The overall value of new Georgia construction contracts dropped by 1% in October, for a total of roughly $921.9 million, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The month’s residential contracts were estimated at $314 million, or 22% ahead of the same period of a year ago. The other two markets fell, however. The nonresidential category declined 2%, for a total of $352.8 million. Nonbuilding contracts, which include infrastructure and civil work, dropped 17% to tally $255.1 million. For the year to date, Georgia contracts are estimated at $9 billion, or 8% down
Manhattan Construction Group’s Florida subsidiary, Kraft Construction Co. of Naples, has changed its name to Manhattan Kraft Construction. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The management and organization of the company is unaffected by this change. Manhattan Construction Group acquired Kraft Construction in 2008.
The Korte Co. of St. Louis has been awarded a $15.3-million contract to design-build the Fort Bragg Troop and Family Medical Clinic project. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Scheduled to be completed by summer 2012, the 51,000-sq-ft, two-story facility will provide a range of medical support for soldiers and their families.
The Miami Art Museum broke ground in December for its new Herzog and de Meuron-designed facility in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park, next to the future home of the Miami Science Museum. The new museum is scheduled to open in 2013. Photo By Juan Cabrera Taking part in the recent groundbreaking for the new Miami Art Museum facility were, from left: Thom Collins, MAM Director; Miami-Dade County Commission Audrey M. Edmonson; MAM Board of Trustees Chairman Aaron Podhurst; Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez; Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sally A. Heyman; Miami-Dade County Manager George M. Burgess; and Christine Binswanger, senior partner with
The value of new North Carolina construction contracts signed in October fell 37% compared to the same period of a year ago, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, the publisher of Southeast Construction. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" All three categories declined during the month, with the largest drop in the nonbuilding sector, which declined 78%, for a $161.8-million total. That compares to last October’s total of $746 million. Residential contracts declined 16% for a $449.6-million total. The value of nonresidential construction contracts was 2% lower, for a $529.1-million total. For the year to date, North Carolina’s contracts are an estimated
The joint venture of GAC Contractors of Panama City, Fla., and H. J. High Construction Co., Orlando, was selected as the construction manager for the 104,000-sq-ft, four-story Advanced Technology Center for Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, now under construction. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The building contains a culinary arts and food lab, music technology lab, digital media lab, renewable energy lab and sustainable building labs. The project is designed to meet LEED Gold standards, and features interior and exterior metal composite panels, vertical axis wind turbines, and photovoltaic and solar panels mounted on the roof, geothermal
BE&K’s Building Group of Raleigh, N.C., was awarded a $19-million contract by Alexandria Real Estate Equities for the construction of Medicago’s new 90,000-sq-ft vaccine research and production facility and greenhouse in Research Triangle Park, N.C. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Medicago’s plant-based commercial-grade vaccines facility will include an automated greenhouse, laboratory, production facility and office space. The project is scheduled for completion in July. The project has received federal funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to improve the process of producing large quantities of H1N1 vaccine.
The value of South Carolina’s October contracts fell 35%, compared to the same period in 2009, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The nonbuilding category fell the most, declining 77% for a $78.2-million total. The value of residential contracts decreased 8%, for a total of $223.1 million. Nonresidential improved 12% for a $169.4-million total. The October results brought the state’s year-to-date total to nearly $5.6 billion, or 4% behind 2009’s pace. Nonresidential construction is 25% behind last year, with nearly $1.5 billion in new contracts. Residential work is 4% ahead, at more
Finfrock of Orlando is design-building Surf Style Retail Management’s mixed-use facility in Clearwater Beach. The $11.5 million, 175,300-sq-ft retail and restaurant complex at the south end of Clearwater Beach includes parking for 344 cars. Finfrock expects to complete the structure by May. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras"
Barton Malow Co. of Orlando started construction this fall on the Florida Hospital Nicholson Center for Surgical Advancement project in Celebration. The NCSA is a 50,000-sq-ft center for hands-on surgical instruction. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" The project is scheduled for a 2011 substantial completion. HHCP Architects of Maitland is the architect.
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