The $200-million Raleigh Convention Center is built from a mix of traditional and unique materials: limestone, granite, buff-colored brick and glass. Located in downtown Raleigh, the facility’s design locates the center’s sizable service requirements and its large exhibit hall out of site, below grade and under two city streets. Photo: TVS Design Related Links: Southeast Construction’s Best Of 2009 Awards Best Of 2009 Slideshow The project was the largest building project ever attempted by the City of Raleigh and the County of Wake. More than 100 public meetings were facilitated by the design team during the project’s development. The joint
Under a contract valued at nearly $25 million, the BE&K Building Group provided design-build services for Randolph Hospital’s Outpatient and Cancer Center. The BE&K Building Group served as the design-build team leader and construction manager. Photo: BE&K Building Group Related Links: Southeast Construction’s Best Of 2009 Awards Best Of 2009 Slideshow The 66,626-sq-ft building addition is comprised of two levels, with the outpatient center on one level and the cancer center below. The single-level 37,117-sq-ft outpatient center houses comprehensive diagnostic imaging services, including expanded radiographic, CAT scanning, ultrasound, MRI and PET scanning capabilities, a women’s center, laboratory and facilities for
Taking self-storage to the next level, Miller Construction Co. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., built the $22-million, high-tech, hurricane-fortified RoboVault, also in Fort Lauderdale. Photo: Miller Construction Co. Related Links: Southeast Construction’s Best Of 2009 Awards Best Of 2009 Slideshow RoboVault features 456 storage containers, biometric recognition and private access to storage areas with continuous monitoring, back-up power generation, fully automated container retrieval, climate-controlled wine storage and safe-deposit boxes. Miller began construction of the 155,000-sq-ft center in May 2008 for developer Marvin Chaney of Fort Lauderdale and completed the project in June. Miller structural engineers and Gustavo Carbonell Architects of Fort
SODO, South of Downtown Orlando, a 330,000-sq-ft, mixed-use development in Orlando, changes the character of the local community, introducing a big-box retailer, restaurants, shopping, green areas and new residential to the established industrial, urban neighborhood. Photo: Hoar Construction Related Links: Southeast Construction’s Best Of 2009 Awards Best Of 2009 Slideshow Hoar Construction of Orlando began site work on the 16-acre parcel in April 2007. The company then participated as one of three contractors responsible for various parts of the project. Hoar completed approximately 170,000 sq ft of retail space and a 487-vehicle parking deck in October 2008. The owner also
This biomedical research facility and corporate campus sits adjacent to Florida Atlantic University on 30 acres in Jupiter, Florida. The three-building, 350,000-sq-ft research center is used for basic biomedical science, drug discovery and technology development, and also features administrative offices and learning and function facilities. Photo: WEITZ/DPR Related Links: Southeast Construction’s Best Of 2009 Awards Best Of 2009 Slideshow After four months of construction, the project was stopped by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers due to wetlands-related permitting issues on adjacent property. The Weitz/DPR team and Scripps was forced to abandon the work that had been completed, identify a
Shirley Clements Mewborn Field is an NCAA women’s softball facility located at Georgia Tech’s Atlanta campus that was designed and built to NCAA tournament standards. It offers amenities that are on par with other conference teams, as well as indoor hitting and batting-practice tunnels. Photo: Barton Malow Related Links: Southeast Construction’s Best Of 2009 Awards Best Of 2009 Slideshow The facility is designed to achieve LEED Silver Certification. The project’s sustainable features include: 96.2% recycled construction waste; a cistern that can capture enough rainwater to irrigate the field for three weeks; provisions to have all rainwater collected and harvested; a
Sustainable Fellwood, Phase I is a mixed-income development that includes 11 buildings, 110 apartments and a community center. It was constructed in compliance with LEED for Homes, LEED for Neighborhood Development, Energy Star and several other sustainable initiatives. Photo: Catamount Constructors Related Links: Southeast Construction’s Best Of 2009 Awards Best Of 2009 Slideshow The project owner group consisted of five companies: Parallel Housing, Melaver, the Housing Authority of Savannah, Vanguard Developers and Progressive Redevelopment. The buildings range in height from 18 to 36 ft. With six different building designs, the structures are covered in bold colors and light trims. Sustainable
BE&K Building Group of Charlotte, N.C., was selected to build a new multistory K-12 school facility and associated amenities for Cherokee Central School, part of the community of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Designed to serve approximately 1,200 students, the project includes an elementary school, middle school, high school, cultural arts center and several sports facilities. Photo: BE&K Building Group Related Links: Southeast Construction’s Best Of 2009 Awards Best Of 2009 Slideshow The elementary school houses two computer classrooms, two pre-K classrooms, six classrooms per grades K-5, a science classroom, four Cherokee language classrooms, two cultural centers, a sacred
The new $250-million, 158-acre Dames Point Container Terminal will more than double the capacity of the Jacksonville Port Authority. The terminal, constructed by W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co. of Philadelphia, Miss., includes two 1,200-ft berths, a half-mile docking facility with unloading cranes, underground utilities, storm water conveyance and a wide array of pipes, conduits and ducts for power and communications. Photo: W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Related Links: Southeast Construction’s Best Of 2009 Awards Best Of 2009 Slideshow The new terminal will be used exclusively by the Tokyo-based shipping firm, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and its terminal operating partner, TraPac,
The new 60,000-sq-ft Naval Facilities Engineering Command Building at Naval Air Station in Jacksonville is a result of the command’s relocation from Charleston, S.C., along with the Naval Facilities Engineering Field Activity Southeast, Public Works Center Jacksonville and Regional Engineer staffs. Photo: Haskell Related Links: Southeast Construction’s Best Of 2009 Awards Best Of 2009 Slideshow The building includes a two-story administrative facility with a third-floor mezzanine open to the second floor below. New walkways, landscaping, pavers, site utilities and roadway demolition were included as part of Haskell’s design-build contract. Haskell provided all architectural, engineering and construction services on a lump-sum
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