经过多年的发展繁荣，将数十亿美元的工作带到了该地区，经济不景气在费城和宾夕法尼亚州东部猛烈袭击。经济衰退，加上对融资的机会有限，几乎在2009年枯竭了。

Even the area�s colleges, universities and health-care facilities, which typically buzz with activity, dulled to a low hum.

艰难的时期一直持续到2010年，尽管有些人看到了一线希望。

�The best I can say is that there�s a lot more chatter in the industry today than last year,� says Greg Stewart, executive vice president of Gilbane Building in Philadelphia. �[Clients] are talking about getting things going, but it�s extremely slow. I don�t think we�ve even hit bottom yet.�

Gilbane counts itself among the contractors fortunate enough to have projects moving forward. The firm is currently working on $48 million in renovations and additions at Community College of Philadelphia. In May, it broke ground on the 360,000-sq-ft, $156-million Albert Einstein Health Network�s new regional medical center in suburban Philadelphia. The project, designed by Perkins + Will, is scheduled for completion in mid-2012.

斯图尔特说：``在这种环境下，您可以做的就是保持稳定的工作流程。''斯图尔特说。``在每项工作中，数字很紧，每个人都在争取自己的最佳和最聪明。比赛非常艰难。

从历史上讲，机构客户是宾夕法尼亚州东部的一致工作来源，是少数拥有项目和董事会新计划的所有者之一。新利18备用网址

L.F. Driscoll的营销总监Al Fazzini在宾夕法尼亚州Bala Cynwyd说，许多高等教育和医疗保健客户正在继续进行升级和小型扩张项目，同时为未来的工作构定了重大计划。新利18备用网址

他说：``大学始终有稳定的升级项目，我们也有机会在医院内的升级项目开始前建设。''新利18备用网址``这些事情都使扩张稍后发生。''

At the top of Driscoll�s list of current projects is the $110-million Penn State Hershey Medical Center Children�s Hospital in Hershey, which broke ground in November and is scheduled to complete in 2012. The firm also broke ground last fall on the $150-million Barnes Museum in Philadelphia, which is scheduled to complete in late 2011.

尽管目前的活动有限，但一些大学和大学计划对未来进行大规模的计划。2009年5月，寺庙大学董事会批准了其12亿美元的20/20寺庙计划，该计划将在费城牢固建立宽阔的街道，为校园中心。

Plans include a $50-million expansion of Pearson McGonigle Hall to 365,000 sq ft, a new library, new science building, residence hall, retail space, green space and additional parking garages.

德雷克塞尔大学（Drexel University）于12月选择了费城的特纳（Turner）建设，以管理这座耗资4,970万美元的君士坦丁·帕帕达基斯综合科学大楼的建设。该设施将于2011年6月完成138,000平方英尺的设施，该设施将于2011年6月完成。

In December, Drexel also selected Voith & Mactavish Architects of Philadelphia and Robert A.M. Stern Architects of New York to design the new LeBow College of Business. Initial plans call for the existing 57,000-sq-ft Matheson Hall to be incorporated into a new structure that would add 125,000 sq ft.

宾夕法尼亚大学46米美元开始工作illion Penn Park project in November. The 24-acre project, which will include athletic fields, tennis courts and paths, is part of a 30-year plan to develop the old Post Office site near campus. Completion of the project is expected in 2011. Additional plans call for new office towers, residential, retail and parking areas.

9月，栗子山学院（Chestnut Hill College）提出了一项25年，价值5亿美元的总体规划，使入学人数从900名全日制学生上升到1,500名学生。新利18备用

Commercial �Still Reeling� While firms hold out hope for future institutional opportunities, there remains little optimism in the commercial sector. Ian Cope, a partner at Philadelphia�s Cope Linder Architects, says the commercial market is �still reeling,� due partly to tough lending standards. Among the developers looking at possible projects, many are turning to repositioning existing properties through historic rehabs or adaptive reuse.

Cope说：``对于商业开发商来说，要做一座新建筑物，这真是令人生畏，最终它的价值比他们开始时的价值还要少。''Cope说。''``再加上贷款与价值比率仍然很荒谬。您可以重新定位的现有结构更容易。

Technology company Unisys Corp. had plans to relocate its corporate headquarters from Blue Bell, Pa., to Two Liberty Place in Philadelphia, but scrapped those plans. Instead, the company is renovating an existing building on its campus.

The 212,000-sq-ft project, designed by KlingStubbins of Philadelphia with the Norwood Co. of Malvern serving as construction manager at risk, broke ground last summer and will complete in June.