Rich Driggs is now the national director of construction management and design-build at Heery International. Holding over 22 years of construction real estate experience, Driggs comes to the company from Lend Lease Corporation, where he served as executive vice president and head of Integrated Projects—Americas. He was responsible for business in excess of $1 billion annually and served key clients in various industries, including higher education and the K-12 education sector.
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Garden City High School recently celebrated the completion of its $10.5 million expansion and renovation project. Those working on the New York high school project gathered for a ribbon cutting and time capsule ceremony, marking the completion and opening of the new space.
NORTHVILLE, Mich. — Construction on Northville Park Place, a retail and mixed-use development project, will begin early this year in Michigan. The construction site is located at the former Northville Psychiatric Hospital, a 400-plus acre campus that closed in 2003 and was sold by the state years ago to two different owners.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Jan. 7, StudentsFirst, a nonprofit school reform organization launched by former Washington, DC Chancellor Michelle Rhee, released a State Policy Report Card, in which the organization evaluated education laws and policies in each state and gave them an overall “A” through “F” letter grade.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) is in the process of requesting $75 million from state officials towards a new seven-story building at its Kansas City campus. The structure would replace a parking lot at the northeast corner of Rainbow Boulevard and 39th Street and would feature up-to-date teaching facilities for doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Governor Jerry Brown recently released a funding plan for the state’s K-12 educational system that would increase funding throughout the state.
The state provides compulsory instruction and support services to approximately six million students, grades K-12 in more than 10,000 schools, according to the recent report.
Made from an inorganic blend of volcanic stone and inorganic binders, EuroStone sustainable ceiling panels from Chicago Metallic contain no volatile organic compounds, surface coatings or biocides and are composed of non-hazardous and non-fibrous materials for a greener effect, according to the company.
ST. LOUIS — Missouri cancer patients who need bone marrow transplants now have the satisfaction of sleeping in their own beds at night as opposed to staying in a hospital during treatment.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters passed Proposition 39 back in November and now the new law is set to go in effect at the beginning of 2013, which will bring in up to $550 million annually for efficiency and clean energy school construction projects.
LOMA LINDA, Calif. — The implementation of an $800 million, 10-year capital improvement program at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California kicked off in October with the groundbreaking for a $17.1 million parking structure.
The seven-level garage is the first phase of the improvement plan, which will help the medical center “maintain seismic compliance with the state of California per Senate Bill 1953 and all associated subsequent [bills],” said Robert Cole, owner’s construction superintendent at Loma Linda University.
