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As officials in North Carolina prepare to widen their probe into utility Duke Energy’s surprise ouster of its just-named CEO, officials there and in Florida are giving increased scrutiny to a problem-laden repair of the now-idled Crystal River nuclear powerplant owned by acquired utility Progress Energy as a factor in the boardroom coup. Photo courtesy Duke Energy Officials in North Carolina want to know more about the repair issues at the Crystal River nuclear powerplant project in Citrus County, Fla. Related Links: Florida, Progress Energy Reach Fix Plan for Crystal River Costly Blunders at Progress Energy's Crystal River Nuke Plant

Instead of focusing on merely surviving the Southeast's vicious downturn, Skanska USA's Southeast operation has used the slower times to improve its capabilities and people. It has been adopting new approaches to construction, accelerating field adoption of emerging technology and diversifying and deepening its talent pool. It is even expanding into new geographic markets. Related Links: Skanska USA Named "Contractor of the Year" ENR Southeast: Features on Firms It is a strategy borne of necessity that has turned into a survival tactic, says Scott MacLeod, co-chief operating officer for the Southeast in Skanska USA's Raleigh office. "We were concerned about

There's a new giant in the No. 1 position of ENR Southeast's annual Top Design Firms ranking this year, and even though it's the firm's first time atop the charts, the company's success is anything but a big surprise. AECOM Technology Corp. soared past its Southeast competition in 2011 by grabbing a big share of the major projects throughout the region. Related Links: Perkins+Will Envisions New Future for Design More Southeast Firms While many other Southeast firms struggled over the past year to eke out a mild increase, or else suffered a decline, AECOM surged, posting a gain of roughly

Designers in the Southeast are continuing to face market uncertainty, but as 2012 unfolds, more of them are starting to see some light at the end of the proverbial tunnel as the region's owners move more project plans off the shelf and into the field. It's not a boom, but architects and engineers seem ready for any kind of improvement. Related Links: Southeast Design Firm of the Year: AECOM Technology Corp. The cause for optimism starts with a look back at the recent past. A year ago, ENR Southeast's Top Design Firms ranking revealed that 2010 revenue had declined again

The Southeast's largest projects last year continued to fall within the same few construction categories as they did in 2010, according to the latest Top Starts ranking by ENR Southeast. Energy, health-care and public-sector market categories again were dominant. Related Links: The Southeast's Top Starts Ranking Only five of the 25 projects ranked on the list came from other categories. One of those, a retirement facility, could be considered health care-related.The power market generated the top three spots on this year's Top Starts ranking, with projects from utilities FPL and Progress Energy and from a four-year-old firm called American Renewables

As Southeast specialty contractors hold on for what seems like an ever-elusive recovery, successful firms are getting as lean as possible, watching their bottom lines and adjusting to a “new normal” with a mix of discipline and expanded services. Photo courtesy of KHS&S Contractors A worker with KHS&S Contractors puts the finishing touches on the Cheetah Run area at Tampas Busch Gardens. For now, it's all about survival, as the Southeast's market for specialty-contracting services continues to run lean and, sometimes, mean. The numbers reveal the downward slide that firms are enduring.This year's Top Specialty Contractors ranking includes 110 firms,

With an appetite for technically complex and otherwise demanding projects, and several recent, high-profile wins in both the building and civil sectors, PCL Construction Enterprises is flying high when other Southeast contractors are lying low. From the recent success of its building division delivering the Wizarding World of Harry Potter for Universal Orlando, to its civil unit's lead on the bid-build-finance of a nearly $400-million interchange project in Tampa for the Florida Dept. of Transportation, PCL has a momentum uncommon in today's economy.The latest evidence of its hot streak came in April, when the Orlando-based Southeast building unit, PCL Construction

Electric utility executives are often asked, “What kind of power plants will we need? Nuclear? Natural gas? Clean coal? Biomass? Solar?” A common answer is, “All of the above.”

div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Award of Excellence - Architectural Design NASCAR Hall of Fame Location: Charlotte, N.C. Owner: City of Charlotte / Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority / Lauth Property Group Contractor: Turner / BEK / Davis Joint Venture Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP Civil Engineer: Kimley-Horn & Associates Structural Engineer: Leslie E. Robertson Associates MEP Engineer: Jaros Baum & Bolles Award of Excellence -Civic/Public Works Floridan Aquifer Desalination Facility Location: Florida City Owner: Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority Contractor: Wharton Smith Construction Manager: CH2M HILL Architect/Engineer: CH2M HILL Award of Excellence – Civil/Public Works I-595 Shared-Use