The Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA) has announced the Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) earned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) certification.

This designation makes IND the first airport in the nation to earn LEED certification for an entire terminal campus. Additionally, measuring in at 1.2 million square feet makes IND one of the largest projects to be awarded LEED certification.

LEED is a third-party certification program and nationally accepted benchmark for design, construction and operation of environmentally friendly, or green/sustainable, buildings. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) manages the program.
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Crossroads of America Council, Boy Scouts of America, now has two new residences for assistant rangers or summer staff at Camp Belzer in Indianapolis. Hunt Construction Group donated a majority of the $350,000 in labor and supplies to complete the staff cabins. Camp Belzer is one of the council’s seven camping facilities throughout central Indiana.

The Robert C. and LaVern Hunt Staff Cabins will expand the number of cabins on site. Two will be used to house assistant rangers year-round. The other two cabins will be used by summer staff during Cub Scout Day Camp and will be available for special events and weekend programs at other times of the year. Each cabin includes two bedrooms, a bathroom, kitchen and living area.

“Even though Camp Belzer is a day camp during the summer, it needs staff there 24 hours a day, seven days a week to run smoothly,” said Scott Clabaugh, Scout Executive, Crossroads of America Council. “We’re grateful for Hunt’s generosity in building these cabins.”
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Since Clark/Hunt, a Joint Venture, first broke ground on the San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) in March of 2009, the Texas city has been eagerly awaiting the new building. Now complete, it represents the largest military hospital in the United States.

There are four entities to SAMMC: the Central Energy Plant, which is 50,000 square feet; the Consolidated Parking Structure, containing 5,000 parking spaces; the Consolidated Tower, coming in at 750,000 square feet; and the renovation of the existing hospital, which is now 350,000 square feet. The project team also built a new helipad on top of the consolidated tower. During construction, the existing hospital and helipad remained fully functional, and Clark/Hunt made it a priority to coordinate their work around what was happening with the in-use hospital.

One of the most incredible components of the hospital is the burn unit. It is one of the largest in the United States, and when construction is completed, it will be among the top burn units in the world. Military patients come to the medical center from the war, and the majority of soldiers that have been burned are patients at the existing hospital, and will be patients at SAMMC. The project team re-vamped the existing burn unit, increasing the square footage by 82,000 square feet.
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Having just celebrated its seventh year, the Crabbing for Charity event in Savannah, Georgia brought in quite the turnout. Michelle Bazemore started the event as a way to give back to the community and its popularity continues to grow with hundreds in attendance this year.

The concept is straightforward. There is a small registration fee for access to the banquet, t-shirt, food and festivities. The added twist – the crabbing tournament. The individual who brings in the dozen heaviest crabs wins the prize pool of nearly $9,000; they then select the destination of the winnings.

This year’s winner, with over nine pounds of crab, was JC Jones. He set out on September 24 with coworker, Chad Hale for a relaxing day of fall crabbing. When he returned in the late afternoon for the weigh-in, Jones got a surprise. “They weighed my crab and said, at the time, I was in the lead with only a few people still out,” Jones said.
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Progress is moving along rapidly at the new Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport. Much of the project’s transportation infrastructure is in place and finishing touches are starting to take shape in the main areas. For more videos on this project, be sure to check out the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson YouTube page.

Construction for this massive facility is being managed by Holder-Manhattan-C.D. Moody-Hunt, A Joint Venture. Atlanta Gateway Designers serve as the architect for the new terminal structure. All related posts on this project may be found here.