Items Tagged with 'Hurricane'

High winds, storm surge and a collapsing coastal corridor made the reconstruction of the Sanibel Causeway one of Florida’s most demanding infrastructure efforts in decades.

Firm will provide program management for construction of power, water and wastewater utilities, hospitals, schools and transit corridors. 

The Tennessee Valley Authority, Southeast Owner of the Year, had an active 2024, contending with big construction projects and a historic hurricane.

Considerable damage is seen in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina after the Category 4 hurricane swept up from the Gulf of Mexico, as communities take stock and emergency workers assess dams, bridges and other critical infrastructure.

Construction is not expected until 2027, at the earliest.

Idalia's path of flooding through the Southeast has utilities working to restore power and communities working to clear roads as the waters recede.

Grilling food on the jobsite, linking to first responder phone networks, transporting crews by boat and housing workers in mobile trailers at a nearby airport are all ways Ryan Hamrick’s team worked around extraordinary obstacles to restore access to Florida’s Sanibel Island after its only link to the mainland was cut off when Hurricane Ian made landfall there last Sept. 30.

The approach for Superior Construction and The de Moya Group to restore access to Sanibel Island was "pounding the effort with resources," says one contractor manager.