Turner Industries creates Waddell Mechanical Division

Turner Industries Group LLC recently announced the formation of its Waddell Mechanical Division, resulting from the completed acquisition of Waddell Mechanical Inc. in Decatur, Ala.

The service base of Waddell Mechanical in the Tennessee Valley and the resources of Turner Industries will enable the delivery of an expanded array of services to the companies’ current clients, as well as new ones throughout the expanded region.

One of these services is in the area of increased fabrication capabilities. The Waddell Mechanical Division will enable Turner Industries to fabricate process and ASME Code vessels and equipment, structural steel and high purity “clean room” pipe and equipment.

The division will also be capable of fabricating several types of special alloy process equipment and pipe such as titanium, stainless steel, aluminum, hastolloy, inconel, monel and chromolly, as well as carbon steel.

The acquisition of Waddell Mechanical also provides Turner Industries with another strategic location to service its client base. The fabrication and shipment of process modules and skids, as well as process equipment, has greatly increased capabilities to more regions of the United States.

Turner Industries’ strength in industrial construction, maintenance and turnarounds, modular and pipe fabrication, equipment, rigging, heavy haul and specialty services will reinforce and expand the level of services that Waddell Mechanical is currently providing to the northern Alabama region industrial owners.

Gulf Coast condo project featured on Travel Channel

An exclusive Orange Beach, Ala., condominium development built by Nashville-based Bell & Associates Construction will be featured on the Travel Channel’s Luxury Living segment.

“We’re looking forward to the opportunity to showcase this tremendous project and our workmanship to a national audience,” said Keith Pyle, president of Bell and Associates Construction. “The residences reflect an outstanding design and the highest quality finishes for luxury living.”

Luxury Living is part of the Travel Channel’s Great Escapes series and showcases the lifestyles of the rich and famous as they travel, dine and shop in exclusive hot spots around the world. The Travel Channel shot footage of the luxury development in September and the show is slated to air in December.

Opal Condominiums is an exclusive 14-story beach-front residential development that includes 13 luxury residences, each with five bedrooms and five and a half bathrooms.

Each condo features two patios that overlook the Gulf of Mexico. Resident amenities include built-in media centers, stone floors, cherry-wood trim and doors, granite countertops, imported European cabinetry, designer-grade bath and kitchen fixtures, glass-front beverage coolers and top of the line appliances.

The development also boasts indoor and outdoor swimming pools and a fitness center.

Opal Condominiums is a development of Opal Ventures LLC. The Opal was designed by architect WHL Architecture & Interiors.

Robins & Morton breaks ground on three medical centers

Healthcare construction specialist Robins & Morton of Birmingham, Ala., recently broke ground on three medical center projects totaling $69 million in Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama.

Robins & Morton is serving as construction manager on a $32 million project at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth, Miss. Construction of the 139,000-sq.-ft. project includes renovations to the emergency department as well as a new medical office building, patient tower and surgery units. The project will be completed in September 2007.

In September, the firm broke ground on a $19 million women’s center patient tower project at Marshall Medical Center South in Boaz, Ala. The 70,000-sq.-ft. women’s center patient tower addition and renovation will be completed in September 2007.

Meanwhile, construction has begun on a replacement hospital for Rhea Medical Center in Dayton, Tenn. The 75,470-sq.-ft. project has a construction cost of $18.8 million.

Construction underway on Birmingham condominiums

Golden & Associates Construction LLC of Birmingham, Ala., recently began construction on the 2600 Highland Condominiums in Birmingham. The 11-story building will include a three-level parking deck and eight levels containing 41 high-end condominiums. A pool area, fitness center and spa, and garden deck will complete the project.

The $17 million project is scheduled to be complete in February 2008. Simonson Germany Nonemaker & Associates of Atlanta is the design architect firm and Krumdieck A+I of Birmingham is the interior design firm.