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Project teams have broken ground on the State Highway (SH) 71 Express Lanes project in Austin. Officials with McCarthy Building Cos., the Texas Dept. of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) marked the start of construction on January 28. Photo courtesy of McCarthy Building Cos. Local officials turn shovels of dirt at SH 71 Express Project site located at SH 71 and FM 973 near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin. The $96.3 million project will incorporate the building and improvement of express toll traffic lanes on SH 71. Scope of the project includes the design and

In terms of national importance, Georgia Power's $14-billion-plus Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project nearly stands alone. At a 2014 ceremony finalizing the project's $6.5 billion in federal loan guarantees, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz noted as much when he said, "This energy infrastructure build-out is not only for Georgia, not only for the United States, but for the world." Photo courtesy Georgia Power The Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project has experienced significant delays to date, and continues to face schedule challenges. Related Links: Plant Vogtle Construction: The Two Sides to the Story ENR's Top 25 Newsmakers    JACOBSInitial industry hopes for

Early in the process of building Florida Polytechnic University's $60-million Innovation, Science and Technology building, architect Santiago Calatrava expressed his doubts to Skanska USA Building's project leader, Chuck Jablon, about the ability of U.S. craft workers to deliver the quality the architect envisioned. Considering that the complex, glass-sheathed, 162,000-sq-ft structure—topped by a massive, 250-ft-long operable skylight system—was also Calatrava's first guaranteed-maximum-price contract, his doubts may be understandable. Photo courtesy Skanska USA Building Santiago Calatrava, right, discusses details with Skanska's Chuck Jablon during a visit to the Florida Polytechnic University project site. Photo courtesy Skanska USA Building The Florida Polytechnic University

Milton J. Womack recently started construction on a $20 million mixed-used building conversion project in downtown Baton Rouge. Photo courtesy of Eskew+Dumez+Ripple A $20 million mixed-used building conversion project in downtown Baton Rouge that involves the conversion of 180,000 sq ft of office space to a mixed-use commercial and multifamily building with a parking garage.  The project was designed by New Orleans-based architecture firm Eskew+Dumez+Ripple and involves the conversion of 180,000 square feet of office space to a mixed-use commercial and multifamily building with a parking garage. Ninety-three apartment units will be constructed on the second through eighth floors, ranging in

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers and contractors are blasting through a roughly $100-million interior redo like no other.

For several years now, the four-state Southeast construction market has been steadily gaining momentum.

Tom Murphy, founder, chairman and CEO of Coastal Construction Group, doesn't get out to the field as often as he'd like these days. And that's a bit of a shame, for even after more than 45 years in the industry, a construction site is where he's happiest. Photo by Angel E. Valentin Image courtesy Coastal Construction Coastal Construction is currently renovating and significantly expanding the historic Surf Club. Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record "I like watching sites get turned into buildings, then going back to them years later," he says. "There's nothing like seeing a good project and

Pat Rodgers' tenure at Charlotte-based Rodgers Builders was supposed to last only two days—a temporary assignment as a receptionist to help the newly transplanted Midwesterner get her feet on the ground. Photo courtesy of Rodgers Builders Photos courtesy of Rodgers Builders Building community assets Rodgers Builders, along with joint-venture partners Barton Malow and R.J. Leeper, built the BB&T Knights Ballpark in Charlotte, which won ENR Southeast's Best Projects award in the sports/entertainment category. Related Links: Rodgers Builders Melds Traditional Values, Innovation B.D. Rodgers, 89, Founded Charlotte-Based Rodgers Builders Fortunately for the company and the Southeast's construction industry, she never left.

 The board of directors of Orlando-based TLC Engineering for Architecture named Michael Sheerin to succeed Debra Lupton as CEO of the firm. Sheerin, currently serving as the firm's director of health care engineering, was selected following a search of internal and external candidates. Sheerin will assume the role in early 2015, with an orderly transition until Lupton's retirement on May 1, 2015. In announcing the leadership change, Lupton stated: "Michael brings 20 years of tenure and significant leadership experience with TLC, and he has been intimately involved in the evolution of the firm. He is a strategic thinker and relationship-builder