Work remained scarce last year as the economic recovery continued its slow pace, but that did not stop the contenders for this year's Best Projects competition from putting their best work forward.
In 2007, a fire ripped through the Jacksonville Humane Society's facilities. Firefighters battled the flames to save more than 80 animals, but tragically nearly the same number of pets died.
The construction industry may still be stuck in low gear as a result of lingering economic trouble, but the Southeast's contractors and designers are obviously not wasting any time showcasing their expanding set of tools and capabilities as they team up on impressive projects throughout the region.
The design-build team of KBR Building Group and Clark Nexsen was charged with programming, designing and constructing Medicago's 97,000-sq-ft research and production center in just 12 months.
The University of North Florida Science and Humanities project included a 117,000-sq-ft teaching and research facility as well as a 116,500-sq-ft biological sciences building with 45 labs.
DPR Construction's contract for Novelis required transforming an existing 162,000-sq-ft, single-story warehouse and office building into a research and development facility focused on metal casting and fabrication.
The Atlanta Humane Society's delayed purchase of the building site, combined with a previously scheduled grand-opening fundraising event, gave Rogers Construction just four months in which to convert an existing auto dealership into an animal adoption and spay-neuter clinic facility.
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