Orlando International Airport Terminal C, Graham Swamp Trail and Pedestrian Trail Bridge, Loxahatchee River Movable Bridge Replacement, Brightline Phase II Zone 4, and More Among Engineering Projects Honored TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (December 11, 2023) – With more than 1,000 new residents moving to Florida every day, ensuring that Florida’s infrastructure is prepared to meet our growing…
Tampa Bay engineers build bunk beds for kids in need By Trevor Pettiford | Bay News 9 TAMPA, Fla. — Dozens of Tampa Bay children have a better place to sleep, thanks to bunk beds built by local engineers. What You Need To Know Group hopes to deliver 150 beds by the end of the month…
Bed Build to Help Ensure “No Kid Sleeps on the Floor” in Tampa TAMPA, Fla. (November 15, 2023) – Professional engineers from across Florida will converge on Tampa this Friday, November 17, 2023, to build bunk-beds for Tampa’s underprivileged children. These professionals are members of the Florida Engineering Society and the American Council of Engineering Companies of Florida, and they…
Florida condo dwellers might be in for sticker shock, but it’s for a good reason | Opinion By the Miami Herald Editorial Board Florida lawmakers made a choice after the 2021 Surfside building collapse: to protect human life instead of continuing to allow condominiums to defer important maintenance that could put more people at risk.…
It’s time for a statewide plan to address Florida’s water issues by Dominic M. Calabro – Palm Beach Post Being in a state bound by oceans, it can be tempting to take water for granted. But as Floridians, we know better. Clean water is essential to maintaining our public health. And it is also at…
Graduates to Donate to The Sanibel School STEM Program, Hold Ground Breaking Ceremony for New Hurricane Ian Remembrance and Children’s Engineering Garden at Lakes Regional Park in Lee County, and Make Contribution to FGCU for Scholarships LEE COUNTY, Fla. (October 17, 2023) – Professional engineers from across Florida will gather in Lee County on Thursday,…
Probe of Florida building collapse that killed 98 to be completed by June 2025, US investigators say By The Associated Press SURFSIDE, Fla. — The probe into the 2021 collapse of a beachfront condominium building that killed 98 people in South Florida should be completed by the fourth anniversary of the disaster, federal officials said Thursday. The investigation…
Surfside condo collapse investigators reveal pool deck construction ‘deviated from design requirements’ Building collapse in June 2021 killed 98 people in Florida By Greg Norman Fox News Federal investigators examining the deadly collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside, Florida, have revealed that the construction of the property’s pool deck “deviated from design requirements.” The changes…
Wekiva Parkway Section 6 wins outstanding major project award by Construction Today The contract significantly improved safety, maintained wildlife habitat connectivity, and reduced vehicle-wildlife conflicts Superior Construction announces its Wekiva Parkway Section 6 project has received the ‘Outstanding Major Project Award’ from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Florida (ACEC Florida). Built across a federally…
Graduates Raise $100,000+ to Help Communities Impacted by Hurricane Ian TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (August 2, 2023) – Forty (40) Florida professional engineers recently graduated from Florida’s premiere engineering leadership program, the Florida Engineering Leadership Institute (FELI), as the Class of 2023, and have pledged to use the majority of their more than $100,000 in charitable fundraising…