JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Brasfield & Gorrie has been honored by the Associated Builders and Contractors Florida First Coast Chapter. During the organization's recent Excellence in Construction awards ceremony, Brasfield & Gorrie's Jacksonville, Florida office received two awards, including a Merit Award and an Eagle Award. Brasfield & Gorrie received the organization's annual Merit Award as the general contractor who partnered with the most local ABC members on its projects. This award recognizes the company’s utilization of local partnerships in its work on St. Vincent's Medical Center Clay County in Middleburg, Florida. Completed in 2013 in partnership with St. Vincent's, Ascension … Read more

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Balfour Beatty Construction has started construction on a new $11.4-million fitness center building located at San Diego Community College District’s Mesa College campus in California. The design-build project will replace the existing fitness facility and provide a new venue for the exercise science and athletic programs, as well as access to improved fitness amenities for use by all Mesa College students. The project scope includes construction of a two-story, 27,200-square-foot steel structure to be occupied by the Mesa College Athletics Department. Program elements include an aerobics studio, weight training room, spinning room, free weight training lab, … Read more

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Dodge Momentum Index erased the gains made over the last two months, falling 4.4 percent in July to 121.4 (2000=100). This marks the index's first decline in four months, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial. The Momentum Index is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year. While the Dodge Momentum Index stumbled in July, on a year-over-year basis it remains 16.5 percent higher than a year earlier. … Read more