Aquarium Construction

Lori Tobias - Mon November 02, 2015

Scottsdale’s OdySea Aquarium on Track to Open in Summer 2016

Construction crews with McCarthy Building Companies are right on track to finish work in time for the scheduled July 2016, grand opening of the 200,000-sq.-ft. (18,580 sq m) OdySea Aquarium in Scottsdale, Ariz....

Tue September 15, 2015

Project Makes a Splash

Dubbed "the newest aquarium in the nation's oldest city," the St. Augustine Aquarium will serve as one of Florida's splashiest tourist attractions once construction is complete. The privately-funded, $8 million dollar project consists of 250,000 gallons of indoor and outdoor marine exhibits, including a snorkel adventure, zip line, shipwreck reef tank, stingray encounter and other smaller exhibits....

Tue March 03, 2015

Toledo Aquarium Redo Nearly Done

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) An aquarium that has been closed since 2012 will reopen soon with the completion of a $25.5 million renovation of the facility at a zoo in in northwestern Ohio. The Toledo Blade reports that the exterior of the Toledo Zoo's historic aquarium remains intact, but the interior will showcase a new underwater world....

Cynthia W. Wright - Tue June 08, 2004

Aquarium Expands on Banks of Tennessee River

Sharks, stingray, eel and a number of other sea creatures will soon be living large in the Tennessee Aquarium's new $30 million tank and environs. The aquarium tells the story of the Tennessee River, following the journey of one raindrop beginning high in the Cove Forest in the Appalachian Mountains as it flows to the Gulf of Mexico....

Emilie Haulenbeek - Mon June 03, 2002

OK Aquarium Job Poses Challenges by the Gallon

Talk about working "in a goldfish bowl."The Ross Group Construction Corporation, based in Tulsa, has been working on the highly-anticipated million-gallon Oklahoma Aquarium since May 2001. Situated on 66 acres (27 ha), the facility opening this summer will encompass 72,000 sq....

Wed January 17, 2001

E-Marketplace Streamlines Boston Aquarium Expansion

A joint venture between George B.H. Macomber Co., Boston, MA, and Jay Cashman Inc., Marine and Civil Contracting, has taken on an ambitious project to build a new theater and landmark east wing for Boston's New England Aquarium....