Downtown Dania Beach Development hired Finfrock Construction to design and construct a 440-car garage for Dania Beach City Hall. The four-level garage is scheduled for completion by the end of 2010. Related Links: Balfour Beatty Uses PPP for $123M FAU Student Housing Project R.R. Simmons Scores USF Project Florida Contracts: Value of New Projects Drops 11% in February Skanska to Construct $49-Million Facility for City of Gainesville Suffolk, Webcor Team Up for Miami Science Museum J.L. Wallace to Build Ave Maria University Field House
PCL Civil Contractors of Tampa led the replacement of a swing-span bridge in Sullivan’s Island, S.C., in 11 days. The new Ben Sawyer Bridge was reopened in February after the 250-ft replacement swing span was floated in place and the approach spans rolled in place onto the existing substructure. Related Links: North Carolina Contract Activity Bounces Back to Start the Year South Carolina Sees 58% Surge in February Contracts BE&K Awarded Government Contracts in North, South Carolina Turner Building $61.5-Million UNC-Charlotte Facility Elkins Constructors Building North Charleston Elementary School The $32.5-million project is being executed under a design-build contract for
Skanska USA announced it will build the $49-million head office for the City of Gainesville’s Regional Utilities unit. Related Links: Balfour Beatty Uses PPP for $123M FAU Student Housing Project R.R. Simmons Scores USF Project Florida Contracts: Value of New Projects Drops 11% in February Suffolk, Webcor Team Up for Miami Science Museum J.L. Wallace to Build Ave Maria University Field House Finfrock Starts Dania Beach Parking Garage The nine-building GRU facility will comprise the head office for Gainesville’s various utilities units for energy, water and wastewater, as well as the telephone and data networks. In addition to offices and
Hardin Construction Co. of Atlanta is beginning construction of an administration and classroom building on the Gordon County campus of Georgia Northwestern Technical College, near Calhoun. Related Links: Value of Georgia Contracts Down 31% in February BE&K Working on Multiple Medical Contracts R.J. Griffin Team Awarded Springfield Hospital Modernization H.J. High/Batson-Cook Awarded Second Mitsubishi Contract OSHA, Skanska Partner for Safety on Westin Peachtree Project Batson-Cook Building Residence Hall for Rehabilitation Institute McCarthy Completes Georgia State Science Park A ceremonial groundbreaking was held in March for the two-story, 46,600-sq-ft facility, which will house a bookstore, classrooms, labs, media center and 500-seat
The Savannah, Ga., office of Elkins Constructors has started construction on its $13.3-million McKewn Elementary School project in North Charleston, S.C. The 103,000-sq-ft school is targeting a spring 2011 completion. LS3P of Charleston is the architect. Related Links: Ben Sawyer Swing Bridge Replaced within 11 Days North Carolina Contract Activity Bounces Back to Start the Year South Carolina Sees 58% Surge in February Contracts BE&K Awarded Government Contracts in North, South Carolina Turner Building $61.5-Million UNC-Charlotte Facility
As the economy continues to suffer, construction professionals find themselves increasingly focused on ways to secure payment for the labor, services and materials furnished on a project. The ability to properly preserve and assert lien rights is critical to getting paid. Most states’ lien laws have requirements that are strictly enforced, requiring potential lienors to exercise diligence and implement protocols to confirm observance with the deadlines and other provisions contained therein. One issue faced by all would-be lienors is how to calculate the claim of lien and what amounts may be included. The improper calculation of a claim of lien
As the result of a rare closure of interstate highway, a 15-mi rehabilitation of Interstate 385 near Laurens, S.C., is on track to be completed in just eight months—and for two-thirds of its original estimated cost. Photo: Portland Cement Association, Southeast Region Recent paving activity on the I-385 project. Closure of section of South Carolina interstate highway is allowing SCDOT to complete the project in just eight months. Originally constructed as U.S. Route 276, the four-lane divided highway linking Greenville with Interstate 26 was added to the interstate system in the mid-1980s even though it hadn’t been designed to those
New faces are nothing new in the Carolinas, which have long been among the nation’s fastest-growing states. But with construction activity at a standstill in many other parts of the U.S., local contractors increasingly find themselves vying with competitors representing a cross-section of unfamiliar area codes. Image: BE&K Building Group A joint venture of BE&K Building Group and Turner Construction Co. won the contract to build Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner final-assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C. Image: Turner Construction Co. Turner Construction is managing construction of the 500,000-sq-ft, 21-story Harrah’s Cherokee Hotel Tower III in Cherokee, N.C. “The make-up of the
The U.S. General Services Administration received nearly $5.6 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to modernize federal facilities and convert them into high-performance green buildings. Those dollars are starting to flow into communities in the Southeast as projects ramp up. Photo: General Services Administration Skanska USA is overseeing a $49-million modernization of the George C. Young U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Orlando. Related Links: Top Green Contractors “The government spends a lot of money on energy use in buildings, and anything we can do to make that better and reduce our carbon footprint is a good thing,”
Moving up in the rankings, New South Construction of Atlanta credits diversification and customer relationships as keys to weathering the recession and $170 million in 2009 revenue. Related Links: The Southeast’s Top Contractors Odebrecht Helps Reopen Haiti Airport “We’ll be happy when the market returns, but we’re plugging along and doing well,” says Douglas C. Davidson, president and CEO of New South, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. “We’re making sure we protect our relationships with clients so they are not going to the market when other jobs come up.” More than 70% of New South’s projects are for repeat
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