If you haven’t driven by the Shell Franklin site in Monaca lately, you should. The beehive of activity is impressive. Maybe more impressive is the fact that 1,700 workers are on site at the moment but that will more than triple by this time next year.
In project news, Allegheny County Airport Authority selected Jacobs as program manager for the $1.5 billion Terminal Modernization Program. The A/E team is expected to be selected at the July board meeting. University of Pittsburgh selected PJ Dick for its $80 million addition and renovation to Scaife Hall. UPMC short-listed Turner Construction and the Mascaro/Barton Malow team for the $280 million Hillman/Shadyside expansion. PJ Dick’s Special Projects Group was awarded the $9 million CM-at-risk contract for the Botanical Gardens in North Fayette. St. Clair Hospital awarded Mascaro the contract for the new $16 million central utility building. Phipps Conservatory is taking proposals from Jendoco, Massaro, PJ Dick, Rycon and Sota on its $10 million garden center project.