Tonight in Unpacks: Today’s stadiums are complicated beasts, with factors that include green building and advanced technology. As SBJ’s Bret McCormick reports, outfits like Turner Construction place a great deal of importance and trust in the partnerships they form with other companies to build venues like the Bills’ and Titans’ new stadiums.
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For at least the third time, Turner Construction has two NFL stadium projects going at once: the Bills’ New Highmark Stadium, and the Titans’ new venue in Nashville. And in both cases, reports SBJ’s Bret McCormick, Turner is building the stadiums as part of a joint venture with another contractor. In Buffalo, where work is already underway, Turner is partnered with Gilbane, which has a strong presence in the Northeast. In Tennessee, Turner is partnered with AECOM Hunt, a firm it has worked with for building or renovating 17 NFL stadiums.
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