Despite experiencing roughly 104 in. of rainfall over the course of construction—and losing 50 working days at the start of work—Robins & Morton built a new proppant manufacturing facility in Millen, Ga., for CARBO Ceramics Inc. within 18 months.
American Honda Motor Co. picked KBR Building Group and minority contractor partner The Daniele Co. to build a new customer service facility at Honda Aircraft's headquarters.
To meet demand, the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., added a seventh and eighth floor to its existing 730,000-sq-ft hospital, which had been designed to accommodate additional floors.
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.
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