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Sugarloa School Sets World Record — Now 887 people can’t get the ‘Baby Shark’ song our of their head
May 15th, 2023Ajax in the News
By Mandy Miles -May 15, 2023 "On the morning of May 5, 887 people broke the record for the most people simultaneously performing the ubiquitous “Baby Shark” song and dance that has now been playing on repeat in all 887 people’s heads since the big event.
read more >Monroe County EOC Construction Clears Milestone
May 9th, 2023Ajax in the News
Keys Weekly - "On April 25, AJAX celebrated the “topping off” of the new Monroe County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Marathon. The topping off is the completion of the highest point of the building.
read more >Progress continues on new Monroe County EOC
April 12th, 2023Ajax in the News
"There haven’t been any surprises so far,” Weiner said. “I receive bi-weekly updates from the (Ajax Building) construction manager, who’s been fantastic in his communication.” Right now, Weiner sees no reason why the center won’t be operational by next year’s hurricane season. “We’ll be very pleased when the dry-in work is completed,” she said.
read more >2023 Top 50 Contractors from Polk County to Collier County
March 20th, 2023Ajax in the News
From Mark Gordon of the Business Observer of Florida "Even under a cloud of challenges — supply chain, labor, inflation and more — total revenue of the region’s largest contracts is up nearly 18% over the previous year. If there’s going to be a downturn in construction later this year, then the industry is going out with a large boom.
read more >College cuts ribbon, opens applications to CFK Academy charter high school
March 9th, 2023Ajax in the News
We were thrilled to help bring this unique academy to The College of the Florida Keys campus alongside Zyscovich Architects. "CFK Academy, a tuition-free public charter high school, focuses on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and Career Technical Education (CTE). Curriculum centers on a project-based learning approach that provides students with hands-on engagement in the learning process.
read more >Ajax Building Company Honored as a Top-Performing US Construction Contractor by ABC
March 7th, 2023Ajax in the News
Tallahassee, FL March 7— Ajax Building Company, LLC was recently ranked on Associated Builders and Contractors’ fifth annual Top Performers publication, which lists its contractor members that build the country’s most enduring, innovative, high-quality construction projects, ranked by work hours.
read more >COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE
February 22nd, 2023Ajax in the News
"The upcoming 28,321-square-foot building at the west end of the Marathon airport will include Monroe County’s Emergency Management, Fire Rescue administration and a countywide 911 center. Its $38 million price tag is slated to be paid entirely by grants and state appropriations.
read more >New Beachside Elementary campus opens in Daytona Beach for former Osceola, Ortona students
January 11th, 2023Ajax 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.
read more >Sheriff’s Office’s Ultra-Modern Operations Center Is Dedicated, Ending 4 1/2 Years of Nomadic Existence
December 28th, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >Albany State breaks ground for $8 million medical simulation center
December 12th, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >A Coordinated Effort, Pre-Construction Planning Leads to Significant Cost Savings
December 8th, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >The new additions to the Manatee County schools will help address growth in east Bradenton.
October 3rd, 2022Ajax in the News
Your Observer, Liz Ramos: Thursday, September 22, 2022 - A new addition to Lakewood Ranch High School has been a long time coming.
read more >FSU officially opens ‘transformative’ new Student union, hails community spirit
September 30th, 2022Ajax in the News
"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.
read more >Brevard County breaks ground on new emergency operations center
September 15th, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >Artificial Reef Development Makes a Splash
August 26th, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >Santa Rosa County cuts ribbon on new courthouse
August 26th, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >New Santa Rosa County Courthouse set to open in September
August 26th, 2022Ajax in the News
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.
read more >New Charter High School Coming to Key West in August 2023
July 8th, 2022Ajax in the News
".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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