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Image courtesy City of Miami Beach In February, Miami Beach directed Fentress Architects to complete design for the $520-million redo of its 1.4-million-sq-ft convention facility. Related Links: Miami Beach Picks Koolhaas, Tishman Team for Convention Center Redo 1,000-Ft-Tall Miami Observation Tower Expected to Open in 2018 After budget constraints caused short-listed bidders to drop out of a design-build competition for a $520-million convention center renovation contract, the city of Miami Beach, Fla., is scratching the approach and soliciting a new round of proposals for a construction manager-at-risk firm.The Feb. 11 decision by the Miami Beach city commission came about after

image Courtesy of I-4 Mobility Partners The Orlando P3 project includes complete reconstruction of 21 miles of I-4. Related Links: Skanska-Led P3 Team Wins Florida I-4 Job FDOT Officially Names Shortlisted Firms for I-4 Ultimate Project The Florida Dept. of Transportation last month approved the construction start of the $2.3-billion I-4 Ultimate project in Orlando, moving forward on its largest-ever public-private partnership and a surge of construction activity. During 2015 alone, the Skanska-led construction joint venture—known as SGL Constructors—will implement an estimated $500 million worth of engineering and construction work throughout the 21-mile-long project, says the contractor.The project's scope includes

Developed and built primarily as a testing and research center for wind-turbine drivetrains, Clemson University's Energy Innovation Center in North Charleston, S.C., is still ramping up operations. However, it's already producing results, says Nikolaos Rigas, the facility's director and the guiding force behind the unique test center's development. Powered by two massive test beds, with capacities of 7.5 MW and 15 MW, respectively, the center's test equipment uses unique engineering to put wind-turbine drivetrain manufacturers' latest designs through a simulation of 20 years of field conditions in just six months. Photo courtesy Clemson University Restoration Institute Nikolaos Rigas, director of

In terms of national importance, Georgia Power's $14-billion-plus Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project nearly stands alone. At a 2014 ceremony finalizing the project's $6.5 billion in federal loan guarantees, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz noted as much when he said, "This energy infrastructure build-out is not only for Georgia, not only for the United States, but for the world." Photo courtesy Georgia Power The Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project has experienced significant delays to date, and continues to face schedule challenges. Related Links: Plant Vogtle Construction: The Two Sides to the Story ENR's Top 25 Newsmakers    JACOBSInitial industry hopes for

Early in the process of building Florida Polytechnic University's $60-million Innovation, Science and Technology building, architect Santiago Calatrava expressed his doubts to Skanska USA Building's project leader, Chuck Jablon, about the ability of U.S. craft workers to deliver the quality the architect envisioned. Considering that the complex, glass-sheathed, 162,000-sq-ft structure—topped by a massive, 250-ft-long operable skylight system—was also Calatrava's first guaranteed-maximum-price contract, his doubts may be understandable. Photo courtesy Skanska USA Building Santiago Calatrava, right, discusses details with Skanska's Chuck Jablon during a visit to the Florida Polytechnic University project site. Photo courtesy Skanska USA Building The Florida Polytechnic University

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers and contractors are blasting through a roughly $100-million interior redo like no other.

For several years now, the four-state Southeast construction market has been steadily gaining momentum.

Developed and built primarily as a testing and research center for wind-turbine drivetrains, Clemson University's Energy Innovation Center in North Charleston, S.C., is still ramping up operations.