Fri May 19, 2017
NICB Teams With CAT Rental Store Manager to Combat Theft
Heavy Equipment theft is a big problem in Florida. More than 1,000 pieces of commercial equipment are reported stolen each month to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). As part of an effort to combat this trend, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) teamed up with Jerry Burford, vice president, west coast sales manager of The Cat Rental Store, at Ring Power's Tampa branch to give a presentation on heavy equipment theft awareness on April 25....
Fri May 19, 2017
Sennebogen to Increase Capacity of Pinellas County Waste Facility
Boasting one of the most advanced waste management systems in the Southeast United States, the Pinellas County, Fla., Solid Waste Management Facility has been a part an aggressive solid waste management program for several decades....
Fri May 19, 2017
APWA Florida Chapter Hosts 2017 Public Works Show
The APWA Florida Chapter held the 2017 Florida Public Works Show on May 8 to 12, and the expo on May 11. More than 200 attendees, 45 exhibitors and public works directors and staff were on hand to check out the latest equipment and product and services....
Wed May 17, 2017
Job Site Shooting
An Osceola County man is facing charges after allegedly shooting at a construction worker in Kissimmee on Tuesday, May 16. The Osceola County Sheriff's Office responded to a construction site at Myers Road and Rob Way, near Osceola Parkway, after a worker reported being shot at while driving a construction vehicle, said Capt....
Tue May 09, 2017
I-4 Ultimate Update: $2.3B Job Passes Two-Year Mark
A more than $2.3 billion dollar project that will rebuild Interstate 4 through central Florida has officially passed the two-year mark of the nearly seven years slated for construction. I-4 Ultimate calls for the reconstruction of 21 mi....
Jon Burt - Wed April 26, 2017
Florida Contractor Improves View at Strawberry Festival
The view at the popular Strawberry Festival is about to get a lot better. Major improvements are in the works at the concert venue for the long-running event in Plant City, Fla. This year's festival recently concluded and saw more than 500,000 people converge for the state's largest agricultural festival....
Wed April 19, 2017
Deputy Shoots Construction Worker Outside Mall
A sheriff says a deputy has shot and wounded a construction worker outside a shopping mall on Florida's Atlantic coast. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said at a news conference April 18 that the construction worker was doing work outside the mall when he started behaving erratically....
Wed March 29, 2017
Florida's Ace Pick-A-Part Uses SDLGs in Recycling Operation
With more than 30 years in the auto salvage business, Ace Pick-A-Part has earned its expertise in handling vehicles. The company holds some 3,000 cars on its lot at any one time, with easy access for customers to pull parts for repairs....
Cindy Barth - Orlando Business Journal - Mon March 27, 2017
Florida Leads Nation for Construction Jobs Added in February
Forty-three states added construction jobs year-over-year in February, with Florida leading the pack, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data....
Cindy Riley - Wed March 15, 2017
Luxury Miami Tower Reaches Construction Milestone
What will be one of downtown Miami's tallest luxury condo towers has reached a milestone in construction, as crews prepare to go vertical. In January, after months of piling and excavation subterranean work, roughly 700 workers poured the foundation for CMC Group's 64-story Brickell Flatiron condominium....
