Top Design

A ranking of architectural and engineering firms in the Southeast
This year's ranking of the region's top design firms includes
architectural and engineering firms from the magazine's territory
of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Tilting
at Cornerstone

Contractor places two-story
panels for five-story tilt-up office building
On Aug. 11, crews with Tilt-Con Corp. of Altamonte Springs
undertook an unusual effort as they erected two-story concrete
panels to top off the company's first-ever five-story tilt-up
concrete project.
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Concrete
Growth

Southern Pan Services Co.
is one of the Southeast's largest concrete contractors
One of the Southeast's top concrete formers and framers predicts
an upturn in construction starts, as the country rebounds
from a post-9/11 economic slowdown.
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Good
Times, Tough Times

Concrete contractors in South
Florida deal with cement shortage amidst record volume
The cement shortage has slowed down many South Florida projects
and delayed the start of others, but three of the area's biggest
concrete-forming contractors - Southland Forming of West Palm
Beach, Fort Lauderdale-based Form Works and Commercial Forming
Corp. of Pompano Beach - either have kept their projects on
track, or are doing what they can to make up lost time.
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Reaching
for the Sky

New Air Traffic Control Tower
will be Tallest in the Country
When the new air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport in Atlanta is finished, it will be the
nation's tallest. Flanked in 680 precast panels, it represents
a sizable concrete job as well.
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Concrete
for CATS

Project marked the largest
yet for Seretta's mid-Atlantic division
Seretta Construction Mid-Atlantic LLP doesn't do much government
work, but when one of its major general-contractor clients,
Charlotte-based Edifice, asked the concrete company to bid
on a bus maintenance facility for the city of Charlotte, it
gave it a shot.
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Tunnel
Trend

Company sees high-rise trend
toward tunnel-forming technique
Concrete contractors are in great demand throughout the Southeast,
and, as in all sectors, competition is fierce among the top
firms.
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Orlando
Report: Construction Moves Downtown

Residential projects are popping
up around downtown Orlando as area develops momentum
For years a stepchild to Central Florida's hospitality corridor,
downtown Orlando has sprung forward with an aggressive redevelopment
plan expected to entice baby boomers and young singles to
return to city life.
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A
Race to the Finish

Interior Finishes Challenged
ChampionsGate Project Contractors
A cornerstone of a new master-planned community, the $175
million Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate, boasts upscale
amenities and high-end finishes in the public areas.
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Disney's
Saratoga Springs

Residential projects are popping
up around downtown Orlando as area develops momentum
For years a stepchild to Central Florida's hospitality corridor,
downtown Orlando has sprung forward with an aggressive redevelopment
plan expected to entice baby boomers and young singles to
return to city life.
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