Centex Construction Company Awarded Contract for One Freedom Square.FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1998--Centex Construction Company, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CTX CTX Context (Management; Tandem) CTX Centex Corporation (stock symbol) CTX Centrex CTX Cyclophosphamide CTX Corporate Trade Exchange CTX Cytoxan CTX Cholera Toxin CTX Clinical Trial Exemption ) announces the recent award of a $48 million contract from the Boston Properties Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP) is a self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Boston, Massachusetts. Its primary focus is "Class A" office space which it acquires, develops, and manages in the major markets of Boston, New York City, Washington, D.C. , Inc. and Westbrook Communities development team to provide preconstruction and construction services for One Freedom Square. The project, located on Market Street at Reston Town Center The Reston Town Center (RTC) is a group of offices, stores, and restaurants in Reston, Virginia. Layout The Reston Town Center is designed with open avenues and with wide sidewalks. It is built around Freedom Square, a medium-sized open area between the surrounding shops. in Northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. , is one of three office projects that Boston Properties has awarded to Centex in the past several months. Among these projects is construction of Reston Overlook, a two-building office complex with parking garage, and the Reston Arboretum arboretum: see botanical garden. arboretum Place where trees, shrubs, and sometimes herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes. An arboretum may be a collection in its own right or a part of a botanical garden. (Phase I), a 100,000 square-foot office building. "Our decision to choose Centex for One Freedom Square had as much to do with Centex's performance on the Reston Overlook project as it did with their competitive price," says Jonathan B. Kurtis, Senior Vice President -- Construction, Boston Properties, Inc. One Freedom Square, designed by KCF-SHG, Inc. as the Architect of Record, involves construction of an 18-story office building; a 523,000 square-foot parking garage to accommodate 1,620 vehicles; interior finishes; and road and utility improvements. The building will provide 408,000 square feet of prime office space and 17,000 square feet of retail space. Andersen Consulting, the facility's primary tenant, will occupy the plaza level and 10 of the building's 18 floors. In addition to office and garage construction, Centex was awarded a contract from Westbrook Communities for construction of three new roads and extensive underground utility work at the site, designed by Urban Engineering. The new office building will have a cast-in-place, post-tensioned concrete structure with caisson caisson (kā`sən, –sŏn) [Fr.,=big box], in engineering, a chamber, usually of steel but sometimes of wood or reinforced concrete, used in the construction of foundations or piers in or near a body of water. There are several types. foundations. The exterior skin will consist of architectural precast pre·cast adj. Relating to or being a structural member, especially of concrete, that has been cast into form before being transported to its site of installation. , aluminum curtain wall and glass. The base building interior finishes, designed by KCF-SHG, will consist of a combination of composite wood panels, ornamental metals and glass walls. Accenting the main lobby is terrazzo terrazzo Type of flooring consisting of marble chips set in cement or epoxy resin that is poured and ground smooth when dry. Terrazzo was ubiquitous in the 20th century in commercial and institutional buildings. flooring, wood veneer and glass walls and ceilings made of a combination of drywall, acoustic panels and perforated stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. . Hickok Warner Fox, the interior architect for the Andersen Consulting Tenant Spaces, designed the space with a sophisticated palette of composite wood panels, patterned glass walls, wood and metal trim and slate flooring to connect "neighborhoods" of space. Centex Construction Company, Inc., a leader in the commercial construction industry for more than 60 years, provides general contracting, at-risk construction management, turn-key, and design/build services for corporate office, education, hospitality, healthcare, multi-family, and government-related facilities. Centex Construction Company operates two full-service divisions, one in Fairfax, Va., serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and the other in Dallas, Texas, serving the Southwest marketplace and select National projects. In addition, the Company operates a fully-owned subsidiary, Centex-Landis Construction Company, in New Orleans, La. Centex Construction Company is a subsidiary of Centex Construction Group, a division of Dallas-based Centex Corporation (NYSE:CTX). Centex Construction Group has been listed for the last five consecutive years as one of the nation's top five building contractors by Engineering News-Record. CONTACT: Centex Construction Company, Dallas Connie S. Oliver, 214/902-6286 |
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