The Tampa-Hillsborough Co. Expressway Authority on May 25 filed a countersuit at the Hillsborough County Circuit Court in Tampa against locally based PCL Civil Constructors. PCL, which built and rebuilt reversible lanes on the Selmon Crosstown Expressway, filed suit April 1 against the agency. It seeks $21 million that it claims it is owed and alleges breach of contract. Related Links: Broward Co. Taps Weitz for $200M Civil/Family Courthouse Developer Unveils Plans for Laura Street Trio Buildings in Jax Florida Contracts: 2% Increase in April, but 5% Down YTD BP Joint Venture Plans Ethanol Plant in Highlands County Indian River
Broward County, Fla., has selected Weitz of Hollywood to provide construction project management services for a new civil/family courthouse, estimated at $200 million. Related Links: Developer Unveils Plans for Laura Street Trio Buildings in Jax Florida Agency Countersues Contractor on Expressway Job Florida Contracts: 2% Increase in April, but 5% Down YTD BP Joint Venture Plans Ethanol Plant in Highlands County Indian River State College Project Moves Forward Kraft Wins Garage Contract at Seminole Hard Rock MEB Replacing Navy Jet Fuel Tanks in Jacksonville The project includes a 17-story, 675,000-sq-ft building and a 120-space parking lot.
The state of Florida saw a 2% increase in the overall value of new construction contracts signed in April for future construction, leaving its year-to-date total 5% down from 2009�s pace, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. Related Links: Broward Co. Taps Weitz for $200M Civil/Family Courthouse Developer Unveils Plans for Laura Street Trio Buildings in Jax Florida Agency Countersues Contractor on Expressway Job BP Joint Venture Plans Ethanol Plant in Highlands County Indian River State College Project Moves Forward Kraft Wins Garage Contract at Seminole Hard Rock MEB Replacing Navy Jet Fuel Tanks in Jacksonville During April,
The state of Georgia saw a surge in all three of McGraw-Hill Construction�s broad categories of contract activity in April, generating a 44% jump in the overall value of projects for the month, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. The increase equated to roughly $983.5 million in new contracts for the month. Related Links: $110M South River Tunnel Project Cleaning Up Atlanta Water Trade Unions Announce PLA Deal for Georgia Nuclear Project Nonresidential starts jumped 19% to tally $393.1 million. The value of new nonbuilding projects more than doubled, registering $243.6 million. Residential starts improved by 35% for
McShane Construction Co. of Auburn, Ala., is progressing with construction on the 60-unit, 75,982-sq-ft West Yard Lofts affordable multi-family project for developer The Landmark Group in North Charleston, S.C. Related Links: Nice Start to 2010 for N.C. Contract Activity S.C. Contracts: 15% Gain in April = 34% Jump YTD Multiple Military Projects Move Forward in Charleston, S.C. Green Co., N.C., Plans New Intermediate School NCDOT Awards $136M I-85 Contract to Flatiron, Lane JV Balfour Beatty Construction Wins $10 Million in School Contracts in Oconee County, S.C. Edifice Breaks Ground on HQ for North Carolina Health-Care Firm SunPower Completes N.C. Solar
Federal and state governmental agencies have announced crackdowns on independent contractor misclassifications. For example, President Obama�s fiscal year 2011 budget sets aside $25 million for the Dept. of Labor and the Dept. of Treasury to investigate worker misclassifications. Also, the Internal Revenue Service has reported that the federal government loses billions of tax dollars due to misclassifications and the ultimate goal of the program is to recoup up to $7 billion in unpaid employment taxes over the next 10 years. In addition to protecting the interests of workers who are misclassified, this loss of revenue has contributed to federal and
A key factor for a contractor to consider in pricing its goods and services at an amount that is both palatable to the purchaser and profitable for the contractor is an astute evaluation of the underlying costs and any expected increases. Accuracy in evaluating and forecasting these figures is important because even a minor deviation could effectively render a profitable contract unviable. Of course, the problem facing contractors is that a construction contract may cover a project spanning several years, during which time unforeseen circumstances, both micro and macroeconomic, may result in increases to costs that were completely unexpected at
At a time when demand remains strong for new and upgraded facilities at colleges and universities, institutions are delaying projects because funding is difficult to obtain. Still, some projects are moving forward. �The education market in the Southeast is flat, which means it�s fairly good compared to other markets,� says Scott MacLeod, Skanska USA Building chief operating officer for the Southeast in Atlanta. �Our two strongest markets in the Southeast are health care and education.� Skanska is building the $140-million, 297,000-sq-ft Hillsborough Hospital and 68,000-sq-ft Medical Office Building for the University of North Carolina Hospitals in Hillsborough, and a $13.9-million
Despite the ongoing construction slump, there is always demand for a more efficient and cost-effective building solution. div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" A Florida-based builder of concrete homes and other structures thinks it has such an innovation in its modular concrete building system that it is utilizing throughout South Florida and the Caribbean, including Haiti. After some noteworthy recent successes in Palm Beach County, the Keys and pre-earthquake Haiti, officials with Royal Concrete Concepts of West Palm Beach are pitching their modular system as a building solution that can be shipped and constructed quickly almost anywhere. �Our products combined
It�s no secret: 2009 was another bad year for many contractors working in the four-state Southeast region. Numerous firms closed their doors for good. Others sold out to bigger, more prosperous contractors. Nationally, unemployment in the construction industry topped 22% at one point in 2009, only to escalate further in 2010. And unless a contractor was able to snag some stimulus work, opportunities remained relatively sparse. In that regard, being recognized as the �Contractor of the Year� for accomplishments in 2009 could be viewed as akin to winning an award for making the best of a bad situation. And by
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