Children's Medical Center
Ambulatory Care Center Additions and Renovations, Dallas, TX
Construction Management
Complete conversion of 188,000 SF, including the 4th and 5th floors from retail space to medical exam rooms, doctors’ offices and associated support spaces; removal of existing escalator and installation of two passenger and two hospital size elevators; new exterior wall to create a six-story atrium; new one-story Blood Draw suite and re-roofing of the existing seven-story pavilion. Also, the surface parking was re-paved, the entry drive reconfigured and an entrance canopy and connector bridge was built.

North Cypress Medical Center
North Cypress Medical Center, Cypress, TX
Construction Management
This greenfield project, built on a 33.9-acre site in northwest Houston, consists of a four-level, 227,000-square-foot hospital and a six-level, 150,000-square-foot physician-owned medical office building. Also included: OR suites, a 16-bed CCU, 48 acute-care beds, Lab/CT Scan/MRI areas, outpatient areas, administrative areas and a kitchen/dining area. The fourth floor of the bed tower was left as shell space for the future addition of 24 beds. The office building includes all tenant improvements.

Tomball Regional Hospital
Tomball Regional Hospital, Tomball, TX
Construction Management

Phase I, new ten-story patient tower with 360-patient bed capacity 20 ICU unit, new entry atrium, kitchen and dining facilities totaling 498,859 SF. Features include 17-bed skilled nursing unit, 14-bed psychiatric unit, 68 medical surgical rooms, 294 patient suites. Also includes a full service bank branch and ATM, new and expanded restaurant, gift shop and pharmacy along with computer mapping terminals for easy navigation of the hospital.

CHRISTUS
St. Elizabeth Hospital Outpatient Pavilion, Beaumont, TX
Construction Management

New 260,887 SF project that will contain diagnostic imaging, 3 endoscopy suites, a wound care center, clinical laboratory space and pulmonary functions testing.  Also included will be 6 operating rooms, 6 PACU recovery positions, and 18 same day surgery treatment positions in an ambulatory care area. The Beaumont Heart Institute will offer 2 echo laboratories, a cardiac catheterization laboratory, 4 stress laboratories and cardiac rehabilitation space. 1,200-car, 6-story parking garage also included.

Northeast Medical Center Hospital
Northeast Medical Center Hospital, Humble, TX
Program Management
Gilbane provided master-planning and program-management services for 334,000 square feet of new construction, addition and renovation of this 230-bed hospital. Multi-phased projects included patient tower renovation; emergency room renovation; new MRI addition; laboratory and radiology renovation; ICU renovation; development and implementation of an FSES project; new construction of a five-story, 80,000-square-foot office building; new roadways; landscaping and site graphics.

Sealy Smith Foundation for University of Texas Medical Branch
Primary Care Pavilion, Galveston, TX
Construction Management
Retrofit of an existing mall into doctors' clinics totaling 173,840 square feet, including clinics for internal medicine, OB/GYN, pediatric and family medicine. Second floor support-space includes meeting rooms, classrooms and additional office space.

Fox Networks
Fox Network Center - Houston, The Woodlands, TX
Construction Management

Fox Network Center - Houston is a 191,640 square-foot campus-style facility, located on 29 acres in The Woodlands, Texas, and includes a central plant and significant antenna farm. This two-story, broadcast distribution facility includes components for network operations, network broadcast, training, and provisions for a future Tier 4 data center. This facility serves as a master control center for Fox’s many regional sports networks and other programming services, including international programming. Furthermore, this facility is the largest master control center in the country.

Verizon Wireless Telecommunications Network
Operations & Data Center, Southlake, TX
Construction Management

A 187,000 SF, three level mission critical facility with 23,000 SF data center, 20,000 SF network operations center and a 24,000 SF mobile switching center located on a 23 acre campus. The facility has (N+1)+(N+1) redundancy with provisions for expansion.

ANICO
South Shore Harbour Development - Data Center, League City, TX
Construction Management

This data center project is a three-story 8,000-square-foot building. The complex was landscaped extensively to complement the tropical and nautical feel of the area. The first level of the building was constructed at existing grade and includes the main building entrance lobby, which also can be utilized as a storage level for many of the building's emergency storage tanks. The second level houses the data center and the tenant offices. The building is designed to be self sufficient in a period of six to seven days.

City of Houston
Houston Emergency Center, Houston, TX
Construction Management

3-story 128,000 SF 7x24 mission critical facility to house the City of Houston's Emergency Center consisting of  911 center, police and fire dispatch, a (N+1)+(N+1) facility constructed to withstand 150 MPH wind loading and 10-day lock down.  Contains two 1750 KW diesel generators, UPS system and dual feeds for water and electrical with dual transformers.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
Program Management

The Johnson Space Center serves as the primary Mission Control facility for all US space missions as well as all international space missions to the Space Station. On the 1600-acre campus, Gilbane has been retained by NASA since 1989, providing CM services, budgetary and construction oversight, Commissioning, and Quality Assurance and Certification.

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
Greater Houston Traffic Management Center - TRANSTAR, Houston, TX
Construction Management Agency

New 48,000-square-foot traffic management center to house TxDOT, city, county, and METRO personnel, with data center to receive electronic traffic data input for the county.

The center manages freeway systems, HOV lanes, signalization and emergency situations affecting the Greater Houston Area. Building includes a central control and operations room, communications room, briefing room for emergency conditions, staff office areas, public viewing gallery and news-media staging area.

Trammell Crow Company
Hess Tower, Houston, TX
Construction Management

This new facility will be  29-stories tall with 844,000 square feet. The project also includes a 10-story parking garage, which will accommodate 1,628 parking spaces and will be connected to the tower via sky bridge. Unique to this project will be 10 wind turbines at the top of the structure that will harvest wind energy  to generate electricity. The Southside entry plaza has been designed to compliment the recently completed Discovery Green downtown park. The Hess Tower project was designed by Gensler Architects to achieve the LEED® Gold Certification (Core / Shell), and is currently pre-certified at the Gold Level by USGBC.  

El Paso Corporation
El Paso Corporation Building Renovation, Houston, TX
Construction Management

El Paso Corporation and Owner Representative, Hines, selected the Gilbane team for the complete renovation of El Paso Corporation’s 32-story Headquarters in downtown Houston. The renovation of this 45- year-old high rise office building includes the complete restacking of all departments, functions and employee areas.

Each of the floors being renovated includes asbestos abatement.  A new 20,000 square-foot data center, which supports thousands of square miles of offshore refineries, is included in the project scope. The renovation also consists of new flooring and ceilings, new MEP systems, equipment, and fixtures. Each floor will have a “Town Center” lounge area boasting luxury amenities for use by El Paso employees. The project is targeting LEED certification.

ANICO
Marina View Office Building, League City, TX
Construction Management
A spectacular Class A, waterfront office building that sits on the south shore marina. Located on an eight-acre site, this project includes a five-story office building totaling 116,500 SF; four-story parking garage with 443 spaces as well as 21 surface parking spaces. The building features a closed-circuit television system, building controlled through BAS system, and access control system.

Hewitt and Associates
Corporate Campus Phase 1, The Woodlands, TX
Construction Management

Located on 75 acres in The Woodlands, Texas, this new structure consists of a new 363,000-square-foot, six-story office building and a 87,000-square-foot, two-story warehouse building. The owner, Hewitt Associates, planned to augment its current staff of 550 by 1,000 employees. The heavily wooded site is located on Lake Woodlands, which involved a major landscaping plan to incorporate the lake into the buildings and site. All of the parking on site is in surface lots within major areas of existing trees.

The office building is a steel structure with a facade of architectural pre-cast and ribbon windows. The warehouse building is a tilt-up construction with punched windows and houses the central plant for all building HVAC systems. The site includes major electrical/communication/data ductbanks to service the site and link the buildings together. There are provisions taken in all site systems to allow future buildings to tie-in to existing systems.

Houston Community College System
Northeast College Academic Center, Houston, TX
Construction Management
The new Houston Community College Academic Center located at the Northline Campus, Northeast College is a 115,225-square-foot, four-story building. It consists of chemistry and cosmetology labs, a Barnes & Noble book store, numerous classrooms and offices. The building features state-of-the-art communications systems and the south elevation is adorned with a contemporary sun shade system.

Texas A&M University
Multipurpose Library and Central Plant, Texarkana, TX
Construction Management
Gilbane was selected to be the Construction Manager at Risk for new Multipurpose Library Building and Central Plant project on the University's Bringle Lake Campus in Texarkana, Texas. This project is the second building in the master plan of the new University Campus, which will include over 20 buildings when fully developed. The Multipurpose Library building will be four stories comprising 189,000 square feet and a 17,000-square-foot Central Plant. The building is envisioned as a multi-story structure providing student services, offices, and classroom space. The Central Plant, designed to be expanded, will be the first component of a campus utility infrastructure loop.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Regional Biotechnology Development Complex Phase I, Dallas, TX
Construction Management

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas has asked Gilbane to serve as construction manager for its new biotechnology building project. Gilbane has been selected for the first phase of this project, which consists of a 117,4000-square-foot, three-story building.

The project scope includes research laboratory space, offices, infrastructure improvements, site parking and demolition of several existing structures. The building will house primarily biopharmaceutical and biodevice companies.

Page Southerland Page (PSP) is the Architect of Record.

Rice University
Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Houston, TX
Construction Management
Construction of a new 160,000-square-foot Graduate School of Management classroom building above a new 500-car underground parking structure. The project consisted of a complex exterior masonry design; extensive stained millwork interior; and installation of state-of-the-art audio/visual systems.

Lone Star College System
Cy-Fair Community College, Houston, TX
Construction Management at Risk
The community college consists of six buildings on a 200-acre site. The buildings total 436,000 square feet, with construction cost totaling $72.9 million. The entire project is being completed in a 24-month fast-track schedule. The buildings consist of two academic classroom facilities, a library and an administrative facility. The library itself is a joint venture with Harris County and measures more than 80,000 square feet.

University of Houston Downtown
Academic/Student Services Student Life Buildings, Houston, TX
Program Management
New 147,000 four-story academic building including classrooms, offices, student services, auditorium, and kitchen/dining area; one-level 30,000 SF parking garage; 30,000 SF student life building with meeting rooms, exercise areas and basketball courts; totaling 207,000 SF.

University of Houston
M. D. Anderson Library, Houston, TX
Construction Management
280,000 SF library expansion and renovation project will provide a state-of-the-art library facility for over 34,000 students, faculty and staff. The number of individual study spaces will increase from 880 to 2,630. The total number of individual computer workstations will increase from 144 to 350. The project includes two classrooms in the basement for library instruction. A Function Room on the second floor will accommodate groups of approximately 350. The Function Room and adjoining catering kitchen will be a showcase on campus for special events and other multi purpose activities.

Lone Star College System
Tomball College Phase IV Library & Wellness Center, Tomball, TX
Construction Management at Risk
Phase IV for Tomball College (community college) includes expansion totaling 97,000 square feet and 65,000 square feet of renovation, which includes work at the 75,000-square foot-library, wellness center and renovations to the Tomball College Campus.

Lone Star College System
Kingwood College Health & Natural Science Building, Kingwood, TX
Construction Management at Risk
Construction at Kingwood Community College of a new 73,000-square-foot health and natural science building consisting of biology, geology, chemistry, respiratory care and dental hygiene laboratories. Project also includes 24,000 square feet of renovations to an existing science building.

Houston Community College
Dr. John B. Coleman Health Science Center, Houston, TX
Construction Management
Five-story, 144,000 SF building with atrium constructed on the community college campus of the Texas Medical Center. Facility is used to train students in various health care fields. Includes classrooms and vocational labs such as radiography rooms, sonography areas, surgical suites, trauma rooms, dental suites and respiratory rooms.

Lone Star College System
Montgomery College Library Building, Conroe, TX
Construction Management
Three-level, 80,000-square-foot new library on the first floor, with predominantly computer-equipped classrooms on the second and third floors of this community college. The project also included the addition of three parking-lot areas and major drainage-work for the existing campus.

Rice University
Humanities Building, Houston, TX
Program Management
Program Management services for the renovations of three building totaling 91,000 SF which include 30,000 SF Razor Hall , 41,000 SF Sewall Hall nd 20,000 SF Herring Hall plus construction of one new 47,858 SF building for expansion of the Humanities program.

Rice University
McMurtry College and Duncan College, Houston, TX
Program Management

This project consists of two 326-bed residential colleges. Each college is approximately 115,000 square feet and contains single rooms with community bathrooms, double rooms with a shared bath, suite with four to six enhanced single rooms with separate shared bathrooms for the suite, RA and enhanced RA apartments. Public spaces include lobby/gathering, lounges/studies, laundry, community kitchen, classrooms, and computer room. game room, TV lounge, multi-use space and music practice. Each college has a separate dining/commons area and associated with each college is a separate master’s house residence.

The two colleges are served by a single kitchen of approximately 33,000 square feet, which also contains separate library and private dining rooms for each college. This project is LEED® Certified. Duncan College will be the first LEED Gold-certified project on the Rice University campus. The college will have a green roof, which holds soil and protects plant life and is designed to hold 324 students. The college is being built simultaneously with McMurtry College and, upon completion in the fall of 2009, will be one of the most energy-efficient buildings in Houston.

RIce University
Village Apartments, Houston, TX
Program Management
This four-story residential building, totaling 119,000 square feet, will have 237 beds in 137 units for Rice graduate students and their families. Once completed, this project will enable the university to provide affordable, family-friendly housing in close proximity to campus for its graduate student population.

Angleton Independent School District
New High School and Stadium, Angleton, TX
Construction Management
This project includes the new construction of a 377,000-square foot high school, 6,000-seat stadium with artificial turf and a district agriculture/science center. The stadium is expected to be completed in time for the 2009-10 football season, and the school will welcome students for the 2010 semester.

Clear Creek Independent School District
Education Village, League City, TX
Construction Management
The Educational Village will consist of an elementary, intermediate, and high school on a 135-acre site in League City, TX. As part of Bond 2007, the elementary, intermediate and high schools will be built on the same property and share some common areas including the main kitchen preparation area, mecahnical plant and service yards. While the schools share the same property and some services, each campus is separate. The high school is 445,687 SF; elementary school is 106, 915 SF; Intermediate school is 159,674 SF; and the Commons area is 50,422 SF.

Humble Independent School District
Summer Creek High School, Humble, TX
Construction Management
The school is approximately 490,000 square feet and sits on almost 67 acres of land. This campus includes complete classroom facilities for general studies as well as specialty spaces for science, computers, technical training and music. There is a 725-seat auditorium with a supporting black box theater. In addition, there are complete athletic facilities including three gymnasiums, a natatorium, competition football, baseball and softball fields.

North East Independent School District
Claudia Taylor "Ladybird" Johnson High School, San Antonio, TX
General Contracting

Gilbane Building Company is serving as the General Contractor for North East Independent School District’s newest high school. This 420,000-square-foot, 116-acre campus will enable the school to accommodate approximately 3,000 students. This is the single largest construction effort ever undertaken by the district.

In keeping with the school’s philosophy to “challenge and encourage each student,” the campus will consist of specialized areas to achieve academic excellence and develop the student’s technical skills.  The campus is made up of three separate building for Academics, Athletics and ROTC.

Academic/Laboratory Building: The main building houses all of the general learning areas as well as all science and laboratory facilities.  Also included in the main building are all Art, Band, Orchestra, Specialty Classrooms and Food Service areas.  The main building also includes a 775-seat Performing Arts Center with adjacent theater support areas, including a Black box theater and classrooms.

Athletic Building: The comprehensive campus will also have an athletic facility and athletic fields including football, soccer, softball, baseball, six tennis courts, 8-lane running track, and a practice field.  The Athletic Building includes all gymnasiums, locker rooms, dance team facilities and coaches areas.

ROTC Building: This separate building includes facilities for ROTC programs including classrooms, a rifle range and locker rooms.

Clear Creek Independent School District
Clear Springs High School, League City, TX
General Contracting
The project consists of a new high school campus for the Clear Creek Independent School District. The school building is approximately 456,000 suqare feet and sits on almost 62 acres of land in League City. The building includes complete classroom facilities for general studies as well as specialty spaces for science, computers, technical training and music. There is a 725-seat auditorium with a supporting black box theater. The campus includes complete athletic facilities including three gymnasiums, a natatorium, competition football, baseball and softball fields. Track and field events are also provided as well as numerous practice areas. The facility is served by an attached central plant and complete food service operations are also included.

Katy Independent School District
Cardiff Junior High School, Katy, TX
Construction Management
This 185,875-square-foot junior high school is located on a 31-acre site . The campus consists of a 1,403 student population with instructional classrooms, library, cafeteria, fine arts facilities, career technology facilities, locker rooms and two gyms. The site includes a football field with track, playfields, tennis courts, and basketball courts. In addition, the site includes visitor and staff parking with a bus loop.

Spring Independent School District
Andy Dekaney High School, Houston, TX
General Contracting

Gilbane provided construction services for this new 450,000-square-foot high school for Spring Independent School District. This one-of-a-kind design was modeled after a wilderness lodge to blend into the surrounding piney woods and accommodates 2,500 students. Although some of the amenities are typical of most high schools, there are several unique aspects, such as the absence of lockers. This is a new trend in schools that are moving more toward online text books and homework.

The new facility features typical academic classroom areas and science laboratories plus specialty areas such as fine arts, vocational, and athletic. The performing and visual arts component of the project caters to the drama/dance, music, ensemble and arts departments.

Lamar Consolidated Independent School District
Bond Program, Rosenberg, TX
Program Management
Gilbane is providing program management services for Lamar Consolidated ISD’s multi-phased, multiple-school construction project, which is part of a $147 million bond program. Gilbane is overseeing work at two new elementary schools; additions and renovations to five schools; renovation to 11 schools; and renovations at four other district facilities. Also includes district-wide upgrades to fire systems, phone systems, security systems and land acquisition for future schools.

Katy Independent School District
Seven Lakes High School, Katy, TX
General Contracting
New high school and ninth-grade center. This much-needed facility will encompass more than 600,000 square feet and accommodate 3,000 students. Katy ISD is the fastest-growing school district in the Houston metro area. In addition to classrooms; library and media center; science and computer labs; and an administrative suite; the school consists of specialty areas for fine arts performances, vocational learning and athletic activities. It also features a new library and media center.

Katy Independent School District
Morton Ranch High School, Katy, TX
Construction Management Agency
New high school for 3,000 students; a 600-student Ninth Grade Center will be master-planned for future construction. Site amenities will include competition football, baseball, softball and practice fields, as well as tennis courts. The site will also have a new library and administrative suite, 900-seat auditorium, black box theatre, band hall, and an olympic-style swimming pool for competition swimming. Parking will be provided for 1,427 cars, and bus drop-off areas and visitor drop-off areas will also be included.

Houston Independent School District
Bond Program, Houston, TX
Program Management

Gilbane is providing construction management program administrator services for Houston Independent School District’s multi-phased, multiple-school construction project that is part of an $808.6 million bond program.

Gilbane is overseeing 10 of those school projects, which include new construction, renovation and demolition projects. Construction will begin January 2004 and end December 2006.  The cost of these combined projects is estimated at $208 million.

Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District
Cy-Fair High School, Houston, TX
Construction Management
Additions and renovations to the Cypress Fairbanks High School. The scope includes complete demolition of existing classroom areas and existing cafeteria and construction of new classroom facilities and new cafeteria. Interior demolition of classroom areas support spaces and complete reconstruction of these areas including new library space, office areas, technology areas, career areas, etc. New sitework, parking lots, utilities and new HVAC and electrical systems are also included.

Second Baptist Church
Jane Elder Building, Houston, TX
Construction Management
A three-level classroom expansion totaling 100,000 SF to the Jane Elder Building. The addition features new student chemistry and computer labs with the latest educational technology, large assembly rooms, library facilities, and food service areas.

Houston Independent School District
Chavez and West Side High Schools, Houston, TX
General Contracting
New 2,500 student Chavez High School totaling 453,000 SF and new 2,500 student West Side High School totaling 480,000 SF. Gilbane created a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit entity and secured tax-exempt, lease purchasing financing for construction.

Lufkin Independent School District
Lufkin High School, Lufkin, TX
Construction Management at Risk

By renovating 110,000 square feet in the existing Lufkin Junior High School East and expanding the facility by 200,000 square feet, the project team converted it into the new Lufkin High School.

Bryan Independent School District
Bryan High School, Bryan, TX
Construction Management
The renovation of an existing 166,102-square-foot high school grades 11 to 12 included mechanical and electrical upgrades. A new 267,491-square-foot facility was constructed for students in grades 9-10. Outdoor amenities included new baseball and softball competition and practice fields and concessions facility.

Tarrant County
Family Law Center, Fort Worth, TX
Construction Management
The new 258,000-square-foot facility will house courtrooms and other support offices. This new facility is designed to compliment the 107-year old historic courthouse located across its intersection. It is part of the Tarrant County Downtown Fort Worth campus, which includes a maximum-security jail, civil and criminal courts and County administration offices. Tarrant County Family Law Center will be one of a hand full of courthouses in the nation dedicated solely to family law.

Galveston County
Criminal Justice Center Complex, Galveston, TX
Construction Management Agency
Gilbane provided construction management services for this comprehensive judicial complex that consists of three buildings: a 295,119 -square-foot, 1,244-bed jail facility and a four-story, 199,551-square-foot courthouse facility, shared by the County Sheriff's office and the Galveston Police Department. Together, these facilities comprise a complex that spans more than 10 square blocks.

Bexar County
Courthouse, San Antonio, TX
Program Management
Interior renovations to this 83,070-square-foot historic courthouse included a new ADA required ramp for the north entry plaza, offices for district and county clerks, courtroom and offices for the commissioners.

Harris County
Criminal Justice Facility, Houston, TX
Construction Management
New construction of a 776,000 SF, 20-story, criminal justice center including 42 courts, chambers for State District Judges, four floors of District Attorney offices, prisoner holding and processing cells for 774 inmates, Grand Jury public spaces, and court administration staff. The facility is tied to the County Jail via underground tunnel and connecting bridge. Gilbane also provided move management services.

Tarrant County
Criminal Justice Facilities, Fort Worth, TX
Program Management
Project management for 1,400 bed, 557,000 SF maximum security jail; 457,690 SF criminal justice center; 25,558 SF medical examiners facility; 32,736 SF child protection service facility; and renovations to existing courts building.

Food and Drug Administration
FDA Arkansas Regional Lab, Jefferson, AR
Construction Management Agency
This project included the two-phase construction of a new laboratory including BSL-2 and BSL-3 suites and enhanced vivarium areas at the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) and Arkansas Regional Laboratory for FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA). The facility consists of two buildings: a new 146,400 SF building of three levels and an occupiable basement renovation of 46,000 SF to the NCTR building.

Rice University
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Houston, TX
General Contracting

This 77,710-square-foot building, including faculty offices, conference space and classrooms, houses the work of Nobel Prize-winning professors. With its 3,000-square-foot vibration-isolated laboratory, the facility supports nanoscale (one billionth of a part) research.

University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Basic Sciences Research Building, Houston, TX
Construction Management at Risk
Vivarium and laboratory facility totaling 525,000 square feet, featuring two floors of vivarium space (totaling 104,580 square feet) and six floors of research-laboratory space. The height of the building is equivalent to a 16-story building because of interstitial floors above each laboratory. All MEP services are located on the interstitial floors for easy access and maintenance without disrupting sensitive research.

US Army Corps of Engineers
Battlefield Health & Trauma Research Center, San Antonio, TX
Construction Management
New 145,515-square-foot biomedical research building with laboratory, vivarium and vivarium support facilities. The new research building will be connected via underground corridor to the existing Institute of Surgical Research (ISR) facility. The project will also provide alteration, remodeling and repair of existing ISR facilities to accommodate the requirements of the BHT. The building will be able to accommodate a workforce of 264 persons. The research center will integrate all Defense Department combat casualty care research missions and functions in a multi-service, synergistic research facility with a clinic foundation.

Baylor College of Medicine
Center for Comparative Medicine, Houston, TX
Construction Management
Gilbane provided at-risk construction management services for this $30 million facility that included an underground, small-animal vivarium used for housing mice for medical research. Project also involved renovating an existing loading dock and construction of a new corridor tunneled beneath an existing building that connects the laboratory facility to the loading dock. Project was performed on a very aggressive fast-track schedule.

Texas Department of Health
Laboratory Building, Austin, TX
Construction Management Agency

This 175,000-square-foot seven-story building houses laboratories and facilities for testing for necropsy, serology, food, mycology, biogenetic and lead, among others.

Baylor College of Medicine
Alkek Tower, Houston, TX
Program Management
Two phases of 281,000 SF build out of a 17-story Alkek Tower research laboratory along with 58,000 SF of major renovations and additions to laboratories on campus. The build out consisted of genome sequencing labs, gene therapy labs, a breast cancer research lab, an immunology lab, The Huffington Center on Aging, a cell biology lab, a biochemistry lab, a pharmacology lab, a glass wash facility, and an electron microscope area.

City of Austin
Austin Convention Center Expansion/Renovation, Austin, TX
Program Management

Gilbane's preconstruction planning helped make this project a success. Early in the design phase, the team coordinated drawings with selected contractors and produced detailed plans that revealed and solved constructability issues. Despite many challenges with long lead times for materials, the 464,000-square-foot convention center was delivered on time and within budget.

Moody Gardens / GalTex Hotel Corporation
Phase V - Convention Center and Hotel Expansion, Galveston, TX
Construction Management
Project included a 128-room, 88,000-square-foot hotel expansion and Convention Center demobilization, replacement of a 32,000-square-foot Exhibit Hall space and 37,500-square-foot expansion of the Exhibit Hall totaling 60,000 square feet, which was phased in order to keep it open. The scope also included a 500,000-square-foot, 1,000-car garage, new warehouse building, a restaurant, flood control improvements, site utilities, new paddle boat dock, a total upgrade to the central plant and complete renovation of existing conference center.

City of Austin
Austin Convention Center Phase I, Austin, TX
Program Management
Gilbane provided project management services for a 464,000-square-foot convention center with 125,972 square feet of exhibit space, 20 meeting rooms and a 23,664-square-foot ballroom and banquet hall. Services included selection and management of the architect/engineer, financial planning and site selection

City of Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Convention Center Expansion and Rehabilitation and New Arena, Corpus Christi, TX
Program Management
This multipurpose 180,250-square-foot arena has seating for 8,156 fans to watch the Corpus Christi Ice Rays, part of the Central Professional Hockey League, and the Men and Women?s NCAA Division 1 basketball team of the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi teams. Future plans include a $20 million expansion and rehab of convention center that involves a 20,000-square-foot ballroom and grand lobby. The structure's glass exterior is intended to compliment the waterfront area and improve the city's competitive position in attracting more events and shows.

City of Houston
George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX
Program Management
1,170,000 SF new convention center for the City of Houston which includes 470,500 SF of exhibit space; 43 meeting rooms; 31,000 SF ballroom 3,600-seat auditorium; 400-seat cafeteria, and surface parking for 3,000 cars.

City of Houston
George R. Brown Convention Center Expansion and Hotel, Houston, TX
Program Management
New, 1,200,000 SF, 1,200-room Hilton Americas Hotel and 750,000 SF expansion of existing convention center with 1,600-car parking garage.

Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation
Reliant Center Renovations, Houston, TX
Construction Management
Reliant Park East parking lot renovation, Reliant Hall demolition, Reliant Arena facelift, and new entries.

Tarrant County
Parking Facility, Fort Worth, TX
Program Management
Seven-story, 785-car parking garage with one level below grade for possible day care, totaling 265,000 SF.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
Program Management
Project Management services for additions, renovations, and new facility construction on the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. To date, the program has been in excess of $150 million and over 50 assignments which have included: Mission Control Building 30, Space Station Simulation, Buildings 9C & 5, Administrative Office Buildings, Central Plants, Chiller and Switchgear Replacement and Neutral Buoyancy Lab addition.

City of Houston
Looscan Neighborhood Library, Houston, TX
Design / Build

Houston Fire Department
Fire Station No. 37, Houston, TX
Construction Management
This project includes the construction of an 11,000-square-foot fire station, which consists of three apparatus bays, a dormitory, locker room, study and TV areas, an exercise room, offices, a full kitchen, a covered outdoor grill area, and clean/maintenance rooms. This facility will house 48 firemen as well as a fire captain and chief. The building has a brick façade with accents and a metal roof. This project will pursue LEED® Silver Certification.

Moody Gardens, Inc.
Moody Gardens Phase IV, Galveston, TX
Construction Management
New 13-story, 303-room convention center/hotel totaling 450,000 SF, including a central plant building with ice storage capabilities, with new two-level Discovery Museum glass pyramid with three I-MAX ride theaters, site utilities and related hardscape/ landscape development and a new aquarium inside pyramid containing four major exhibits and ocean theater with one 1,000,000 gallon and three 250,000 gallon tanks; and related sitework and utilties.

Galveston Island Waterpark, LP
Schlitterbahn Galveston Island Water Park, Galveston, TX
Construction Management

Gilbane served as Construction Manager for this new waterpark located at 2026 Lockheed Street, which was built on a 26-acre site adjacent to Moody Gardens and the Lone Star Flight Museum. Specialty rivers, water rides, including the Flowrider and Master Blasters, and separate indoor and outdoor areas are just a few of the features of this innovative water park.

The indoor areas, which remain open almost all winter, are connected by walkways and covered with a tent-like structure and boast theatrical lighting in various areas. This section of the park includes the Tidal Wave River, main building, beach area, tube and speed slides, a hot tub, a heated pool with swim up bar, two kiddie pools with slides and waterdrops, a teen slide, a sandbox working model of the park and water play area for small children.

Houston Zoo
African Forest Exhibit, Houston, TX
Construction Management at Risk
Phase I of this project includes the Houston Zoo’s redevelopment of 6.5 acres to create a dynamic and interactive exhibit of animals common to the African tropical forest. This project consists of a significant amount of site work as a component of its transformation. In addition to the unique and vast amount of rockwork and interpretive theming, it will include a Chimp House, Rhino Barn, Giraffe Barn, Restaurant, Gift Shop and Ticket Booth. Upon completion of this project, the Houston Zoo’s goal is to have a destination attraction that features chimpanzees, giraffes, rhinos and various other African animals in an experiential exhibit that excites, educates, inspires and entertains the Zoo guests. This new exhibit will enrich the life of the animals in the Zoo’s collection, while being successfully operational and instilling a sense of pride, motivation and engagement by the Zoo staff and the community. The architect of record is PJA Architects of Seattle, Washington.

Harris County Sports Authority
Harris County Aquatic Center, Houston, TX
Construction Management

This facility is the City’s first aquatic center geared toward children from low to moderate income families. Located just blocks away from Reliant Stadium, the Harris County Aquatic Center includes a new 22,350-square-foot, single-story natatorium, complete with locker room facilities and bleachers for spectators. In addition to the building, the work included construction of a new 80-space concrete pavement parking lot and demolition and replacement of an existing 80-space parking lot, along with landscaping and irrigation of the surrounding area.

The Woodlands Country Club
The Woodlands Country Club - East Course Clubhouse, The Wooodlands, TX
Construction Management

The Woodlands East Course Country Club Clubhouse Renovation/Addition consisted of an existing 20,000 sf, two-level building with ongoing golf cart storage and cart maintenance (during construction) on the first level. The project included men’s and women’s locker rooms, men’s and women’s lounges, pro shop, full service kitchen, bar, dining room, patio dining, offices and concession snack bar.

City of Houston
George R. Bush Intercontinental Airport Terminal C Parking Garage Phases I & II, Houston, TX
Construction Management
The new 900,000-square-foot, six-level garage has parking for 2,500 cars. The project also involved a 150,000-square-foot baggage area for Terminal C with connection bridges and moving walkways that required road and site utility work. It features connecting pedestrian walkways that link the ticket lobby as well as the inteterminal train. Roadway and surface parking modifications were also performed. To reduce traffic bottlenecks, major portions of the concrete work were done at night.

City of Houston
George R. Bush Intercontinental Airport Mickey Leland International Airlines Building, Houston, TX
Program Management
Program management services were provided to build the International terminal that totals 440,000 square feet. The terminal includes 12 gates, 39 ticket counters, a 70,000-square-foot pedestrian tunnel and moving walkway system. The project also involved integrated life safety and energy management systems and related road work, apron, fueling systems and aircraft bridges.