Jon Burt - Wed April 26, 2017
Florida Contractor Improves View at Strawberry Festival
The view at the popular Strawberry Festival is about to get a lot better. Major improvements are in the works at the concert venue for the long-running event in Plant City, Fla. This year's festival recently concluded and saw more than 500,000 people converge for the state's largest agricultural festival....
Wed April 19, 2017
Deputy Shoots Construction Worker Outside Mall
A sheriff says a deputy has shot and wounded a construction worker outside a shopping mall on Florida's Atlantic coast. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said at a news conference April 18 that the construction worker was doing work outside the mall when he started behaving erratically....
Wed March 29, 2017
Florida's Ace Pick-A-Part Uses SDLGs in Recycling Operation
With more than 30 years in the auto salvage business, Ace Pick-A-Part has earned its expertise in handling vehicles. The company holds some 3,000 cars on its lot at any one time, with easy access for customers to pull parts for repairs....
Cindy Barth - Orlando Business Journal - Mon March 27, 2017
Florida Leads Nation for Construction Jobs Added in February
Forty-three states added construction jobs year-over-year in February, with Florida leading the pack, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data....
Cindy Riley - Wed March 15, 2017
Luxury Miami Tower Reaches Construction Milestone
What will be one of downtown Miami's tallest luxury condo towers has reached a milestone in construction, as crews prepare to go vertical. In January, after months of piling and excavation subterranean work, roughly 700 workers poured the foundation for CMC Group's 64-story Brickell Flatiron condominium....
Marcia Heroux Pounds of the Sun Sentinel - Fri February 24, 2017
Florida Competition Attracts New Talent to Construction Industry
In an effort to attract newcomers to the construction trades, 170 welders, carpenters and electricians will descend on Fort Lauderdale on March 2 to showcase their skills in a national competition sponsored by the Associated Builders & Contractors....
Olivia Hitchcock - Thu February 23, 2017
Crews Puncture Gas Line at Wawa Construction Site in Florida
Construction crews hit a two-inch gas line Feb. 23 morning while they worked on a Wawa convenience store site in Greenacres, city fire officials said. The site of a soon-to-be gas station on Lake Worth Road near the intersection with Jog Road was evacuated, Assistant Chief Brian Fuller said....
Wed February 22, 2017
Yoder & Frey Holds Six-Day Florida Auction in Kissimmee
Yoder & Frey concluded its 43rd Annual Kissimmee, Fla., auction on Feb. 11 — the auctions also were the first since the company merged with Ireland-based Euro Auctions. The auctions provided an extensive variety of construction and farm equipment, with each day of the six-day sale featuring different equipment categories....
Mon February 20, 2017
Alex Lyon & Son Leads Off Florida Auctions in Kissimmee
Alex Lyon & Son led off the Florida Auctions with a nine-day sale in Kissimmee, Fla. The sale began on Jan. 25 and ended on Feb. 5. During the auctions — Alex Lyon & Son's 24th annual Florida sale — a wide variety of equipment went on the block with each day featuring more than 1,000 lots of equipment.—CEG...
Joe Capozzi - Thu February 16, 2017
Cost of Spring Training Baseball Stadium For Nationals and Astros Edges Above $150 Million
The final construction tab for The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, the new spring training home of the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros, could go as high as $153 million, an Astros official said. "I think it's clear that it's going to be in the $150 million range,' said Giles Kibbe, the Astros' general counsel....
