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Florida Construction News staff writer Hurricane Ian was expected to slowly cross Florida for about 24 hours after slamming into the southwest coast from Englewood to Bonita Beach including Charlotte Harbor, near the town of Punta Gorda, north of Fort Myers on Wednesday. The slow-moving storm will drop 12 -18... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer Total construction spending across the U.S. declined by 0.7 percent in August as spending on new houses turned sharply lower, public and private nonresidential construction posted mixed results, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America. Association officials say rising interest... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) updated the Henry E. Kinney Tunnel Improvements and Pedestrian Plaza project this week. Construction of the plaza is anticipated to be completed in late 2022 with an overall project completion in late 2023. This $28.4 million project is a... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer The City of Panama City held a ceremonial ground breaking for the Cherry Street Infrastructure Improvement Project on Wednesday. The City Commission awarded a bid for construction of the project to Royal American Construction in the amount of $5.8 million. Royal American will begin construction... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer Gov. Ron DeSantis has directed the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to prioritize repairs to the Sanibel Causeway. Work is needed so that first responders and Sanibel residents can access the island, as well as other recovery efforts such as power restoration and debris removal.... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer The number of requests for Hurricane Recovery Assistance has been so high that applications were temporarily suspended this week. “As anticipated, the volume of requests for the Hurricane Recovery Fund has been exceptionally high — with more than 3,000 applications already received,” according to a... Continue reading

This isn’t hypothetical, it has happened a couple of times with bugs in decompression libraries, and mainly with anti-virus software automatically scanning zipped e-mail attachments. The download may include a filename with a .rar or .zip suffix. It is good practice to scan the file before opening it to check... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer South Florida general contractor Owen-Ames-Kimball Company (O-A-K) recently built and donated 22 garden boxes, two tables, benches, and soil to Harns Marsh Elementary in Lehigh Acres for their school garden.  Students will grow a variety of herbs, vegetables, and flowers. “Our philosophy is based on... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer Miller Construction Company will start construction in early June on a speculative warehouse at Airport Logistics Park in Ocala for Boyd+Mox Industrial Development. The 100,090-square-foot space is currently designed as a single, open shell. The project team includes Horton, Harley & Carter Inc. (architect), Colwill Engineering (MEP), Richard Adams... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer National non-residential construction spending was down by 0.6% in May, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data published by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, non-residential spending totaled $832.5 billion for the month – down in 10... Continue reading