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UA's Summer Projects Include $177M Smith Performing Arts Center

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Bulldozers, backhoes and cranes dot the landscape, as crews in Tuscaloosa tackle roughly 65 active projects at the University of Alabama. The $575 million price tag includes a student well-being...

Auburn Approves Major Project at Jordan Hare Stadium

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AuburnTigers.com/CEG - Auburn University's Board of Trustees has approved a large scale redevelopment of the north end of Jordan Hare Stadium, setting up what officials describe as one of the most complex construction projects ever undertaken on campus. Known as the Jordan Hare North Project, the work will feat...

University of North Alabama Marks Topping Out of Its New $65M Football Stadium

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University of North Alabama - The final structural beam was placed on the University of North Alabama's new football stadium at roughly the halfway point of its construction, the school announced July 31, 2025. Representatives from HPM, a Birmingham-based construction program management firm, joined university off...

University of Alabama in Huntsville Given OK to Upgrade New Athletics Projects

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University of Alabama in Huntsville - Sports and recreation will soon be growing by leaps and bounds — maybe even kicks — at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). The University of Alabama (UA) system board of trustees approved plans for three major building initiatives at UAH during the board's meeti...

University of North Alabama Demolition Work Kicks Off New Stadium Complex Project

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Florence Times Daily & UNA - Some head-turning activity along Pine Street in Florence, Ala., just before Independence Day signaled the physical start of making a longtime dream a reality for the University of North Alabama (UNA). Heavy construction equipment began razing the school's Mike D. Lane Field on July 2,...

New Details Released About University of Alabama's $58.6M Basketball Arena Project

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AL.com - More than two years after proposing a new basketball arena, the University of Alabama (UA) appears to be pivoting. At least for now. Instead of an entirely new facility, the school is seeking to refresh its current building. A $58.6 million renovation and expansion of Tuscaloosa&#...

University of Alabama Closes in On New Premier Golf Complex

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Construction on a $40 million project that will provide the University of Alabama with one of the premier golf complexes in the Southeastern Conference is well under way in Tuscaloosa. UA's new golf training facility for women's and men's programs is expected to be completed b...

University of South Alabama Begins Work On $200M College of Medicine Building

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University of South Alabama - Officials with the University of South Alabama (USA) in Mobile, along with many of its supporters, including Gov. Kay Ivey, broke ground in early December on a new building for the school's Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine building. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 202...

Alabama's Faulkner University Kicks Off Final Phase of New Health Sciences College

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Faulkner University - A groundbreaking ceremony was held Oct. 22 for the third and final phase of construction on the new Faulkner University College of Health Sciences in Montgomery, Ala., due to donations of nearly $3.6 million. Representatives from the Christian-based university, along with supporters from ...

VIDEO: Construction Officially Begins On University of Alabama's New Performing Arts Center

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University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa - A groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 20 in Tuscaloosa officially jump-started construction of the Smith Family Center for the Performing Arts on the University of Alabama (UA) campus. Members of the university's community and supporters of the project were present for the event on the renov...

University of North Alabama Demolishing Historic Building to Make Way for New Dorm

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The Flor-Ala - The University of North Alabama (UNA) in Florence began the demolition of historic LaGrange Hall in the third full week of September, according to Flor-Ala, the college's student newspaper. Discussions about what to do with the LaGrange site after it is cleared initially focused on the po...

Mobile's University of South Alabama to Build $10M Marching Band Complex

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University of South Alabama - The University of South Alabama (USA) in Mobile has announced plans for the construction of a $10 million indoor and outdoor band complex that will provide a permanent home for the Jaguar Marching Band. "We are committed to giving our students the very best at the University of South Alab...

Crews Help to Bring New Genomic Medicine Center to University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is overseeing a $106.5 million project that will play a key role in the Heersink School of Medicine's long-range plan to enhance research. Construction began in August 2022 on the new Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine and Data Sciences Bui...

Trio of Building Projects Get Going at Alabama's Jacksonville State University

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Jacksonville State University News - While students and faculty were off campus enjoying their spring break the week of March 20, construction began at Jacksonville State University (JSU) on three new buildings at the Jacksonville, Ala., school in the coming weeks, according to a university news release. Approved by the JSU ...

Inflation Has Delayed Building New Arena for University of Alabama Basketball

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AL.com - With the University of Alabama (UA) men's basketball recently reaching No. 4 in the Associated Press poll ranking, its highest in 16 years, fan excitement around the program has reached a fevered pitch. The Crimson Tide plays its home games at two facilities, including the 17,000-plus...

University of Alabama at Birmingham to Get Federal Funding for New Biomedical, Psychology Building

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University of Alabama at Birmingham News - A new Biomedical Research and Psychology Building on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), made possible by a $76 million federal appropriation, received stage 1 approval from the UA System Board of Trustees, the school announced Dec. 12. Pending additional approval...

VIDEO: Building Begins on New Randall Welcome Center at University of Alabama

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University of Alabama News Center - Following a groundbreaking on April 1, construction has gotten under way on the University of Alabama's new welcome center at the school's historic Bryce Main building. The facility also will house the UA Undergraduate Admissions department, the school announced. Pending approval by the U...

University of Alabama Hopes to Build Advanced Fashion, Design Facility

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Tuscaloosa News - Plans are in the works to bring a leading-edge fashion and design facility to the University of Alabama (UA) campus in Tuscaloosa. Alabama's College of Human Environmental Sciences (CHES) announced plans recently to build Drummond Lyon Hall, which will house its fashion retailing and ...

Slew of Major Construction Projects Expanding University of Alabama

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CEG - The signs for even more growth on the University of Alabama (UA) campus are clear, with several construction projects under way, costing hundreds of millions of dollars in total, many impacting greater Tuscaloosa. Construction takes up a huge chunk of each summer on campus, with UA intent...

New Tutwiler Hall Rising at the University of Alabama

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The Tuscaloosa News - The new Julia Tutwiler Hall is rising on the campus of the University of Alabama at the corner of 12th Street and 10th Avenue. The $145 million project will replace the existing Tutwiler Hall, which was constructed in 1968. The new dorm building, which will house more than 1,200 f...

Brasfield & Gorrie, University of Alabama Partner to Provide Construction Tech Experience

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Brasfield & Gorrie - Brasfield & Gorrie recently enabled a select group of graduating seniors from The University of Alabama to enter the job market armed with resumes that include hands-on experience with emerging technologies in the construction field, including assembling and oper...

University of Alabama Embarks on Projects Totaling $400M

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Cindy Riley - In Tuscaloosa, Ala., a highly anticipated adapted athletics facility is among several multi-million dollar construction projects that will better serve students at the University of Alabama. Work continues on a 500-bed residence hall and new parking deck, while Stran-Hardin Arena nears completi...

University of Alabama Surpasses Goals for Expansion Funding

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CEG - BIRMINGHAM, AL (AP) University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) fund-raising campaign ended with an announcement that $382 million has been donated or pledged for campus construction projects and other needs –– a total that exceeded the campaign’s initial goal of $250 mill...

ASU Proceeds With $77M Student Housing Expansion

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - A mix of heavy equipment is a familiar sight on campus, as Alabama State University (ASU) prepares for two new student housing complexes. Work on the $77 million project began in July 2025. "As ASU continues to strategically grow our enrollment, expanding student housing is necessary," sa...

UAH Begins Major Engineering Facility Project

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Although construction was delayed more than a year after the 2023 groundbreaking, a new facility at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is finally rising from the ground. When completed, the Raymond B. Jones Engineering Building will feature three levels of research labs, collab...

One Small Crawler Crane Helps Build Nursing School in Miss. Capital

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ALL Crane - There are two schools of thought on how to handle heavy lifts within tightly confined job sites. First is to choose a large crane, set up far away and reach up and over. The other option is to go small and get as close to the work area as possible. Then there are those rare situat...

Tuscaloosa City Officials Award $74M Contract to Build Saban Center, Work to Begin in July

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City of Tuscaloosa & Bama Buzz - The City of Tuscaloosa, Ala. has taken another step in making the vision of the Saban Center a reality. During the first week of June, 2025, city officials awarded a $74 million contract to Stone Building Co. in Vestavia Hills, Ala. for construction of the new education facility near the ...

UNA Anticipates 'Showstopper' New Stadium

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - A three-phase project more than half a century in the making is attracting countless onlookers in Florence, Ala. Daily visitors drive near the site to witness construction of Bank Independent Stadium at the University of North Alabama (UNA). "I think it's going to be an absolu...

Crews Orchestrate $41.3M Randy Owen Center for Performing Arts Project

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Envisioned as a beacon of creativity, the Randy Owen Center for Performing Arts at Jacksonville State University (JSU) will pay tribute to the beloved country music star when it opens late next year. The $41.3 million project, located on the school's campus in Jacksonville, Ala., incl...

Huntsville, Ala., College Selects Manager for $140M Project; Turn Lanes Closed at Local Road Work Site

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Alabama A&M University & WHNT-TV - Alabama A&M University (AAMU) in Huntsville announced Dec. 18 that it had selected Freedom Real Estate and Capital LLC, also based in Huntsville, to provide construction advisory services for the school's new Science Building and Student Amenities Building, a project with a combined value...

Construction Begins On $190M Biomedical, Psychology Building at Alabama's UAB

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University of Alabama at Birmingham - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) broke ground June 28 on a new eight-story, $190 million facility for its Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine and College of Arts and Sciences. The new Biomedical Research and Psychology Building at UAB was made possible by $152 million in fe...

Excitement Builds for New USA Medical Facility

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Expected to be completed in 2026, the new Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine building on the University of South Alabama (USA) campus will allow the school to graduate more physicians and accelerate research. The $200 million, 250,000-sq.-ft. facility is considered a critical addition to US...

Hoar Celebrates Topping Out of UAB Medicine Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility

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Hoar Construction - Hoar Construction announced the topping out of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medicine's Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility, signifying the new downtown Birmingham building has reached its tallest point. The 11-story rehabilitation facility broke ground in M...

Hoar Breaks Ground On STEM + Agricultural Sciences Complex at Auburn University

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Hoar Construction - Hoar Construction has announced the groundbreaking of a new 285,000-sq.-ft. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Agriculture Sciences Complex at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. Hoar is serving as general contractor on the $184 million project, whi...

Brasfield & Gorrie Builds New Jacksonville State Football Complex

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Student athletes and coaches are eagerly awaiting completion of a new football complex that will replace the existing fieldhouse at Jacksonville State University (JSU) stadium in Calhoun County, Ala. The school broke ground on the $32 million project in spring 2023. "The Loring and Debbie...

New $39M Senior Housing Development Begins to Take Shape in Birmingham

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Al.com & HABD - Construction has gotten started on a senior housing development on the site of the vacated part of the Southtown Court housing community in Birmingham, Ala. Capstone Building Corp., a locally based contractor, has initiated work on the Southtown senior housing development along a 26-acre ...

On-Campus Stadium at Alabama College Approved, Construction to Soon Begin

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University of Northern Alabama Pressroom - In a unanimous vote June 9, the University of North Alabama (UNA) board of trustees gave its approval to an on-campus, multipurpose stadium project, to be named Bank Independent Stadium, and authorized the next steps for the venue's design and planning process. The decision came amid an o...

Auburn University Starts Work On New $77M College of Education Building

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Auburn Newsroom - Construction recently began on Auburn University's new College of Education building at the intersection of West Samford Avenue and Duncan Drive, the former site of the Hill Residence Halls, in the east-central Alabama town of Auburn. The university announced May 15 that the $77 million f...

Work to Begin On New $62M Engineering Building at UA in Huntsville Campus

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University of Alabama in Huntsville & Al.com - The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) kicked off construction of its new 80,000-sq.-ft. College of Engineering facility with a groundbreaking ceremony April 14 attended by college officials, representatives of local and state governments, members of the military, community leaders and UAH...

Hoar Construction Leads $157M UAB Medical Facility Project

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Expected to open in 2025, a new Spain Rehabilitation Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will provide comprehensive care to patients from across the state and beyond. Located on Seventh Avenue South, the $157 million, 350,000-sq.-ft. project that's currently under ...

New Medical School Buildings to Bring Major Changes to South Alabama Campus

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AL.com - The University of South Alabama's (USA) new medical school facilities will bring a highly visible transformation to the school's campus, judging from a first look at the site where the new buildings will be constructed later this year. Following a meeting of the USA Board of Trust...

Alabama College Finds Natural Space On Which to Build Multi-Use Amphitheater

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University of West Alabama News & CEG - An upcoming addition to the University of West Alabama (UWA) campus will give the Livingston school's faculty, students and staff a unique outdoor space suitable for a variety of uses. Construction is expected to begin later this year on an amphitheater nestled in a shaded hillside next t...

Around $500M in Construction Work Happening at College in Birmingham, Ala.

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WBRC-TV & UAB - Recent visitors to the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have undoubtedly noticed plenty of construction going on there. The school is in the middle of an effort to build a total of nine new facilities, many of which are already transforming the campus. Brian...

Auburn University Program Looks to Revive, Build Resiliency in Rural Alabama

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The Auburn Plainsman - Across Alabama, the landscape is littered with abandoned shops, rusted-out factories and dilapidated homes without hope of revival in small towns that have seen better days. However, a program at Auburn University aims to reverse the state's rural decline. Rural Studio, a College of A...

SouthEast Demolition & Environmental Services Razes Auburn Dorm

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In an effort to prepare the campus for future construction, crews in East Alabama are carrying out a four-phase, $7.5 million demolition at Auburn University. The teardown of the Hill Residence Hall complex began in spring 2022 and remains ahead of schedule. "The complex was built between...

New Cooper Green Hospital in Birmingham Gains Approval to Begin Construction

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UAB News - The Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority has received final approval from the board of trustees of the University of Alabama System to replace the current hospital in Birmingham with a modern medical clinic. Construction on the new building should begin this winter, according to t...

Univ. of Georgia to Spend $68M to Upgrade Football Team's Sanford Stadium

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WSB Radio & CEG - The home of the 2021 national champion Georgia Bulldogs will soon get some upgrades. A year after the university's talent-laden football squad crushed Alabama to win the national championship game, UGA is starting a $68.5 million project to overhaul the southside of Sanford Stadium, makin...

Alabama's Samford University to Begin Building $65M Recreation Complex in 2023

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Samford University - Samford University, a private college in the Birmingham, Ala., suburb of Homewood, announced that it will embark on the largest capital project in the school's history by building a new, $65 million recreation and athletic complex. To do so, Samford will enlarge and renovate existing buil...

Federal Grants Help Auburn University, Contractors to Preserve Historic Schools

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Auburn University - A multidisciplinary research team at Auburn University will use money from a recent National Park Service (NPS) grant to work with a preservation contractor to stabilize the crumbling Tankersley Rosenwald School in Hope Hull, Ala., one of many schools built for African American children in the fi...

Hoar Announces Topping Out On Science, Engineering Complex at UAB

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Hoar Construction - Hoar Construction announced the topping out of Phase I of the new Science and Engineering Complex at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), signifying the building reaching its highest point. The $76 million development represents Phase I of a three-part project t...

Birmingham's Hoar Construction Builds $76M UAB Science, Engineering Complex

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Construction crews in Birmingham are building what's being described as a significant investment in future world-changing research. The $76 million UAB Science and Engineering Complex will replace the aging Education Building located on 14th Street South between University Boulevard a...

Auburn Embarks On Its Largest Athletics Project in School History

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In east-central Alabama, construction is under way on the largest athletics project in Auburn University's history. The school's new football performance center, a roughly $92 million effort, includes a 233,400-sq.-ft. overall facility consisting of a 138,100-sq.-ft. football oper...

Alabama A&M Transforms Huntsville With New Event Center

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In Huntsville, Ala., crews are working on a $60 million, 132,000-sq.-ft. event center at Alabama A&M University (AAMU). The building will include an arena with a 6,000-person capacity that will host basketball and volleyball games, as well as various university gatherings....

Final Beam Raised on Unique Facility at Auburn, Set to Open in 2022

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Auburn University - A crane hoisted the last construction beam atop a unique, world class facility at Auburn University on May 14, marking a critical point in the construction of the school's Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center. The final beam — 1,500 lbs. of American-made steel — was lif...

Construction of Alabama College Building Passes Halfway Point

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Gadsden Times - Construction on Jacksonville State University's new School of Business and Industry building has passed the halfway point, according to a news release from the university, with an anticipated completion date of August of this year. The college is located in Jacksonville, Ala. Merr...

Auburn Culinary Center Set to Open in 2021

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - As one of the largest single construction contracts in Auburn University's history, the $110 million Tony and Libba Rane Culinary Science Center is expected to be a game changer in the field of hospitality education when it opens in 2021. "Auburn has a long and proud hist...

New Freestanding Emergency Facility Being Built in Mobile, Ala.

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USA Health - University of South Alabama (USA) Health held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new freestanding emergency department in west Mobile, Ala., on Oct. 14. When construction on the facility is complete, it will provide people who live and work in that part of town with convenient access to adva...

Birmingham Interstate Project Inspires University Civil Engineering Study

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University of Alabama at Birmingham - When the I-20/I-59 corridor through Birmingham, Ala., was demolished and rebuilt over a period of 12 months in 2019, travel became a nightmare for thousands of truckers, daily commuters and other travelers. But where most people saw chaos and frustration, a pair of University of Alabama a...

Rebuild of Tuscaloosa Runway on Pace for Summer 2021 Completion

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Tuscaloosa (AL) News - The possibility of luring a commercial airline carrier to the Tuscaloosa National Airport is getting closer. Tuscaloosa's City Council gave final approval in late June to award a $7.93 million contract to rebuild the airport's Runway 4-22. S.T. Bunn Construction Co. Inc....

Site Prep Complete for UAB's $24M Technology Center

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Expected to open early next year, the new Technology Innovation Center (TIC) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will accommodate the campus Security Operations Center and Network Operations Center once crews complete work on the $24 million project....

U. South Alabama Targets 2020 Season for New Football Stadium

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Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - A new stadium is being built on the campus of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, with plans to open in 2020. Since the football program began at the university in 2009, the Jaguars have played home games at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, which is owned by the city and first opened...

UAB Expects New $75M Dorm Will Be Ready by Summer 2020

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - To meet the growing demand for housing, construction crews on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are working to complete a new 231,000 sq. ft., U-shaped dormitory. Work on the roughly $75 million Residence Hall 2020 began last November and should be compl...

Auburn's $83M ACLC Project Nears Completion

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - With the first of two iconic buildings on Auburn University's campus now reduced to rubble, construction crews are one step closer to building the Academic Classroom and Laboratory Complex (ACLC). The $83 million ACLC project calls for a 151,000 sq. ft. building with seating for ...

Auburn Readies New Performing Arts Center for Opening

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - The curtain will soon be rising on Auburn University's $70 million Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center as construction crews add their finishing touches to the new structure. The state-of-the-art facility encompasses more than 85,000 sq. ft. of space with several multipurpose venues de...

Hopes Run High for $20M Phenix City Development

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Construction crews in Phenix City, Ala., are making progress on a more than $20 million undertaking known as The Village at Crosswinds. When complete, the mixed-use project will offer medical, service-related businesses and retail options in what planners hope will be a regional destination. ...

Birmingham, Mobile Football Stadiums Move Forward

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CEG - Sports fans and contactors alike found reason to smile recently as plans moved forward on a pair of state-of-the-art stadiums in Birmingham and Mobile. Site work is set to begin by the end of the year on a $175 million, 45,000-seat stadium at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Co...

Trustees Authorize Bid Process for South Alabama Stadium

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Associated Press - MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — University of South Alabama trustees have voted to move forward with construction of a $72 million on-campus football stadium for the 2020 season. President Tony Waldrop authorized the bidding process to start the second phase work on the stadium, Al.com reported...

State's Airports Receive $25.5M in Improvement Grants

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Emily Buenzle - Twenty-five Alabama airports will receive more than $25.5 million in grant money from the Federal Aviation Administration for infrastructure, safety and equipment improvements. "These FAA grants support critical projects that aim to improve safety, security and efficiency of airports acro...

MSU Sophomore Receives Associated Builders and Contractors Scholarship

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Sasha Steinberg - A second-year student in Mississippi State's College of Architecture, Art and Design is receiving major recognition from the state's most diverse construction trade association.Jalyn R. Wallin of Double Springs, Alabama, is a 2017 selection for a $2,000 scholarship from the Associa...

Roll Tide! Luxury Student Apartment Complex Taking Shape

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CEG - A sparkling new student-housing complex is taking shape in Tuscaloosa, Ala., within the shadow of the home stadium of America's top college football program. The new structure is certain to be a much-desired place to live for new and current students at the University of Alabama.Undoub...

Fastest Growing U.S. Hotel Brand Rises in Alabama

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Cindy Riley - Construction crews in Auburn, Ala., have begun work on what's being described as the fastest growing new-build hotel brand in United States history. When complete, the new four-story Tru by Hilton will feature 98 rooms, a swimming pool, exercise room and game zone with pool table and lounge ...

Auburn U. Community Awaits New Facilities

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Cindy Riley - Officials at Auburn University are eagerly awaiting completion of a new Health Sciences Sector, which will feature a new nursing school and pharmaceutical research building. The $29 million, 89,000 square-foot nursing facility and the $17 million, 38,000 square-foot Harrison School of Pharmacy ...

Record-Breaking Enrollment Drives New Project

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Cindy Riley - A multi-million dollar residence hall that will serve students for decades to come is taking shape at Alabama A&M University in northern Huntsville. The ongoing construction is in response to overcrowding concerns.“We have experienced tremendous growth in enrollment over the past fiv...

How the $20K Tiny House Design Could Upend the Home Construction Industry

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CEG - At the University of Alabama, a group of architects and students are part of what is known as Rural Studio. For nearly a decade, they have been trying to design a Tiny House that someone living below the poverty line can afford but that is attractive enough to appeal to a wide variety of buyers. ...

SJ&L Takes Guesswork Out of Grading With Komatsu

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CEG - On a project in south Alabama, SJ&L Inc. Civil Contractors of Mobile, Ala., is taking the guesswork out of grading by using a Komatsu D51PXi intelligent machine control dozer.The project is the construction of a $27.3 million professional office building for the University of South Alabama...

CAWGC Announces Recipients of 20th Annual Scholarships

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CEG - The Contractors Association of Will and Grundy Counties' (CAWGC) Scholarship Chairwoman Becky Fallin, president of RHL Insulation, announced the 20th Annual CAWGC Scholarships recipients. Neta Hess, CR Leonard Plumbing & Heating and Marsha Rolih, Pierro Quality Electrical also served on the s...

Technology Pilot Project Prepares Students for Workforce

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CEG - With graduation looming, many seniors at The University of Alabama are busy preparing for final exams. For a select group of students, wrapping up the semester means presenting the findings from a research project to management at Brasfield & Gorrie.The research project is the result of a ...

Work Under Way on $35M UAB Student Center

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Cindy Riley - After a tear down and major relocation of services, a $35 million student center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is now under construction.“We are very excited about this project, which has been discussed for many years,” said Harlan Sands, UAB vice provost for...

Total Impact of Commercial Construction in Ala. Tops $10B

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Michael Tomberlin - AL.COM - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The commercial construction industry has close to a $10 billion annual economic impact on Alabama, the first-ever study of its kind found. The Associated Builders and Contractors of Alabama commissioned the first detailed look at the economic impact of the constructio...

Predicting Hurricane Intensity a Remains Challenge

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Michael Finch II - al.com - We’re due for a big one, some say.Every year now since 2004 and 2005 — the years of Hurricanes Ivan, Dennis and Katrina — the Gulf Coast has been "due" for a storm season worse than the year before.Now, one month into the official hurricane season, forecasters expe...

Alabama State University’s Transformation Continues

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Cindy Riley - As a dramatic transformation of Montgomery, Ala.’s, largest four-year university continues, construction crews are putting the final touches on a state-of-the-art football facility. Hornet Stadium is among numerous projects underway at Alabama State University (ASU), as part of a five-pha...

National Water Center Goes to College in Tuscaloosa

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Lori Lovely - Construction on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Integrated Water Resources Science and Services (aka the National Water Center) began in Spring 2012 on the University of Alabama (UA) campus in Tuscaloosa. The project will result in a first-of-its-kind facility t...

Foster Joins Bobcat of Atlanta as Operations Manager

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CEG - Joe Foster began his career in the equipment rental business in 1984 after graduating from the University of Alabama School of Commerce and Business Administration. He started with Grace Equipment, which eventually became Prime Equipment and then RSC Equipment Rental. His career path started in M...

Long-Envisioned Railroad Park Takes Shape in Birmingham

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Cindy Riley - Construction crews in downtown Birmingham, Ala., are near completion on the new Railroad Park, an eight-block green space that was first envisioned in the 1970s. Located along 1st Avenue South, between 14th and 18th Streets, the 21-acre park is a joint effort between the City of Birmingha...

Ala. Highway Project to Generate Billions

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CEG - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A report estimated the Northern Beltline will have an economic impact of more than $7.1 billion during construction and $2 billion annually after it’s built. The study commissioned by the Coalition for Regional Transportation said the nearly 53-mi. highway linki...

Demolition Clears Way for Tuscaloosa Makeover

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Kerry Lynn Kirby - They’re tearing it up in Tuscaloosa these days. The city — famous as home to the University of Alabama’s main campus — is undergoing a major transformation, through a combination of public and private projects designed to make the city a vibrant place where people ...

Contractor Hits Ace With Laser System

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CEG - Lower Bros. Co. Inc. a family-owned business based in Birmingham, Ala., has been building public and private tennis courts since 1965. It also has the distinction of being one of the earliest — if not the first — to use a Bobcat loader and grader attachment with a laser system....

Mobile Co. Site Picked for Earnhardt Track, Complex

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Garry Mitchell - ASSOCIATED PRESS - By Garry MitchellASSOCIATED PRESS WRITERMOBILE, Ala. (AP) A $600 million Dale Earnhardt race track and entertainment complex will be built on 2,500 acres (1,010 ha) in the Prichard-Saraland area just north of Mobile, the track’s investors announced Dec. 15 after ruling ...

Auburn, Baldwin Co. Agree on New Road

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CEG - FAIRHOPE, AL (AP) A 16-mi. (26 km) highway linking Interstate 10 to U.S. 98 near Magnolia Springs can be built now that Baldwin County and Auburn University (AU) have agreed on rights of way. Auburn trustees unanimously approved an agreement that allows the county to build a two-lane highw...

Final Details of Bryant-Denny Stadium Project Being ’Tide’ Up

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Jeff Cronin - In the world of college football, there are a few names that resonate more than that of former University of Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. And now, the namesake of the man who led the Crimson Tide to 323 victories, 37 winning seasons and five Associated Press national champ...

Busy Contractors Leave Bid Requests Unanswered

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CEG - JACKSON, MS (AP) A construction boom in Mississippi and hurricane-ravaged areas in the Southeast have contractors so busy they’ve had difficulty bidding recent projects. The dilemma hit the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) in Jackson last month when bids for a $50- mill...

Cowin Equipment Co. Promotes Three to Vice President Roles

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CEG - Cowin Equipment Company, Inc., recently promoted three employees to vice president positions. Russ Huber has been named to the position of vice president/general manager for Georgia. In this position, he is responsible for all sales, rental, and product support activities for Cowin’s...

UA Gives Athletic Facilities Multimillion Dollar Facelift

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Cindy Riley - Along Paul “Bear” Bryant Drive, University of Alabama supporters in Tuscaloosa are cheering on construction crews completing a multi-million dollar athletic department renovation and expansion. Approximately nine months ago, University Athletics began upgrading its facilities, which w...

AGC Introduces Boy Scouts to Industry

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Bill Caton - In the infield at the Talladega Superspeedway equipment horns blared in an incomprehensible rhythm like a New York City traffic jam. Boy Scouts climbed on backhoes, front-end loaders and bulldozers and stared straight up at a 60-ton crane. Across the way, circular saws squealed and the c...