Last year, when driving his motor coach about 20,000 miles to most of engineer Professional Service Industries' roughly 100 offices, the big danger Randy Larson faced wasn't the driving conditions.
For many contractors and designers working in the Southeast, 2012 will likely be remembered as the year in which the industry finally began to bounce back from the economic doldrums. Related Links: Georgia Announces 'Go Build' Program Construction of $1.3B SunRail Project Kicks Off Jury Verdict for HDR is Setback for Tampa Bay Water Crystal River's Controversial Repairs Central to Duke Energy Hearings Congress Seeks Answers About Orlando VA Project The Port of Miami Tunnel's Breakthrough Moment $1B Atlanta Intermodal Project Wins Federal Acceleration Georgia Tax Vote Delivers Only Small Boost for Roadbuilders GC Vows Thorough Probe of Garage Collapse
Gains in housing and infrastructure barely overcame a 55% decline in nonresidential construction contracts for a 2% overall increase in new South Carolina projects for October, according to McGraw-Hill Construction. In all, the company estimated that approximately $540.7 million in new construction contracts moved ahead during the month. Photo courtesy Dept. of Energy's Savannah River Site Aerial photo of Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication project at Savannah River Site, near Aiken, S.C. Related Links: Residential Contracts Continue to Fuel Florida Rebound Southeast 2013: Rebound to Continue The nonresidential category’s dramatic decline represented just $63.25 million in new contracts. On the positive side,
Steep declines in the value of new nonresidential and infrastructure construction projects caused the overall value of new Georgia contracts to drop 67% in October, according to McGraw-Hill Construction. The company estimated Georgia construction contracts totaled roughly $865.3 million for the month. Image courtesy Roger B. Kennedy Inc. Roger B. Kennedy of Orlando is building a $13-million student housing facility at the University of Georgia in Athens. Related Links: Residential Contracts Continue to Fuel Florida Rebound Southeast 2013: Rebound to Continue Nonresidential contracts tallied approximately $365.7 million during October, or 50% lower than the same period of a year ago.
Construction contracts for Florida housing projects soared again in October, as approximately $1.2 billion worth of new residential work moved ahead during the month, according to McGraw-Hill Construction. That figure marked a 46% gain over the residential category’s year-ago estimate, and helped offset declines in other markets to push the state’s overall October total to a 4% gain. Image courtesy Charles Perry Partners Charles Perry Partners was scheduled to break ground in December on a $33-million regional transit system facility for the city of Gainesville. Related Links: Southeast 2013: Rebound to Continue Florida's Residential Contracts Surge in August Overall, McGraw-Hill
Related Links: Source: Crane Pick Hit Column Before Miami Garage Collapse Two independent sources with knowledge of the investigation into the Oct. 10 collapse of a parking garage at Miami Dade College have refuted a claim reported by Engineering News-Record that the structure was struck a second time by a crane pick just prior to the fatal incident.Officials with the project's general contractor, Ajax Building Corp., were the first to dispute the claim. Bill Byrne, president of the Tallahassee, Fla.-based firm, stated by e-mail, "We are not aware of any precast panels having hit the structure. [And] we are not
Two independent sources with knowledge of the investigation into the Oct. 10 collapse of a parking garage at Miami Dade College have refuted a claim reported by Engineering News-Record that the structure was struck a second time by a crane pick just prior to the fatal incident.
In relocating its headquarters to Las Vegas from Atlanta, electronics recycling firm US Micro Corp. needed a secure and functional warehouse and office space that would also fulfill the company's environmental ethic.
The 1974-vintage, 220-million-gallons-per-day Val Vista Water Treatment Plant needed an upgrade to meet increasingly stringent federal water quality standards and to protect public health.
