Photo: PGAL Architects Related Links: Value of Georgia’s New Contracts Fell 24% in November BRPH Wins Design-Build Contract for $11.5-Million Fort Gillem Training Center Benning Construction to Build New Community Center Terminus 200 Awarded LEED CS Gold Certification The world’s largest consolidated rental car center opened recently at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The $242-million complex, which houses 13 rental car agencies and their associated operations, is integrated with a new automated people mover system known at the ATL Sky Train, eliminating the need for shuttle buses. Located across Interstate 85 from the airport, the LEED-registered facility includes: two four-level parking
Photo: DPR Construction Principals with both DPR Construction and the Brookhaven Boys & Girls Club pose with young members of the Brookhaven BCGMA's Power Hour program. Related Links: Hardin Construction to Merge with Mathews Construction of Tampa Danis Building Acquires R.N. Rouse & Co. of N.C UF Team Wins Regional Construction Management Competition MasTec to Acquire Precision Pipeline Burnham Institute Certified LEED Gold The Atlanta office of DPR Construction recently renewed its commitment to Atlanta-area youth with its continued support of the Brookhaven Boys & Girls Club – part of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta – by
Related Links: Value of New Florida Contracts Increased 10% in November Willis A. Smith to Expand Ringling Museum, Rebuild Booker High Martin Marietta to Build Aggregates Terminal at Port Manatee Miami’s Master Plan Named AIA “Urban Design of the Year” SIKON Construction to Build Distribution Center in Delray Beach FaverGray Awarded Four New Projects Miami-based Zyscovich Architects has begun design of a new building for Miami Dade College’s downtown Wolfson Campus. The approximately 110,000-sq-ft facility will house the campus student life office, classrooms, food court, wellness center, archival library and other academic support space. Zyscovich is designing the new structure
Related Links: Hardin Construction to Merge with Mathews Construction of Tampa UF Team Wins Regional Construction Management Competition DPR Construction’s Atlanta Office Donates $40,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs MasTec to Acquire Precision Pipeline Burnham Institute Certified LEED Gold Danis Building Construction Co. of Jacksonville, Fla., has expanded its reach into the Carolinas with the acquisition of R.N. Rouse & Co., a commercial construction company headquartered in Goldsboro, N.C. According to Danis, Rouse has 90 employees and an annual revenue of $75 million, with additional offices in Wilmington and Cary, N.C. The company serves health-care, industrial, institutional and corporate clients
Georgia: Peachy Again? There’s no doubt that 2009 was a tough year for Georgia contractors and design firms. McGraw-Hill Construction estimates the value of new 2009 contracts tallied just $12.2 billion, or 30% lower than 2008’s $17.5 billion—and less than half the amount generated during 2007. Related Links: 2010 Southeast Construction Outlook Florida 2010 Outlook North Carolina 2010 Outlook South Carolina 2010 Outlook The coming construction season should offer some relief. According to McGraw-Hill Construction, the total value of new Georgia construction contracts should jump by 24% overall and tally $15.2 billion. That’s still a historically modest figure, but likely
North Carolina: Mild Upturn The past year wasn’t anything to celebrate in the Tar Heel State, either. By McGraw-Hill Construction’s estimates, the value of new contracts fell 26% for a 2009 total of almost $14.2 billion, with residential (-39%) and nonbuilding (-27%) the most impacted construction types. Related Links: 2010 Southeast Construction Outlook Florida 2010 Outlook Georgia 2010 Outlook South Carolina 2010 Outlook An expected 5% uptick should equate to nearly $14.9 billion in new 2010 contracts in North Carolina, says McGraw-Hill Construction. As elsewhere, 2010 will be a mix of good news and bad news for North Carolina firms.
South Carolina: Surging? Boeing’s selection of South Carolina for its new final assembly plant for the 787 Dreamliner has this state feeling positive. Related Links: 2010 Southeast Construction Outlook Florida 2010 Outlook Georgia 2010 Outlook North Carolina 2010 Outlook McGraw-Hill Construction expects that to continue in 2010, as it predicts South Carolina to have the second-strongest percentage improvement in new contracts for states in the Southeast Construction region. The company forecasts a 16% overall increase, for a total value of about $8.4 billion for 2010. Again, however, that increase will only partially offset last year’s larger decline of about 30%.
Contractors are normally an optimistic breed. But with 2009 firmly cemented as the fourth straight year of declining prospects, they seem to finally be feeling a little down. Industry representatives interviewed for this story have apparently exchanged their normal cockeyed optimism for a more realistic perspective. Slide Show Southeast Construction posted a one-click online poll in November, with readers asked to classify their opinions about the coming construction season. The highest percentage, 30%, chose “declining slightly” to sum up their expectations for 2010. Overall, 49% predicted a downturn of some kind, while only 27% foresee an uptick in their business
The new year will likely bring considerably more pain to contractors and designers working in the Southeast Construction region, especially as firms focused on a still-declining commercial sector work off their thinning backlogs. Companies fortunate enough to be working in publicly funded markets should start to see some improvement in 2010, however. Related Links: Florida 2010 Outlook Georgia 2010 Outlook North Carolina 2010 Outlook South Carolina 2010 Outlook Southeast Industry Outlook National Outlook 2010 That’s the opinion of McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction, in its forecast for the four-state region of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The
Florida: Residential Rises? The previous year was definitely a stormy one for firms busy in the Sunshine State. McGraw-Hill Construction’s latest estimate for Florida’s 2009 construction activity predicts an 18% overall decline. This is the result of a 27% downturn in the state’s nonresidential projects as well as a 36% further retrenchment in the residential market. Fortunately for Florida firms, the nonbuilding sector buoyed the overall number somewhat, growing by a significant 35% during 2009. Related Links: 2010 Southeast Construction Outlook Georgia 2010 Outlook North Carolina 2010 Outlook South Carolina 2010 Outlook For 2010, McGraw-Hill predicts a 6% overall increase
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