A new middle school in Lumberton, N.C., serves as its own energy powerhouse, generating more electricity than it consumes and thereby achieving the rare status of being a "net positive" building.
Each year, the projects recognized by ENR Southeast's Best Projects competition showcase the most accomplished construction and design efforts taking place throughout the region. In addition, they often illustrate the future of construction, highlighting innovative approaches and project types that may one day become commonplace.
The $24.8-million Foothills Parkway Bridge No. 2 project provides the final 1.6-mile "missing link" for Tennessee's Foothills Parkway, located near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Located within the 600-acre Lake Nona Medical City in Orlando, this $45-million academic center is one of the University of Florida's first major research facilities to be built outside of Gainesville.
U.S. Central Command's 257,000-sq-ft facility at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa provides a high-tech, high-security home for personnel supporting some 200,000 U.S. troops and civilians deployed throughout the Middle East.
In its response to a mandate from the state of Florida to build a central sewer system for the city of Marathon, Weiler Engineering Corp. (WEC) went beyond the initial requirements and designed a comprehensive approach to wastewater management.
The team building the $108-million, 12-story J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Tower at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla., had to overcome tricky underground issues, a cramped site and late design changes to get this health care facility up and running.
A complete rebuild of the Booker High School campus in Sarasota, Fla., required that construction activities safely co-exist with the activities of more than 1,000 students and staff over a three-year period.
A contractor's first foray into a strict adoption of lean construction strategies enabled the team to build a $42.7-million Atlanta condominium project—along with an adjacent 488-space garage—in just 52 weeks from groundbreaking to final occupancy.
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