The Greene County, N.C., Board of Education is planning to build a $13.5-million intermediate school in Snow Hill. The project will entail a one-story, 79,000-sq-ft building, serving fourth- and fifth-graders. The project will go to bid in September, and the contract will be awarded in October, with construction expected to be completed by spring 2012. Related Links: Affordable-Housing Project in North Charleston to Finish in December Nice Start to 2010 for N.C. Contract Activity S.C. Contracts: 15% Gain in April = 34% Jump YTD Multiple Military Projects Move Forward in Charleston, S.C. NCDOT Awards $136M I-85 Contract to Flatiron, Lane
The value of 2010�s retail construction starts in the four-state region of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas is projected to come in just slightly below earlier estimates, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Unfortunately for area contractors, those estimates were already negative. McGraw-Hill Construction�s latest figures indicate the region�s retail sector should generate about $2.2 billion in new projects during 2010, down slightly from the estimated $2.3 billion experienced during 2009. For additional perspective, that forecast for 2010 would be the lowest total for Southeast-area retail construction projects in more than 15
Once again, South Carolina�s surging nonbuilding sector produced overall improvement in the value of new construction contracts for the month. The overall value of new South Carolina contracts signed during April for future construction was $517.7 million, or 15% better than a year ago, reported McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. Related Links: Affordable-Housing Project in North Charleston to Finish in December Nice Start to 2010 for N.C. Contract Activity Multiple Military Projects Move Forward in Charleston, S.C. Green Co., N.C., Plans New Intermediate School NCDOT Awards $136M I-85 Contract to Flatiron, Lane JV Balfour Beatty Construction Wins $10 Million
Kraft Construction Co. was awarded a contract to build a parking garage at Seminole Hard Rock in Tampa. The garage is eight elevated levels and will have 2,334 spaces and a 165-ft-long air-conditioned pedestrian bridge connecting it to the existing casino. Related Links: Broward Co. Taps Weitz for $200M Civil/Family Courthouse Developer Unveils Plans for Laura Street Trio Buildings in Jax Florida Agency Countersues Contractor on Expressway Job Florida Contracts: 2% Increase in April, but 5% Down YTD BP Joint Venture Plans Ethanol Plant in Highlands County Indian River State College Project Moves Forward MEB Replacing Navy Jet Fuel Tanks
SunPower Corp. recently completed the Shelby Solar Project, a 1-megawatt solar power plant in Shelby, N.C., that is owned and operated by Duke Energy Generation Services, a Duke Energy commercial business unit. Related Links: Affordable-Housing Project in North Charleston to Finish in December Nice Start to 2010 for N.C. Contract Activity S.C. Contracts: 15% Gain in April = 34% Jump YTD Multiple Military Projects Move Forward in Charleston, S.C. Green Co., N.C., Plans New Intermediate School NCDOT Awards $136M I-85 Contract to Flatiron, Lane JV Balfour Beatty Construction Wins $10 Million in School Contracts in Oconee County, S.C. Edifice Breaks
Local developer Steve Atkins of LINEA, in conjunction with JT Burnette and Chad Kittrell of Capital City Partners of Tallahassee, announced plans to redevelop the historic Barnett Bank and Laura Street Trio buildings in downtown Jacksonville into a mixed-use development, including a boutique hotel, restaurants, retail shops and residential rental apartments. Image courtesy LINEA Developers announced plans recently to redevelop the historic Barnett Bank and Laura Street Trio buildings in downtown Jacksonville into a mixed-use development, including a boutique hotel, restaurants, retail shops and residential rental apartments. Related Links: Broward Co. Taps Weitz for $200M Civil/Family Courthouse Florida Agency Countersues
Constructed as part of the $4-billion Clean Water Atlanta Program, the $111-million South River Tunnel and Pumping Station project, currently under construction for the City of Atlanta, will mitigate sanitary sewer overflows in the city�s South River Basin. Photo courtesy City of Atlanta Dept. of Watershed Management GSC Atlanta, a subsidiary of Kiewit Southern Co., is targeting a July 1, 2011, completion for the South River Tunnel project. Related Links: Trade Unions Announce PLA Deal for Georgia Nuclear Project Georgia Contracts Surge in April; Still Down for 2010 YTD GSC Atlanta, a subsidiary of Kiewit Southern Co. in Peachtree City,
Balfour Beatty Construction, in partnership with Trehel Corp., was awarded two joint venture renovation and addition projects worth a combined $10 million for the School District of Oconee County in South Carolina. Related Links: Affordable-Housing Project in North Charleston to Finish in December Nice Start to 2010 for N.C. Contract Activity S.C. Contracts: 15% Gain in April = 34% Jump YTD Multiple Military Projects Move Forward in Charleston, S.C. Green Co., N.C., Plans New Intermediate School NCDOT Awards $136M I-85 Contract to Flatiron, Lane JV Edifice Breaks Ground on HQ for North Carolina Health-Care Firm SunPower Completes N.C. Solar Power
A double-digit percentage decline in the value of new April contracts wasn�t enough to diminish the overall start to 2010 that North Carolina has experienced in the first third of the year. Related Links: Affordable-Housing Project in North Charleston to Finish in December S.C. Contracts: 15% Gain in April = 34% Jump YTD Multiple Military Projects Move Forward in Charleston, S.C. Green Co., N.C., Plans New Intermediate School NCDOT Awards $136M I-85 Contract to Flatiron, Lane JV Balfour Beatty Construction Wins $10 Million in School Contracts in Oconee County, S.C. Edifice Breaks Ground on HQ for North Carolina Health-Care Firm
Edifice Inc. of Charlotte, N.C., recently broke ground on a $10.3-million headquarters building for Piedmont Behavioral Healthcare in Kannapolis, N.C. Related Links: Affordable-Housing Project in North Charleston to Finish in December Nice Start to 2010 for N.C. Contract Activity S.C. Contracts: 15% Gain in April = 34% Jump YTD Multiple Military Projects Move Forward in Charleston, S.C. Green Co., N.C., Plans New Intermediate School NCDOT Awards $136M I-85 Contract to Flatiron, Lane JV Balfour Beatty Construction Wins $10 Million in School Contracts in Oconee County, S.C. SunPower Completes N.C. Solar Power Plant for Duke Energy The 70,000-sq-ft corporate center will
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