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| Balfour Beatty Construction/Gensler project recognised with top honour Northwest Housing VIIIA, a student residence hall built by Balfour Beatty Construction and designed by Gensler for George Mason University, has recently earned a top award from the National Design Build Institute of America (DBIA). The project received the highest honour in the Educational Facilities category. The award recognises Northwest Housing VIIIA as an exemplary project that not only achieved budget and schedule goals, but also demonstrated advanced and innovative application of total integrated project delivery, including best design-build practices. Completed in 2011, the 216, 770-square-foot housing complex consists of two buildings that are six and seven stories tall, with a total of 609 student beds. The project was designed and built to LEED Silver standards and was completed six months early. Located at George Mason's main campus in Fairfax, Va., Northwest Housing VIIIA has helped the University further its strategy of creating an active 24/7 community to attract the best students, faculty and staff. The overall success of the project is accredited in large part to the collaboration and partnership between Balfour Beatty Construction, Gensler and the design-build team partners including, J.E. Richards, JCM Associates, Encon Group, Barr Concrete and Paciulli Simmons, and client George Mason University. The project will be recognised at the 2013 Design-Build Conference and Expo award ceremony on 5 November 2013 in Las Vegas. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |