Green Building Law Update

JULY 10, 2016

Some years ago an ordinance enacted by the City of Miami Beach received accolades across the globe when it protected endangered sea turtles that nest on the beaches of Miami Beach, by “restricting artificial lighting and other activities that disorient turtle hatchlings, causing them to crawl toward land rather than toward the ocean.”.

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Miami Green Certification Sustainability 120

ENR Construction

APRIL 25, 2023

On a high-profile, long-vacant site, the 550-ft-tall Five Park Miami Beach is starting a new chapter for the entrance to South Beach.

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Miami Site 66

ENR Construction

JULY 29, 2021

Under the county's equitable distribution program, the Miami-Dade Police Department is seeking a qualified local forensic engineer with high-rise experience and familiarity with concrete construction to study a recent collapse in Surfside, immediately north of Miami Beach.

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Miami Engineering Concrete Construction 78

Construction Dive

MARCH 8, 2023

Patrick Murphy of Miami-based Coastal Construction Group has been appointed to the President’s Export Council.

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Miami Florida Construction 126

Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

As Hurricane Irma threatens the Miami area, construction companies are taking steps to secure construction sites and equipment. Miami's building boom has also brought about 25 tower construction cranes to the city that pose a unique threat if Hurricane Irma hits.

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Miami Security Equipment Site 100

ENR Construction

JUNE 27, 2023

Dodge offers data on projected 2023 construction starts in the Miami area.

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Miami Construction 36

Construction Dive

JUNE 5, 2019

The Miami International Airport modernization program, aimed at meeting future demand and incorporating design elements that will address climate change and resiliency, will be spread across a period of five to 15 years.

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Miami Airports Design 121

ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

PCL recently completed work on a new vacuum pressure swing adsorption system at the 143-million-gallon-per-day Central District Wastewater treatment plant in Miami.

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Miami 66

BD+C

APRIL 9, 2020

Robins & Morton, one of the nation’s leading healthcare construction companies, is converting 250,000 square feet of the Miami Beach Convention Center into a 450-bed field hospital, including isolation rooms. The Army Corps of Engineers announced the project at a press conference Wednesday, April 8, joined by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Miami Conference Engineering Construction 97

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Supply chain issues and a bid protest have slowed down a Miami highway project, but the Florida Department of Transportation says the Archer Western-de Moya Group joint venture is making steady progress nonetheless.

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Miami Florida Bidding Transportation 50

Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The errors and/or omissions related to engineering and architectural designs, land surveys, construction management and technical consulting are just a few of the areas where problems can lead to significant professional liability issues.

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Miami Liability Florida Consulting 317

ENR Construction

JUNE 21, 2022

Dodge offers data on projected 2022 construction starts in Miami.

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Miami Construction 49

ENR Construction

JANUARY 5, 2021

In November, residential developer Melo Group topped out the 52-story East Tower on its Downtown 5th development in Miami, followed shortly after by its twin 52-story West Tower.

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Miami Residential 69

ENR Construction

JULY 29, 2021

Building officials of Miami-Dade County suspect deferred maintenance rather than weak building codes or an inadequate 40-year recertification process required by the county was the likely reason for the June 24 building failure in Surfside, Fla.

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Miami Residential 69

BD+C

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

YotelPAD Miami, a 31-story hotel/condo project, is currently under construction in Miami’s downtown urban core at 227 NE 2nd Street. Stantec is providing all-inclusive architecture, interior design, and engineering services for the project.

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Miami Architecture Engineering Design 84

ENR Construction

AUGUST 10, 2021

The city of Miami closed the building after discovering a contractor performing unauthorized first-floor column repairs.

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Miami Contractors 69

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Supply chain issues and a bid protest have slowed down a Miami highway project, but the Florida Department of Transportation says the Archer Western-de Moya Group joint venture is making steady progress nonetheless.

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Miami Florida Bidding Transportation 41

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

SkyRise Miami, the city''s soon-to-be tallest tower is now under construction, Arch Daily reports. Architects High-rise Construction' Rising above Biscayne Bay, the 305-meter tower will include three viewing decks, a restaurant, nightclub, and exhibition space. Body Image: read more. Body Image: read more.

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Miami Construction 89

Construction Dive

JULY 26, 2018

Developer NP International contracted the construction giant to build Gables Station, a 1.3-million-square million-square foot complex near a Miami Metrorail station.

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Miami Contract Construction 64

ENR Construction

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Allapattah, a working class, majority Latino neighborhood in Miami, is bounded by convenience—a hospital, metro stations, an art museum, highways for easy access to downtown, the beach and other points of interest—which makes it a magnet for development, pushing prices up, and residents and businesses out.

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Miami Metro 36

Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Irma's gone, but she left Miami's cranes battered and dangling over condos and highrises in her wake. The first crane snapped at the Vice apartment building at 300 Biscayne Blvd., on Sunday morning, where the crane's counter weight had fallen off and into the building. Shortly after, wind gusts damaged a crane boom at 600 NE 30th Terrace.

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Miami 59

Construction Dive

JUNE 27, 2018

Triple Five, developer of the $4 billion, 6-million-square-foot retail-entertainment project, won zoning approval from the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners.

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Miami Green Zoning Retail 63

Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 10, 2018

The Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) held its Annual Conference & Exhibition June 23-27, 2018, at the Fountainebleau Miami Beach in Miami Beach, Florida.

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Conference CFMA Education Miami 174

Construction Dive

JANUARY 19, 2017

We recently uncovered this time-lapse video of the Port of Miami Tunnel (POMT), featuring the use of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) to excavate both tubes. The video shows the holing through and dismantling of the equipment. Read more.

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Miami Equipment Construction 48

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

SkyRise Miami, the city''s soon-to-be tallest tower is now under construction, ArchDaily reports. Architects High-rise Construction' Rising above Biscayne Bay, the 305-meter tower will include three viewing decks, a restaurant, nightclub, and exhibition space. Body Image: read more. Body Image: read more.

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Miami Construction 101

Construction Dive

JANUARY 23, 2023

Construction is expected to be completed on the 800-room hotel in 2025.

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Miami Construction 110

Construction Equipment

JULY 9, 2015

Miami Worldcenter is a $2 billion, 27-acre mixed-use development planned in downtown Miami that will need 10,000 construction workers in the first phase alone, reports GlobeSt.com. Priority will be given to local residents, and almost 500 of those residents turned up for a recent job fair. . .

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Miami Construction Plans 48

Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

SoFi Stadium was just two years old when it first hosted the Super Bowl last year, but Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium has hosted six times since 1987.

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Miami 152

Construction Dive

JULY 8, 2019

Developer CBRE selected HOK to design the cruise line's campus and Plaza Construction as general contractor for the expansion project.

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Miami Construction Contractors Design 103

Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Three workers performing maintenance on an 1,032-foot antenna tower in Miami Gardens, Florida, died when the scaffolding surrounding the tower collaspsed on Wednesday. All three men were contract workers for Tower King II, a Cedar Hill, Texas, company that builds and maintains communications towers.

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Miami OSHA Florida Texas 74

Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Lessons learned from the deadly Miami bridge collapse could affect the design, safety protocols and contract language of similar future projects.

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Miami Safety Contract Construction 147

Construction Equipment

JULY 15, 2016

. . Wal-Mart at Midtown Miami is ready to build. The site prep is finished, the foundation is in and an application with the city for vertical construction of the 203,000-square-foot store at 3055 N. Miami Avenue was submitted June 23.

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Miami Foundation Site Construction 48

Construction Dive

JUNE 15, 2020

The proposed plan focuses on seven geographic areas and would include the construction of storm surge barriers.

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Plans Miami Construction 163

Construction Equipment

JULY 25, 2018

Monday, the former Marlborough House condo building in Miami Beach unexpectedly collapsed, falling towards Collins Avenue. Around 10 a.m.

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Miami Housing 49

ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The NTSB's final report on the Miami bridge collapse provides detailed insights on the engineer's actions leading up to the tragedy.

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Miami Engineering 53

Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Three workers performing maintenance on an 1,032-foot antenna tower in Miami Gardens, Florida, died when the scaffolding surrounding the tower collaspsed on Wednesday. All three men were contract workers for Tower King II, a Cedar Hill, Texas, company that builds and maintains communications towers.

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Miami Florida OSHA Texas 62

Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

. . Miami-Dade Police report a car from the city's elevated transportation system collided with a crane lift around 1 a.m. When paramedics arrived, we found numerous construction workers on the ground tending to their co-workers,” said Miami Fire Rescue Captain Ignatius Carroll. One was in extremely critical condition.

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Miami Transportation Construction 48