Florida’s largest electric utility has completed the installation of 4.5 million "smart meters," a project funded partly by $200 million in U.S. Dept. of Energy grants from the 2009 stimulus law. Photo courtesy FPL Florida Power and Light Co. recently completed the installation of 4.5 million smart meters, an effort funded partly by a $200-million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Energy. Related Links: At Cape Canaveral, FPL Stages a Powerful Launch Senate Holds Confirmation Hearings on EPA, DOE Nominees In announcing the finalization of the smart grid enhancements, Juno Beach, Fla.-based Florida Power & Light Co. stated that it
A lack of inspections and improper erection—including double-tee beams that lacked welds and columns that were not grouted—were factors in the Oct. 10 collapse of a parking garage under construction at Miami Dade College in Doral, Fla., that killed four workers, according to citations issued April 8 by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Photo by Robert Hernandez, courtesy Miami-Dade Fire Rescue The Oct. 10 collapse of a portion of a parking garage under construction at Miami Dade College killed four workers. Related Links: Fla. Garage Project Suffers Collapse, Killing Four In all, OSHA issued citations for six "serious"
President Obama’s March 29 visit to PortMiami—the site of a $1-billion tunnel project financed partly by private funding—gave him the opportunity to promote ways of increasing both public and private funding for infrastructure. Noting the locale of Obama’s infrastructure push, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) criticized the president for federal inaction on funding for a high-priority dredging project at the Miami port. Photo courtesy Parsons Brinckerhoff President Obama used his March 29 visit to PortMiami to renew his call for increased public and private spending on infrastructure projects. Related Links: Port Of Miami Tunnel Project Features Big Challenges WRDA Bill
Top Starts In The southeast Rank Project/ Location Project Cost Start Date/ End Date Owner Prime Contractors1V.C. Summer Nuclear StationJenkinsville, S.C.$8 billionMarch 2012/ 2018South Carolina Electric & GasThe Shaw Group Inc.2Riviera Beach Next Generation Clean Energy Center, Riviera Beach, Fla.$1.3 billionJan. 2012/June 2013Florida Power & LightZachry Construction2SunRail Commuter Rail ProjectOrange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia counties, Fla.$1.3 billionJan. 2012/2015Florida Dept. of TransportationArcher Western Contractors;Various contractors4Buckhead AtlantaAtlanta, Ga.$1 billionAugust 2012/ 2014OliverMcMillanBalfour Beatty Construction5Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport South Runway, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.$700 millionJan. 2012/Aug. 2014Broward County Aviation Dept.Tutor Perini Civil/Baker Concrete Joint Venture6Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility No. 2West Palm Beach, Fla.$668 millionApril 2012/
The condo boom is back. South Florida developers have adopted the custom, common abroad, of collecting big deposits for residential investments before construction. One contractor says the use of this financing method could create a building boom that could become "unprecedented." More immediately, as this year's Top Starts ranking attests, Miami may become one of the nation's first major cities to enter a post-recessionary boom. Related Links: Top Starts Ranking Is Miami About to Boom Again? Is Miami's Condo Boom Already Heading for Overdrive? At Cape Canaveral, A Powerful Launch "It's unbelievable what's going on right now," says Thomas P.
GEORGEJeff George has joined Gilbane Building Co. in Atlanta as director of corporate and commercial markets. The firm says it expects to see increased construction activity in the Southeast markets. George, a 30-year industry veteran, spent the past seven years as a vice president with Balfour Beatty Construction, Atlanta. He also previously worked for Hardin Construction. Related Links: Southeast People News Randy Larson Takes the Wheel for Ride of a Lifetime Brian Keane, Marcus King and Daniel Curtis have joined the infrastructure team of Merrick & Co.'s office in Charlotte. The firm says it is experiencing growth in the civil
The Georgia Institute of Technology has turned its 400-acre campus in Atlanta into a giant living-learning laboratory for sustainable design and construction.
The space shuttle may not lift off from Florida's "Space Coast" anymore, but an upcoming launch of new power-generation technology on a $970-million plant modernization near Cape Canaveral will raise the output of the state's largest electric utility while providing cleaner power, thanks to the first use of some of the world's most efficient gas turbines. Though set to go online June 1 as originally planned, construction of the 1,250-MW Florida Power & Light combined-cycle natural gas powerplant is running about six weeks ahead of schedule, despite serious labor shortages along the way. Related Links: Building Critical Biomass Imploding the
Gerald Seeber, the Tampa Bay Water general manager who urged the utility to pursue an expensive and as-yet unsuccessful lawsuit against HDR Engineering over cracking at its reservoir, has told the group he is seeking employment elsewhere. Photo courtesy Tampa Bay Water The $129-million renovation of Tampa Bay Water's 15.5-billion gallon reservoir in Lithia, Fla., kicked off Feb. 8. A few days later, it was announced that current general manager Gerald Seeber would be stepping down. Related Links: Tampa Bay Water General Manager Job Listing Facing New Sinkhole Concerns, Tampa Bay Water Cancels Reservoir Expansion Tampa Bay Water Opts for
Last year, when single-handedly driving his motor coach across the country -- covering about 20,000 miles in the process -- to most of engineer Professional Service Industries' roughly 100 offices, the big danger Randy Larson faced wasn't the driving conditions. It was the possibility that the five-month outreach and team-building tour by the Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., firm's new president might become "The Larson Show." It was something "we really had to guard against," he says. Photo by Scott Judy Randy Larson, president of Professional Service Industries, hit the road in 2012 to visit as many of his new company's employees
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