basic training complex. Clark Construction Group, LLC of Tampa is the general contractor and LS3P of Charleston, S.C. is the architect. Located on a 55-acre site, the 400,000-square-foot facility features five barracks buildings,...

McCarthy-Clark-Hunt Begins Structural Steel Erection at Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center Replacement Facility

— MCH, a construction joint venture, began structural steel erection at the L.A. County + USC Medical Center Replacement Facility, a new 600-bed, 1.5 million-square-foot complex in Los Angeles. The facility is the largest public works project in Los Angeles County. Throughout the project, 16,150 tons of structural steel will be used in the facility’s four major components - 2,700 tons in the seven-story outpatient building, 8,800 tons in the eight-story inpatient tower; 3,800 tons in the...

Clark Construction Begins MTA’s Double Track Project for Baltimore’s Light Rail System

— Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) awarded Clark Construction Group, LLC a $16 million contract to build sections seven and eight of the Light Rail Double Track Project, which will add a second track to a heavily traveled section of the Baltimore Light Rail System. Clark’s portion of MTA’s $150 million double track program includes converting 1.8 miles of single track to double track from the Linthicum to Cromwell stations and BWI spur. Over 40 percent of the system...

American Concrete Institute Recognizes Clark Concrete’s Work at National Museum of the American Indian in Centennial Book

— The American Concrete Institute (ACI) recognized the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, D.C. as one of its notable projects and will feature it in the upcoming centennial publication, Concrete - A Century of Innovation. A joint venture of Clark Construction Group, LLC of Bethesda, Md. and Table Mountain Rancheria Enterprises of Friant, Calif. is serving as general contractor on the $200 million project. Clark Concrete performed the work on the project....

Transportation Headquarters in SE Washington, D.C.

— Clark Construction Group, LLC was selected as the general contractor to build the new $275 million Headquarters for the U.S. Department of Transportation by the JBG/SEFC Venture, L.L.C. of Washington, D.C. Located on an 11-acre parcel within the Southeast Federal Center in Washington, D.C., the 1.9 million-square-foot complex consists of two towers, which will house the agency’s more than 5,000 employees. Two levels of below-grade parking also are planned. Designed by Michael Graves Architects of Princeton, N.J.,...

Clark Construction Completes $136 M Complex for Georgetown University

— Clark Construction Group, LLC recently completed the $136 million Southwest Quadrangle Project at Georgetown University. Totaling over 860,000-square-feet, the complex consists of five components: three new residence halls, dining facility, underground parking garage, a fuel cell bus maintenance facility and Jesuit community residence. Designed as three connected buildings, the 315,400-square-foot residence halls provide 784 additional beds for undergraduate students. Facilities include kitchens, classrooms, recreation and multipurpose rooms, laundry facilities, study space, as well as chaplain and faculty...

General Motors Unveils New Vehicle Engineering Center

— General Motors recently dedicated its Vehicle Engineering Center (VEC) in Warren, Mich., a state-of-the-art facility which consolidates vehicle engineering functions formerly performed at 14 locations throughout southeast Michigan. For the first time in the company’s 95-year history, 8,000 North American vehicle engineers will be in one complex. To date, 4,000 engineers have moved to the center from other locations across Michigan. The relocation will be completed by early 2004. A joint venture of Clark Construction Group,...

Clark Construction Group Completes City Museum

— Located across the street from the new Washington D.C. Convention Center, the historic 64,000-square-foot Carnegie Library building has been transformed into the City Museum, the only museum dedicated to telling the story of the District of Columbia. Clark Construction Group, LLC served as general contractor on the $12 million restoration project (construction cost) led by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. “Washington, D.C. now has a place to celebrate its history and allow people to discover all...

Clark Construction Group Completes Branch Avenue Storage Yard for WMATA

— With the recent opening of the $90 million Branch Avenue storage yard in Suitland, Md., the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) completed its original plan for the 103-mile system. With storage capacity for 178 rail cars, the six-building complex serves as the storage and maintenance facility for trains serving the Metrorail’s Green Line. Clark Construction Group, LLC served as the general contractor on the facility, which also is the first turnkey delivery project for WMATA. Located...

Clark/Shirley Begins Work on Route 28 Interchanges in Northern Va.

— Clark Construction Group, LLC and the Shirley Contracting Company recently broke ground on two interchanges being constructed on Route 28 in Loudoun County for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) under Virginia’s Public-Private Transportation Act. Three of the six interchanges are now under construction. The intersection at Route 28 and Route 625 is being replaced with a partial cloverleaf to include a four-lane bridge to carry Route 625 traffic over Route 28 and a flyover ramp...

Clark Signs Agreement for South County High School Project

— A portion of the former site of the Lorton Prison for the D.C. Correctional Department will be developed into the new South County High School. Fairfax County and Fairfax County Public Schools executed a Master Development Agreement with Clark Educational Advisors LLC, a subsidiary of Clark Advisors and Clark Construction Group, LLC, for the development, design and construction of the $64 million, 386,000-square-foot facility. This public/private venture received extensive praise from Fairfax County Supervisors and Fairfax County...

American Red Cross Moves into New National Headquarters Building

— A recent ribbon cutting ceremony marked the completion of the new national headquarters building for The American Red Cross on their site at the corner of 21st and E Streets in northwest Washington, D.C. The award-winning project combines historic renovation and new construction in a 750,000-square-foot building. The existing, historically significant 85,000-square-foot Red Cross Chapter House is incorporated into the project, relocated from the middle of the site to the front of the property. Behind it...

McCarthy-Clark-Hunt Breaks Ground on LAC+USC Medical Replacement Facility

— The new $494 million (construction cost) L.A.County+USC Medical Center Replacement Facility is now underway. MCH, a construction joint venture, has broken ground at the site in Los Angeles. “MCH is proud to work on such an important project, which will bring state-of-the-art healthcare facilities to the citizens of Los Angeles when it is completed on time and on budget in 2007,” said Richard Heim, MCH spokesperson. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors selected MCH, which is...

Clark-Led Mc4West Awarded $850M McCormick Place Expansion Design/Build Contract

— The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) selected Mc4West, LLC for the $850 million McCormick Place West Expansion, a project that will add a fourth building to the world’s largest convention center complex. The Mc4West design build team is comprised of essentially the same team members that delivered the McCormick Place South Expansion on schedule and under budget in 1996. Key partners of the Mc4West team include: Clark Construction Group, LLC of Chicago (general contracting and construction...

Clark/Smoot Completes Washington, D.C. Convention Center

— The new Washington Convention Center recently opened to much fanfare. At 2.3 million square feet, the center is the city’s largest building, spanning six blocks, a distance of close to five football fields set end to end. Clark/Smoot, a joint venture of Clark Construction Group, LLC of Bethesda, Md. and the Sherman R. Smoot Company of Washington, D.C., served as the construction manager on the facility. For the last four years, Clark/Smoot supervised up to 1500 construction...

Clark/Gruen Completes “Greenest” Office Project for State of California

— The recently completed Capitol Area East End Complex is the largest office project ever undertaken by the State of California Department of General Services and also the “greenest” ever developed by the State. Located on the east end of Sacramento’s Capitol Park, the project is a multi-block, mixed-use office development consolidating the headquarters operations of two major departments of California State government. The design-build team of Clark/Gruen, consisting of Clark Construction Group, LLC of Oakland, Calif....

Discovery Communications Headquarters Lights Up Silver Spring

— Consolidating their operations into one central headquarters, Discovery Communications recently moved into a 550,000-square-foot building in Silver Spring, Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C. Previously located in five different buildings in Bethesda, the move creates a more efficient worldwide headquarters for the company. Clark Construction Group, LLC served as general contractor on the facility, which includes a 320,000-square-foot parking structure. “We felt that our presence could help spur growth and renewal in Silver Spring,” said...

Genentech Hall at UCSF Mission Bay Earns Honors

— Genentech Hall at the University of California at San Francisco earned a special mention from R&D Magazine in their Lab of the Year 2003 competition and Best New Office/San Francisco from the San Francisco Times Best Real Estate Deals. The $160 million biomedical research facility is the first building completed at University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) new campus at Mission Bay. Clark Construction Group, LLC of Oakland, Calif. served as the general contractor. The 435,000-gross-square-foot, five-story...

Clark Construction Completes WMATA Metrorail Expansion at Mount Vernon Square

— Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA) recently celebrated the opening of its Mount Vernon Square Metrorail expansion, a station that connects to the new Washington D.C. Convention Center - making it the first convention center in the United States to have its own subway station. Clark Foundations, a subsidiary of Clark Construction Group, LLC, completed the $14 million project. “Metrorail customers will be able to walk directly from our mezzanine into the lobby of the new Washington...

Clark Construction Completes Pryzbyla Center at Catholic University

— The Catholic University of America celebrated the opening of The Edward J. Przybyla University Center, a mixed-use facility named after the University’s most generous benefactor. Clark Construction Group, LLC served as general contractor on the $27 million project. At the dedication ceremony, University President Rev. David M. O’Connell said, “With this newest facility, the community that is The Catholic University of America has a place to gather, a ‘living room’ for all us to share our campus...

Clark Design/Build of Calif. Begins New $99M Government Center in Solano County

— Clark Design/Build of California, along with Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz Architects of San Francisco, was selected as design/builder for the new $99 million Solano County Government Center, Probation Building and parking structure. The project involves a “bridging” process with the County’s master architect, Johnson Fain of Los Angeles. Located in downtown Fairfield on three city blocks, the facility will be an economic catalyst for the area. Adjacent to the existing Solano County Courthouse and County Justice Center Complex,...

Los Angeles City Hall Earns Modernization Award from Buildings Magazine

— The seismic retrofit at Los Angeles City Hall recently was selected as a winner in Buildings magazine’s 2003 Modernization Awards and will be featured in the June issue of the magazine. City Hall joins an elite group of buildings in Los Angeles to undergo a total ground to sky refurbishment. The tallest base-isolated structure in the world, the building was restored to its original Art Deco grandeur, while state-of-the-art systems offer a protection from earthquakes...

Clark Construction Begins One Liberty Center in Northern Virginia

— Work is currently underway at One Liberty Center, a 13-story office tower located near the Ballston Metro at the intersection of North Randolph and North Ninth Streets in Arlington, Va. Owned by Ballston Investor Group I of Arlington, Va., One Liberty Center is one of Northern Virginia’s largest office developments deals to break ground in the last year and is 98% leased to the General Services Administration. Clark Construction Group, LLC is serving as general contractor...

Clark Construction Begins New Campus Housing Project for San José State University

— San José State University recently held a “Festival of the Bricks” party to celebrate the “retirement” of three of the campus’ red brick residence halls—Allen, Markham and Moulder halls. Opened in 1960, the three dormitories were torn down to launch phase one of construction for the new Campus Village housing project, which will—when completed—triple student housing to 5,300 beds. Clark Construction Group, LLC of Oakland, Calif. is serving as general contractor on the $244 million...

Clark Construction Begins Engineering Lab at University of Maryland

— University of Maryland has planned a new facility at its main campus in College Park - the Jeong H. Kim Engineering and Applied Sciences Building. The new structure will house some of the most sophisticated engineering laboratories in the nation. Research will be devoted to information technology, bioengineering, microelectronics, sensors and actuators, environmental engineering, transportation systems, and space research. Clark Construction Group, LLC is serving as general contractor on the $39 million laboratory. The addition...

Clark Construction Begins New Campus Housing Project for San José State University

— San José State University recently held a “Festival of the Bricks” party to celebrate the “retirement” of three of the campus’ red brick residence halls—Allen, Markham and Moulder halls. Opened in 1960, the three dormitories were torn down to launch phase one of construction for the new Campus Village housing project, which will—when completed—triple student housing to 5,300 beds. Clark Construction Group, LLC of Oakland, Calif. is serving as general contractor on the $244 million...

Clark-Kiewit Starts Work on Metro’s Blue Line Expansion

— Work is now underway on an extension of Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail system, extending the Blue Line to the Largo Town Center in Prince George’s County, Md. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) awarded Clark-Kiewit Largo, A Joint Venture comprised of Clark Construction Group, LLC of Bethesda, Md. and Kiewit Construction of Omaha, Neb. the $92 million design-build contract. “Metro’s Board of Directors has taken the next and final step in extending the Metrorail system into Largo, Maryland,”...

Clark Construction Begins New Class A Office Building at 1700 K Street in D.C.

— Existing buildings at 1700 K and 1730 K Streets, N.W. are currently being demolished to make way for a new Class A office building in the heart of Washington, D.C’s business district. Charles E. Smith Commercial Realty, a division of Vornado Realty Trust, is representing the building’s ownership as the developer for the new complex, a 12-story, 533,000-gross-square-foot building, which features 370,000 square feet of leasable space and an additional 18,000 square feet of retail and...

San Diego Ballpark Builders Tops Out Petco Park

— San Diego Padres recently celebrated a milestone at Petco Park, currently under construction by San Diego Ballpark Builders, a joint venture between Clark Construction Group, LLC of Costa Mesa and San Diego-based contractors Roel Construction Company, Inc. and douglas e. barnhart inc. More than 1,000 construction workers and project supporters gathered in the ballpark’s infield to mark the “topping out,” as one of the final structural beams was put into place. To date, workers have...

Clark Construction’s Work at EPA Headquarters Earns Honor from Carolinas AGC

— Clark Construction Group, LLC earned the 2002 Pinnacle Award for the Best Building Project from the Carolinas Chapter of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) for the EPA Research and Administration Headquarters in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Heralded as a new landmark for innovation in sustainable design, the new EPA campus uses 40% less energy than standard new office construction. The project’s energy-efficient measures are expected to save EPA more than $100 million a year. Every...

Clark Construction Completes Clovis Community Hospital Addition

— Clovis Community Hospital recently opened its new $15 million outpatient care center addition. The 50,000-square-foot expansion will help accommodate the healthcare needs of this growing community in central California. Clark Construction Group, LLC served as general contractor on the project, which was completed and occupied 11 months after the start of excavation. Designed by Hammel Green & Abrahamson, Inc. of Roseville, Calif., the main corridors of the existing hospital were opened to connect to the new...

Clark Construction Begins Work on D.C.’s Historic Kennedy-Warren Apartment Building for B.F. Saul Property Co.

— Originally designed by independent architect Joseph Younger in 1931, the Kennedy-Warren Apartment Building is considered one of the District’s Art Deco masterpieces, with clean, neo-classical lines and high reliefs of eagles and griffins. However, due to the Great Depression in the 1930s, only two-thirds of the building was completed. Hartman-Cox Architects of Washington, D.C. designed the remaining one-third of the project as a new south wing. B.F. Saul Property Company of Bethesda, Md. is developing the...

Clark Construction Builds Residence Hall for The George Washington University

— The George Washington University is in the midst of its largest capital improvement campaign in the last 20 years. The University’s latest project is a 10-story, 319,000-gross-square-foot student residence hall with underground parking. Featuring 193 one and two bedroom apartment units, the facility will accommodate over 700 students. Clark Residential, a subsidiary of Clark Construction Group, LLC of Bethesda, Md., is serving as the construction manager on this $46 million project. “We have a facility with 700-plus...

Clark Construction Completes Tampa Bay Surface Water and

— Tampa Bay Water’s new surface water treatment plant utilizes a unique state-of-the-art water treatment process that supplies the Tampa Bay Area with some of the highest quality water in the country. Clark Construction Group, LLC of Tampa served as general contractor on this innovative project. The plant is designed to treat blended water from three sources: the Alafia river, the Tampa Bypass Canal, and the Hillsborough River High Water Overflows. Clark Construction’s scope of work included...