CDC Awards Building 23 Contract to Turner Construction

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded the Atlanta office of Turner Construction a construction management contract for Building 23. The project is the latest addition to the CDC's Roybal Campus in Decatur, Ga. McGraw-Hill Construction estimated the cost of the project at about $250 million.

The facility will consist of a 12-story laboratory and office tower atop two floors of vivarium space totaling approximately 308,000 sq ft of programmed space. The work also includes renovation of office and laboratory space, demolition of six buildings and utility/infrastructure upgrades and renovations to the CDC Campus.

Construction started in December. Turner plans completion by January 2010. CUH2A of Atlanta is the project architect.

Georgia: December is 16% Down, but '06 4% Up

Due to a 32% drop in residential starts, Georgia construction contract activity decreased in December, dropping 16% compared to the same period of a year ago, McGraw-Hill Construction reported. The value of contracts signed during December for future construction totaled $1.8 billion, down from last December's $2.2 billion.

Residential construction declined by 32% to a monthly total of about $926.7 million, down from the $1.4 billion reported last December. Nonresidential improved by 15% to total $626.6 million. Nonbuilding starts improved by 5% to tally $294.6 million for the month, up from last year's $280.8 million.

For all of 2006, Georgia construction tallied $28.1 billion, or 4% ahead of 2005. The nonresidential category finished 2% ahead of 2005, with a $7 billion total. Residential, valued at $16.2 billion, was 2% behind '05. The nonbuilding sector ended '06 40% ahead of '05, with a $4.8 billion total.

City of Atlanta Acquires Land for BeltLine Parks

The City of Atlanta announced in January that The Trust for Public Land has transferred six BeltLine park properties to the city. The purchase of the 13.4 acres of land is part of the approved work plan to develop the BeltLine project.

The BeltLine will ultimately connect 40 parks and more than 45 neighborhoods through a 33-mi linear trail and 22-mi transit system. The project will increase Atlanta's greenspace by 1,200 acres. For more information, visit www.beltlinepartnership.org.