John Carlson was named chief executive officer of Charles Perry Partners Inc., Gainesville, Fla. CPPI was recently formed by the merger of Charles Perry Construction and PPI Construction Management, two Gainesville-based construction companies long affiliated with each other. Carlson was previously a principal with PPI. Breck Weingart was named chairman of the newly formed firm. Weingart was previously a partner at both PPI and Charles Perry Construction. CARLSON Domenic Scorpio and Brian Leslie were also named principals with CPPI. David Bitter was named a supervising architect in the Atlanta office of Parsons Brinckerhoff. He has more than 25 years of
SnapShot July 4, 2011 Submitted By: Diane Rutledge, Director of Marketing and Brand,Suffolk Construction Co., West Palm Beach, Fla. To capture the drama of architect Jonathan Parks’ design for the Palm Avenue Parking Garage, Sarasota, Fla., photographer Barry Grossman tried “to treat the structure as a sculptural, artistic form.” The resulting image shows a building that seems to glow from within. The 700-space garage, with a metal-panel exterior, was designed to LEED Gold status and features photovoltaics, charging stations and rainwater harvesting. Photo by Barry Grossman, Grossman Photography, Grossmanphoto.com
On The Scene July 4, 2011 Kenneth G. Simonson In May, Kenneth G. Simonson, chief economist with Associated General Contractors of America, addressed a group of AGC of Greater Florida members in Orlando.There, Simonson said he expects modest improvement in overall construction activity for the rest of 2011, but with a more significant uptick in multifamily— with starts in this sector up 7% in April 2011 compared with April 2010. Retailers are not building new stores, keeping that sector depressed. However, hoteliers are modernizing their properties as revenue per available room has grown, particularly at the luxury level. In Florida,
Florida Secretary of Transportation Ananth Prasad announced July 1 that Gov. Rick Scott (R) has decided to allow Central Florida’s planned, nearly $1.3-billion commuter rail project, SunRail, to proceed to construction. The governor’s office issued a brief statement: “Today, Gov. Rick Scott authorized Florida Dept. of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad to sign the Full Funding Grant Agreement to continue the process of implementing the SunRail project, as approved in the 2009 Special Legislative Session.”Scott had suspended the project shortly after taking office earlier this year when he placed a hold on all state contracts valued at more than $1 million.
Nearly $1.7 billion in new Florida construction contracts moved forward in May, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, but that was 11% behind last year’s pace, as all three sectors declined during the month. Both the nonresidential and nonbuilding sectors were 13% lower than a year ago. New nonresidential contracts totaled $570.4 million for the month, while nonbuilding starts tallied roughly $432.9 million. The value of new residential contracts was estimated at $683.6 million, or 8% below last May’s pace.For the year to date, McGraw-Hill Construction estimates the value of 2011 Florida contracts at nearly $8.8 billion, or 23% below the $11.4
The pace of new nonresidential and residential construction starts in Georgia accelerated in May, with both sectors experiencing 10% increases, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR Southeast. However, a major slide in the nonbuilding sector caused Georgia’s overall monthly total for new contracts to drop 3%, for a $913.1 million total. The residential sector’s 10% gain resulted in an estimated $295.4 million total for the month. Nonresidential contracts totaled slightly more than $496.7 million. The nonbuilding sector, which includes infrastructure contracts, fell 46% compared to the same period of a year ago, registering $121 million in new work.For the
The pace of new North Carolina construction contracts slowed slightly in May, according to McGraw-Hill Construction. The state’s nearly $1.1 billion in new contracts was 5% behind the pace set last May. Residential contracts improved slightly during the month, with the $528.5 million in new starts equaling a 2% gain compared to a year ago. Nonresidential’s total of nearly $394.9 million was 6% behind last May’s pace. The nonbuilding sector, which includes infrastructure projects, experienced a 24% decline, with about $128.6 million in new starts.The slight May decline was actually an improvement of sorts. For the year-to-date, new North Carolina
Rather than shutting down its cracked Crystal River Nuclear Plant 3 in Citrus County, Progress Energy Florida will seek approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the state of Florida for up to $1.3 billion in additional repairs to the out-of-commission facility, likely keeping it offline until 2014. Photo courtesy Progress Energy Progress Energy plans to remove and replace the steel-reinforced concrete in the remaining five bays of its Crystal River 3 nuclear power plant's containment building. Photo courtesy Progress Energy It was in the course of making repairs to the previously cracked bay of the plant's containment building that
The pace of new South Carolina construction contracts fell significantly in two of three construction sectors in May, resulting in a 22% overall decline, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR Southeast. The end result was $468.7 million in new starts. Nonresidential fell the furthest, as this sector’s May total of nearly $90.7 million was 57% below the pace of a year ago. The nonbuilding sector, which includes infrastructure contracts, recorded $76.7 million in new starts during the month, or 28% behind last May’s volume. Residential work collectively improved by 7%, with about $301.3 million in new contracts moving forward
With the June 13 recovery of the body of a trapped worker following a boiler structure collapse in St. Petersburg, Fla., company and government officials will switch their focus to finding the accident’s cause. Photo courtesy Progress Energy In an attempt to find Clark White, a missing welder lost in the June 9 collapse of a Progress Energy building in St. Petersburg, Fla., crews searched the resulting rubble for four days before finding his body. Around 5 p.m., rescue workers recovered the body of Clark White, 65, a welder employed by Frontier Industrial Corp. of Buffalo, N.Y., which was the
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