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Daytona’s Midtown Cultural & Educational Center getting new name
June 3rd, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >Okeechobee County breaks ground on jail expansion
April 25th, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >Orlando Utilities Commission breaks ground on first net-zero emissions facility
March 11th, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >Marathon Construction: What’s Going on Here?
February 21st, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >Malachowsky Hall deflects the Florida glare with an aluminum façade and electrochromatic glazing
February 16th, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >Ceco Building Systems, 2020 Building of the Year – Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus of Pasco County
February 9th, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >Precast Concrete Prototypes in Pinellas County
February 7th, 2022Ajax in the News
PCI Ascent Winter 2022 - Making the Grade, Precast Concrete Prototypes by Monica Schultes "The Pinellas County School District developed a prototype that used precast concrete to construct four school additions in the summer of 2021. 'We developed a kit of parts that could be used in different configurations', describes Ted Williamson, President of Williamson Design Associates.
read more >Lakewood Ranch High Addition Back on Track for 2023
January 13th, 2022Ajax in the News
From the Observer - "Construction on the addition originally was scheduled to begin in the 2020-2021 school year, but plans were delayed due to changes the board made in attendance zones.
read more >New UF/IFAS Alachua County extension office, auditorium opens in Newberry
December 1st, 2021Ajax in the News
From Danielle Ivanov of the Gainesville Sun - "Under the bright Florida sun and a chilly breeze on Tuesday afternoon, Alachua County's new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences extension office and ag auditorium in Newberry were officially opened to the public.
read more >A Bold New Look: Register Roofing Puts Unique Finish On University of North Florida Aquatic Center
November 23rd, 2021Ajax in the News
The entrance to the University of North Florida's Aquatic Center and new 50M Competition Pool is unique and very striking, thanks to Register Roofing! The challenge to this element was that "the IMETCO material required to finish the UNF Aquatic Center, Latitude, had to be custom finished and cut by the manufacturer, which takes time.
read more >County approves contract for $27.8 million new EOC
November 8th, 2021Ajax in the News
Nov 6, 2021 - by Timothy O'Hara, Key West Citizen The Monroe County Commission has approved a contract with a construction company to build a new $27.8 million emergency operations center in Marathon. Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2022 and be completed by June 2023, County Administrator Roman Gastesi said. The county has secured all but $1.
read more >Ajax Building Company Named Accredited Quality Contractor by ABC, Achieving Elite Status in Safety, Education and Culture
October 12th, 2021Ajax in the News
Tallahassee, Florida, October 6, 2021—Ajax Building Company, LLC of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina today announced that it has again been named an Accredited Quality Contractor by Associated Builders and Contractors, the 13th year it has earned the prestigious credential for its commitment to corporate responsibility.
read more >TPD headquarters construction providing new opportunities
October 12th, 2021Ajax in the News
Channing Frampton of WTXL-ABC 27 Tallahassee spoke with both Ajax Building Company Vice President, Jay Smith and Haggai Construction President, Kenneth Taite, about the forthcoming new Tallahassee Police Department headquarters, replacing Northwood Centre Mall, and the opportunities it will offer the community.
read more >FSU’S new Student Union draws from the past while rising toward the future
September 23rd, 2021Ajax in the News
“The original University Union building opened in 1952 when enrollment at FSU was less than 5,000 students! .When the new Student Union project is completed, it will be an amazing asset to our students and a hub for collaboration and engagement on campus,” said Amy Hecht, vice president for Student Affairs.
read more >New Switlik Opens
September 23rd, 2021Ajax in the News
On Tuesday September 21st, Monroe County School District's Stanley Switlik Elementary celebrated its 50th anniversary with a ribbon cutting ceremony of the brand new school! A time capsule was also created/buried by students and staff that will be reopened in 2046.
read more >Ajax Building Company Receives 2021 Best of Fort Myers Award
August 30th, 2021Ajax in the News
FORT MYERS August 23, 2021 -- Ajax Building Company has been selected for the 2021 Best of Fort Myers Award in the General Contractor category by the Fort Myers Award Program. Each year, the Fort Myers Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category.
read more >Farewell, Northwood
August 11th, 2021Ajax in the News
Tallahassee's first indoor mall has started to come down, as of Tuesday August 10th, to make way for the brand new City of Tallahassee Police Department headquarters. Northwood Centre is definitely a part of Tallahassee history because it originally opened in 1969. Repurposing the building for this new facility was not possible since several renovations created an "incongruent design.
read more >Construction Begins on New Beachside Elementary in Daytona Beach
August 4th, 2021Ajax in the News
"Construction has officially begun on the new Beachside Elementary School in Daytona Beach. Representatives from the Volusia County school district, the city of Daytona Beach and the architecture (BRPH) and construction company (Ajax) working on the school gathered for a groundbreaking on Monday, for the new school which will replace the existing Ortona and Osceola elementary schools.
read more >Volusia County School Break Ground on the brand new Beachside Elementary
August 3rd, 2021Ajax in the News
"Volusia County Schools officially celebrated the construction start for the new Beachside Elementary School – consolidating Ortona and Osceola elementary schools – with a groundbreaking ceremony Monday morning. The two 1950s-era schools are being combined into a single, modern school campus at Ortona’s site on North Grandview and North Halifax avenues in Daytona Beach.
read more >Demolition of Northwood Center underway for new Tallahassee police headquarters
July 2nd, 2021Ajax in the News
Tallahassee Democrat - "By this time next year, the Northwood Center, a building that has had many iterations in the past half century, will be gone.
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