Charles Perry Construction and PPI Construction Management, two Gainesville, Fla.-based construction companies long affiliated with each other, announced they have merged operations. CARLSON The new company will be known as Charles Perry Partners Inc., with ownership consisting of principals Breck Weingart, John Carlson, Domenic Scorpio and Brian Leslie. Weingart was previously a partner in both companies, Carlson and Scorpio were principals of PPI, and Leslie was a principal with Charles Perry Construction. WEINGART Carlson will serve as chief executive officer of CPPI, while Weingart will be chairman. Both companies were founded by Charles R. Perry. Charles Perry Construction focused on
Related Links: Georgia Contracts Continued Decline in March North Carolina: March Contracts Fell 52% South Carolina Contracts Flat in March The value of Florida contracts for future construction rose sharply in March, with the monthly total of more than $2.6 billion representing a 35% increase over the same period of a year ago, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR Southeast. The uptick was a welcome change from the January and February, when contracts declined by about 50% each month. For the month, the entire increase came from the nonbuilding sector, which totaled nearly $1.4 billion, well ahead of last
Related Links: Florida Contracts Surged 35% in March North Carolina: March Contracts Fell 52% South Carolina Contracts Flat in March Georgia’s March construction contracts totaled nearly $813.8 million, or 36% lower than a year ago, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR Southeast. New nonresidential contracts fell by the greatest percentage, dropping 59%, compared to last March, for a total of nearly $305.7 million. Nonbuilding contracts, which include infrastructure and civil projects, totaled $128.2 million for the month, a decline of 13%. The residential category managed to stay even with the same period of a year ago, with an estimated
Related Links: Florida Contracts Surged 35% in March Georgia Contracts Continued Decline in March South Carolina Contracts Flat in March The value of new North Carolina construction contracts fell 52% in March, for a total of $986.2 million in new work, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR Southeast. All construction categories were down markedly for the month, with the nonresidential sector declining the most. That category dropped 71% compared to the same period of a year ago, with about $209.3 million in new contracts. The nonbuilding sector, which includes infrastructure and civil contracts, declined by 61% for a $241.1-million
Related Links: Florida Contracts Surged 35% in March Georgia Contracts Continued Decline in March North Carolina: March Contracts Fell 52% The value of new South Carolina construction contracts was estimated at $738.6 million in March, a total that was on par with the same period a year ago, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, publisher of ENR Southeast. McGraw-Hill estimated the value of new nonbuilding contracts, including infrastructure and civil projects, at about $93.2 million, or 44% below last March’s total. New residential contracts were estimated at $283.4 million, or 29% lower than last year. Nonresidential contracts moved up significantly, however, with
The restoration of the Gulf of Mexico is expected to get a boost as a result of an agreement between the Natural Resource Trustees for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and BP. The agreement, announced on April 21, stipulates that BP will pay $1 billion for “early” restoration projects related to the Gulf spill. According to administration officials, BP is providing the restoration funds voluntarily. “This agreement accelerates our work on Gulf Coast restoration and in no way limits the ability of all the Natural Resource Trustees from seeking full damages from those who are responsible as the process moves
Despite a formal protest from the second-place bidder for a 3,000-ton-per-day waste-to-energy facility, the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County awarded a $668-million design-build contract to a team of Babcock & Wilcox and BE&K to design, construct and operate the facility. + Enlarge Image: courtesy SWA B&W’s design-build estimate of $668 million was roughly $62 million higher than that of Wheelabrator, the division of Waste Management Corp. that placed second. However, SWA factored in the value of electrical generation and recoverable materials that each team guaranteed that their respective designs would deliver to the authority for a net present
Related Links: Georgia Contracts: 23% Decline in February North Carolina Contracts Decline 10% in February South Carolina: February Construction Contracts Drop 33% In February, for the second month in a row, the value of Florida’s new construction contracts was 50% below the same period of a year ago, according to the latest information from McGraw-Hill Construction, the publisher of ENR Southeast. The overall total for February was slightly more than $1.3 billion, down from last February’s $2.7 billion. Again, the nonbuilding and nonresidential sectors experienced the greatest declines. The value of new nonbuilding contracts was $309 million, or 79% behind
Related Links: Florida Contracts Fall 50% in February North Carolina Contracts Decline 10% in February South Carolina: February Construction Contracts Drop 33% The collective value of February Georgia construction contracts was 23% behind that of the same period of a year ago, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, the publisher of ENR Southeast. In all, the state recorded an estimated $684.9 million in new contracts during the month. The nonbuilding sector tumbled by 65% compared to last February, recording roughly $114.7 million in new contracts during the month. Residential contracts were off by 12%, with a total of about $255.4 million. Georgia’s
Related Links: Florida Contracts Fall 50% in February Georgia Contracts: 23% Decline in February South Carolina: February Construction Contracts Drop 33% The overall value of North Carolina’s new construction contracts fell by 10% in February, to $861.6 million, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, the publisher of ENR Southeast. On a sector-by-sector basis, it was either 20% up or down for the month. The residential and nonbuilding sectors each declined by 20% during the month, for totals of $360.9 million and $211.2 million, respectively. Meanwhile, nonresidential contracts improved by 20%, totaling nearly $289.6 million. For the year-to-date, North Carolina’s contracts are estimated
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