Firms working in the four-state region of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina will experience a mix of increasing challenges and rising opportunities during the coming year.
Despite the depressingly downbeat nature of 2009, the Southeast's construction and design industry still has plenty to be thankful for, including a possibly upbeat 2010.
On Friday, Nov. 6, Jason Rodriguez, a former employee of Jacksonville, Fla.-based engineering firm Reynolds, Smith & Hills allegedly shot five and killed a current employee at the firm's Orlando offices.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) is opposed to government incentives packages. But that didn't stop him from approving a $450-million package aimed at landing Boeing's 787 Dreamliner assembly plant.
Boeing announced last week that it was going to build the second final assembly plant of its new 787 Dreamliner airplane not in Washington state, but instead in South Carolina.
Southeast Construction magazine recently announced the winners of its annual Best Of competition, which recognizes project excellence in the four-state region.
On Oct. 1, Southeast Construction launched its redesigned Website. It's now packed with numerous new features that should help visitors looking for information about the Southeast construction and design industry.
Federal agents arrested three public officials in Broward Co., Fla., last week as the result of an FBI undercover operation that involved bribes and the county's school construction program.
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