While the fundamental rules of baseball have been in place for more than a century, a combination of innovative tactics and the latest technology tools were essential in constructing BB&T Ballpark, the $54-million, 10,000-seat home of the Charlotte Knights.
For this year's Best Projects contest, ENR Southeast's panel of judges nominated two entries for the top award, the Southeast Project of the Year. In October, after ENR Southeast blogged the nominees—the Florida Polytechnic University's Innovation, Science and Technology Building and the PortMiami Tunnel—we heard from one project representative that the two were being viewed as "beauty and the beast."
For the Polyplex Wild Turkey project in Decatur, Ala., Graycor Construction built the first facility in the U.S. for one of the world's largest producers of plastic film, India-based Polyplex.
Overcoming a rapid-fire procurement was just the first hurdle for contractors building the $389-million Martin Army Community Hospital, a 745,000-sq-ft replacement hospital for the U.S. Army at Fort Benning.
Envisioned as a community center offering wholesome entertainment and recreational opportunities, the two-story, 112,000-sq-ft Riverside EpiCenter in Austell, Ga., features a 600-seat auditorium, conference center, 24,000-sq-ft fitness center, recording studio and two-story entertainment center.
The design-build Veterans Memorial Bridge in Martin County, Fla., included construction of two miles of new alignment for County Road 714, reconstruction of intersections and a 3,100-ft-long, high-level fixed-span concrete bridge structure featuring dedicated bike lanes and barrier-separated, 6-ft-wide sidewalks.
In 2013, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems decided to create five national Centers of Excellence. One of those involved relocating a facility from New York to Melbourne, Fla.
Builders of the $90-million North Atlanta High School emphasized team collaboration and the elimination of wasteful processes to deliver the unusual K-12 facility.
Originally, the project's goal was to demolish and replace the concrete superstructure on the entry and exit ramps—each comprising 14 50-ft spans—for the short-term parking garage at Tampa International Airport's landside terminal.
For its $163-million Marsico Hall project at the University of North Carolina's Chapel Hill campus, Choate Construction Co. and its team of specialty contractors went above and beyond the competition with its commitment to safety.
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