Southeast Pulse: March 2024
Planning
North Carolina
The North Carolina Dept. of Transportation (NCDOT) and the NC Turnpike Authority are in the planning stages of the Mid-Currituck Toll Bridge Replacement, a seven-mile new location bridge over Currituck Sound and across Maple Swamp to connect the Currituck County mainland at US 158 near Aydlett and NC 12 on the Outer Banks. Plans are in the early design stage for the design-build project, with bidding targeted for June 16, 2026, and an estimated project cost of almost $397 million. Plans include refinements to avoid and minimize hurricane impacts as well as enhance safety, including a median acceleration lane, bulb-outs for U-turning vehicles, a realignment of existing side streets and more. NC Highway 12 will be widened in three places as part of the project, including the bridge terminus, the commercial area surrounding Albacore Street and at Currituck Clubhouse Drive. Roundabouts will also be constructed on the highway and marked pedestrian crossings will be added. NC DOT Division 1 Office, 113 Airport Drive, Ste. 100, Edenton, 27932. DR#94-00595528.
Florida
AdventHealth Orlando is planning to construct a hospital on 106 acres in New Smyrna Beach at Sugar Mill Drive and Florida Highway 44, east of Interstate 95. Hunton Brady Architects is the project architect and Donald W. McIntosh Associates is the civil engineer, with Luke Transportation Engineering Consultants serving as consulting engineer. Plans are underway as owners work to obtain review and approvals from the city. The project start date and contract method are yet to be determined. AdventHealth Orlando, 601 E Rollins St., Orlando, 32803. DR#20-00491239.
Georgia
Waycross – Ware County Development Authority is developing designs for a $375-million manufacturing facility for Finland-based Admares in Waycross. Work is planning to start June 1, with completion expected in November 2025. Plans are in design for the design-build project to construct a total of 10 one-story precast concrete buildings for a total 2.5 million sq ft. The Admares Manufacturing Facility, which will manufacture prefabricated buildings and houses, will be part of an overall project investment of $750 million. GLSD Architecture is project architect, and Geis Cos. is the project’s general contractor and owner’s agent. Waycross – Ware County Development Authority, 2855 Forest Road, Waycross, 31503. DR#22-00816361.
South Carolina
The South Carolina Dept. of Transportation is evaluating bids on its $348-million project to improve the Interstate 26 corridor in Calhoun and Lexington counties. With $334 million in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the project received four bids on Feb. 13, and SCDOT will award the project by mid-March. The project runs along I-26 from Exit 125 at Old Sandy Run Road to Exit 139 at Burke Road. The project includes a 7.5% DBE requirement and a small business set-aside. The target start date is April 1, with completion set for Sept. 1, 2027. SC Dept. of Transportation, 955 Park St., Rm. 502, Columbia, 29201. DR#20-00675541.
North Carolina
Planning schematics are in the works for the Apple Office/R&D Facility-Parking Garage set to start construction in 2026 in Morrisville at Little Drive and Louis Stephens Drive. Apple Inc. is pursuing the $347-million design-bid-build project, currently evaluating infrastructure needs for the project to construct six buildings total, including three seven-story office buildings, one of which will total 242,000 sq ft and two of which will total more than 230,000 sq ft each. Three smaller accessory buildings and a parking garage complete the plans. Kimley-Horn is listed as consultant, Trammel Crow Co. as construction manager and John R. McAdams Co. as civil engineer. Apple Inc. – Corporate Office, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, Calif., 95014. DR#18-00723124.
