Articles Tagged with ''ENR Southeast Best Projects''

ENR Southeast's 2017 Best Projects

Airports/Transit: Merritt Island Airport Runway 11/29 Safety Area Improvements

October 30, 2017

The Merritt Island Airport, a public general-aviation airport surrounded by the Banana River Aquatic Preserve, needed a 185-ft extension to its lone 3,601-ft-long runway.

ENR Southeast's 2017 Best Projects

Sports/Entertainment Award of Merit: Clemson University, Allen N. Reeves Football Complex

October 30, 2017

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Built in 13 months, Clemson University’s $55-million Allen N. Reeves Football Complex features a locker room with 25,000 sq ft of weight-training space and 50-person lunge and hydrotherapy pools.

Southeast Project of the Year - Grandview Medical Center

Grandview Medical Center, ENR Southeast’s Project of the Year, is a construction comeback story

Jim Parsons

November 3, 2016

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The transformation of this Birmingham, Ala., health care facility represented an unusual project revival.

Sports/Entertainment Best Project - Georgia Aquarium Sea Lion Exhibit

November 2, 2016

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For the Georgia Aquarium’s Sea Lion Exhibit, contractors first demolished and removed an existing three-story concrete exhibit structure, selectively demolishing mechanical systems and cast-in-place concrete aquarium tanks while also removing theming, rockwork and acrylic glazing.

K-12 Education Best Project - Wayne County - Grantham Middle School & Spring Creek Middle School

November 2, 2016

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The Wayne County Board of Education selected the joint venture of Metcon/T.A. Loving as the construction manager at-risk for the simultaneous delivery of two positive energy middle schools.

Small Project Best Project - Preschool Partners

November 2, 2016

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Construction of this $3.4-million, 12,500-sq-ft educational center for Birmingham’s PreSchool Partners, a 501c3 organization dedicated to preparing at-risk 3- and 4-year-olds for kindergarten, marked the group’s first facility and enabled it to significantly expand operations.

Tennessee Dept. of Transportation - Fast Fix 8

Highway/Heavy Best Project - Tennessee DOT Fast Fix 8

November 1, 2016

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The Tennessee Dept. of Transportation (TDOT) awarded Kiewit Infrastructure South a $62-million contract for accelerated bridge construction, or ABC, involving the demolition and reconstruction of eight bridges along Interstate 40 in Nashville.

University of Florida, J. Wayne Reitz Union Student Center

Higher Education Best Project - Univ. of Florida, J. Wayne Reitz Union Student Center Expansion and Renovation

November 1, 2016

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With a student population of roughly 50,000 and more than 900 registered clubs and organizations, the first significant expansion of the University of Florida’s community center was arguably overdue.

Residential Best Project - Opal Sands Resort

November 1, 2016

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The Opal Sands Resort, a 15-story, 460,000-sq-ft, 230-room resort hotel, features a curved shape that gives each guest room a floor-to-ceiling view of the Gulf of Mexico.

Specialty Construction, Best Project - Cummins Technical Center, New Chilled Water Plant & Piping Distribution System

November 1, 2016

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In planning for the future expansion and improvement of its North Charleston, S.C., campus, Cummins Inc. selected Waldrop Mechanical Services to provide turnkey design-build/procurement services for the development of the new chilled water plant and piping distribution system project.