PCL Civil Contractors of Tampa led the replacement of a swing-span bridge in Sullivan’s Island, S.C., in 11 days. The new Ben Sawyer Bridge was reopened in February after the 250-ft replacement swing span was floated in place and the approach spans rolled in place onto the existing substructure. Related Links: 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 Turner Building $61.5-Million UNC-Charlotte Facility Elkins Constructors Building North Charleston Elementary School The $32.5-million project is being executed under a design-build contract for
Skanska USA announced it will build the $49-million head office for the City of Gainesville’s Regional Utilities unit. Related Links: Balfour Beatty Uses PPP for $123M FAU Student Housing Project R.R. Simmons Scores USF Project Florida Contracts: Value of New Projects Drops 11% in February Suffolk, Webcor Team Up for Miami Science Museum J.L. Wallace to Build Ave Maria University Field House Finfrock Starts Dania Beach Parking Garage The nine-building GRU facility will comprise the head office for Gainesville’s various utilities units for energy, water and wastewater, as well as the telephone and data networks. In addition to offices and
Hardin Construction Co. of Atlanta is beginning construction of an administration and classroom building on the Gordon County campus of Georgia Northwestern Technical College, near Calhoun. 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 Batson-Cook Building Residence Hall for Rehabilitation Institute McCarthy Completes Georgia State Science Park A ceremonial groundbreaking was held in March for the two-story, 46,600-sq-ft facility, which will house a bookstore, classrooms, labs, media center and 500-seat
The Savannah, Ga., office of Elkins Constructors has started construction on its $13.3-million McKewn Elementary School project in North Charleston, S.C. The 103,000-sq-ft school is targeting a spring 2011 completion. LS3P of Charleston is the architect. 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 Turner Building $61.5-Million UNC-Charlotte Facility
Hundreds of Florida transportation contractors descended upon Tallahassee last week to rally against a pending $160-million raid of the State Transportation Trust Fund and to encourage Gov. Charlie Crist to use his veto power to stop it. It�s the last hope to stop the transfer of funds, says Robert G. Burleson, president of the Florida Transportation Builders Association of Tallahassee. Photo courtesy FTBA Members of the Florida Transportation Builders Association made the choice clear to state legislators poised to cut approximately $160 million from the state's transportation fund. Photo courtesy FTBA This "road sign" conveyed FTBA's stance on raiding road
Editor’s Note: Portions of this article originally appeared on ENR.com. The warning shot came in a federal court in Louisiana, and it may signal the beginning of the end of one of the more costly aspects of the homebuilding boom of 2004-2007. Federal Judge Eldon Fallon in New Orleans ordered Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd. to pay seven Virginia families a total of $2.6 million to remediate defective Chinese-made drywall in their homes. The case is the first of several class-action lawsuits filed against manufacturers of material that has proven to be a veritable nightmare—and source of odors—for thousands of homeowners.
Stating Florida must comply with the original 1992 consent decree to address Everglades pollution, U.S. District Judge Federico A. Moreno granted on March 31 the Miccosukee tribe�s motion to compel completion of a key reservoir. Since 2008, the work has stopped on the $700-million project in Palm Beach County; instead, state funds have been plowed into buying private sugar-growing land near Lake Okeechobee for a new restoration plan. Parties now are weighing the potential impact. Landowner U.S. Sugar Corp. says the ruling “does not preclude” the state’s continuing land purchase to meet the consent decree’s terms. Tribal officials and those
Skanska USA announced that its building unit in San Antonio was the recipient of multiple health-care construction awards at the 2009 Annual Excellence in Construction Competition hosted by the Associated Builders and Contractors of South Texas. Skanska won the Mega Projects Award, the Healthcare Award, the Institutional Award and the Gold S.T.E.P. Award for Safety. Skanska USA also announced it has completed construction on the Texas Southmost College Arts Center Building in Brownsville. MIYAKODA MENDENHALL LONG TBG Partners promoted employees at three of its four Texas offices. In Dallas/Fort Worth, Kent T. Mendenhall was promoted to principal; in Houston, Yan
The Florida Dept. of Transportation has hired a team of Kansas City, Mo.-based HNTB Corp. and Wilbur Smith Associates of Columbia, S.C., to serve as program managers for its Florida Rail Enterprise. The FRE is the newly launched agency that will oversee Florida's development of inter-city high-speed rail service. Related Links: Rail Advocates Have High Hopes for Future Funding Nazih Haddad, FRE’s chief operating officer, said HNTB and WSA will assist the agency’s staff on an ongoing basis in developing the state’s HSR program. The two companies had previously worked together as general consultants to the state in its long-term
The city of Orlando has approved the sale of an additional $69 million in bonds to partially plug a gaping funding hole in its originally $1.1-billion Community Venues building program and kick-start construction of the $250-million first phase of the city's new performing arts center. Image courtesy Dr. P. Phillips Performing Arts Center The city of Orlando has approved an additional $69 million in bonds to start construction of the $250-million first phase of its new performing arts center. Funding for the second piece of Orlando’s venues program had taken a hit when revenues from the tourist development tax plunged
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