The budget proposal that President Obama sent to Congress on Feb. 9 confirmed the administration’s plans to terminate, nearly nine years after construction began, the multibillion-dollar Mixed-Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility project at the Savannah River site in South Carolina.
Fittingly on schedule, contractors are finishing up the $400-million reconstruction of Daytona International Speedway in time for this year’s Daytona 500, which kicks off the 2016 NASCAR season on Feb. 21.
For a couple of years now, the Obama administration has been continuing to position itself for a battle with Congress over its plans to halt construction of the much-delayed, over-budget Mixed-Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility, once and for all.
“Dramatic decrease” in skilled trades and professionals will pressure contractors and their projects over the next several years, says data presented at Construction Users Roundtable meeting in early February.
Brightline, formerly known as All Aboard Florida, is the private entity developing one of the Southeast’s highest-profile—and controversial—projects, the $2.5-billion Orlando-to-Miami passenger rail line.
The developers and builders behind Miami’s biggest mixed-use complex, the nearly complete, $1-billion-plus Brickell City Centre, have designed and engineered the project’s unconventional signature feature to provide a light aesthetic and environmental touch.
Across the South, an estimated 72% of construction industry firms expect to increase staff levels in 2016, according to survey results recently published by Associated General Contractors of America.
For the second year of the Legacy Award program, ENR Southeast recognizes one of the Atlanta area’s most well-known and respected builders, Bill Pinto.
When, on Aug. 5, the Florida state board of All Aboard Florida’s request was approved to issue $1.75 billion in tax-exempt bonds to fund its planned 235-mile passenger-rail project, it signaled a key milestone for the company developing the Miami-to-Orlando transportation system.