Planning
North Carolina
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the NC Turnpike Authority are in the planning stages of replacing the Mid-Currituck Toll Bridge, a new seven-mile span bridge over Currituck Sound and across Maple Swamp to connect mainland Currituck County to US 158 near Aydlett and NC 12 in the Outer Banks. Plans are in the early design stage of the design-build project, with a bid scheduled for June 16, 2026, and an estimated project cost of nearly $397 million. Plans include improvements to prevent and minimize hurricane impacts, as well as to improve safety, such as a medium acceleration lane, light bulbs for U-turn vehicles, a realignment of existing side streets and more. NC Highway 12 will be widened in three locations as part of the project, including the bridge terminus, the commercial area surrounding Albacore Street and Currituck Clubhouse Drive. Roundabouts will also be built on the freeway and signalized pedestrian crossings will be added. NC DOT Division 1 Office, 113 Airport Drive, Ste. 100, Edenton, 27932. DR#94-00595528.
Florida
AdventHealth Orlando plans to build a hospital on 106 acres in New Smyrna Beach at Sugar Mill Drive and Florida Highway 44, east of Interstate 95. Hunton Brady Architects is the project architect and Donald W. McIntosh Associates is the civil engineer, with Luke Transportation. Engineering consultants acting as a consulting engineer. Plans are underway as the owners work to get city review and approval. The project start date and procurement method are still to be determined. AdventHealth Orlando, 601 E Rollins St., Orlando, 32803. DR#20-00491239.
Georgia
Waycross – The Ware County Development Authority is developing designs for a $375 million manufacturing facility for Finland-based Admares in Waycross. Construction is scheduled to begin on June 1, and is expected to be completed by November 2025. The design-build project is being designed to construct a total of 10 one-story precast concrete buildings for a total of 2.5 million square feet. The Admares manufacturing facility, which will manufacture prefab buildings and homes, will be part of an overall $750 million investment in the project. GLSD Architecture is the project architect and Geis Cos. is the project’s general contractor and owner’s agent. Waycross – Ware County Development Authority, 2855 Forest Road, Waycross, 31503. DR#22-00816361.
South Carolina
The South Carolina Department of Transportation is evaluating bids for its $348 million project to improve the Interstate 26 corridor in Calhoun and Lexington counties. With $334 million in Jobs and Infrastructure Investment Act funding, the project received four bids on Feb. 13, and SCDOT will award the project in mid-March. The project runs along I-26 from exit 125 at Old Sandy Run Road to exit 139 at Burke Road. The project includes a 7.5% DBE requirement and a small business rollout. The planned start date is April 1, with completion set for September 1, 2027. SC Dept. of Transportation, 955 Park St., Rm. 502, Columbia, 29201. DR#20-00675541.
North Carolina
Planning sketches are in the works for the Apple Office/R&D Facility-Parking Garage to begin construction in 2026 in Morrisville at Little Drive and Louis Stephens Drive. Apple Inc. is conducting the $347 million design-bid-build project, currently assessing infrastructure needs for the project to build six buildings in total, including three seven-story office buildings, one of which will add 242,000 square feet and two of which total more than 230,000 square meters each. Three smaller outbuildings and a garage complete the plans. Kimley-Horn is listed as a consultant, Trammel Crow Co. as construction manager and John R. McAdams Co. as a civil engineer. Apple Inc. – Corporate Office, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, 95014. DR#18-00723124.
