|
Monster
Parking Garage
Contractors Joint Venture to Build Unique $182 Million
Car-Rental Facility.
The joint venture of James A. Cummings Inc. and Centex
Rooney Construction Co. literally had to write its own addition
to Florida's Building Code when it started building the $182
million Consolidated Rental Car Facility at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
International Airport. The massive concrete structure is thought
to be the only structure of its kind in the country. Full
Story >>
CDC's
Building 18
McCarthy Building Cos. is
building $160 Million Emerging Infectious Diseases Lab.
Whenever a new or emerging infectious disease breaks out,
American and global public-health officials turn to experts
at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for
help. Four years ago, the CDC embarked on a 10-year master
plan to update and expand its aging facilities to meet the
growing demand. Many scientists at the center will soon operate
out of a new, secure building at the agency's Atlanta compound.
Full
Story >>
The
Proton Project
Shands Site Will Be Only Aboveground
Proton Therapy Facility in the World. Tom
Vroegop is fired up about his latest assignment. The project
manager for Perry-McCall Construction of Jacksonville calls
it "the coolest project I've worked on in a long time"
and "definitely beyond the limits of normal construction."
Full
Story >>
Speeding
Along: The Reversible-Lanes Bridge
Six Miles of Bridges Taking
Shape in Tampa. The Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway
Authority's intriguing Reversible-Lanes Bridge project continues
to generate national interest as the contractor building the
$143.5 million structure picks up its pace. Full
Story >>
Phase
2 of the Carolinas Bay Parkway
APAC at work on $54 million
design-build job for SCDOT. Recognizing the immediate
need for additional roadway, the South Carolina Department
of Transportation is adding a 30-mi. long, limited-access
highway to serve the Grand Strand area. Full
Story >>
Interstate
85 Bypass
Blythe, Barnhill Complete
Section of Emerging Greensboro Urban Loop. Blythe Development
and Barnhill Contracting overcame serious schedule hurdles
to complete each of their $55 million contracts for the new
Interstate 85 Bypass in North Carolina. The two contracts
collectively represent an important step in the construction
of the 40-mi. Greensboro Urban Loop. Full
Story >>
Cleaning
Up at Duke Power
Duke and Fluor Daniel complete
$450 million emissions project at Belews Creek. Duke
Power has finished installing a four-layer, $450 million selective
catalytic reduction system at its Belews Creek Steam Station
in Stokes County, N.C., which will decrease nitrogen oxide
emissions by about 80 percent at the energy plant.
Full
Story >>
|
