Photo courtesy Savannah River Site Waste processing facility at Aiken, S.C., site was set for completion in July 2012. Related Links: Baker Concrete v. SRNS NNSA Letter DOE Looking at Cost, Schedule Problems at S.C. Nuclear Site Independent DOE Review (January 2013) of Construction Quality and Fire Protection System Design at the Savannah River Site Waste Solidification Building Claiming the Fluor Corp.-led team that manages and operates a federal nuclear-waste site in Aiken, S.C., intentionally misled it about the status of design completion on a $90-million plutonium and uranium waste-disposal project under way, Baker Concrete Construction Inc. sued the joint
Emory Healthcare of Atlanta has teamed with a private developer for construction of a $200-million proton therapy center in downtown Atlanta. Brasfield & Gorrie, Kennesaw, Ga., is building the 107,000-sq-ft oncology center for San Diego-based developer Advanced Particle Therapy. VOA Associates is the project architect. Perkins + Will is serving as the landscape architect. Image courtesy VOA Associates Brasfield and Gorrie recently started construction in downtown Atlanta of the $200-million Emory Proton Therapy Center, scheduled to open in 2016. Related Links: Atlanta's Construction Industry Making a Comeback Atlanta Authority Hires 360 Architecture to Design Falcons Stadium To accommodate a scheduled
To erect Miami International Airport's 1.27-mile-long automated people mover system—featuring trains manufactured in Japan—builders had to work above and along MIA's entranceway.
Builders of Miami International Airport's new $1.1-billion North Terminal transformed a 50-year-old building into a mile-long, 3.2-million-sq-ft transportation hub.
Two international firms, Odebrecht and OHL, teamed to build the 2.4-mile-long Metrorail extension to Miami International Airport's new intermodal center.
Photo by Daniel Azoulay. Courtesy Bouygues Civil Works Florida On May 6, the PortMiami tunnel project's 380-ft-long tunnel-boring machine completed the final bore of two 4,200-ft-long tunnels. The $1-billion project is targeting an August 2014 completion. Related Links: Port Of Miami Tunnel Project Features Big Challenges A Gigantic Turnaround for a Giant Tunneling Machine Tunnel crews with Bouygues Civil Works Florida completed the last leg of mining for the second of two 4,200-ft-long tunnels for the $1-billion PortMiami tunnel project. On May 6, the project's 380-ft-long tunnel-boring machine—nicknamed Harriet—broke through for the last time, landing back on Watson Island, where
Related Links: Blog: To Recover Costs, Florida Nuclear Projects Will Need to be 'Reasonable' Nuclear Foes Hail NRC Move to Freeze Construction, Licenses Duke Energy Opts to Shutter Broken Crystal River Nuclear Plant In the span of a single week, the nuclear power industry's hoped-for U.S. resurgence took a few steps backward as several projects and existing plants from across the country either were shut down or began to face increased scrutiny from regulators due to ongoing problems and financial issues.The setbacks raised the specter of a long-term decrease in domestic nuclear power-generation capacity, claimed Peter Bradford, a former member
Related Links: VA Construction Leader Faces Tough Questions From House Committee VA Again Threatens to Terminate Contract at Orlando Hospital Congress Seeks Elusive Answers About Troubled VA Project Four veterans-hospital projects are collectively $1.5 billion over their original cost estimates and, on average, nearly three years behind their original schedules due to poor management by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, according to an April report from the Government Accountability Office.GAO Director Lorelei St. James told the House Committee on Veterans Affairs on May 7 that the VA's construction management practices need improvement.The report cited as common problems the VA's slow
On May 6, tunnel crews with Bouygues Civil Works Florida completed the last leg of mining for the second of two, twin 4,200-ft-long tunnels for the $1-billion tunnel project at PortMiami. That morning, the project's 380-ft-long tunnel-boring machine—nicknamed Harriet—broke through for the last time, landing back on Watson Island, where it had first launched in November 2011. Photo by Daniel Azoulay. Courtesy Bouygues Civil Works Florida On May 6, the PortMiami tunnel project's 380-ft-long boring machine completed the final bore of two twin, 4,200-ft-long tunnels. The $1-billion project is targeting an August 2014 completion. Related Links: Port Of Miami Tunnel
In a victory for Coral Gables, Fla.-based Odebrecht Construction, a federal appeals court in Miami has upheld a lower court ruling that Florida's anti-Cuba law is unconstitutional. The law—which the lower court blocked by injunction—banned public agencies in the state of Florida from awarding any contract valued at a minimum of $1 million to any firm with business dealings in Cuba or Syria. Image courtesy Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc. Odebrecht Construction, which is vying for the concession contract on the $2-billion Interstate 4 Ultimate project (above), argued in court its business would have been significantly harmed by Florida's anti-Cuba
