DELAWARE Jacobs Engineering Group has been awarded a contract by the Delaware Dept. of Transportation to provide design services for a three-mile section of a four-lane limited access roadway that will bypass U.S. Rte. 301 in New Castle County. The project also calls for design of bridges and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). As part of Delaware DOT’s $704-million U.S. Rte. 301 Roadway Project involving 17.5 miles of new and reconstructed roadway, the construction value of this contract is $70 million. Final design is scheduled for completion in 2010. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., 1111 S. Arroyo Parkway, Pasadena, Calif. 91109.
FLORIDA Falcone Development Group Inc. has received approval from the Miami City Commission to develop the Miami World Center, a nine-block, 25-acre redevelopment project located north of the Central Business District bounded by N.E. Second Ave., N. Miami Ave., N.E. 11th St. and N.E. 6th St. in Miami. Elkus Manfredi Architects Ltd. was selected to design the project, which includes a mix of retail, residential, office, and institutional uses. Falcone Development Group, 1951 N.W. 19th St., Suite 200, Boca Raton 33431; Elkus Manfredi Architects Ltd., 300 A St., Boston, Mass. 02210. DR #08-847248.