Charlotte's eight-year-old LYNX Blue Line, which attracts more than 15,500 daily riders and has spurred $1.45 billion in development within a half-mile of its 9.6-mile corridor, is frequently touted as a model for cities interested in developing light rail transit systems.
Since the Great Recession finished laying waste to much of the Southeast construction industry, an increasingly robust rebound has taken hold across the region as most market sectors generate more work than many specialty contractors can chase.
Specialty contractors around the four-state Southeast region are finding an increasing number of project opportunities. They are also dealing with mounting workforce-related challenges that increasingly look like they are here to stay.
The members of the building team charged with landing what appears to be a winged flying saucer at Florida Polytechnic University's new campus would have had enough on their plate if they were all huddled in the same place, scratching their heads over design architect Santiago Calatrava's futuristic forms.
The Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transportation Terminal (LIGTT) will soon start construction on its offshore port concept. The structure is projected to span 2,250 acres over open water and cost $10 billion. Developers recently secured $25 million in financing to fund the project's first "vertical," a dry bulk facility that would be used to offload cargo from massive ships to smaller ships to be taken up the Mississippi River. The port will sit in open water three miles off the coast of Plaquemines Parish and twenty miles from the port of Venice.LIGTT spokesman and vice president Terry Easley says
The LA 1 Coalition announced construction will commence in the summer of 2016 on an elevated roadway leading to Port Fourchon, La. The $46 million project will include 3,400 ft of elevated highway connecting La. 3235 in Golden Meadow and Port Fourchon. The project is Phase 2C of the nearly-$2 billion, four-phase LA 1 Improvement Project to elevate roadways in the area.LA 1 Coalition Director Henri Boulet says the new road will clear an existing levee system by 22 ft to accommodate future levee-raising projects. A cement t-will will also be constructed 21 ft above the levee to just beneath
Louisiana is set to receive another $52 million to fund ongoing coastal restoration and construction work. The funds are being allocated from Clean Water Act fines paid by Transocean due to its liability in the 2010 BP Gulf Oil disaster. The money will go to pay for two projects ready to break ground, and for studies to lay the groundwork for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of large-scale coastal restoration efforts. Photo by Craig Guillot An aerial view of the Lake Borgne Surge Barrier. Related Links: The projects include $8.7 million for filling old exploration canals near Jean Lafitte
According to recent data from the Associated General Contractors of America, the New Orleans-Metairie metro area lost 2,700 construction jobs in the past year, more than any other city nationwide. Related Links: Louisiana AGC AGC reported 28,700 construction jobs in the area in June 2015, down 9% from June 2014. Louisiana Associated General Contractors CEO Ken Naquin says the job losses are largely attributed to the recent completion of several large projects. Two $1 billion hospital projects in New Orleans are wrapping up plus $14.5 billion in flood control work with the Corps of Engineers has ended.Naquin says New Orleans
Domain Cos. will construct another 15-story building in a fourth phase of development at its South Market District project in downtown New Orleans. The new building will be designed to house 89 upper-level condominiums and 24,000 sq ft of ground floor retail space. The condos, which will be known as "The Standard," will feature a mix of one, two and three-bedroom units. There will also be a resident clubhouse and bar with media lounge, a state-of-the-art fitness center. Construction will also include a 30,000-sq-ft amenity deck on the third flood with a pool, cabanas and an outdoor kitchen.The building is
With roughly 6,800 employee-owners, Austin Industries and the three operating companies it owns—Austin Commercial, Austin Bridge and Road and Austin Industrial—provide nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction service. The firm reported $1.14 billion in regional revenue in 2014, up nearly $300 million over the previous year, lifting it three spots to sixth place in this year’s Top Contractors ranking. Related Links: 2015 Top Contractors Main Ranking 2015 Top Contractors Rankings by Sector “Timing and a construction economy that continues to improve is the short answer for what was behind our growth in 2014,” says David Walls, president
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