Top Starts In The MidAtlantic
Rank Project/Location Project
Cost
($ mil.)		 Start Date/
End Date		 Owner/Prime Contractor
1
 Brunswick County Power Station
Brunswick County, Va.
1,200
Sept. 2013
Summer 2016
 Owner Dominion Virginia
Power EPC
Contractor Fluor
2
 Panda Liberty Generation Plant
Bradford County, Pa.
800+
Aug. 2013
Early 2016
 Owner Panda
Power FundsEPC
Contractor Gemma-Lane
2
 Panda Patriot Generation Plant
Lycoming County, Pa.
800+
Aug. 2013
Mid-2016
 Owner Panda
Power FundsEPC
Contractor Gemma-Lane
4
 High Performance Computing Center 2
Fort Meade, Md.
792
May 2013
Summer 2015
 Owner U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District
Design-Build Contractor Hensel Phelps/Kiewit
5
 Enhanced Nutrient Removal Process Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant
Baltimore
560
Oct. 2013
Late 2017
 Owner City of Baltimore Dept. of Public Works
Designer Whitman, Requardt & Associates; KCI
General Contractor Archer Western Contractors Ltd.
6
 Baltimore Horseshoe Casino With Garage
Baltimore
400
May 2013
Fall 2014
 Owner-Builder/Developer Caesars Entertainment/Harrah’s Corporate Office
Architect Friedmutter Group
General Contractor Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.
7
 Reading Hospital, 7th Avenue Building
West Reading, Pa.
354
Sept. 2013
Fall 2016
 Owner Reading Hospital & Medical CenterDesigner BallingerCM/General Contractor LF Driscoll Co.
8
 Dominion Blvd. Improvements, Replacement Bridge
Chesapeake, Va.
345.2
Jan. 2013
Early 2017
 Owner City of Chesapeake, Va.
Lead Engineer Parsons Brinckerhoff
Joint Venture Dominion Boulevard Constructors JV (McLean Contracting; Bryant Contracting; R.R. Dawson Bridge; and E.V. Williams)
9
 FMC Tower at Cira Centre South
Philadelphia
341
Summer 2013
June 2016
 Owner Brandywine Realty Trust
Architect Erdy McHenry Architecture; Pelli/Bower Lewis Thrower
CM Tutor Perini Corp.
10
 University of Maryland Health Sciences Research Facility Phase III
Baltimore
305.4
Sept. 2013
Aug. 2016
 Owner University of Maryland, Baltimore
Architect Design Collective Architects; HOKCM Barton Malow Co.
11
 Garrison Energy Center
Dover, Del.
300
June 2013
Summer 2015
 Owner Calpine Corp.
EPC Contractor Kvaerner North American Construction
12
 Turnkey Propane Terminal and De-Ethanizer Facility
Marcus Hook, Pa.
270
3Q 2013
Not disclosed
 Owner Sunoco
EPC Contractor CB&I
13
 Anacostia River Tunnel
Washington, D.C.
253.9
Nov. 2013
Nov. 2017
 Owner DC Water
Lead Engineer Parsons
Contractor Impregilo-Healy-Parsons JV
14
 Tunnel Dewatering Pump Station and Enhanced Clarification Facility
Washington, D.C.
251.4
Aug. 2013
Nov. 2017
 Owner DC Water
Lead Engineer CDM
Contractor PC Construction
15
 International Monetary Fund HQ 1 Renewal
Washington, D.C.
250
May 2013
Dec. 2016
 Owner International Monetary Fund
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
General Contractor Grunley Construction
16
 The New Sibley [Sibley Memorial Hospital]
Washington, D.C.
242
July 2013
Aug. 2016
 Owner Johns Hopkins Medicine
Architect Wilmot Sanz
General Contractor Turner Construction
17
 I-95 Reconstruction at Girard Avenue Interchange (SR95 GR3)
Philadelphia
211.8
Dec. 2013
July 2018
 Owner PennDOT
Designer URS
Contractor James J. Anderson Construction
18
 Metropolitan Park 4/5
Arlington, Va.
160.1
Dec. 2013
August 2016
 Owner Vornado
Designer Torti Gallas Urban
Contractor Balfour Beatty
19
 First Street Tunnel
Washington, D.C.
157.6
Oct. 2013
March 2016
 Owner DC Water
Designer Parsons Brinckerhoff
Contractor Skanska/JayDee JV
20
 Celanese Plant, Boiler Replacement
Narrows, Va.
150
June 2013
Early 2015
 Owner Celanese Corp.
General Contractor Overland Contracting
Engineer Black & Veatch
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