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The overall value of new Georgia contracts signed in July for future construction declined 41% compared to the same period of a year ago, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. The total value of new contracts for the month was roughly $1 billion, compared to last July�s $1.8-billion total. Related Links: Choate Selected for $60-million University Housing Project Turner Awarded $52 Million in Correctional Contracts The residential category fell 29% compared to last year, for a total of $326 million. The nonbuilding sector, which includes infrastructure projects, declined 78% during the month to total nearly $170.9 million. The

Sustainable Fellwood, a mixed-use redevelopment near Savannah, has earned the designation of the state’s first neighborhood to be LEED certified as a green building development by the U.S. Green Building Council. According to developers, the neighborhood was to be presented with LEED Silver distinction upon the completion of its entire site. Related Links: Pine Jog Elementary School in Palm Beach Co., Certified LEED Gold Key West Airport Named �Commercial Airport Project of the Year� The $50-million mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhood redevelopment broke ground in September 2008. Project developer Melaver announced the completion of its first phase in May. This first phase

Compared to the same period of a year ago, the value of new contracts signed in July for future construction fell by 21% overall in North Carolina, and by 40% in South Carolina, according to the latest information from McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of Southeast Construction. For the month, only North Carolina�s nonbuilding market showed any growth. Related Links: Contractors Receive Notice to Proceed on $446-Million N.C. Toll Road Project Santee Cooper Nixes Plans for Proposed $2.2-billion Pee Dee Energy Campus In North Carolina, the overall total for new project starts was roughly $1.25 billion, down from last July’s total of

Pine Jog Elementary School, built on the edge of a natural pineland habitat, has become the first school in Florida to receive LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, according to Miami-based architect Zyscovich and project owner the School District of Palm Beach County. Related Links: Georgia�s First LEED-ND Silver Awarded to Affordable Housing Development Pine Jog Elementary School in Palm Beach Co., Certified LEED Gold The project is a partnership between the School District of Palm Beach County and Florida Atlantic University. The Pine Jog campus maximizes energy and water conservation, utilizes environmentally-appropriate materials and engages students

Affordable-Housing Community is Georgia’s First LEED-ND Silver  October 2009 Affordable Housing Development is Georgia's First LEED-ND Silver Sustainable Fellwood, a mixed-use redevelopment near Savannah, has earned the designation of the state’s first neighborhood to be LEED certified as a green building development by the U.S. Green Building Council. According to developers, the neighborhood was to be presented with LEED Silver distinction upon the completion of its entire site. The $50-million mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhood redevelopment broke ground in September 2008. Project developer Melaver announced the completion of its first phase in May. This first phase includes 110 affordable-housing units and approximately five

Almost nowhere did the condominium market go boom quite like it did in South Florida, and Miami in particular. Thousands of units were under construction at any one time for a period of years, with glitzy events often held to celebrate the latest and greatest luxury condo to be announced or actually started. Photo courtesy the Rilea Group of Miami, the project developer. An aerial view of the 1450 Brickell project in downtown Miami. Coastal Construction Group is the general contractor. Photo courtesy Enclos Corp. Workers with Enclos Corp. attach a unit of the building's curtain-wall system, which project team

Three years after breaking ground, Charlotte, N.C., office towers built by Bank of America and Wachovia, which is owned by Wells Fargo & Co., remain on time despite turmoil in the banking industry. Photo courtesy Bank of America Balfour Beatty Construction is building the new 1 Bank of America Center. Related Links: Miami Offices Grab Limelight “Charlotte is excited with both of the developments,” says Tracy Finch Dodson, director of economic development for Charlotte Center City Partners, a private nonprofit group whose mission is the economic, cultural and residential development of the urban core. “We see it as an enormous

Private construction starts have all but evaporated, but public work continues to offer hope to contractors working along Florida’s Gulf Coast. Slide Show Photo: Aero Photo Kraft Construction is building a $35-million police station for the city of Sarasota. From the Everglades to the Panhandle, construction activity along Florida’s Gulf Coast is suffering a major recession-induced headache, with little private investment available to keep contractors working. “It’s slow,” says John Cammack, Skanska USA Building area general manager for Florida in Tampa. “It’s going to be a bleak year. If you ask anybody in the business, revenues are down and are

McGraw-Hill Construction recently updated its forecast for residential construction starts in the four-state region. The volume of new residential construction project starts in the four-state Southeast Construction is likely to measure only $18.9 billion by the end of 2009, according to the latest information from McGraw-Hill Construction, the magazine’s publisher. If that forecast proves accurate, that would be the lowest dollar volume in more than 15 years. In that time period, the previous low was $24.7 billion, recorded in 1995. It would also be well below the region’s annual average for the 2004-2008 period, of roughly $68.6 billion. The latest