Related Links: BRPH Wins Design-Build Contract for $11.5-Million Fort Gillem Training Center CONRAC Opens at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Benning Construction to Build New Community Center Terminus 200 Awarded LEED CS Gold Certification The value of Georgia’s new nonresidential construction starts fell dramatically in November to cause a 27% overall downturn in activity for the month, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. According to the company, the value of new November contracts signed for future construction equaled nearly $702.7 million, down from the $962.4 million of last November. Nonresidential fell 62% compared to a year ago, for a
Related Links: South Carolina: 2% Decline in New Contracts in November BJAC Awarded Contracts with UNC-Wilmington, UNC Hospitals PCL Construction Donates $10,000 to Second Harvest of Metrolina Compared to the same period of a year ago, the value of new contracts signed in November for future construction fell by 32% overall in North Carolina, according to the latest information from McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. In North Carolina, the overall total for new project starts was nearly $852.5 million, down from last November’s total of nearly $1.3 billion. Nonbuilding contracts declined by the greatest percentage, dropping 67% compared to
Related Links: In November, Value of New Contracts Fell 32% in North Carolina South Carolina: 2% Decline in New Contracts in November BJAC Awarded Contracts with UNC-Wilmington, UNC Hospitals The Charlotte office of PCL Construction Services recently donated $10,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina. The donation is part of a national program whereby PCL made $10,000 contributions to 14 food banks across the country in time for the holiday season. Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina supplies food and essential grocery items to more than 600 agencies in 19 counties.
Related Links: Value of Georgia’s New Contracts Fell 24% in November BRPH Wins Design-Build Contract for $11.5-Million Fort Gillem Training Center CONRAC Opens at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Benning Construction to Build New Community Center Atlanta-based Cousins Properties announced that Terminus 200, the newest phase of the developer’s 9.9-acre mixed-use Terminus development in Buckhead, has earned LEED CS Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The Terminus 200 office tower is constructed of 20% recycled content and certified wood products. Other “green” features include: windows and workspaces designed to maximize daylighting; accessibility to mass transit as well as availability
Related Links: Hardin Construction to Merge with Mathews Construction of Tampa Danis Building Acquires R.N. Rouse & Co. of N.C DPR Construction’s Atlanta Office Donates $40,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs MasTec to Acquire Precision Pipeline Burnham Institute Certified LEED Gold A team of junior and senior students at University of Florida’s Rinker School of Building Construction scored a first-place finish in the annual Southeast Regional Construction Management Competition, sponsored by Associated General Contractors of Florida and the Associated Schools of Construction. The UF team competed with student teams from more than 30 colleges in the region. The competition, held
Related Links: Value of New Florida Contracts Increased 10% in November Willis A. Smith to Expand Ringling Museum, Rebuild Booker High Martin Marietta to Build Aggregates Terminal at Port Manatee SIKON Construction to Build Distribution Center in Delray Beach Zyscovich Designing New Miami Dade College Classroom Facility FaverGray Awarded Four New Projects The Miami Chapter of the American Institute of Architects recognized the Miami Downtown Development Authority’s recently completed “2025 Downtown Miami Master Plan” at its annual design awards ceremony. Javier A. Betancourt, the Miami DDA’s manager of urban planning and transportation, received the “Urban Design of the Year” award
Related Links: Value of New Florida Contracts Increased 10% in November Willis A. Smith to Expand Ringling Museum, Rebuild Booker High Miami’s Master Plan Named AIA “Urban Design of the Year” SIKON Construction to Build Distribution Center in Delray Beach Zyscovich Designing New Miami Dade College Classroom Facility FaverGray Awarded Four New Projects Martin Marietta announced that the Manatee County Port Authority approved a 30-year, $42-million contract with the company to build a 20-acre aggregates terminal at Port Manatee. The project will link the new facility to an existing berth with a 4,900-ft-long high-speed conveyor system. The proposed conveyor is
Related Links: In November, Value of New Contracts Fell 32% in North Carolina South Carolina: 2% Decline in New Contracts in November PCL Construction Donates $10,000 to Second Harvest of Metrolina Raleigh, N.C.-based architectural firm BJAC announced that its Charlotte office has been awarded a contract to design the $30-million University of North Carolina-Wilmington Center for Marine Sciences Biotechnology Research Facility. The 68,000 sq-ft, two-story commercial aquaculture and bio-tech research facility will house research and commercial applications of various facets relating to marine science. BJAC also was hired to design the UNC Hospitals Imaging & Outpatient Center. The new 30,000-sq-ft,
Photo: Perkins + Will Related Links: Hardin Construction to Merge with Mathews Construction of Tampa Danis Building Acquires R.N. Rouse & Co. of N.C UF Team Wins Regional Construction Management Competition DPR Construction’s Atlanta Office Donates $40,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs MasTec to Acquire Precision Pipeline The Burnham Institute for Medical Research at Lake Nona, in Orlando, Fla., has been certified LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council. The 175,000-sq-ft facility features a “high albedo roof,” made of a white, reflective membrane that reflects heat to lower the air conditioning requirements. Glazed windows transmit more than 50% exterior
Photo: PGAL Architects Related Links: Value of Georgia’s New Contracts Fell 24% in November BRPH Wins Design-Build Contract for $11.5-Million Fort Gillem Training Center Benning Construction to Build New Community Center Terminus 200 Awarded LEED CS Gold Certification The world’s largest consolidated rental car center opened recently at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The $242-million complex, which houses 13 rental car agencies and their associated operations, is integrated with a new automated people mover system known at the ATL Sky Train, eliminating the need for shuttle buses. Located across Interstate 85 from the airport, the LEED-registered facility includes: two four-level parking
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