With President John F. Kennedy and former President Harry Truman chatting behind him, House Speaker Sam Rayburn takes part in a Democratic dinner May 27, 1961, in Washington. | AP Photo

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On this day in 1965, the third and most modern of the four office buildings currently being used by the House of Representatives opened on the south side of Independence Avenue. It was named for Texas Democratic Rep. Sam Rayburn. Mr. Sam, as he was widely known, served as speaker for 17 years. Some historians view him as one of the most effective leaders ever to hold that critical post.

Rayburn, who died in 1961 at age 79 while still serving in the speakership, was also known for dressing for the occasion. In Washington, he wore expensive suits, starched white shirts and perfectly shined shoes. But back in his hardscrabble northeastern Texas district, he favored blue jeans, boots and cowboy hats. At the time of his death, he had served as speaker for nearly twice as long as any of his predecessors.

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Rayburn himself initiated the building project in 1955, although without designating a specific site. J. George Stewart, the then-architect of the U.S. Capitol, chose Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson of Philadelphia to design a classical-style building in harmony with the Capitol complex. Construction began in 1962. President John F. Kennedy, who had served in the House from 1949 to 1953 as a Massachusetts Democrat, spoke at a cornerstone-laying ceremony on May 24, 1962.

The neoclassical Rayburn Building forms a modified H, with four stories above ground, two basements and three levels of underground garage space. A white marble facade above a pink granite base covers its concrete and steel frame. A subway tunnel and electric train connects the building to the Capitol. Pedestrian tunnels join it to the adjacent Longworth Building, which opened in 1933.

On either side of the main entrance stand two 10-foot marble statues by C. Paul Jennewein, Spirit of Justice and Majesty of Law. The east and west walls feature eight marble rhytons, drinking horns formed of mythical figures known as chimeras. Rayburn is remembered in an oil portrait by Tom Lea, a marble relief by Paul Manship and a 6-foot bronze statue by Felix de Weldon.

Currently, some 169 House members are housed there in comfy three-room suites. In addition, there is space in the building to accommodate nine House committees and their related support staff. Amenities include a cafeteria, a first aid room, a Library of Congress book station, a recording studio, a gym and ancillary facilities for the press. A little-known shooting range, used mostly by members of the U.S. Capitol Police, as well as a basketball court are tucked into the buildings sub-basement.

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Capitol Hill may be perpetually hamstrung, but the rest of the Federal City is in anything but a holding pattern. Where construction is concerned, the District of Columbia is moving full-steam ahead, with cranes in the sky, footers in the ground and truckloads of materials navigating the citys already busy streets.

Just how big is DCs building boom? The District added 13.7 million square feet of built space in 2016 with nearly that much planned for 2017, according to the Washington, DC Economic Partnership. The 2016 figure is the highest mark since the WDCEP began tracking it in 2001. Additionally, more than 14,800 residential units were under construction as of August 2016, compared to 13,294 a year earlier, with nearly half of those in three neighborhoods: Capitol Riverfront, NoMa (North of Massachusetts Avenue)/Union Market and Southwest.

The presence of a primary industry the federal government largely insulated from swings in the market (though it can undoubtedly cause them), is one driver. Another is the hordes of young professionals seeking employment with the government contractors, legal firms and nonprofits that round out the policy supply chain and who need a place to live. But theres more to it.

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Construction Dive spoke with Mark Carroll, the DC-based executive vice president of Skanska USA Commercial Development, to learn how new industries, revisited neighborhoods and old planning standards are shaping the capital city today and in the future.

This interview has been edited and condensed.

Lets start in NoMa, since thats where Skanska has its first multifamily project in DC and one of only a few in the U.S. for the company right now. How did the company get involved in that neighborhood?

CARROLL:As a developer, we're trying to find the emerging and developing neighborhoods. With the height limits [in DC], we can't build any higher, and [the challenges associated with] redeveloping some of the older buildings force you to look at other markets. NoMa has grown around a couple of different things. One has been the Metro station there, which Skanska built as part of a joint venture in 2004. That created a new stop along the Red Line, which is a popular Metro line. That neighborhood was viewed as a great opportunity for development. A lot of government tenants started to find their way there around 2010. It was right around that time that we started looking at land over there. We acquired the land that is now planned for two office buildings, and then a year later we acquired the site that we're now building on, which is 22 M Street NE.

Thats Resa, the multifamily component of Skanskas Tyber Place master plan in NoMa. Why did the company go for that project, in that neighborhood?

CARROLL:As we were looking at the area a developing mixed-use market we started to see multifamily projects going up with some success there. We thought [Resa] would complement the mix of retail and office space we had envisioned for the site. We planned that development around the Meander, which we coordinated with the NoMa Business Improvement District. They had a vision of a pedestrian walkway to connect the blocks because the blocks in that area of NoMa are pretty big. We saw this as a way of making a connection internal to the neighborhood from development to development, and we thought that having that kind of outdoor experience mixed in with multifamily, office and retail would create a real community environment.

A rendering of Resa at Tyber Place

The height limits are a challenge throughout DC, and so developers need to maximize width. In this kind of a project, how do you make room for the streetscape while still maximizing the site?

CARROLL: Placemaking is the term that everybody likes to use: How do you create a community or an environment where people want to go that has a good retail base and good living and work environments?There are a couple of things were trying to do in NoMa. First, we're not building out to full density. We wanted to take advantage of an outdoor space, so we planned that development around the Meander. We also set back the middle building so that there is an exterior courtyard for outdoor seating or other activities. It creates a sense of place, which I think in NoMa will be very welcomed.

Is the level of urban revitalization currently underway in NoMa occurring elsewhere in the city?

CARROLL: Theres a lot of redevelopment going on in the Capitol Riverfront BID. A lot of that is being driven by new multifamily, but we believe in that market as an office market as well. We're invested there with an office building at 99 M Street.

The live-work-play environment is certainly there, but you also have the entertainment component with the [Nationals] ballpark and the [DC United] stadium coming. You also have a lot of parks.The mix there has come together well to create a nice neighborhood community. The other thing that has been helpful for that market is that the Green Line is becoming a very popular Metro Line. A lot of millennials have been moving along the Green Line, and so that helps that market because a lot of the new development is attracting not only public spaces like parks but also new retail, apartments and some of the amenities we're providing in buildings such as rooftop terraces and fitness centers.

Is Capitol Riverfront on par with NoMa as far as the shift in demographics and built space?

CARROLL: They're pretty comparable. Both markets are driven by multifamily development, though you're starting to see more office interest.

A rendering of 99 M Street

How do those two neighborhoods compare to a more established one like Foggy Bottom, where Skanska is building 2112 Pennsylvania Avenue?

CARROLL: From an office perspective, it's a different tenant base. The tenants that we're talking to there like the Pennsylvania Avenue address. The building is already about 50% leased to Cleary Gottlieb, a law firm. What helps that location is the revitalization that has occurred with the development around Washington Circle [in recent years] and along the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue with our project, which are changing the streetscape there. It's already an established market, but it is changing. You're starting to see more retail activity, more street life.

You've been in DC for a while, but much of this development has occurred in the last decade. How does the District today, development-wise, compare with the planning expectations set a decade ago?

CARROLL: You know, it's funny. The downturn in the market slowed the Riverfront and NoMa, but in different ways. The ballpark was great addition to the Riverfront [in 2008] and started to get more interest there. That market was gaining momentum before the downturn, which set it back from a timing standpoint, but it has come back very strong. In NoMa, a lot of the leasing that occurred [around 2010] came out of the stimulus package, which created more office opportunities and street activity that got people comfortable with the neighborhood. Since then, you've seen a lot of residential development, and that's come along quickly in the NoMa market.

Do you see the federal government which is a huge landowner and tenant base and spurs a lot of economic activity in the District as being a major differentiator for DC, or is it comparable with key industries in other states?

CARROLL: The government certainly is a big driver. We're a global gateway city stabilized by the government [as an industry]. That's very attractive for foreign investors, which helps us from a real estate perspective. We've got a well-educated workforce here and great universities, and all of those things create a great foundation for the city as it develops.

The cycles in DC aren't steep cycles. When the market goes up and down, DC always seems stable compared to other cities, and I think that's because the government is such a strong anchor here. We've had great population and job growth over the last couple of years, and not all of that is done by the government, but I do think it is a differentiator. Having the government in town also brings in the contractors and lobbyists, which provide a stable economy. In the last couple of years, though, we've seen more growth outside the government.

What are some of the sources of that growth?

CARROLL: You're starting to see more tech coming into DC. With that comes a different type of office use. If you look at some of the leasing activity last year, a lot was around the co-working environment. There's been a significant increase in co-working-type users that have come into the market, and I think they're filling a need for more entrepreneurial smaller businesses, [many of which are] tech-oriented.

A rendering of 2112 Pennsylvania Avenue

Changing gears, to what extent has Skanska in DC experienced the labor shortage that is being reported nationwide?

CARROLL: Thats following with the amount of development and building that is going on. We have a building division that builds all our work, and what we're hearing from them is theres a lot of labor in demand. That creates a couple of different challenges for what we do: a need for skilled workers, as it makes it a little bit more of a challenge for staffing projects; it also creates more of an economic demand because with a lack of skilled labor, your prices tend to go up.

Is there a way around it?

CARROLL: No. You're seeing it in subcontractor bids with an increase in cost. The costs are mostly being carried by labor, and for some of the trades concrete labor, for example it seems to be significant.

What about green building? The General Services Administration has a LEED requirement for most projects. Whats the approach to green building in DC, and how is that different from what you see Skanska facing elsewhere in the country?

CARROLL: We like to see some of the initiatives the DC government has taken for green building such as the Green Area Ratio. Skanska overall is focused on sustainability, so our goal is to be designing all our office buildings to LEED Gold or more, and our multifamily projects to LEED Silver. A lot of what we're doing certainly meets DC standards and often exceeds them. We think it's good for the market, that its the right thing to do.

Are there any federal policies that the company has its eye on?

CARROLL: Any change in the government here creates different opportunities. With the new administration, there is certainly a focus on infrastructure. Skanska does a lot of that work for infrastructure development and construction. We're trying to keep an eye out for any of those opportunities, as well as other initiatives we've seen from the new administration like defense spending, which would create more opportunities in DC because we have a lot of defense contractors here.

What do you think sets DCs construction industry apart for better or worse from that of the rest of the country?

CARROLL: I've lived here for a while and I love DC. When you compare it to other cities, there is a unique character to it. We have the master plan the L'Enfant Planwhich I think everyone has a great deal of respect for. Some of the height restrictions create a different dynamic from what you might find in other cities. While we don't have the large, tall buildings, we still have a very elegant city and it's integrated with great parks. You see that respect for outdoor space with some of the neighborhoods being developed. With Tyber Place in NoMa, were trying to have an outdoor environment. At 99M, down near the ballpark, that neighborhood [already] has some great parks. The balance between the built environment and outdoor space is one thing that makes DC great.

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The North Loops makeover in the past 20 years has given new life to brick-and-timber warehouses that once housed factories, car and implement dealers and even a macaroni maker.

Now, a distinctive new office building made from wood has opened, a development that sets the North Loop apart from other urban neighborhoods around the country that have gone through such a renaissance.

Billed as the largest mass timber building in the United States, the seven-story structure called T3 shows that cities dont have to be dominated by structures of steel and concrete. Its progress has been followed by architects and developers.

We got away from wood for awhile for various reasons, and I think architects and engineers and developers have recognized the potential, and some of the new technology does make it a little bit easier to build, said Archie Landreman, regional director for nonprofit WoodWorks, which promotes wood construction of commercial buildings and advised Houston-based Hines, T3s developer.

Mass timber describes a framing style that uses smaller pieces of wood formed into large panels for floors, roofs and walls. It differs from the light-frame wood construction of many homes.

It can be easy to miss the T3 building tucked behind an upscale apartment complex and a strip club along Washington Avenue. But as soon as someone enters the space, it is hard to miss its singularity.

The building smells like wood mixed with a whiff of a new car. The lobby has all the modern furniture of other office suites, but it gives off the aura of a lodge.

T3, which stands for timber, transit, technology, recently received one of its first affirmations when Amazon.com Inc. signed on to lease office space. The company has said it eventually will employ 100 workers in Minneapolis.

Already, the building is home to a fitness studio for Bar Method Minneapolis, a fitness chain whose workouts include dance conditioning techniques. In addition, a restaurant tenant also has plans to debut a new concept at the space.

Heavy timber structures have a long history in warehouse construction, so the new T3 building is a great fit in the North Loop, said Nick Koch, an associate vice president at HGA Architects and Engineers and a chairman of neighborhood development group 2020 Partners.

While brick-and-timber buildings have become a popular choice for creative offices, noise and draftiness can be problems.

We just decided to create something that had the same authenticity and feel [of a brick-and-timber building] ... but all of the modern amenities and creature comforts of new construction, said Brent Robertson, managing director of the office-agency division for JLL, which is responsible for leasing T3.

The building offers Wi-Fi in its public spaces including the rooftop deck. In addition, T3 has fully embraced its location on the Cedar Lake Trail. It has bike rentals, bike storage and a bike repair station.

The 220,000-square-foot building was constructed with 8-foot-by-20-foot panels of engineered wood that were stacked across beams of glued, laminated timber. The panels themselves consisted of smaller strips of wood nailed together.

Concrete still is used in some areas of the building, including the entire first floor. Weathered steel wraps the outside to protect it from the elements.

Mass timber structures are significantly lighter than their steel and concrete equivalents so it takes less time to erect them. Builders needed less than three months to install the timber frame of T3. The dead load or weight of the building also ends up being lower.

As the only structural material that comes from a renewable resource, the sustainability, the aesthetic and the authenticity of the material make it a natural to be used more frequently in commercial applications, said Bob Pfefferle, director of Hines Minneapolis.

Another positive is that building with wood is believed to use less energy than building with other materials, Landreman said. The wood also naturally helps store carbon. The 3,600 cubic meters of wood that was used in the building will end up sequestering about 3,200 tons of carbon for the life of the building. Most of the wood was made of lumber from trees killed by the mountain pine beetle.

Designers and developers found a sweet spot with the T3 building with its relatively simple design and moderately tall height that easily can be replicated, said Jacob Mans, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesotas School of Architecture, who is studying Minnesota-made mass timber systems.

Theres just a lot of smart things in that building, he said. I think you will see this building type show up a lot more when you are trying to develop a lot of building footprint in a short period of time.

Wood buildings are perceived to be more vulnerable to fire but thats because many people dont understand mass timber, Mans said.

Mass timber construction might actually perform better in a fire than noncombustible materials because the wood is thick and solid and chars at a slower and more predictable rate. Wood buildings also have been shown to perform well in earthquakes.

Hines has plans to start construction later this year of a similar T3 building in Atlanta. There also have been discussions about an 80-story timber tower in Chicago.

In Minnesota and many other states, office buildings are allowed currently to have up to six floors of wood. But for many architects, the sky is the limit for the potential of wooden buildings.

Its mostly a code issue and the public accepting being in a tall wood building, Mans said.

T3 will inspire confidence for developers to keep building with wood, said Kate Simonen, an associate professor of architecture at the University of Washington.

The T3 project is already influential in that the project team has demonstrated a viable construction model, she wrote in an e-mail. The construction industry is notoriously risk-adverse. Early adopters, especially those that share information about the project success and challenges, can have a big impact on the industry.

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SAN FRANCISCO --San Francisco fire officials Wednesday night said a crane and concrete slab on a South of Market high-rise construction project that were unstable and considered at risk of falling have been secured, but evacuation orders for nearby buildings remain in place, CBS San Francisco reports.

Concerns about the stability of the crane and a 3,000-pound concrete slab at the top of the 35-story building under construction were raised Wednesday afternoon.

The project developer said in a statement that the 2:45 p.m. incident occurred when a system used to form concrete walls was being raised from levels 35 to 36 and had a partial hydraulic failure.

An engineer with special expertise was being flown in to help the construction crews, crane operator and fire department figure out the best way to relieve the pressure on a concrete wall.

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San Francisco Assistant Fire Chief Tom Sirogusa said some of the closed streets in San Franciscos South of Market will reopen Wednesday night after workers level the platform on the 35th floor of a luxury apartment building.

He says construction crews alerted authorities after the giant slab tilted Wednesday afternoon because a 30-ton concrete pump was sitting on top of it.

Sirogusa says officials decided to evacuate 16 office buildings and shut down several surrounding streets out of an abundance of caution.

Earlier, he said one a strut in a crane had malfunctioned.

He says the concrete pump sitting on top of the platform will be removed Thursday.

Fire officials described the incident as a failure of one of the struts supporting a crane at the buildings core, and said the tilt of the crane system caused one of the concrete walls and formwork to lean out.

During a fire department press briefing just before 6 p.m., San Francisco Fire Department spokesman Officer Jonathan Baxter said there is no danger of the concrete slab falling from the top of the high-rise project.

At this point we have been able to vet again, through our city inspectors as well as the contracting teams that we have shored the formwork that is in question, said Baxter. The crane that is in question is also secure.

Baxter insisted that media reports regarding the danger had been exaggerated.

Were seeing reports in the media that the crane is going to fall. That is false, said Baxter.

The initial tweet indicated that the building at 41 Tehama was being evacuated due to the slabs potential to fail and that people should avoid the area. The correct address of the construction site was later determined to be 33 Tehama Street.

San Francisco Department of Emergency Management officials warned people to avoid an area between several streets.

Lendlease Senior Vice President Mary Costello said the 37-story, 403-unit luxury residential tower near the Transbay Transit Center is being developed by Hines and Invesco Real Estate. LendLease is the general contractor.

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Accounting firm PwC is considering relocation of its downtown St. Louis office to Ballpark Village, real estate sources said Thursday.

PwC is currently in leased space at 800 Market Street. Sources said the accounting firm is interested in occupying the office building planned for construction at Ballpark Village next to Busch Stadium.

The St. Louis Business Journal first reported PwC's interest in Ballpark Village, adding that the firm also is considering a move to Cupples X, an office building Koman Group wants to build at Cupples Station, near Busch Stadium.

A Cardinals spokesman told the Post-Dispatch there is interest in Ballpark Village office space from a variety of potential tenants but that none of the space is leased.

Representatives of Cordish and Koman Group did not return requests for comment.

The Cardinals said in October they hoped to begin construction this year on Ballpark Village's $220 million next phase, which includes the office building and a 29-story apartment tower. The buildings could be completed in 2019.

One real estate source said a potential obstacle to a move by PwC to Ballpark Village is the status of the firm's lease at 800 Market Street, owned by St. Louis BOA Plaza LLC. PwC's lease there expires in July, said the source, adding that the landlord has balked at allowing the firm to renew its lease only until space at Ballpark Village is ready.

In December, St. Louis aldermen approved $16 million in Ballpark Village tax incentives in addition to the $49 million the city granted in 2012 as part of the project's first phase.

Another possible issue in a PwC move to Ballpark Village is the net new jobs provision of the latest amendment to the project's redevelopment agreement with the city. The provision, sought by the city, requires that Ballpark Village office jobs must not come from elsewhere in the city unless they would be lost permanently or moved out of the city absent office space at Ballpark Village.

Some aldermen have questioned the practicality of enforcing that provision.

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Evacuations were lifted late Wednesday night in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood after fire officials confirmed a heavy piece of equipment on the 30th floor of a skyscraper under construction was no longer in danger of collapsing.

Firefighters in the afternoon ordered evacuations from 16 buildings while they responded to and investigated reports of an unstable structure on top of the building at 41 Tehama St.

Neighboring sites at 543, 531, 527, 505, 547, 555, and 557 Howard Street, 44 Tehama Street and 235 Second St. were also asked to evacuate as a precaution.

All the evacuations were lifted except at 41 Tehama, officials said.

A crane and pump sitting on top of the structure in question caused concerns about its stability.

"We were able to determine the crane was not affected, but the pumping station was affected," fire spokesman Jonathan Baxter said.

Crews worked for three and a half hours Wednesday night to stabilize and level out the platform to be sure the 19,000-pound pump remains in place.

Fire officials at an earlier news conference said city engineers and building construction crews had secured the structure. In addition, fire officials said there was no imminent threat to the public.

"During the process of normal construction in a high-rise building, a platform was shored up and held in place with some struts one of the struts in the northeast corner had failed, and when that failed, the platform itself leaned at a 15 degree angle," explained Assistant Fire Chief Tom Siragusa. Construction crew contacted SFFD, who ordered the evacuations based on the preliminary information. Siragusa said crews will be working to secure the unstable platform. Once the platform is stabilized, crews will be working to lower a heavy pump sitting on top of it.

"Our number one concern was the workers and public safety," he said. 'We erred on the side of caution."

Fire officials initially reported an unstable concrete slab on the 30th floor of the building, which they said weighed around 2,000 pounds.

But a statement from Hines and Invesco Real Estate, the developers for 41 Tehama, which is now being advertised as33 Tehama, said the concrete slab was not in any danger of falling:

"This afternoon, an incident occurred at the 33 Tehama site between levels 35 and 36 where an interior forming system had a partial hydraulic failure while being raised to the next level. The interior forming system and the concrete placement arm have been secured and are being evaluated by engineers to bring it back to level.

No injuries and or damage has been reported.

Please note the boom is located in the center of the top level. This is not the crane attached to the outside of the building. Previous reports that a 2,000 pound slab of concrete is in danger of falling are also false."

Hines is also listed as one of the developers of the nearby Salesforce Tower, which is being built adjacent to the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco, andis projected to become the second tallest building on the West Coast.

According to its website, 33 Tehama is a 37-story, 403-unit luxury residential tower, also near the Transbay Transit Center site. It began construction in 2015, according to a 2015 statement from thecontractor Lend Lease.The project is designed by Arquitectonica andwill feature a fitness center, clubroom, rooftop solarium, outdoor terrace, and ground-floor retail/art space.

A permit application for the construction project, which was filed in 2015, lists the cost of the project at $106,869,000.

In January 2016, a contractor called Pacific Structures Inc. filed a permit application for a tower crane to work on new construction at 41 Tehama. The estimated cost was $100,000. The contractor for the actual construction permit is Bovis Lend Lease, Inc.

Records from the Office of Safety and Health Administration, from the U.S. Department of Labor, reveal both Bovis Lend Lease and Pacific Structureshave a history of violations.

San Francisco Fire Department Assistant Chief told reporters at a news conference that if the concrete slab fell down, there would be damage to nearby buildings. The California Highway Patrol closed down the Fremont Street offramp as a precaution. An engineering expert will be flying in from Washington to investigate the situation. Multiple agencies, including the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco Police and CHP assisted SFFD with the high-rise emergency.

Those working at nearby buildings that were evacuated tweeted out photos from the scene. Conor Murphy, who works at the shared office space, Galvanize, tweeted: "When @galvanize gets evacuated for an issue with a nearby building, class continues in the street!"

Scott Manley tweeted out photos of crowds and law enforcement officials gathering outside on the street as news of the evacuations broke around 3:30 p.m.

"Our office was just evacuated because the 33 Tehama crane might fall," tweeted David Spinks who works at the LinkedIn building on 222 2nd St.

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Police are searching for at least three people who earlier this month broke into an office building under construction by kicking through the drywall.

The thieves smashed in the walls and dismantled an alarm when they broke into the office building near Northwest 150th Street and Santa Fe Avenue in Edmond. They got away with hundreds of dollars in items.

"They kicked through the drywall in several spots and found where they could actually penetrate through the wall, said owner Cody Ward, with Neal McGee Homes.

Police said the men were caught in surveillance pictures Feb. 5 while most people were watching the Super Bowl. The thieves stole paint and plumbing fixtures.

"It's very frustrating to have people break into your buildings," Ward said.

Ward and the builder do not recognize the thieves and don't think they've worked on the building. Police are working to determine if they are also responsible with a tailgate theft last week.

WEBVTT T FOR AT LEASTTHREE PEOPLE WHO BROKE INTO ANOFFICE BUILDING KNOCKING OUTWALLS TO TAKE HUNDREDS OFDOLLARS IN ITEMS.JESSICA: KOCO'S JONATHAN COOPERSPOKE WITH THE BUILDER TODAY,AND IS NEAR NORTHWEST 150TH ANDSANTA FE WITH DETAILS.JONATHAN: POLICE SAY THOSETHIEVES BROKE INTO BOTH UNITS OFTHIS OFFICE BY KICKING THROUGHTHE DRY WALL.TONIGHT POLICE ARE TRYING TOFIND OUT IF THESE THIEVES ARECONNECTED TO EVEN MORE CRIMES.HOLES SMASHED IN THE WALLS ANDAN ALARM SYSTEM COMPLETELYDISMANTLED.THIS DAMAGE CAUSED BY THIEVESWHO BURGLARIZED AN OFFICE UNDERCONSTRUCTION.>> THEY KICKED THROUGH THE DRYWALL IN SEVERAL SPOTS AND FOUNDA SPOT WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLYPENETRATE THROUGH THE WALL.JONATHAN: POLICE SAY THE MENSEEN HERE ON SURVEILLANCE PHOTOSBROKE INTO THE BUILDING NEAR NW150TH AND SANTA FE ON SUPER BOWLSUNDAY.WHILE MOST PEOPLE WERE WATCHINGTHE GAME POLICE SAY THEY WERESTEALING PAINT AND PLUMBINGFIXTURES.>> IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO HAVEPEOPLE BREAK INTO YOURBUILDINGS.JONATHAN: CODY WARD WORKS WITHTHE BUILDER AND SAYS THEY DON'TRECOGNIZE THE THIEVES AND DON'TTHINK IT'S ANYONE WHO'S WORKEDON THE BUILDING.POLICE MEANWHILE TELL US THEY'RETRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE SAMEMEN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ATAILGATE THEFT NEAR DOWNTOWNJUST A WEEK BEFORE.THE BUILDER TELLS ME THEY HAVEALREADY FIXED THE DRY WALL.ALL OF THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE

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The Greater Noida authority will shift its administrative office to a new office complex in Knowledge Park 4 on February 21. The complex has been built on a budget of Rs 325 crore.

The authoritys present one-storey office, located at Chitvan Estate in Sector Gamma I, has inadequate space to accommodate the staff and all departments. It also has hardly any parking space, which results in visitors and staff parking their vehicles on the green belt and on the road, causing traffic congestion.

My office, along with other staff members, will shift on February 21. Those who want to shift before that can do so if they have readied their spaces, said Deepak Agarwal, chief executive officer (CEO) of the authority.

The new building is ready to use. The good part is that we have enough space available to also rent out to Central government departments and other offices and earn revenue, said Rajiv Tyagi, general manager of the authority.

The 88,000 square metre (sqm) office complex has three towers of 21 storeys , 17 storeys and five storeys respectively.

The building has an auditorium with a seating capacity of 600 and parking facility for 931 vehicles. It is also a green building, said Tyagi.

Government offices of departments such as sales tax, service tax, Uttar Pradesh stamp and property registration and the Noida Metro rail corporation (NMRC), among others, may shift to the new building, according to officials from the Greater Noida authority.

We have adequate space to accommodate other offices. Now, the respective departments will decide whether they want to shift to this office or not. The good thing for visitors will be that they will be able to get all their jobs done in one office itself instead of going to different places, said an authority official.

Noida authority building delayed

The Noida authority is still being run from its old office in Sector 6. The authority had in 2009 planned to build a new office building in Sector 44 along the Noida expressway. However, because of a legal dispute between farmers and the authority, nothing moved on the ground. In 2016, the authority started construction of another building, this time in Sector 96. However, work is going on at a slow pace there and the authority continues to run from its Sector 6 office, which lacks several facilities such as adequate parking for visitors and authority staff.

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Owned and operated by WVU Medicine University Healthcare Physicians, the Spring Mills Medical Office Building will be a three-story, 40,000-square-foot facility in Falling Waters, W.V. It will house an urgent care, orthopedics and sports medicine, primary care, and specialty clinics.

WVU Medicine University Healthcare will lease space in the building to establish various satellite services of Berkeley Medical Center. University Healthcare plans to offer rehab services, a womens imaging center and lab/x-ray services to support the physician practices and urgent care.

Brechbill & Helman Construction Companyis the contractor for the $11 million project, which is expected to be completed in early 2018. The building was designed by Grove & DallOlio Architects.

The New York office of Perkins+Will transformed a vacant 1980s suburban office building into the new cancer center located in Middletown, N.J.

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of the Lowcountry will cost $22 million to build.

The new Center for Cancer and Specialty Care is housed in the sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth's former convent in West Townin, Ill.

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