FDOT Officially Shortlists Teams for I-4 Ultimate Project The agency held a second meeting June 5, where it made official the shortlisting of four teams to possibly lead the $2.1-billion project in Orlando.
The proposed I-4 Ultimate project, estimated at $2.1 billion, will remake 21 miles of Interstate 4 through Orange and Semi...
2013-06-09
Fla. Garage Project That Suffered Fatal Collapse Remains in Limbo Despite legal settlements reached in late April between builders and the families of workers killed or injured in the collapse of a $22.5-million Miami Dade College parking garage project, the school remains unsure where or when it may ultimately rebuild the structure—or what fir...
2013-06-08
Odebrecht Wins Another Round in Legal Fight Over Anti-Cuba Law In a victory for Coral Gables, Fla.-based Odebrecht Construction, a federal appeals court in Miami has upheld a lower court ruling that Florida's anti-Cuba law is unconstitutional. The law—which the lower court blocked by injunction—banned public agencies in the state of Florida ...
2013-06-08
Developer Plans $200M Senior-Living Facility in Cobb County, Ga.
June 05--A developer with close family ties to U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson has filed plans to build a massive $200 million, 987-unit senior living facility on 54 acres of undeveloped land in east Cobb County.
Isakson Living, operated by the brother and a son of the senator, plan...
2013-06-06
Railworks Corp. Names Two Unit Presidents; URS Fills New COO Position Railworks Corp., a New York City-based provider of track and transit systems construction and maintenance services, has appointed two unit presidents. Mark Patterson has been elevated to president of its transit systems subsidiary, L.K. Comstock National Transit Inc. He had been ...
2013-06-06
Los Angeles BIM Pioneer Michael Cervantes Dies Suddenly at 38 Michael Cervantes, an architect whose development of building information modeling (BIM) standards for firms participating in the Los Angeles Community College District's (LACCD) $6-billion sustainable building program was touted by owners and designers nationwide for their ease ...
2013-06-05
PortMiami TBM Breaks Through After Final Tunnel Bore On May 6, tunnel crews with Bouygues Civil Works Florida completed the last leg of mining for the second of two, twin 4,200-ft-long tunnels for the $1-billion tunnel project at PortMiami. That morning, the project's 380-ft-long tunnel-boring machine—nicknamed Harriet—broke throug...
2013-06-04
Atlanta Authority Hires 360 Architecture to Design Falcons Stadium The Georgia World Congress Center Authority announced April 30 that it has signed a $35-million contract with 360 Architecture of Kansas City, Mo., to design a $1-billion, operable-roof stadium for the Atlanta Falcons. The GWCCA owns and operates the Georgia Dome and other downto...
2013-06-04
Dodge Momentum Index Jumps Again in March Pacific scaffold engineering co., ltd
NEW YORK – April 5, 2013 – The Dodge Momentum Index rose 5.9% in March, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. The Momentum Index is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidenti...
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