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Pine Jog Elementary School, built on the edge of a natural pineland habitat, has become the first school in Florida to receive LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, according to Miami-based architect Zyscovich and project owner the School District of Palm Beach County. Related Links: Georgia�s First LEED-ND Silver Awarded to Affordable Housing Development Pine Jog Elementary School in Palm Beach Co., Certified LEED Gold The project is a partnership between the School District of Palm Beach County and Florida Atlantic University. The Pine Jog campus maximizes energy and water conservation, utilizes environmentally-appropriate materials and engages students

Affordable-Housing Community is Georgia’s First LEED-ND Silver  October 2009 Affordable Housing Development is Georgia's First LEED-ND Silver Sustainable Fellwood, a mixed-use redevelopment near Savannah, has earned the designation of the state’s first neighborhood to be LEED certified as a green building development by the U.S. Green Building Council. According to developers, the neighborhood was to be presented with LEED Silver distinction upon the completion of its entire site. The $50-million mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhood redevelopment broke ground in September 2008. Project developer Melaver announced the completion of its first phase in May. This first phase includes 110 affordable-housing units and approximately five

Almost nowhere did the condominium market go boom quite like it did in South Florida, and Miami in particular. Thousands of units were under construction at any one time for a period of years, with glitzy events often held to celebrate the latest and greatest luxury condo to be announced or actually started. Photo courtesy the Rilea Group of Miami, the project developer. An aerial view of the 1450 Brickell project in downtown Miami. Coastal Construction Group is the general contractor. Photo courtesy Enclos Corp. Workers with Enclos Corp. attach a unit of the building's curtain-wall system, which project team

Three years after breaking ground, Charlotte, N.C., office towers built by Bank of America and Wachovia, which is owned by Wells Fargo & Co., remain on time despite turmoil in the banking industry. Photo courtesy Bank of America Balfour Beatty Construction is building the new 1 Bank of America Center. Related Links: Miami Offices Grab Limelight “Charlotte is excited with both of the developments,” says Tracy Finch Dodson, director of economic development for Charlotte Center City Partners, a private nonprofit group whose mission is the economic, cultural and residential development of the urban core. “We see it as an enormous

Private construction starts have all but evaporated, but public work continues to offer hope to contractors working along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Slide Show Photo: Aero Photo Kraft Construction is building a $35-million police station for the city of Sarasota. From the Everglades to the Panhandle, construction activity along Florida’s Gulf Coast is suffering a major recession-induced headache, with little private investment available to keep contractors working. “It’s slow,” says John Cammack, Skanska USA Building area general manager for Florida in Tampa. “It’s going to be a bleak year. If you ask anybody in the business, revenues are down and are

Products  October 2009 Sockets with a positive impact Rugged bolting, fastening and anchoring applications are tackled by the high-strength Hilti Impact Sockets. Available in standard and deep confi gurations, Hilti’s new lineup of Impact Sockets is built for quick attachment and durable performance. Hilti Impact Sockets are constructed of hardened alloy steel for long-lasting service. Use of the hardened alloy steel allows the socket walls to be thin for use in tight spaces, yet strong enough to handle diffi cult torque and working conditions. The quick attachment time of the new Hilti Impact Socket portfolio improves productivity. Two beveled detent holes

Featured Product   October 2009 Sockets with a positive impact Rugged bolting, fastening and anchoring applications are tackled by the high-strength Hilti Impact Sockets. Available in standard and deep confi gurations, Hilti’s new lineup of Impact Sockets is built for quick attachment and durable performance. Hilti Impact Sockets are constructed of hardened alloy steel for long-lasting service. Use of the hardened alloy steel allows the socket walls to be thin for use in tight spaces, yet strong enough to handle diffi cult torque and working conditions. The quick attachment time of the new Hilti Impact Socket portfolio improves productivity. Two beveled

McGraw-Hill Construction recently updated its forecast for residential construction starts in the four-state region. The volume of new residential construction project starts in the four-state Southeast Construction is likely to measure only $18.9 billion by the end of 2009, according to the latest information from McGraw-Hill Construction, the magazine’s publisher. If that forecast proves accurate, that would be the lowest dollar volume in more than 15 years. In that time period, the previous low was $24.7 billion, recorded in 1995. It would also be well below the region’s annual average for the 2004-2008 period, of roughly $68.6 billion. The latest

Nationwide research is firming up the case for “intelligent” compaction, or IC, a construction method three decades in the making that could save billions of dollars a year in potholed roads, cracked bridges, broken dams and blown-out tires. But as it represents a huge cultural shift in project delivery, the industry is struggling to find a standard way to roll it out. (Photo: Courtesy of Iowa State University.) Researchers test a �smart roller.� (Photo: Iowa State University.) Three rollers face off in a field trial. Such tests across the U.S. are under way, focusing on evaluating the benefits of �intelligent�