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Tue July 20, 2021 - Southeast Edition Birmingham Times The Birmingham-based contracting firm Brasfield & Gorrie has begun construction on City Walk BHAM, a 31-acre project being built underneath the new Interstate 59/20 Central Business District bridge in Alabama s largest city. The company is working alongside the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to create City Walk BHAM, designed to span 10 city blocks from 15th Street North to 25th Street North. The unique project will include recreational, art, performance, sports and green spaces, as well as a skate park, market space and a dog park. In addition, City Walk BHAM s location puts people in proximity to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Protective Stadium, Uptown and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. ....
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By Alabama Newscenter Staff Construction of the $174 million Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex’s Protective Stadium marked a key milestone last week with a “topping out” celebration. A topping out marks the ceremonial placement of the last steel beam in a construction project. Due to COVID-19, officials signed the beam over three days at the construction site. Once signed, the beam was lifted by crane and fastened to the support structure for Protective Stadium’s score board. “It was important for us to mark this construction milestone, albeit a little differently than we would have,” said Tad Snider, executive director and CEO, BJCC Authority. “Protective Stadium is a public-private partnership, with many entities working together to produce a worldclass facility for Birmingham. The topping out honors those partnerships while demonstrating the project’s significant progress.” ....