When Greenfield Partners became the new building owners of what was formerly the AAI Company building in Hunt Valley, Maryland, they contacted Hunt Valley-based MacKenzie Contracting Company, LLC, to breathe new life into an aged, dark office building. The first and most noticeable dilemma was the lack of natural light into the building. After numerous consultations and structural reviews a …
Harkins Builders Completes Creekside Village Ahead of Schedule
Glen Burnie, Maryland recently welcomed a new apartment community to the neighborhood, and three months early, thanks to Harkins Builders, the project’s general contractor. Creekside Village features six buildings with a total of 208 apartments, and a clubhouse with swimming pool that also houses the rental and property management offices. Harkins also built a second clubhouse with swimming pool that …
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Charles McC. Mathias Lab Hensel Phelps
Hensel Phelps, a member of Associated Builders and Contractors, spent more than 3 years on this 94,000 square foot project, which included the renovation and expansion of the existing SERC Mathias Laboratory located in Edgewater, Maryland on a 9-acre, environmentally-sensitive site on the Chesapeake Bay. Hensel Phelps’ scope of work, built in three phases, included the construction of a new …
Bel Pre Elementary School, Silver Spring Lend Lease Construction
Rockville-based Lend Lease Construction took outdated Bel Pre Elementary School and brought it into the 21st century. With the exception of the school’s gymnasium, the old building was demolished to make room for this expanded 98,200 square foot, two-story learning environment. The new Bel Pre Elementary School was built using a two-story steel frame with a curtain wall, brick, and …
Montgomery College Bioscience Education Center Miller & Long Co., Inc.
Bethesda-based Miller & Long Co., Inc., served as the general contractor for Montgomery College’s new 145,000 square foot academic science building. Known as “The Academic Cornerstone of the College’s Hercules Pinkney Life Sciences Park,” the Bioscience Education Center at Montgomery College boasts an impressive array of exposed cast-in-place concrete, tiered retaining walls and a series of “bioretention areas” for collecting …
Blackwall Hitch, Annapolis/Easterport BuilderGuru Contracting, Inc.
After a tight 15-week timeline, Crofton-based general contractor, BuilderGuru Contracting, Inc., converted and renovated 8,000 square feet of a once-tired and casual eatery into the upbeat, upscale restaurant Blackwall Hitch, a hit dining spot since its opening in 2014. Located in Eastport, just over the Spa Creek Bridge from the Annapolis historic district, the transformation of Blackwall Hitch included completely …