Image courtesy Atlanta Motorsports Park. Related Links: Turner Awarded $52 Million in Correctional Contracts Choate Selected for $60-million University Housing Project Value of Georgia�s July Contracts Fell 41% Atlanta Motorsports Park unveiled the design for its new 2-mi-long motorsports driving course. Park officials are touting the new track as eco-friendly. It was designed by Formula One engineers at Tilke Architects. Atlanta Motorsports Park is a private country club.

North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega selected Atlanta-based Choate Construction for a two-phase, $60-million project that will include both new civilian and cadet housing, structured parking and a dining hall. Related Links: Value of Georgia�s July Contracts Fell 41% Turner Awarded $52 Million in Correctional Contracts Link here “We need to double our size to accommodate several years of rapid enrollment growth, as well as continued future growth,” stated Mac McConnell, the school’s vice president of business and finance. North Georgia College & State University is The Military College of Georgia The project’s first phase includes an 85,000-sq-ft,

Related Links: Jacksonville Taps Turner for $224-Million Duval Co. Courthouse Florida Contracts Drop 22% in July Coastal Construction to Build Sunny Isles Beach Park Cuhaci & Peterson Designing Senior Living Facility, Prototype Publix Groundbreaking Held for 8333 Downtown Doral in Miami Schuff Steel Atlantic Starts Erecting Major Roof Trusses on the Orlando Events Center Royal Concrete Concepts Relocates Modular Classrooms Finfrock Construction of Orlando was selected to lead the design-build construction of a new parking garage in Dania Beach for the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority’s Tri-Rail system. The $5.2-million, three-level garage is scheduled for completion by the end of

HuntonBrady Architects of Orlando announced a groundbreaking had been held for 8333 Downtown Doral, a Class-A, six-story, 150,000-sq-ft office building in Doral. Related Links: Jacksonville Taps Turner for $224-Million Duval Co. Courthouse Florida Contracts Drop 22% in July Coastal Construction to Build Sunny Isles Beach Park Cuhaci & Peterson Designing Senior Living Facility, Prototype Publix Finfrock to Design-Build Dania Beach Garage Schuff Steel Atlantic Starts Erecting Major Roof Trusses on the Orlando Events Center Royal Concrete Concepts Relocates Modular Classrooms The project represents the first for-lease office building in the mixed-use community and is nearly 30% pre-leased by the State

McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction, reported that the value of new Florida contracts signed in July for future construction declined by 22% overall, compared to the same period of a year ago. The total of all new contracts was roughly $2.3 billion, compared to last July�s $3 billion. Related Links: Jacksonville Taps Turner for $224-Million Duval Co. Courthouse Coastal Construction to Build Sunny Isles Beach Park Cuhaci & Peterson Designing Senior Living Facility, Prototype Publix Finfrock to Design-Build Dania Beach Garage Groundbreaking Held for 8333 Downtown Doral in Miami Schuff Steel Atlantic Starts Erecting Major Roof Trusses on the

The overall value of new Georgia contracts signed in July for future construction declined 41% compared to the same period of a year ago, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. The total value of new contracts for the month was roughly $1 billion, compared to last July�s $1.8-billion total. Related Links: Choate Selected for $60-million University Housing Project Turner Awarded $52 Million in Correctional Contracts The residential category fell 29% compared to last year, for a total of $326 million. The nonbuilding sector, which includes infrastructure projects, declined 78% during the month to total nearly $170.9 million. The

Sustainable Fellwood, a mixed-use redevelopment near Savannah, has earned the designation of the state’s first neighborhood to be LEED certified as a green building development by the U.S. Green Building Council. According to developers, the neighborhood was to be presented with LEED Silver distinction upon the completion of its entire site. Related Links: Pine Jog Elementary School in Palm Beach Co., Certified LEED Gold Key West Airport Named �Commercial Airport Project of the Year� The $50-million mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhood redevelopment broke ground in September 2008. Project developer Melaver announced the completion of its first phase in May. This first phase

Compared to the same period of a year ago, the value of new contracts signed in July for future construction fell by 21% overall in North Carolina, and by 40% in South Carolina, according to the latest information from McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. For the month, only North Carolina�s nonbuilding market showed any growth. Related Links: Contractors Receive Notice to Proceed on $446-Million N.C. Toll Road Project Santee Cooper Nixes Plans for Proposed $2.2-billion Pee Dee Energy Campus In North Carolina, the overall total for new project starts was roughly $1.25 billion, down from last July’s total of

Pine Jog Elementary School, built on the edge of a natural pineland habitat, has become the first school in Florida to receive LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, according to Miami-based architect Zyscovich and project owner the School District of Palm Beach County. Related Links: Georgia�s First LEED-ND Silver Awarded to Affordable Housing Development Pine Jog Elementary School in Palm Beach Co., Certified LEED Gold The project is a partnership between the School District of Palm Beach County and Florida Atlantic University. The Pine Jog campus maximizes energy and water conservation, utilizes environmentally-appropriate materials and engages students

Affordable-Housing Community is Georgia’s First LEED-ND Silver  October 2009 Affordable Housing Development is Georgia's First LEED-ND Silver Sustainable Fellwood, a mixed-use redevelopment near Savannah, has earned the designation of the state’s first neighborhood to be LEED certified as a green building development by the U.S. Green Building Council. According to developers, the neighborhood was to be presented with LEED Silver distinction upon the completion of its entire site. The $50-million mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhood redevelopment broke ground in September 2008. Project developer Melaver announced the completion of its first phase in May. This first phase includes 110 affordable-housing units and approximately five