Construction
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CertainTeed Makes Ongoing Commitment To Homes For Our Troops
Local firm CertainTeed Corp. helped 10 veterans receive their own specially-adapted home during the holiday season by contributing to Homes for Our Troops. Vicky Gallagher, communications manager for CertainTeed and author of the CertainTeed blog, says hers is a company with compassion. CertainTeed has made a multi-year commitment to the national non-profit organization, which is…
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Noted Developer Henry “Hank” Belber Remembered As Affordable Man
Henry “Hank” Belber, the driving force behind Applebrook Golf Club in Malvern and the developer of several upscale Chester County communities including Rabbit Run Road and Kings Circle in Malvern, and Sugar Knoll in Devon, died on Christmas Day at Paoli Hospital. Mr. Belber was 88 years-old. According to the obituary published by philly.org, Belber…
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See IMC Construction’s Plans For King Of Prussia Mall Connector
If you’re a fan of the King of Prussia Mall, take a look at the plans Malvern’s IMC Construction has posted for the 155,000 square-foot connector that will link The Plaza and The Court here. Construction is underway and should be finished by fall 2016. There will be more than 60 new retailers, an upscale…
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Saint-Gobain Takes ‘Best In Show’ At Pepperpot Awards
The Philadelphia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America gave Saint-Gobain’s public relations campaigns its “Best in Show” award during the chapter’s 46th Annual Pepperpot and Achievement Awards Gala on Dec. 2. Saint-Gobain took three awards including two first-place awards for campaigns submitted in the Community Relations and Integrated Communications categories. “As a 350-year old company,…
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Free Online Course From Bentley Explores 3D Hypermodels
A new online training course from Exton architectural software developer Bentley Systems explains how hypermodels help turn 2D documentation into a visual 3D model, “saving time and reducing costly changes by verifying that models are adequately documented to ensure proper construction,” the LEARN course syllabus stated. “Using hypermodels can be extremely beneficial in your building projects,…
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40 Years Of Focus On People Builds Success For Pohlig Builders
Pohlig Builders, the Malvern custom luxury home builder led by brothers Todd and Don, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a success story built on the principles of staying local and really listening to its clients. “People think the construction business is about the product, and really, it’s about the people,” Todd Pohlig said in…
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King Of Prussia Developer O’Neill Properties Group In Race For Conshohocken Business Tenants
There’s a race under way to build half a billion dollars’ worth of office towers overlooking the Schuylkill River in Conshohocken, and a Chester County company intends on staking its next big claim there. “There are only a few sites that can accommodate a Class A build-to-suit, and Conshohocken has five of them,” Binswanger broker…
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Architect Archer & Buchanan Praised For Bringing Old World Look To Modern Home
There’s a timeless beauty in the one-of-a-kind appearance of authentic hardwood craftsmanship, and West Chester firm Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd. is masterful in its vision for turning millwork into masterpiece. A recent collaboration with E.B. Mahoney Builders, Inc. of Bryn Mawr showcased the splendor of poplar in a stunning new front entry hall for a…
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Atglen Contractor J.D. Eckman Helping Replace State’s Deficient Bridges
A local construction company from Atglen is part of a new Pennsylvania Department of Transportation project to farm out the replacement and 25 years of maintenance for 558 structurally deficient bridges across the state. J.D. Eckman, Inc. was named one of 11 subcontractors for the project’s winning bidder, Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners, which submitted a 28-year, $899…
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Construction Area Delays Exton Meeting About Construction Delays
Call it the gift that keeps on giving. In a bizarre convergence, highway construction delayed an Exton Regional Chamber of Commerce meeting aimed at discussing the area’s biggest future construction projects and the impacts of delaying repairs to outdated transportation infrastructure. “(North Coventry’s Malarkey Consulting Inc. President Ann) Tomalavage explained that delays in repairing transportation infrastructure on…
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Fenceworks Spending $1M To Revive West Chester Eyesore
A nearly $1 million investment is taking Fenceworks from snarled Chadds Ford traffic to an abandoned and overgrown West Chester garden center and tree nursery — through a tangled web of tax liens, deeds, owners and former owners. In the end, the 10.66-acre, $575,000 site and $400,000 in anticipated improvements to the former Westwood’s Garden…
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Hugh J. Lofting Construction Crafting The Home Of The Future
Nestled in seven acres of field, forest, pond and stream, all teeming with wildlife, is a new home as innovative as it is secluded. And its long-time West Grove builder, Hugh J. Lofting Construction Management Services, sees it as the home of the future. It’s a 2,700-square-foot single-story house affectionately called The Camp that features extreme…
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Archer & Buchanan Designs College’s New Spiritual Center
Archer & Buchanan Architecture, a West Chester architect, recently had the honor of expanding the storied legacy of Grove City College, a Christian liberal arts institution north of Pittsburgh. Archer & Buchanan Architecture designed the new Rathburn Hall (above) as a two-story, 16,500-square-foot complement to Grove City’s spired 1929 Harbison Chapel, and the $7 million…
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The Data Centers’ UD Power Plant Project Canceled
A proposed state-of-the-art $1 billion project by West Chester’s The Data Centers LLC has been cancelled by the University of Delaware because the Newark community and UD’s “first-class science and technology campus” faculty found the data center’s supporting natural gas power plant to be too big and too dirty, according to a Philly.com report. “At…
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New Outpatient Hospital To Fill Unmet Southern Tier Needs
Construction has begun on a new 72,000-square-foot outpatient health care facility by Anchor Health Properties that will soon fill unmet needs for more physicians in the southern part of the county, according to a recent Commercial Property Executive report. Dubbed Penn Medicine Southern Chester County, the facility will feature the services of Chester County Hospital…
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For West Chester Firm, State-Of-The-Art Not Good Enough
A state-of-the-art natural gas power plant proposed to be built by West Chester-based The Data Centers LLC isn’t cutting-edge enough for Newark, Del., where the City Council has raised red flags over environmental concerns. “The bad news — if there is any,” said consultant Gavin Biebuyck of Liberty Environmental as reported by WDEL, which was…
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Saint Gobain To Participate In US2020 City Competition
Philadelphia is one of seven winning cities in the US2020 City Competition, a national competition to encourage youth mentorship in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the White House Science Fair. “I am proud that Philadelphia was selected as a winner in the US2020 City Competition, which recognized our innovative plan to engage a…
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Development Deal Brings A Piece Of Coatesville’s Future Into Focus
A deal at the center of a vision to revitalize downtown Coatesville has been struck between the city’s redevelopment authority and Legend Properties affiliate DEPG Coatesville Associates LP. The northeast corner of East Lincoln Highway and Route 82 is now headed for a transformation into a 20,000-square-foot commercial development with 40 to 60 market-rate apartments…
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