MEB General Contractors of Chesapeake, Va., was awarded a $22.3-million contract for replacement of fuel storage tanks at the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center in Jacksonville. The contract was awarded by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast. Related Links: FPL Halts Work on Nuclear, Modernization Projects $400-Million I-4/Selmon Connector Moves Ahead With Stimulus Funds Florida Contracts: 8% December Drop = 24% ’09 Decline Legoland Florida to Rise at Former Cypress Gardens Construction Starts on Everglades Restoration Project Tamiami Trail Skanska USA Selected as CM for FIU Stempel Complex Stiles to Develop, Build Nova Southeastern Educational Center Ajax Building Starts New

Europe-based Merlin Entertainments announced in January that it has purchased Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven from property investment company Land South Group and will open Legoland Florida on the site at the end of 2011. Related Links: FPL Halts Work on Nuclear, Modernization Projects $400-Million I-4/Selmon Connector Moves Ahead With Stimulus Funds Florida Contracts: 8% December Drop = 24% ’09 Decline Construction Starts on Everglades Restoration Project Tamiami Trail Skanska USA Selected as CM for FIU Stempel Complex Stiles to Develop, Build Nova Southeastern Educational Center Contractor to Replace Jet Fuel Tanks for NAVFAC in Jacksonville Ajax Building Starts New

The Southeast division of McCarthy Building Cos., Atlanta, was selected as construction manager for Clayton State University’s 100,000-sq-ft science building in Morrow. Construction on the project, which is being designed to LEED Silver certification, is slated to begin in August. Related Links: Georgia Contracts: Down 11% in December, 39% for ‘09 Batson-Cook, H.J. High Joint Venture for Mitsubishi Power Systems Project BRPH/Lifecycle Team Awarded Project at Fort Stewart, Ga. The three-story facility will house classrooms, office/support space and teaching and research labs. It will also include a vivarium, greenhouse, mechanical penthouse, mechanical basement and loading dock.

A joint venture of H.J. High Construction Co. of Orlando and Batson-Cook Co. of Atlanta was awarded the contract to design-build the Mitsubishi Power Systems Savannah Machinery Works. The contractors, working with architect The Austin Co. of Cleveland, will design and construct the first phase of the $325-million project in Pooler. Related Links: Georgia Contracts: Down 11% in December, 39% for ‘09 McCarthy Wins Project at Clayton State University BRPH/Lifecycle Team Awarded Project at Fort Stewart, Ga. H.J. High has a history building for Mitsubishi Power Systems, having recently completed a project for the owner in the Orlando area. Robert

According to McGraw-Hill Construction, the overall value of new construction starts in North Carolina fell 1% in December, compared to the same period of a year ago. Related Links: North Carolina Wins $545 Million in Federal Rail Grants South Carolina: 18% December Drop = 36% ’09 Decline Carolinas AGC Presents Top Honors to Construction Leaders O’Neal to Construct FitesaFiberweb Expansion in Simpsonville, S.C. South Carolina Leaders Hope for I-73 Stimulus Dollars URS to Operate North Carolina’s Triangle Expressway Toll Facility The residential sector showed significant improvement in December, with new starts roughly 25% higher than a year ago, for a

The design/build team of BRPH Architects-Engineers of Melbourne, Fla., and construction partner Lifecycle Construction Services of Washington, D.C., was awarded a $3.6-million contract for a classroom building that will house battalion training operations and eight organizational storage facilities at Fort Stewart. BRPH Architects-Engineers of Melbourne, Fla., is designing this $3.6-million classroom building at Fort Stewart, Ga. Lifecycle Construction Services of Washington, D.C., is the contractor. Related Links: Georgia Contracts: Down 11% in December, 39% for ‘09 Batson-Cook, H.J. High Joint Venture for Mitsubishi Power Systems Project McCarthy Wins Project at Clayton State University This is the third project awarded to

Skanska USA announced that its building unit in Dania Beach has been selected as construction manager for Florida International University’s Robert Stempel Complex, which will include the Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Miami-Dade County Health Department and the FIU College of Medicine. Related Links: FPL Halts Work on Nuclear, Modernization Projects $400-Million I-4/Selmon Connector Moves Ahead With Stimulus Funds Florida Contracts: 8% December Drop = 24% ’09 Decline Legoland Florida to Rise at Former Cypress Gardens Construction Starts on Everglades Restoration Project Tamiami Trail Stiles to Develop, Build Nova Southeastern Educational Center Contractor to Replace Jet Fuel

An 18% drop in the overall value of new South Carolina construction contracts signed in December for future construction added up to a 36% decline for the entire year, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. Related Links: North Carolina Wins $545 Million in Federal Rail Grants South Carolina: 18% December Drop = 36% ’09 Decline Carolinas AGC Presents Top Honors to Construction Leaders O’Neal to Construct FitesaFiberweb Expansion in Simpsonville, S.C. South Carolina Leaders Hope for I-73 Stimulus Dollars URS to Operate North Carolina’s Triangle Expressway Toll Facility During December, the value of new nonresidential contracts fell 49%

Representatives of the North Eastern Strategic Alliance, an economic development organization representing South Carolina’s northeast region, joined state leaders in Washington to promote efforts to secure federal stimulus funding for a proposed I-73 corridor. Related Links: North Carolina Wins $545 Million in Federal Rail Grants North Carolina: 1% December Drop Adds Up to 28% ’09 Decline South Carolina: 18% December Drop = 36% ’09 Decline Carolinas AGC Presents Top Honors to Construction Leaders O’Neal to Construct FitesaFiberweb Expansion in Simpsonville, S.C. URS to Operate North Carolina’s Triangle Expressway Toll Facility Officially named the “Interchange of Hope,” this corridor will provide

In January, the Florida Dept. of Transportation announced that construction was set to begin on the $400-million Interstate-4/Selmon Expressway Connector project in Tampa, an elevated interchange project that will link I-4 and the Selmon Expressway and provide dedicated truck lanes. Related Links: FPL Halts Work on Nuclear, Modernization Projects Florida Contracts: 8% December Drop = 24% ’09 Decline Legoland Florida to Rise at Former Cypress Gardens Construction Starts on Everglades Restoration Project Tamiami Trail Skanska USA Selected as CM for FIU Stempel Complex Stiles to Develop, Build Nova Southeastern Educational Center Contractor to Replace Jet Fuel Tanks for NAVFAC in