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2023 Top 50 Contractors from Polk County to Collier County - March 20th, 2023 - 1

2023 Top 50 Contractors from Polk County to Collier County

March 20th, 2023

Ajax 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.

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College cuts ribbon, opens applications to CFK Academy charter high school - March 9th, 2023 - 2

College cuts ribbon, opens applications to CFK Academy charter high school

March 9th, 2023

Ajax 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.

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Ajax Building Company Honored as a Top-Performing US Construction Contractor by ABC - March 7th, 2023 - 3

Ajax Building Company Honored as a Top-Performing US Construction Contractor by ABC

March 7th, 2023

Ajax 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.

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COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE - February 22nd, 2023 - 4

COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE

February 22nd, 2023

Ajax 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.

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New Beachside Elementary campus opens in Daytona Beach for former Osceola, Ortona students - January 11th, 2023 - 5

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 - December 28th, 2022 - 6

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 - December 12th, 2022 - 7

Albany State breaks ground for $8 million medical simulation center

December 12th, 2022

Ajax 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.

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A Coordinated Effort, Pre-Construction Planning Leads to Significant Cost Savings - December 8th, 2022 - 8

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. - October 3rd, 2022 - 9

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

October 3rd, 2022

Ajax 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.

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FSU officially opens ‘transformative’ new Student union, hails community spirit - September 30th, 2022 - 10

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

September 30th, 2022

Ajax 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.

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Brevard County breaks ground on new emergency operations center - September 15th, 2022 - 11

Brevard County breaks ground on new emergency operations center

September 15th, 2022

Ajax 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.

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Artificial Reef Development Makes a Splash - August 26th, 2022 - 12

Artificial Reef Development Makes a Splash

August 26th, 2022

Ajax 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.

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Santa Rosa County cuts ribbon on new courthouse - August 26th, 2022 - 13

Santa Rosa County cuts ribbon on new courthouse

August 26th, 2022

Ajax 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.

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New Santa Rosa County Courthouse set to open in September - August 26th, 2022 - 14

New Santa Rosa County Courthouse set to open in September

August 26th, 2022

Ajax 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.

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New Charter High School Coming to Key West in August 2023 - July 8th, 2022 - 15

New Charter High School Coming to Key West in August 2023

July 8th, 2022

Ajax 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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OUC Breaks Ground on St. Cloud Operations & Maintenance Center - July 7th, 2022 - 16

OUC Breaks Ground on St. Cloud Operations & Maintenance Center

July 7th, 2022

Ajax in the News

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 - June 3rd, 2022 - 17

Daytona’s Midtown Cultural & Educational Center getting new name

June 3rd, 2022

Ajax 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.

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Okeechobee County breaks ground on jail expansion - April 25th, 2022 - 18

Okeechobee County breaks ground on jail expansion

April 25th, 2022

Ajax 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.

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