Across the South, an estimated 72% of construction industry firms expect to increase staff levels in 2016, according to survey results recently published by Associated General Contractors of America.
When, on Aug. 5, the Florida state board of All Aboard Florida’s request was approved to issue $1.75 billion in tax-exempt bonds to fund its planned 235-mile passenger-rail project, it signaled a key milestone for the company developing the Miami-to-Orlando transportation system.
Two Florida state representatives have filed legislation aimed at ending the state’s practice of authorizing advanced cost recovery related to nuclear and integrated gasification combined-cycle powerplants.
When contractors demolished Alachua General Hospital in 2010, the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency, the University of Florida and the city of Gainesville worked to create a vision for the 16-acre property, which is located between the university’s main campus and downtown.
When Florida Hospital-Tampa embarked on a $53.7-million project to add a larger 91,000-sq-ft emergency department, the hospital hired Robins & Morton, which had recently delivered another nearby facility for the owner.
Two independent sources with knowledge of the investigation into the Oct. 10 collapse of a parking garage at Miami Dade College have refuted a claim reported by Engineering News-Record that the structure was struck a second time by a crane pick just prior to the fatal incident.
Hopes are high that a July 18 hearing in U.S. District Court in Miami will ratify the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection's permit and associated projects to improve water quality in the Everglades.