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Marlins' Retractable Roof Braces Itself for Storms
01/09/12
Hurricane-mode openings between retractable panels reduce sail effect, save on steel at nation’s first movable roof designed to resist 146-mph winds

Photo by Aerial Photography Inc.


ENR Southeast Recognizes the Region's Best
11/07/11
This year's judges recognized 35 projects from the states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Photo courtesy Reynolds, Smith & Hills

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01/24/12 ENR Southeast Announces 'Top Starts' Call for Entries

The March 12, 2012, issue of ENR Southeast magazine will feature a ranking of the region’s Top Project Starts in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas that broke ground in 2011.
11/07/11 Atlanta Airport Gateway Marriott, Atlanta
The Atlanta Airport Gateway Marriott was recognized in the Multi-Family/Residential category.
11/07/11 Balfour Beatty Construction Carolinas Headquarters, Charlotte, N.C.
Balfour Beatty’s renovation of a former film studio into its own office space received recognition in ENR Southeast’s Best Projects competition.
11/07/11 BRAC 133, Alexandria, Va.
The project won an “Award of Merit” in the Government/Public Building category of the annual competition.
11/07/11 Bread for the City, Washington, D.C.

The $3.7-million, 12,227-sq-ft Bread for the City expansion project in Washington, D.C., delivered additional space to a nonprofit organization providing food, medical care, legal advice and comprehensive social services to low-income residents.
11/07/11 Bridge of Lions Historic Restoration

The restoration also brings the bridge up to current engineering standards.
11/07/11 Bridgewater Office Fitout, Fairfax, Va.

Balfour Beatty Construction’s fit-out of its regional headquarters in Virginia wins Best Office award.
11/07/11 Cape Coral Facilities and Utilities Expansion Program

Cape Coral Facilities and Utilities Expansion Program recognized as Best Civil/Public Works project.
11/07/11 Cullman Regional Medical Center Emergency Department Expansion, Cullman, Ala.
Health-care specialist Robins & Morton of Birmingham, Ala., built the project, recognized in the Small Projects category.
11/07/11 Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Fla.

New 66,400-sq-ft facility is as flamboyant as the Spanish artist Salvador Dali himself.
11/07/11 Florida International University School of International and Public Affairs, Miami
The LEED Gold school in Miami features an auditorium that is cantilevered 40 ft outward.
11/07/11 Georgia Health Sciences University, College of Dental Medicine, Augusta, Ga.

The 267,000-sq-ft facility delivers state-of-the-art technology for dental education.
11/07/11 Gunther Volkswagen, Buford, Ga.
Choate Construction’s Gunther Volkswagen project wins Award of Merit in the Retail/Mixed-Use Development category of ENR Southeast’s Best Projects competition.
11/07/11 Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, Fla.

The project, which incorporates a design that is intended to influence patient behavior, was designed to meet LEED-Gold standards.
11/07/11 JW Marriott Marquis Miami, Miami

The project features a JW Marriott Marquis and a three-story Hotel Beaux Arts.
11/07/11 Legg Mason/Four Seasons, Baltimore

The Legg Mason World Headquarters/Four Seasons hotel project in Baltimore wins Retail/Mixed-Use Development award from ENR Southeast
11/07/11 Merck Vaccine Bulk Manufacturing Facility

Merck’s new Vaccine Bulk Manufacturing Facility beat industry and Merck milestones for delivery.
11/07/11 Miami Airport Skytrain and Regional Commuter Facility, Miami
The new facilities include a mile-long, rooftop Skytrain Automated People Mover system at the North Terminal.
11/07/11 NASA Langley Research Center Headquarters, Hampton, Va.

The office building project in Hampton, Va., attained LEED-Platinum status.
11/07/11 National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Campus East, Fort Belvoir, Va.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency project is the largest delivered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since the Pentagon in 1943.
11/07/11 New World Symphony Campus Expansion, Miami Beach
Florida’s only Frank Gehry-designed project—the New World Symphony Campus expansion in Miami Beach—wins Award of Merit.
11/07/11 P3 Delivery Drives Construction Speed on Florida's I-595 Project

The $1.8-billion contract represents the first use of availability payments in the United States.
11/07/11 Palm Avenue Parking Garage, Sarasota, Fla.
The Palm Avenue Parking Garage achieves a signature look for the City of Sarasota, Fla.
11/07/11 Pentagon Renovation Flies Under the Radar

The $1.6-billion project involved 4.5 million sq ft of renovation and lasted nearly 10 years.
11/07/11 Piedmont Park North Woods Expansion, Atlanta

Brasfield and Gorrie served as the general contractor for this multi-phase expansion to an Atlanta landmark, the 116-year-old Piedmont Park.
11/07/11 Rolls-Royce Crosspointe, Prince George Co., Va.
Crosspointe is the first Rolls-Royce manufacturing campus built from the ground up in the U.S.
11/07/11 Sarasota County Technical Institute, Sarasota, Fla.
After first being bid in September 2008, construction was put on hold due to funding issues. The project was re-bid and was built for $32 million, or $6 million below the original budget.
11/07/11 Stoddert Elementary School and Community Center, Washington, D.C.

The project was recognized for its fast-paced delivery and sustainability.
11/07/11 Suncoast High School, Riviera Beach, Fla.
The project in Palm Beach County, Fla., included extensive site-decontamination efforts.
11/07/11 U.S. Southern Command Headquarters
The $280-million project enables the Southern Command to consolidate the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and other federal agencies.
11/07/11 University of Georgia, Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall Expansion, Athens, Ga.

The hall complex serves as the everyday home of the University of Georgia Bulldogs.
11/07/11 University of Georgia, Stegeman Coliseum Renovation
The renovation and expansion upgrades the fan experience.
11/07/11 University of Virginia Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Va.
The cancer center facility was designed to LEED-Silver status.
11/07/11 University of Virginia South Lawn Arts and Science Complex, Charlottesville, Va.
The LEED Gold building fulfills Thomas Jefferson’s original intent for the Virginia campus.
11/07/11 Virginia Polytechnic State University Visitors and Undergraduate Admissions Center, Blacksburg, Va.
The 50,000-sq-ft, Gothic-style, steel-framed structure features an exterior of Hokie stone and architectural precast.
11/07/11 Virginia Tech/Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute
A fast-tracked approach shaved more than 10 months off of the design and construction schedule.
11/07/11 Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta
The re-glazing of the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta is recognized in the Renovation/Restoration category of ENR Southeast’s Best Projects competition.
09/12/11 Speed Drives the Work On Boeing 'Dream' Plant

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07/04/11 Boring Down on Miami's Big Dig

A $1-billion public-private partnership expects to begin the nation’s largest “soft-ground” tunnel project this fall.
05/09/11 Getting Schooled in The Art of Net Zero

The builders of a super-green expansion and renovation of Clemson University's school of architecture, a project featuring geothermal wells, operable windows and daylighting, are finding that connecting with the environment is easier said than done, especially when Mother Nature intervenes.
03/07/11 Constructing for Cleaner Coal Capabilities
Power giant Duke Energy is getting down and dirty as it spends more than $2 billion to upgrade its Cliffside Steam Station, in rural North Carolina, with advanced clean-coal technology. The builders attribute much of the job’s success to date to a collaborative team approach and a strategy that involves site preassembly of powerplant components.
03/07/11 Top Project Starts: Power and Life Are Driving Forces for Major Projects
The Top Starts ranking of the Southeast’s largest projects under way is a yearly glimpse into the heart of a regional market.
01/05/11 Building Legoland, One Block at a Time
Last year, an estimated 350 people representing specialty contractors flocked to a pre-bid meeting regarding construction of a 145-acre Legoland Florida theme park on the site of the former Cypress...
12/15/10 The Southeast's Best Projects of 2010
The Southeast’s construction and design industries may have taken a hit during the recent economic downturn, but construction and design excellence is still in abundant supply throughout the region,...
11/01/10 A Health-Care Comeback?

Health care remains one of the region’s stronger markets, with new projects starting up now that some of the uncertainty surrounding national health-care reform has abated.
11/01/10 Duke Energy Center Certified Platinum

A commitment to energy efficiency and sustainability drove Wachovia Bank in Charlotte, N.C., to build the Southeast’s first LEED-Platinum Core and Shell building.
11/01/10 Georgia Report

‘Hotlanta’ has cooled off, but government and industrial work has picked up in other parts of the state.
09/01/10 South Florida Report: Another Dry Season

A few public projects are keeping at least some South Florida contractors busy at a time when construction activity remains slow in an overbuilt condominium and office tower market.
09/01/10 Warning: Post-ARRA Depression Ahead

The more than $5-billion infusion of federal stimulus dollars jump-started many transportation projects in the Southeast, but with those lettings winding down and some projects finishing, state transportation...
08/24/10 SLIDESHOW: Duke Energy Center, Charlotte, N.C., Earns LEED Platinum
The $390-million Duke Energy Center in Charlotte, N.C., recently attained LEED Platinum status in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Core and Shell version 2.0 program.
07/01/10 Top Project Starts
Nationally and regionally, 2009 was a pretty dismal year, economically. Construction felt the downturn especially, with an industry unemployment rate that peaked at 22.7% last December.
07/01/10 Interstate 595 Corridor Improvements
Concessionaire I-595 Express is leading the largest public-private partnership—and the biggest contract overall—in the history of the Florida Dept. of Transportation.
07/01/10 SR 826/SR 836 Interchange Reconstruction
The $559-million reconstruction of the interchange connecting State Road 826 (Palmetto Expressway) and SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway), one of the most heavily congested areas in Miami-Dade County,...
07/01/10 Florida Marlins Ballpark
The new home for the Florida Marlins will be a baseball-only facility constructed on approximately 17 acres in the Little Havana section of Miami, at the former site of the Orange Bowl.
07/01/10 Cane Island Power Park
The addition of the fourth, $479-million power-generating unit at the Cane Island Power Park near Intercession City in Osceola County, Fla., will produce 300 megawatts of electricity for the Florida...
07/01/10 Western Wake Freeway
Raleigh-Durham Roadbuilders, a joint venture of Archer Western Contractors of Atlanta and Granite Construction Co. of Watsonville, Calif., was hired by the North Carolina Turnpike Authority to construct...
07/01/10 University Report Card: Higher-Ed Market Falls Behind

At a time when demand remains strong for new and upgraded facilities at colleges and universities, institutions are delaying projects because funding is difficult to obtain. Still, some projects are moving...
05/01/10 Performing Arts Center Set for Fall Groundbreaking

The stagnant economy has forced Orlando city leaders and community arts supporters to revise original plans for a $450-million Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (DPAC), the second component of...
05/01/10 Orlando Report: The Roller Coaster Ride Continues

On the other side of Interstate 4 from downtown Orlando, the new $480-million home for the Orlando Magic is quickly heading toward an October tip-off, a symbolic sign of construction life.
05/01/10 Carolinas Report: Braced for a Tough 2010?

New faces are nothing new in the Carolinas, which have long been among the nation’s fastest-growing states.
05/01/10 Championship Run

The Orlando Magic weren’t able to top Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers in last year’s Finals of the National Basketball Association playoffs.
05/01/10 The Big Lane Closure

As the result of a rare closure of interstate highway, a 15-mi rehabilitation of Interstate 385 near Laurens, S.C., is on track to be completed in just eight months—and for two-thirds of its original estimated cost.
05/01/10 GSA Goes Green

The U.S. General Services Administration received nearly $5.6 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to modernize federal facilities and convert them into high-performance...
03/01/10 Finally Building the Duval Co. Courthouse

It’s been a long time coming, but the final piece of the city of Jacksonville’s Better Jacksonville Plan is finally becoming a reality.
03/01/10 Digging Deep: South Cobb Tunnel
The Atlanta area is home to some of the biggest sewer and water projects in the four-state region, and the South Cobb Tunnel is one of the largest.
03/01/10 Public Works: Industry’s Salvation
Transportation, Military and Civic Projects are Saving the Day for Some Southeast Firms
03/01/10 Miami Report: Public Projects are Metro’s Saving Grace

Miami construction starts have slowed dramatically, and contractors are attempting to stay busy working on publicly funded projects.
02/09/10 Game Changer

Just as the proverbial “hot stove league” helps baseball fans get through cold winter days, the Florida Marlins’ new 37,000-seat ballpark is providing Miami’s construction industry a respite from the chill of...
02/09/10 Above and Beyond: Raising Crane Safety Awareness

Hanging more than 200 ft over a jobsite in downtown Kansas City, Mo., James Hague doesn’t seem to notice the tiny people and equipment below his feet.
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