The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed the Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction System to provide the New Orleans area 100-year-event flood protection. In just 11 months, Edison, N.J.-based Conti Group delivered the $53-million HSDRRS Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (LPV) 149 Project.
HALLCliff R. Hall has joined Stantec as a principal in its Dallas-based transportation practice. Bringing more than 27 years of domestic and international experience in delivering bridge, light-rail transit, airport, major freeway interchanges, railroad and road projects, Hall is responsible for maintaining technical quality on client projects and the company's business development initiatives throughout Texas. Joseph Sensabe was hired by ARCADIS as vice president of Malcolm Pirnie, its water division, and location leader of the company's New Orleans and Metairie offices. He is a former supervisory project engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' New Orleans District.HOK, Houston,
Two of Florida’s three construction categories experienced double-digit percentage gains in the volume of new contracts in October, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Engineering News-Record. The state generated nearly $1.8 billion in new construction contracts during the month, a 21% increase over the same period of a year ago. Related Links: Georgia Contracts Soar in October N.C. Contracts Sink 18% in October South Carolina Contracts Stumble 11% The nonbuilding sector, which includes infrastructure projects, jumped 41% and recorded $551.6 million in new contracts during the month. Residential contracts tallied $733.1 million, or 24% better than last October. The volume
The volume of Georgia's October construction contract activity soared in October, as the state recorded nearly $2.6 billion in new contracts during the month, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR. The surge was largely the result of the company's reporting of Southern Co.'s $1.5-billion Plant Vogtle nuclear power project. Georgia's latest monthly contracts total was well over twice that of last October’s estimate, which was $909.4 million. The impact of the Vogtle project was reflected in the nonbuilding category, which includes infrastructure and energy projects, which recorded more than $1.6 billion in new contracts. That number compared favorably to
The pace of North Carolina’s new construction contracts fell in all three categories that McGraw-Hill Construction measures, resulting in an 18% overall drop for October, the company reported. An estimated $930.7 million in new contracts moved forward during the month. Related Links: S.C. Contracts Stumble 11% in October Georgia Contracts Soar in October Residential contracts tallied $430.8 million for the month, or 2% lower than last October. The nonbuilding sector, which includes infrastructure work, fell 3% compared to the same period of a year ago for a $157.5-million total. The volume of nonresidential contracts tumbled 36%, however, registering an estimating
McGraw-Hill Construction estimated the value of South Carolina’s October construction contracts at $474.7 million, or 11% lower than the same period of a year ago. Related Links: Georgia Contracts Soar in October The nonresidential construction category experienced the steepest decline, dropping 36% compared to last October to total $122.5 million. The nonbuilding sector, which includes infrastructure work, fell 25% and totaled $72.7 million for the month. Residential contracts turned up by 14% overall, however, for a total of $279.5 million.For the year-to-date, McGraw-Hill Construction estimates South Carolina’s overall contracts total is still positive, with its total of nearly $6 billion
Merck challenged the construction team to deliver the facility considerably faster than past company and industry benchmarks. Merck's vaccine facility in Durham, N.C., was built at a cost of $315 million.
The $7.3-million, 18,155-sq-ft, two-story Virginia Polytechnic State University Visitors & Undergraduate Admissions Center has become the school's “front door.
This project, a collaboration between Virginia Polytechnic and State University and Carilion Clinic, represents Virginia Tech's entrance into the medical education field.
After being struck by a tornado in March 2008, the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta required a complete re-glazing of the 73-story tower's skylight and window system.
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