Vercipia Biofuels, a joint venture of BP and Verenium Corp., is planning a 275,000-sq-ft cellulosic ethanol plant capable of producing 36 million gallons per year in Highlands County. 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 Indian River State College Project Moves Forward Kraft Wins Garage Contract at Seminole Hard Rock MEB Replacing Navy Jet Fuel Tanks in Jacksonville The plant will convert the sugars in energy cane feedstock into ethanol.
The Tampa-Hillsborough Co. Expressway Authority on May 25 filed a countersuit at the Hillsborough County Circuit Court in Tampa against locally based PCL Civil Constructors. PCL, which built and rebuilt reversible lanes on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway, filed suit April 1 against the agency. It seeks $21 million that it claims it is owed and alleges breach of contract. Related Links: Broward Co. Taps Weitz for $200M Civil/Family Courthouse Developer Unveils Plans for Laura Street Trio Buildings in Jax Florida Contracts: 2% Increase in April, but 5% Down YTD BP Joint Venture Plans Ethanol Plant in Highlands County Indian River
Broward County, Fla., has selected Weitz of Hollywood to provide construction project management services for a new civil/family courthouse, estimated at $200 million. Related Links: 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 Kraft Wins Garage Contract at Seminole Hard Rock MEB Replacing Navy Jet Fuel Tanks in Jacksonville The project includes a 17-story, 675,000-sq-ft building and a 120-space parking lot.
The state of Florida saw a 2% increase in the overall value of new construction contracts signed in April for future construction, leaving its year-to-date total 5% down from 2009�s pace, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. 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 BP Joint Venture Plans Ethanol Plant in Highlands County Indian River State College Project Moves Forward Kraft Wins Garage Contract at Seminole Hard Rock MEB Replacing Navy Jet Fuel Tanks in Jacksonville During April,
The state of Georgia saw a surge in all three of McGraw-Hill Construction�s broad categories of contract activity in April, generating a 44% jump in the overall value of projects for the month, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. The increase equated to roughly $983.5 million in new contracts for the month. Related Links: $110M South River Tunnel Project Cleaning Up Atlanta Water Trade Unions Announce PLA Deal for Georgia Nuclear Project Nonresidential starts jumped 19% to tally $393.1 million. The value of new nonbuilding projects more than doubled, registering $243.6 million. Residential starts improved by 35% for
McShane Construction Co. of Auburn, Ala., is progressing with construction on the 60-unit, 75,982-sq-ft West Yard Lofts affordable multi-family project for developer The Landmark Group in North Charleston, S.C. Related Links: 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 Ground on HQ for North Carolina Health-Care Firm SunPower Completes N.C. Solar
Despite Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s (I) authorization this month of as much as $200 million for a long-term effort to provide upgraded sewer systems for the Florida Keys, the prospects are poor for funding in total the estimated $937-million project. The governor’s action—which also extended the project deadline to 2015 from July 2010—does not provide a timeline for delivery of the Everglades Restoration bonds; it only authorizes the Florida Legislature to initiate the $200 million in bonding sometime in the future. Liz Wood, Monroe County’s senior administrator for sewer projects, says the nine municipalities and utilities that will build the
Environmental giant CDM is in talks about a possible link with transportation engineer Wilbur Smith. A merger or acquisition if completed would combine two businesses with strong brands in their respective markets and more than 100 years of combined operating history. Both are based on the U.S. east coast but operate internationally. CDM is a Cambridge, Mass.-based engineering and construction management firm and Wilbur Smith & Associates Inc. is a Columbia, S.C., transportation designer. The transaction is in “due diligence,” says a CDM spokeswoman, declining to note the nature or timing of any new association. “This would be a good
Last month, more than 1,100 lb of strategically placed explosives brought down the 24,000-ton, 455-ft-tall cooling tower at the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Savannah River site in Aiken, S.C., the second largest such structure to be imploded, says the firm. “The implosion surpassed everyone’s expectations,” says Doug Loizeaux, vice president of Controlled Demolition Inc. (CDI), Phoenix, Md. The firm was the explosives preparation and performance subcontractor to American Demolition and Nuclear Decommissioning, Grand Island, N.Y., which received the approximately $4-million contract to implode the former nuclear-site cooling tower and remove debris. The latter task will be handled by LVI Services
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (I) wielded his veto on May 28, returning $160 million in funds to the state Transportation Trust Fund and $19 million to the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority. “It’s awesome,” says Bob Burleson, president of the Florida Transportation Builders’ Association (FTBA) in Tallahassee. “He sent a strong message to the Legislature and future legislatures to keep their hands off the trust fund.” Dick Kane, communications director for the Florida Dept. of Transportation in Tallahassee, issued a statement responding to the governor’s veto, saying, “We appreciate that the Governor recognizes the value and job opportunities the Florida Dept.
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