Tag: Virginia
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Vantage plans $2B Virginia data center project
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Vantage Data Centers will invest $2 billion to build a three-building data center campus in Stafford County, Virginia, according to a Thursday announcement from Virginia Gov. Glenn Younkin. Teams expect construction to finish on the…
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Skanska Completes Virginia State University’s Largest Campus Building
Skanska has completed Virginia State University’s Alfred W. Harris Academic Commons—a 175,000-square-foot facility that unites the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Education under one roof. The new building now stands as a central hub for student activity and academic collaboration. “This project is an investment for the next generation of…
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Virginia Tech unveils hard hat, helmet rating system
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Virginia Tech’s Helmet Lab has released a first-of-its-kind rating system for construction hard hats and helmets that mirrors rankings used for sport helmets. The findings, shared publicly Monday, indicate that Type II helmets — or…
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Lilly to build $5B cancer drug facility in Virginia
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Eli Lilly said it plans to build a $5 billion manufacturing facility outside of Richmond, Virginia, focused on cancer and autoimmune treatments. Located in Goochland County, the site will make ingredients for Lilly’s antibody-drug conjugate…
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Virginia Tech, HITT coalition awards $280K in innovation grants
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The Coalition for Smart Construction, a combined entity between Virginia Tech and HITT Contracting that aims to help the construction industry advance via new technology, has announced the first recipients of the initiative’s seed grants…
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Virginia Tech, HITT coalition awards $280K in innovation grants
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The Coalition for Smart Construction, a combined entity between Virginia Tech and HITT Contracting that aims to help the construction industry advance via new technology, has announced the first recipients of the initiative’s seed grants…
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Caterpillar and Luck Stone Hit 1 Million Tons Hauled Autonomously at Virginia Quarry
Caterpillar and Luck Stone have reached a significant milestone at the Bull Run Quarry in Chantilly, Virginia – one million tons hauled using autonomous haul trucks. The achievement marks a first for Caterpillar in the aggregates industry and signals growing potential for autonomous technology in quarry operations. The project, which began as a collaboration between…
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FlatironDragados, Herzog JV to start $414M Virginia rail job
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A FlatironDragados and Herzog team is set to break ground this month on the $414 million Franconia-Springfield Bypass, per a July 17 release from Broomfield, Colorado-based FlatironDragados. The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority’s project will allow passenger and…