Article toolbar The ongoing Southeast retrenchment for architectural and engineering services continued unabated in 2010, as evidenced by a further decline in the collective revenue represented by ENR Southeast's most recent Top Design Firms ranking. This year's ranking includes slightly more than $2.65 billion in collective 2010 revenue from projects located in the four-state region of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, down from last year's total of approximately $2.9 billion. Image courtesy SchenkelShultz Architecture Down On Education? Funding for school projects, such as the $78-million Venice High School in Florida, may prove scarce for 2011. Related Links: Southeast Top Design
SnapShot May 9, 2011 Submitted By : Jedd Heap, Associate Architect, Carlson Studio Architecture, Sarasota, Fla. Columns supporting the “Bridge of Hope” covered archway at the LEED Gold-certified Cancer Support Community facility in Sarasota, Fla., are made from Florida heart pine timber recovered from the bottom of the Suwannee River and estimated to be more than 200 years old, according to Jedd Heap, architect with Carlson Studio Architecture. Resistant to decay, the heart pine is the center portion of these large, ancient trees. Photographer: Dick Dickinson
On The Scene May 9, 2011 Our editors are everywhere�at all the industry events that matter most. When They're not speaking on panels, they're busy taking notes�and snapping photos�so they can inform their readers about what was said and who was there. ACE Mentor Program ACE Mentor Program On April 9, representatives of the Balfour Beatty/James A. Cummings Inc. joint venture that is constructing Florida Atlantic University’s new football stadium in Boca Raton hosted a project tour for about 40 local high-school students participating in the ACE (architecture-construction-engineering) Mentor program.Above, Balfour Beatty Construction’s Steve Jordan shows the students some of
Charles Perry Construction and PPI Construction Management, two Gainesville, Fla.-based construction companies long affiliated with each other, announced they have merged operations. CARLSON The new company will be known as Charles Perry Partners Inc., with ownership consisting of principals Breck Weingart, John Carlson, Domenic Scorpio and Brian Leslie. Weingart was previously a partner in both companies, Carlson and Scorpio were principals of PPI, and Leslie was a principal with Charles Perry Construction. WEINGART Carlson will serve as chief executive officer of CPPI, while Weingart will be chairman. Both companies were founded by Charles R. Perry. Charles Perry Construction focused on
Related Links: Georgia Contracts Continued Decline in March North Carolina: March Contracts Fell 52% South Carolina Contracts Flat in March The value of Florida contracts for future construction rose sharply in March, with the monthly total of more than $2.6 billion representing a 35% increase over the same period of a year ago, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR Southeast. The uptick was a welcome change from the January and February, when contracts declined by about 50% each month. For the month, the entire increase came from the nonbuilding sector, which totaled nearly $1.4 billion, well ahead of last
Related Links: Florida Contracts Surged 35% in March North Carolina: March Contracts Fell 52% South Carolina Contracts Flat in March Georgia’s March construction contracts totaled nearly $813.8 million, or 36% lower than a year ago, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR Southeast. New nonresidential contracts fell by the greatest percentage, dropping 59%, compared to last March, for a total of nearly $305.7 million. Nonbuilding contracts, which include infrastructure and civil projects, totaled $128.2 million for the month, a decline of 13%. The residential category managed to stay even with the same period of a year ago, with an estimated
Related Links: Florida Contracts Surged 35% in March Georgia Contracts Continued Decline in March South Carolina Contracts Flat in March The value of new North Carolina construction contracts fell 52% in March, for a total of $986.2 million in new work, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR Southeast. All construction categories were down markedly for the month, with the nonresidential sector declining the most. That category dropped 71% compared to the same period of a year ago, with about $209.3 million in new contracts. The nonbuilding sector, which includes infrastructure and civil contracts, declined by 61% for a $241.1-million
Related Links: Florida Contracts Surged 35% in March Georgia Contracts Continued Decline in March North Carolina: March Contracts Fell 52% The value of new South Carolina construction contracts was estimated at $738.6 million in March, a total that was on par with the same period a year ago, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR Southeast. McGraw-Hill estimated the value of new nonbuilding contracts, including infrastructure and civil projects, at about $93.2 million, or 44% below last March’s total. New residential contracts were estimated at $283.4 million, or 29% lower than last year. Nonresidential contracts moved up significantly, however, with
The restoration of the Gulf of Mexico is expected to get a boost as a result of an agreement between the Natural Resource Trustees for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and BP. The agreement, announced on April 21, stipulates that BP will pay $1 billion for “early” restoration projects related to the Gulf spill. According to administration officials, BP is providing the restoration funds voluntarily. “This agreement accelerates our work on Gulf Coast restoration and in no way limits the ability of all the Natural Resource Trustees from seeking full damages from those who are responsible as the process moves
Despite a formal protest from the second-place bidder for a 3,000-ton-per-day waste-to-energy facility, the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County awarded a $668-million design-build contract to a team of Babcock & Wilcox and BE&K to design, construct and operate the facility. + Enlarge Image: courtesy SWA B&W’s design-build estimate of $668 million was roughly $62 million higher than that of Wheelabrator, the division of Waste Management Corp. that placed second. However, SWA factored in the value of electrical generation and recoverable materials that each team guaranteed that their respective designs would deliver to the authority for a net present
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