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Does the recent incident at the Veterans Administration Medical Center project in Orlando, where undocumented workers were found hidden in a confined space, reveal something about the industry's dirty little approach to conforming to immigration laws?

The latest forecast figures from McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR Southeast, paint a (mostly) optimistic picture for the Southeast region.

Things are moving in the right direction, with the world economy rebounding and six quarters of economic growth in the U.S., but construction has been immune to improvement and will be the last sector to recover, says Anirban Basu, Associated Builders and Contractors' chief economist, who spoke at the Central Florida Chapter of ABC’s Economic Outlook forum in Orlando.

Signs of industry optimism are popping up as 2011 gets started -- and not just from economists this time. Will 2011 prove to be the year of a true construction industry turn-around?

ENR Southeast is preparing its annual ranking of the region's largest contracts to start construction last year. And we're looking for reader input.

Editors with ENR have named Atlanta-based power company Southern Company as ENR Southeast's latest "Owner of the Year."

Will Gov. Rick Scott kill Florida's high-speed rail project? Vote in our one-click poll.

Other states’ decisions to pass on federal rail funding will benefit Florida, providing the final $342 million needed to build the $2.6 billion, 84-mi long high-speed rail corridor from Orlando to Tampa. 

Once heralded by Mayor Buddy Dyer as a “Triple Crown for Downtown” that would elevate Orlando, Fla., from its status as a “second-tier city,” the community’s $1-billion plan to build a new arena and performing arts center and renovate an outdoor stadium has suffered numerous blows, due to a faltering economy. The latest, just weeks after the opening of the events center, is the possible delay of the performing arts center.