Cullman Regional Medical Center's 5,400-sq-ft expansion and 7,100-sq-ft renovation of its emergency department was intricately phased, with the addition's construction preceding the renovation.
A major challenge for Beck was the pervasive use of non-standard materials. The new home of Salvador Dali's artwork is a 66,400-sq-ft facility that is as flamboyant as the Spanish artist himself.
This LEED-Gold building at Florida International University features a five-story classroom and administrative space with an attached, two-story auditorium that is cantilevered 40 ft outward.
The $1.5-billion project earned LEED Gold certification. NGA Campus East is the consolidated eastern headquarters of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a unit of the Dept. of Defense that provides geospatial intelligence, such as satellite imagery, for national security objectives.
The $5.6-million Gunther Volkswagen dealership, near the Mall of Georgia, infuses historic and modern elements in a showroom that celebrates vintage vehicles alongside new product.
The value of new Florida construction contracts eked out a 1% gain in September, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, with new projects totaling roughly $1.7 billion. Related Links: Georgia's September Contracts Improve by 11% Infrastructure Work Boosts N.C. Contracts to 58% Gain in Sept. S.C. Contracts Record Solid 35% Gain in September For the month, the nonresidential category continued its downward trend, registering a 29% decline compared to the same period of a year ago, with $419.3 million in new contracts. Residential contracts outpaced last September’s total by 27%, however, with an estimated $817.5 million in new projects. The nonbuilding sector,
Across-the-board double-digit gains in all three construction categories fueled South Carolina’s September contracts to a 35% overall gain for the month, according to McGraw-Hill Construction. The company, publisher of Engineering News-Record, estimated the state’s September contracts at $479 million. The nonbuilding category, which includes infrastructure work, increased by 42% compared to last September, for a total of $89.4 million. Nonresidential contracts jumped 36% compared to a year ago for a $122.2-million monthly tally. The value of new residential contracts increased 33%, for a total of nearly $267.4 million.McGraw-Hill Construction now estimates South Carolina’s 2011 contracts at $5.3 billion overall, which
Thanks to strong activity in the residential and nonbuilding categories, the value of Georgia’s new construction contracts improved by 11% overall in September, according to McGraw-Hill Construction. The jump resulted in an estimated $941.3 million in new contracts. Related Links: Infrastructure Work Boosts N.C. Contracts to 58% Sept. Gain S.C. Contracts Record Solid 35% Gain in September The residential market showed the greatest improvement for the month. The category registered nearly $335.6 million in new contracts, or 30% better than last September. The nonbuilding category, which includes infrastructure projects, recorded an estimated $110.2 million in new contracts, a 19% improvement
A month after an invalid vote that provided “conditional approval” of a $30-million settlement with HDR Engineering over cracks in its six-year-old reservoir, on Oct. 17 the board of directors of Tampa Bay Water voted unanimously to reject the deal and proceed with its pending lawsuit in federal court.
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