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Ajax Building Company awarded Hellas Construction the 2020 Southwest Florida Region, Core Trades, Subcontractor of the Year
April 29th, 2021From Artificial Grass News: "Ajax Building Company awarded Hellas Construction the 2020 Southwest Florida Region, Core Trades, Subcontractor of the Year, for the Key West High School Project. The Core Trades category is defined as a contractor who can perform large scopes of a project.
read more >Preps for demolition underway at the Northwood Centre, the new home for TPD
April 26th, 2021Even though official demo and construction dates have not been announced the very early stages of the forthcoming City of Tallahassee new Police Department headquarters are starting! At the moment the inside of the Northwood Centre Mall is being cleared out, determining what might be reused or recycled before demolition can begin.
read more >The New Cherokee County Adult Detention Center Expansion Opens to Meet the County’s Growing Needs
April 21st, 2021Atlanta, GA – April 16, 2021 - Cherokee County is one of the fastest growing counties not only in Georgia, but in the nation. Ajax Building Company, LLC, Studio 8 Design Architecture, and Croft & Associates were selected to design and build an expansion for their Adult Detention Center.
read more >Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Opens New Jail Housing Tower
April 20th, 2021The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office held a ribbon cutting last Friday for the recently completed Adult Detention Center expansion project with Studio 8 Design and Croft & Associates. Cherokee County is one of the fastest growing counties not only in Georgia, but in the nation.
read more >New $15 Million Technology Building Open at Pensacola State College
April 12th, 2021Thanks to the Pensacola News Journal for their coverage on last Friday's ribbon cutting ceremony of the brand new 23,839 SF Baars Technology Building at Pensacola State College. "The building will allow us to expand the program and provide more class offerings per term," said Robert Pratten, cybersecurity program coordinator.
read more >Baars Tech Building Open for Business at PSC
April 12th, 2021WUWF 88.1, NPR for Florida's Great Northwest, covered the grand opening for the Pensacola State College Baars Technology Building on April 9th. You can listen to the full story HERE. "The $15 million Baars Technology Building is a state-of-the-art, two-story facility containing almost 24,000 sq. ft.
read more >Florida’s Sports Coast finding success in Wesley Chapel
April 7th, 2021Thanks to ABC Action News for covering the buzz still surrounding The Wiregrass Sports Campus of Pasco County. The Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus is now home to dozens of sports and events in Wesley Chapel. Sixteen volleyball courts, eight basketball courts, 56 fencing lanes and eight wrestling mats are all at the complex.
read more >Strike, and strike again: FAMU cuts ribbon, opens ‘student success’ center
April 1st, 2021"Amidst the backdrop of an 8-foot-tall coiled rattler sculpture, Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson presided over a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for the Center for Access and Student Success. The nearly $40 million, three-story, 73,000-square-foot structure opened for occupancy in January.
read more >FAMU holds ribbon cutting for new Center for Access and Student Success
April 1st, 2021"The ribbon is cut and the doors are open at Florida A&M University’s new Center for Access and Student Success. The building is going to make a big difference in the lives of FAMU students; it’s something the University has been working on for a long time.
read more >Alachua County Youth Fair And Livestock Show Opens New Fairgrounds
March 9th, 2021Construction activities on the 37-acre site came to a close in preparation for the Alachua County Youth Fair that was held on March 4th at this facility. Meanwhile, activities on the adjacent 5-acre site pertaining to the construction of the new IFAS Office and Auditorium are continuing. Click HERE for video of the Ribbon Cutting.
read more >Ajax Building Company Named a Top-performing U.S. Construction Company by ABC
March 8th, 2021Tallahassee, FL March 8—Ajax Building Company, LLC was ranked 46 on the Associated Builders and Contractors’ Top 100 General Contractors list, which recognizes ABC member contractors’ in safety, quality, diversity, project excellence and special designations, ranked by work hours. This ranking is up from 49 last year.
read more >Santa Rosa’s new $42M courthouse on track to be complete by end of 2021
March 1st, 2021"The Santa Rosa County courthouse on Avalon Boulevard — one of the largest, most expensive construction projects the county has ever undertaken — is slated to be complete within a year, said county and construction officials Friday.
read more >Ajax Building Company, LLC Awards Best Subcontractors of 2020: 24 Trade Partners of Excellence in Eight Regions
February 22nd, 2021Tallahassee, Florida: After a year like 2020 and all the challenges it brought, Ajax Building Company, LLC is extremely grateful to the subcontractors they are honoring in their annual recognition of the best. Each year, Ajax celebrates the quality, teamwork and high safety standards of their subcontractors in the following trade categories: Core Trades (Site, Structural, and Building).
read more >Remembering Doug Smith: 1944-2021
February 1st, 2021We are heartbroken to report that our dynamic family company patriarch and former President, Doug Smith, passed away last Friday. Even after Doug passed on his presidential torch in 2004, he continued to serve in the role of father figure, sounding board, and champion for Ajax.
read more >Ajax Building Company & AE Partners Earn an Interior Carolopolis Award for the College of Charleston Sottile Theatre Renovation
January 25th, 2021Ajax Building Company, LLC, McMillan, Pazdan, Smith Architecture, Bennett Preservation Engineering, and Rogers Art Conservation were chosen for the renovation of the historic 1927 Sotille Theatre at the College of Charleston, a project that received an Interior Carolopolis Award from the Preservation Society of Charleston (PSC) during their 67th annual celebration.
read more >FAMU’s New CASS Building Takes Shape as Centerpiece for Student Services
January 12th, 2021Thanks to the Tallahassee Democrat for this in depth article about the new Center for Access & Student Success, our project with JRA Architects.
read more >Ajax Building Created a Modern Police Department Building for Georgia Tech
December 11th, 2020"Ajax won an Excellence Award in the General Contractor Institutional $5 million to $15 million category of the Associated Builders and Contractors of Georgia Inc.'s Excellence in Construction Awards for its work on the Georgia Tech Police Department Facility.
read more >UF to Begin Construction on Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology
December 10th, 2020We are very excited about this project - the University of Florida Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Technology. We are equally excited to be working with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson again, our AE partners on the Florida State University Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences Building project completed last year.
read more >Maclay School in Tallahassee to Open $7.5 million New Classroom Wing
December 4th, 2020Thanks to the Tallahassee Democrat for covering the recently completed Beck Family Innovation Center at Maclay School with Elliott Marshall Innes, P.A. "Tallahassee's Maclay School is opening a 20,000 square foot classroom wing this week that cost $7.5 million to build — and includes a 210-gallon saltwater aquarium.
read more >The Backyard Sports Complex at KWHS
December 2nd, 2020The Key West Citizen reports, "Construction continues on The Backyard sports complex at Key West High School. The project, which is slated for completion next month, includes new bleachers and press boxes, new turf on the girls softball field, at left, and the multipurpose main field that will host lacrosse, football and track and field events.
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