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Here are some B&I Contractors staff promotion announcements: Howard Burke promoted to Southwest Service Superintendent Howard Burke has been promoted to Service Superintendent in the Southwest Florida region, based out of the contractor’s Service Department at 5851 Country Lakes Dr. in Fort Myers. Burke joined the B&I team of professionals... Continue reading

The Hotel Astor at 956 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach has been sold for $12.75 million in an off-market deal. The Art Deco hotel in South Beach includes a swimming pool and more than 4,000 sq. ft. of restaurant space, says a public relations representative for The Susan Gale Group... Continue reading

A contractor for the doomed Champlain Towers South building in Surfside had a rather dubious post-project reputation, The Miami Herald reports. The newspaper in a Sept. 9 investigative story also discovered that the project managed to run through three general contractors, an exceptional level of turmoil. These issues were only... Continue reading

D.A.B. Constructors, which turned over $250 million in state and local highway projects to bonding companies in July, announced on Sept. 7 that it had filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. This means the business will be liquidated. “D.A.B. was the only remaining woman-owned prime contractor in the state,” president Debora... Continue reading

Ryan Companies US, Inc. says it and Grand Living Management have started building a senior living community in Venice on the Gulf Coast. The 235,267 sq. ft. Grand Living at Wellen Park project will include nearly 200 apartments, the developers says. “Ryan and Grand Living have a proven track record... Continue reading

The Dodge Momentum Index dropped 3% in August to 148.7 (2000=100) from the revised July reading of 154.0. The Momentum Index, issued by Dodge Data & Analytics, is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction... Continue reading

The Central Florida Expressway Authority has set a Sept. 21 bidding deadline for an estimated $170 million project to widen a 6.1-mile section of State Road 429. The section from the Florida Turnpike to West Road is part of a planned 13-mile widening project, Orlando Business Journal reports. The bid... Continue reading

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

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