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LAS CRUCES — Chip Pierpont, General Services Administration project manager, will present a status report to the Las Cruces City Council at its Monday meeting on plans to build a federal courthouse. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall, 200 N. Church St. An $80 million contract to complete design and begin construction of the 230,000-square-foot courthouse was awarded two weeks ago to White Construction Co. of Austin, Texas. Construction of the five-story building is expected to begin in January. The new courthouse should take three years to complete. Earlier this year, a mutual agreement between the council and Pierpont was reached where quarterly updates would be presented to the council. In June, Pierpont told the council that cosmetic appearances on the outside of the courthouse might have to be changed or scaled back because of rising construction costs.
The School District of Manatee County is accepting statements of qualifications from firms for Construction Management at Risk Services for Manatee High School-Davis Building-Remodeling and Renovation. The Davis Building was constructed circa 1926 and had renovation work performed in the 1980's and 1990's. Scope of work will include structural issues as well as systems, cosmetic, and functional remodeling and renovation. The total project budget is $10,000,000.00.
The applicant must be certified to perform the work in the State of Florida at the time of application. Further, if a corporation, the applicant must be registered by the Department of State, Division of Corporations, to operate in the State of Florida at the time of the application.
The selection will be made in accordance with State Requirements for Educational Facilities (SREF), as may be amended, Florida Statute 287.055, and the School Board of Manatee County's procedures and criteria.
Two monthly housing market indicators have been released so far this week, both relating broadly to home construction and showing a continued slowing of the housing sector and a related loss of builder confidence. The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development have published their joint report on new residential construction for August 2006. The survey covers the number of building permits, housing starts, and housing completions throughout the country and it reported a further retreat in each category from the previous month and double digit drops in two of the three categories since the same month in 2005.
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51% of UK construction professionals felt that corruption is commonplace within the UK construction industry according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). The survey asked over 1400 construction professionals what type of corrupt practice was most commonly found, and examined attitudes of how corrupt they deemed a variety of practices to be. The study also looked at the areas in which respondents felt that corrupt practice was most likely to occur. 82% of respondent's were managers or directors; 57% worked in large companies, 20% were employed in medium sized firms and 23% in small organisations. 76% of respondent's regarded the employment of illegal workers as widespread in UK construction; 60% felt that fraud within the industry was prevalent and 41% had been personally offered a bribe.
When an old barn on the edge of Port Perry was slated for destruction to make way for a housing development, Dunford, who lives in nearby Uxbridge, acquired it with the idea of recycling as much of it as possible to build a new model house just south of Peterborough. It's the fifth such home Dunford has constructed using reclaimed barns, but the latest project, built on one acre across from his parents' home in Stewart Hall, also incorporates some of the latest advances in renewable-energy technology. "I always loved old barn timbers and it was always a shame to see them destroyed," says Dunford, who calls his company Barn Revival. "If someone doesn't take the time to take a barn down, developers will either dig a big hole and bury it, burn it or truck it to landfill.
Sondra Cochran has been named director of services/vice president of Beverly-Hanks & Associates. She will oversee all aspects of business development of new home communities, maintain and broaden existing relationships with the companys builder-developer clients; build new clients; assist with builder-developer marketing plans; identify, train and manage on-site sales personnel; and implement ongoing new home sales training programs. .
The construction company E&R Erectors Inc. of Bensalem, Pa. was issued a citation with a proposed penalty of $140,000 for safety violations committed during construction of the University's new College of Law building. The company was hired as a sub-contractor for steel assembly by P. Agnes, Inc., the University's contractor for the building.
The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Organization (OSHA), which enforces safe working conditions in the U.S., cited the construction company for its lack of fall protection while performing structural steel activities and steel beam connection work.
"Over the years, Drexel has enjoyed a very positive and credible working experience with P. Agnes, Inc. on construction projects that have taken place on campus," said Anthony Caneris, senior vice president of Student Life and Administrative Services.
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