In 2011, Batson-Cook, assisted by Scott Bridge Co., was chosen to build the world's longest urban whitewater course in Columbus, Ga., through the Chattahoochee River Restoration project. The project both enhanced the river's local environment and created a state-of-the-art whitewater facility.
Tricky geology and a dense urban environment marked the journey of Harriet, a lone tunnel boring machine that excavated dual 1.26-kilometer-long, two-lane highway tunnels under the Government Cut shipping channel in Biscayne Bay, to connect Dodge and Watson islands.
Leading a $136-million contract, the joint venture of Flatiron/Lane replaced the severely deteriorated, 60-year-old Interstate-85/Yadkin River Bridge. Besides being narrow and unsafe, the existing bridge was only designed to carry 10,000 vehicles per day; but it has carried 80,000 daily, including heavy tractor-trailer traffic. As a result, construction, which began in late 2010, proceeded with a heightened sense of urgency. Photos courtesy of STV/Ralph Whitehead Associates; Lane Construction Corp.; and Flatiron Constructors Leading a $136-million contract, the joint venture of Flatiron/Lane replaced the severely deteriorated, 60-year-old Interstate-85 Yadkin River Bridge. Photos courtesy of STV/Ralph Whitehead Associates; Lane Construction Corp.; and
With voters' approval of Miami's SkyRise Miami project, Berkowitz Development Group Inc. is moving ahead with construction of the estimated $430-million observation tower. The dramatic, curvilinear structure was designed by Arquitectonica International Corp. of Miami, with structural engineer Magnusson Klemencic Associates and consulting engineer Cosentini Associates. Related Links: Coastal Construction Rides High on South Florida Surge SkyRise Miami Project Website The site, which juts into Biscayne Bay, is going to make the tower especially challenging to build, says Coastal Construction, which is teamed with Tishman Construction Corp., Florida. "There's really no access," Sean Murphy, an executive vice president with Coastal,
Workers at a problem-plagued production facility in Louisiana that supplies components to nuclear expansion projects in Georgia and South Carolina conspired to cheat on a welder qualification test, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Photo courtesy Georgia Power Company A view of the Plant Vogtle Unit 3 nuclear island, as of September 2014. Photo courtesy Georgia Power Company One of the CA20 modules included as part of the Unit 3 nuclear island. The Lake Charles, La., prefabrication plant is the facility producing the CA20 modules. Related Links: CB&I Plant That Feeds Vogtle Project Faces NRC Scrutiny Builders of Vogtle
A watchdog group focused on federal spending at the Savannah River site, a nuclear complex in Aiken, S.C., is raising new concerns about the delayed, $7.7-billion Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project after the contractor filed a "routine" request to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a 10-year construction extension. Photo courtesy Savannah River Site Watch The contractor leading the $7.7-billion Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project at the Savannah River Site has requested a 10-year extension for construction authorization from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Related Links: DOE: Nuclear Agency's Initial OK of MOX Project Violated Standards Construction, Operational Challenges Endanger $7.7B
Hammered by the Great Recession, many contractors across the Southeast, and nationwide, have become "lean and mean," paring down staff and other assets to succeed in today's new construction economy. But one contractor, Batson-Cook Construction, is getting lean and not-so mean, by utilizing lean construction methods to build nearly a dozen prototypical high-rise apartment projects across the Southeast and Texas. Related Links: Applying Lean to a Specialty Contracting Company Builders Solve Calatrava's Polytechnic Puzzle In 2011, the contractor, along with its development arm, Batson-Cook Development Co., competed for and won the assignment to build a series of towers for Atlanta-based
Robert Clifford, CLIFFORDformerly executive director of the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA), has joined Parsons Brinckerhoff as vice president and Tampa area manager. Clifford has 28 years of experience in the planning and construction of transportation facilities. As TBARTA's executive director from 2009 to 2014, Clifford served as the chief executive and administrative officer for the seven-county regional transportation agency with responsibility for planning, designing, operating and constructing facilities and services in the Tampa Bay area. Related Links: Slideshow: The Southeast's Top 20 Under 40 PB's Tampa office announced that James Lynch has been named a senior supervising
Across the Southeast, specialty contractors are finding out that this construction recovery isn't arriving via a wave or even a slow upward curve. Instead, this post-recession rebound is coming together on a piece-by-piece basis, like a massive puzzle that's only now starting to reveal its overall picture. Photo courtesy Gate Precast Concrete Progress Gate Precast is providing a unique set of precast concrete panels to the Miami Science Museum project, which is being led by Skanska USA. Photo courtesy of NASA Up and Away? At Kennedy Space Center, Florida, NASA is renovating its Vehicle Assembly Building to accommodate the next
Just as repeat visitors to Central Florida's theme parks typically find new rides and attractions alongside old favorites, the region's contractors and subcontractors are finding the current uptick in activity similar, yet different from post-downturn periods of the past. Related Links: Southeast Specialty Firms Still Seeking Market Stability Southeast Top Specialty Contractors Ranking To be sure, the market's typically strong segments—multifamily apartments and condominiums, hospitality and health care—are once again leading the way, along with some government and sports initiatives.But it's how these projects are being executed that is defining this current construction environment. Most notably, say regional players, the
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