The Lane Construction Corp. has been contracted to repave Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Connecticut-based Lane will begin repaving the Daytona NASCAR track on July 4, with a target completion date of January 1, 2011. Since 2003, Lane has paved several NASCAR tracks, including Talladega Superspeedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Richmond International Raceway, Darlington Raceway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway. Lane officials stated it will have a crew of roughly 50 workers repaving the 2.5-mile “tri-oval” track, skid pads, apron and pit road. The project calls for removing all of the existing asphalt, down to

Bayview Construction Corp. of Stuart, Fla., recently won a Grand Award from the National Commercial Builders Council of the National Association of Home Builders for its South Florida Water Management District St. Cloud Administration, Field Station and Vehicle Maintenance Facility project. Related Links: AGC Leaders Emphasize Collaboration, ‘Being Heard’ St. Joe Relocates Corporate HQ to Northwest Florida Leo A. Daly Completes Acquisition of Schwab, Twitty & Hanser Ajax Building Opens Atlanta Office

McCarthy Building Cos. recently completed the $119-million Parker H. Petit Science Center at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Related Links: Value of Georgia Contracts Down 31% in February BE&K Working on Multiple Medical Contracts R.J. Griffin Team Awarded Springfield Hospital Modernization H.J. High/Batson-Cook Awarded Second Mitsubishi Contract OSHA, Skanska Partner for Safety on Westin Peachtree Project Hardin Starts Tech College Project Batson-Cook Building Residence Hall for Rehabilitation Institute The 350,000-sq-ft science center will provide teaching and research labs for the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Health and Human Sciences. Features include dry and wet laboratories, BSL-2

R. J. Griffin & Co., in a teaming agreement with Savannah’s Rives E. Worrell Construction, was awarded the modernization project for Effingham Hospital in Springfield. Related Links: Value of Georgia Contracts Down 31% in February BE&K Working on Multiple Medical Contracts H.J. High/Batson-Cook Awarded Second Mitsubishi Contract OSHA, Skanska Partner for Safety on Westin Peachtree Project Hardin Starts Tech College Project Batson-Cook Building Residence Hall for Rehabilitation Institute McCarthy Completes Georgia State Science Park The $30-million, 53,000-sq-ft, two-story addition will house surgical services, emergency services and other facilities. Johnson Johnson Crabtree Architects of Nashville is the architect. Completion is slated

The St. Joe Co. announced plans to move its corporate headquarters to its large-scale development project adjacent to the new Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in Bay County. Related Links: AGC Leaders Emphasize Collaboration, ‘Being Heard’ Leo A. Daly Completes Acquisition of Schwab, Twitty & Hanser Ajax Building Opens Atlanta Office Bayview Construction Recognized Nationally for SFWMD Project The company will consolidate offices from Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Port St. Joe and South Walton County. Construction of the 50,000-sq-ft office building will begin this summer, with St. Joe’s relocation set to complete by the summer of 2011.

Balfour Beatty Capital Group has entered into a public-private partnership with Florida Atlantic University for the development and management of new student residential facilities. The new facilities will contain 1,216 beds located on FAU’s Boca Raton campus. The development and management functions will be performed through joint ventures between affiliates of Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions and Capstone Development Corp. In addition, Balfour Beatty Capital has invested in the project through the purchase of $3.4 million of tax-exempt bonds. Related Links: R.R. Simmons Scores USF Project Florida Contracts: Value of New Projects Drops 11% in February Skanska to Construct $49-Million Facility

Turner Construction Co. is proceeding on a $61.5-million Energy Production Infrastructure Center (EPIC) project for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Related Links: Ben Sawyer Swing Bridge Replaced within 11 Days North Carolina Contract Activity Bounces Back to Start the Year South Carolina Sees 58% Surge in February Contracts BE&K Awarded Government Contracts in North, South Carolina Elkins Constructors Building North Charleston Elementary School UNC-Charlotte will use the EPIC Building to support the academic and research community involved in energy production and infrastructure development. The 200,000-sq-ft facility will provide education, laboratories and outreach services. The scope of work also

Tampa-based R.R. Simmons Construction Corp. was selected by the University of South Florida to work with the architecture firm Populous to design-build several new athletic facilities for the school. The $30-million project includes the construction of training and playing facilities for softball and baseball; practice fields for football; and a basketball training center. Related Links: Balfour Beatty Uses PPP for $123M FAU Student Housing Project Florida Contracts: Value of New Projects Drops 11% in February Skanska to Construct $49-Million Facility for City of Gainesville Suffolk, Webcor Team Up for Miami Science Museum J.L. Wallace to Build Ave Maria University Field

Rocky economic times, green infrastructure, lean construction and helping the industry be heard were themes at the Associated General Contractors of America convention in Orlando on March 17-20. Related Links: St. Joe Relocates Corporate HQ to Northwest Florida Leo A. Daly Completes Acquisition of Schwab, Twitty & Hanser Ajax Building Opens Atlanta Office Bayview Construction Recognized Nationally for SFWMD Project AGC has to be about “the industry, not about the politics,” says AGC’s new president, Ted Aadland, CEO of Aadland Evans Construction of Portland, Ore. “We can’t afford to be a partisan organization. We need to work with elected officials

A surging nonbuilding sector and double-digit percentage gains in the residential and nonresidential markets produced a 58% spike in the overall value of new South Carolina contracts signed in February for future construction, reported McGraw-Hill Construction. Related Links: Ben Sawyer Swing Bridge Replaced within 11 Days North Carolina Contract Activity Bounces Back to Start the Year BE&K Awarded Government Contracts in North, South Carolina Turner Building $61.5-Million UNC-Charlotte Facility Elkins Constructors Building North Charleston Elementary School During February, the value of new nonbuilding contracts more than doubled compared to a year ago to tally $247.9 million. Residential jumped, too, with