Month: September 2021

Crescent Communities says it has purchased a 14.8-acre site for a new multifamily community in the Orlando suburb of Lake Mary. Construction will be handled by Doster Construction with LRK, Inc. acting as lead architect, and Madden, Moorhead, & Stokes, LLC as civil engineers. Landscape architecture is being performed by Dix... Continue reading

The New York Times has published an extensive graphic investigation, demonstrating several serious flaws in the design and construction of the Champlain Towers South condo collapse in June that killed 98 people. The newspaper created a 3-D model of the tower based on the original design drawings. “That model, combined... Continue reading

National nonresidential construction spending expanded 0.1% in July, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published on Sept. 1 by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $786.7 billion for the month. However, spending was down on a monthly basis in... Continue reading

Communities in North Carolina have reported widely diverging changes in construction employment from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 until July this year. Overall employment levels were flat — but the actual story on the ground varies dramatically depending on where you are. For example, the Miami area... Continue reading

Construction manager DeAngelis Diamond says it is nearing completion of the $80 million Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) Air Traffic Control Tower project in Ft. Myers. The scaffolding was removed July 20th, and the project is now in its final stages, the contractor says in a statement. The tower, which... Continue reading