Big League Projects
Winning the contract for a headline project with major economic development impact is less a matter of the lowest bid than offering the biggest...
Building for Millennials, Ready for Change
Geoff Golden is the president of Golden Construction LLC, a Birmingham general contractor that is swimming strong in the high tide of apartment...
Google “Data Center + Alabama”
Google will break ground this year on a new, $600 million data center in rural Jackson County near Scottsboro on the site of...
Panama Canal: Granddaddy of Iron Refits
Hailed as an engineering and construction miracle when completed in 1914, the historic Panama Canal operated largely unchanged for almost a hundred years. But...
Corridor X – Lynchpin I-22 Nears Completion on Project
More than a year ago, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) announced the final few miles of future Interstate 22’s connection to Birmingham would...
Hoar Construction – A Richly Mixed-Use Development
The phrase “mixed-use” has become such a cliché that an apartment complex with a coffee shop and a convenience store on site is now...
Inglenook Branch – Renovation Beyond the Book
The Inglenook Branch of the Birmingham Public Library has become a signature gathering place for its neighborhood thanks to the innovative renovation design work...
Jennifer Carr – Hard-Charging Neoclassical
Gresham, Smith and Partners designed Sid McDonald Hall to look classical but act modern, with all the technology needed today.
When the University of Alabama...
Golden Construction – Capital City Benchmark
A luxury apartment complex on the Alabama River establishes a new gateway for Montgomery.
Thompson – Desert Refuge for Troubled Youth
After 10 months of negotiating extreme weather, anxious neighbors and tight security constraints, a new $10.4 million treatment facility for troubled youth is open...