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 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 Orlando Events Center Royal Concrete Concepts Relocates Modular Classrooms Orlando-based Cuhaci & Peterson Architects is performing preliminary design work for a 140,000-sq-ft senior living facility at Avalon Park in Orlando. The firm indicated construction of the first phase of the facility, which would accommodate 130 senior living units, could start before the
Miami-based Coastal Construction Group was awarded a $9.2-million contract for the construction of Sunny Isles Beach Heritage Park and Parking Garage, a four-acre multi-use facility in Sunny Isles Beach. Related Links: Jacksonville Taps Turner for $224-Million Duval Co. Courthouse Florida Contracts Drop 22% in July 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 Orlando Events Center Royal Concrete Concepts Relocates Modular Classrooms The project will consist of government offices and a three-acre park featuring two
Turner Construction Co. is managing the construction of two jail expansion projects in the state of Georgia for Corrections Corp. of America. The projects will accommodate 1,660 additional inmates upon completion in June 2010. Related Links: Value of Georgia�s July Contracts Fell 41% Choate Selected for $60-million University Housing Project The $27-million expansion of the Wheeler County Correctional Facility in Alamo includes construction of two dormitory buildings to house 792 prisoners. The $25-million expansion of Coffee County Correctional Facility in Nicholls will accommodate 868 prisoners.
The Santee Cooper board of directors in Moncks Corner, S.C., announced its decision to suspend efforts to build the proposed Pee Dee Energy Campus, an estimated $2.2-billion coal power plant in Florence County, S.C. Related Links: Contractors Receive Notice to Proceed on $446-Million N.C. Toll Road Project In July, Nonbuilding Surged in N.C., but No Bright Spots for S.C. The state-owned utility cited reduced overall demand for electricity and proposed federal government regulations that would increase the operating costs of coal-fired power plants as reasons for scuttling the project. Santee Cooper’s sales are down 5% from last year. The utility’s
Turner Construction Co. was selected by the City of Jacksonville for a $224-million design-build contract for the $224-million Duval County Courthouse project. Construction has started, and the project is scheduled for completion in May 2012. Related Links: 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 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 The 800,000-sq-ft facility will serve as a
Raleigh-Durham Roadbuilders, a joint venture of Archer Western Contractors of Atlanta and Granite Construction Co. of Watsonville, Calif., recently received the Notice to Proceed by the North Carolina Turnpike Authority for its $446-million Western Wake Freeway contract, a section of the $1-billion Triangle Expressway. The lead designer on the project is The LPA Group of Raleigh, N.C. Related Links: In July, Nonbuilding Surged in N.C., but No Bright Spots for S.C. Santee Cooper Nixes Plans for Proposed $2.2-billion Pee Dee Energy Campus Financing for the project will be provided by a combination of toll revenue bonds, state appropriation bonds and
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