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New Beachside Elementary campus opens in Daytona Beach for former Osceola, Ortona students

New Beachside Elementary campus opens in Daytona Beach for former Osceola, Ortona students

January 11th, 2023

Ajax in the News

From the Daytona News Journal - "With the start of the new year and a new semester, the Volusia County School District also celebrated the opening of a new school. The consolidation of Osceola Elementary and Ortona Elementary culminated on Tuesday with the official opening of the Beachside Elementary campus in Daytona Beach, home of the Sea Turtles.

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Sheriff’s Office’s Ultra-Modern Operations Center Is Dedicated, Ending 4 1/2 Years of Nomadic Existence

Sheriff’s Office’s Ultra-Modern Operations Center Is Dedicated, Ending 4 1/2 Years of Nomadic Existence

December 28th, 2022

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From FlaglerLive.com - "After holding up the Certificate of Occupancy for the new Operations Center on Commerce Boulevard this afternoon–it had been a four-and-a-half-year wait–Sheriff Rick Staly spoke of the long-time deputy who was driving by the building recently and stopped to investigate an open door and an alarm.

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Albany State breaks ground for $8 million medical simulation center

Albany State breaks ground for $8 million medical simulation center

December 12th, 2022

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y Alan Mauldin in the Albany Herald:  “The Georgia Chamber reports that 122,000 health care jobs will need to be filled by 2025 in our state,” the Phoebe CFO and chief administrative officer said. “Nationally, 80,000 qualified nursing school applicants were turned away in 2019 because of insufficient resources, not enough facilities or faculty to teach them.

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A Coordinated Effort, Pre-Construction Planning Leads to Significant Cost Savings

A Coordinated Effort, Pre-Construction Planning Leads to Significant Cost Savings

December 8th, 2022

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Structure Magazine, Dylan Richard, P.E., and Stephen Blumenbaum, P.E. "As part of an ongoing campus improvement program, the University of Florida and the University of Florida Police Department in Gainesville, Florida, recently commissioned their new Public Safety Building (PSB) located in the heart of the campus.

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The new additions to the Manatee County schools will help address growth in east Bradenton.

The new additions to the Manatee County schools will help address growth in east Bradenton.

October 3rd, 2022

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Your Observer, Liz Ramos: Thursday, September 22, 2022 - A new addition to Lakewood Ranch High School has been a long time coming.

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FSU officially opens ‘transformative’ new Student union, hails community spirit

FSU officially opens ‘transformative’ new Student union, hails community spirit

September 30th, 2022

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"Highlights of the union include an expanded bookstore, an art studio, a 12-lane bowling alley and billiards room, a sports bar, a four-restaurant food court and a new Club Down Under.

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Brevard County breaks ground on new emergency operations center

Brevard County breaks ground on new emergency operations center

September 15th, 2022

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The new $30 million facility will mean staff from agencies around the county won’t have to sleep where they work. The modern EOC will have a consolidated dispatch center. As for structural improvements, the center will be able to withstand Category 5 hurricane-strength winds and have the latest technology to respond to emergencies. State Sen.

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Artificial Reef Development Makes a Splash

Artificial Reef Development Makes a Splash

August 26th, 2022

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August 20, 2022, OUC Connect For three hours on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, a front-end loader traversing the 120-foot barge picked up huge chunks of concrete and 25 tons of granite blocks, the latter donated by Shell, and deposited them in three places across 600 feet of ocean. Located about 2.75 miles off of Ponce Inlet at approximately 29° 07.

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Santa Rosa County cuts ribbon on new courthouse

Santa Rosa County cuts ribbon on new courthouse

August 26th, 2022

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Wednesday, August 17th 2022, by ABC3 WEAR-TV staff "I am honored to be here on this glorious day when we open the new Santa Rosa County Courthouse," he said. "It is the culmination of a long and difficult journey going back 20 years. This beautiful building was secured by the tremendous effort, assistance and dedication of many people.

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New Santa Rosa County Courthouse set to open in September

New Santa Rosa County Courthouse set to open in September

August 26th, 2022

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August 17th, 2022 - Alex Miller, Pensacola News Journal ".The three-story, 115,000-square-foot building replaces the old courthouse in downtown Milton, which first welcomed people in 1927.The new courthouse will feature seven courtrooms, judges' suites, jury rooms, clerk's offices, public defender's and state attorney's offices and hearing suites.

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New Charter High School Coming to Key West in August 2023

New Charter High School Coming to Key West in August 2023

July 8th, 2022

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".the College of the Florida Keys is constructing a new building on its Key West campus that will house the CFK Academy charter high school. The school aims to enroll 85 students in its first year, and then increase that enrollment to about 220 students over five years.

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OUC Breaks Ground on St. Cloud Operations & Maintenance Center

OUC Breaks Ground on St. Cloud Operations & Maintenance Center

July 7th, 2022

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From Relay, Florida's Energy & Electric Utility Magazine - Summer 2022 "Recently, representatives with OUC – The Reliable One and the City of St. Cloud led the groundbreaking ceremony for OUC’s state-of-the-art St. Cloud Operations & Maintenance Center, the "first net-zero campus for a Florida utility.

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Daytona’s Midtown Cultural & Educational Center getting new name

Daytona’s Midtown Cultural & Educational Center getting new name

June 3rd, 2022

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The Midtown Cultural & Educational Center, a top quality community center with everything from a dance studio to a computer room, is getting a new name. Daytona Beach city commissioners unanimously agreed at their meeting Wednesday night to rename the 10-year-old facility the Julia T. and Charles W. Cherry, Sr. Cultural & Educational Center. Charles Cherry, Sr.

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Okeechobee County breaks ground on jail expansion

Okeechobee County breaks ground on jail expansion

April 25th, 2022

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Last month, we broke ground on the new jail expansion project for Okeechobee County with the Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners and AE partner, Securitecture, LLC.

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Orlando Utilities Commission breaks ground on first net-zero emissions facility

Orlando Utilities Commission breaks ground on first net-zero emissions facility

March 11th, 2022

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Thank you to WESH 2 News for covering the Groundbreaking for the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC)  St. Cloud Operations & Maintenance facility project with Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

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Marathon Construction: What’s Going on Here?

Marathon Construction: What’s Going on Here?

February 21st, 2022

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This article from the Keys Weekly gives a quick snapshot of the construction projects happening or starting soon in the Keys, including our Emergency Operations Center (EOC) project with Architects Design Group.

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Malachowsky Hall deflects the Florida glare with an aluminum façade and electrochromatic glazing

Malachowsky Hall deflects the Florida glare with an aluminum façade and electrochromatic glazing

February 16th, 2022

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From Matthew Marani, Architect's Newspaper - "Designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Walker Architects, Malachowsky Hall will feature a textured façade that protrudes and folds to create swatches of light and shadow all along its considerable length.

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Ceco Building Systems, 2020 Building of the Year – Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus of Pasco County

Ceco Building Systems, 2020 Building of the Year – Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus of Pasco County

February 9th, 2022

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We're excited to announce that the Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus of Pasco County has won the Ceco Building Systems 2020 Building of the Year. This facility consists of a new 100,000 SF PEMB indoor sports arena with 230’ clear span and 70,000 SF of wood flooring for the primary use of volleyball, basketball, dance, cheerleading, and other indoor sports.

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