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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.
read more >Ortona-Osceola Elementary Students Fill Time Capsule to Signify New Beginning
June 7th, 2021Ajax in the News
"Ortona Elementary fifth-grader Savannah Surgent can think of plenty of things that future elementary schoolers should know about the 2020-21 school year — like how she and her friends used social media, and how they had to wear masks and social distance this year. The most important thing she wants future students to know: "We're all friends here.
read more >Updates on FSU’s Oglesby Union Construction
June 7th, 2021Ajax in the News
"With a date now set, the Union is expected to be completed by Fall 2021, and open to the public on Jan. 1, 2022, at the beginning of the Spring semester. Chris Kuhn, construction manager for the new Union, highlighted some obstacles that may have caused the Union’s completion to get pushed back.
read more >Ajax Building Company awarded Hellas Construction the 2020 Southwest Florida Region, Core Trades, Subcontractor of the Year
April 29th, 2021Ajax in the News
From 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, 2021Ajax in the News
Even 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, 2021Ajax in the News
Atlanta, 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, 2021Ajax in the News
The 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, 2021Ajax in the News
Thanks 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, 2021Ajax in the News
WUWF 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, 2021Ajax in the News
Thanks 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, 2021Ajax in the News
"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, 2021Ajax in the News
"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, 2021Ajax in the News
Construction 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, 2021Ajax in the News
Tallahassee, 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, 2021Ajax in the News
"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.
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