Montgomery schools build for the future

Heery International was selected by Montgomery, Ala.-based TCU Consulting LLC to serve as associate program manager for the $100 million Montgomery Public Schools building program. 

Heery’s primary responsibility will be design phase management, cost control and document reviews.

“Montgomery is experiencing tremendous growth,” says Heery Program Director Dennis LaGatta. “Plans are underway for six new facilities. Those plans include a high school, two middle schools and three elementary schools.” 

LaGatta says four elementary schools are slated for renovation. 

“Two of the buildings to be renovated are historically significant,” LaGatta says.  “We’ll be evaluating those facilities carefully to determine the best method for incorporating much needed upgrades.”

Heery International is a 1,000-person architecture, interior design, engineering, facility management, program management and construction management firm with annual revenues of more than $400 million.

Grand Hotel Resort renovations completed

Contractors at The Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Ala., recently completed renovating the interior and exterior spaces of the resort. 

With significant damage from Hurricane Katrina, the facility was in desperate need of repair. Every space on the ground level of the hotel was destroyed. In many cases damaged or dated infrastructure was revealed, requiring replacement of finishes, as well as replacement and repair of structural flooring systems, new electrical and mechanical systems.  

As a result, the building was brought up to code in many aspects where feasible.

Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood Inc. of Montgomery, Ala., used the opportunity to >> bring back the face of an historic gathering place with an improved image and new features. Great care was taken to recover the existing style both inside and outside, as well as make additions or improvements based on the needs as they were prior to the storm. New furnishings, fabrics and draperies were provided and the ambiance of the interior space was renewed.

Goodwyn Mills & Cawood is an architectural and engineering firm with offices in Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile and Andalusia, Ala., as well as Crestview, Fla.

Shelby Baptist completes catheterization lab

Birmingham-based construction company Robins & Morton recently completed a new Invasive Cardiology Suite for Shelby Baptist Medical Center.

The 12,000-sq-ft facility opened in February and features three cath labs, 10 patient holding beds and emergency generator capacity in case of extended power loss.

The $4.5 million design-build project is one of several building projects taking place on the campus. About $70 million in construction is in various stages of work by Robins & Morton, including a new lobby & entrance for the Women’s Center, an Emergency Department build out & canopies, a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and a new Central Energy Plant.

A new five-story parking deck and five-story patient tower are also part of the overall construction package.

Mobile Section AGC announces officers, directors

Don R. Jordan Jr., vice president of Jordan Pile Driving Inc. will serve as 2007-2008 president of the Mobile Section, Alabama, Associated General Contractors of America.  

Jordan succeeds Ben M. Radcliff Jr., president of Ben M. Radcliff Contractor Inc., who will continue to serve as immediate past president.  

Jordan Pile Driving, a general contracting firm specializing in marine construction and foundations, was established in 1946. 

Other officers include Vice President  John E. Pate, J. F. Pate & Associates Inc.; and Secretary-Treasurer Jason P. Hillier, Ogden Construction Inc.

Serving as national directors representing the Mobile Section are  Norman J. Walton, J. S. Walton & Co., and M. A. Kopf III, M. R. Kopf Contracting Inc.

Mobile Section general contractor directors are Alexander V. Allain, Ollinger Construction Inc.; William J. Conner III, Sunset Contracting Inc.; Allan R. Crow, Robert J. Baggett Inc.; Roger M. Dixon, John G. Walton Construction Co. Inc.; Patricia W. Esfeller, Esfeller Construction Co. Inc.; John P. Grevenitis, S. J. & L Inc.; Jason P. Hillier, Ogden Construction Inc.;

Torrey M. Garrison, White-Spunner Construction Inc.; James L. Gates, Vance McCown Construction Co. Inc.; T. Vance McCown, Vance McCown Construction Co. Inc.; R. Keith Mosley, Keith Mosley Construction; Mark C. Mostellar Sr., Mobile Asphalt Co.; Wayne B. Mostellar Sr., White-Spunner Construction Co. Inc.; John E. Murphy III, H. O. Weaver & Sons Inc.;

Mark T. Newby, TerMac Construction Inc..;  James N. Odgen III, Ogden Construction Inc.; James N. Ogden IV, Cheyenne Steel Inc.; J. E. Stokley, J & J Construction & Maintenance Contractor Inc.; Michael B. Tew, S. J. & L. Inc.; Paul E. Weaver, H. O. Weaver & Sons Inc.; Calvin D. Weaver, Weaver Investments; and John G. Walton, John G. Walton Construction Co. Inc.

Originally chartered in 1963, Mobile Section, AGC, is part of a national and statewide association whose membership includes general contractors, subcontractors, specialty contractors, material and equipment suppliers, insurance bonding, and financial institutions, engineering firms, law firms and others who supply specialized services to the construction industry.