More project news & industry updates with this week’s TRUITT NEWS CONSTRUCTION REPORT.

👷 Yates Construction continues work on the big Ripley Bypass (Highway 15 Widening) project in Tippah County, MS expected to finish summer 2028.

👷 Auburn, AL’s Rabren General Contractors continues forward momentum on the big new Margaritaville project in Orange Beach, AL.

👷 In Greenville County, SC, J. Davis Construction celebrated the ribbon-cutting on their Slater-Marietta Fire Station 72 project.

👷 Russell Springs, KY’s Branscum Construction Company, Inc. has the new Waco Elementary School on schedule in Richmond, KY despite some cold weather and a little snow.

👷 Auburn, AL-based First Team Construction (AL) broke ground on the new Montview Elementary School & STEM Magnet Elementary School for Huntsville City Schools. Interesting job where both schools will occupy 55,000 sq ft of a shared 110,000 sq ft building when completed on an 18 acre site. Should be ready in for classes to start in 2027.

👷 Alexandria, LA’s Ratcliff Companies is working on their $65.6m, 146,000 sq ft, Career Institute West job for the Dallas Independent School District.

👷 New South Construction just kicked off a new park renovation project for the City of Newnan, GA. Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) did the design work.

👷 Anniston, AL’s Forsyth Building Company Inc celebrated the ribbon-cutting of the $3.8m Randolph County Courthouse Rear Entrance Renovation project.

👷 Congleton-Hacker Company has the structural steel up on the new, 2-story, Freestanding Emergency Department & Urgent Care project in Georgetown, KY for Baptist Health System KY & IN.

👷New Gen Construction LLC has completed their work on the Clayton County Fire Station # 9 that is part of Albion General Contractors, Inc. team on that project.

👷 Birmingham-based Vincent Construction Inc has completed work on the new Starbucks in Anniston, AL for Blackwater Real Estate, LLC and it is now open.

👷 Bham’s Doster Construction Company is really getting into their 2121 Crestmoor multi-family project in Nashville’s Greenhills neighborhood.

👀 HIRING: Nashville’s R.C. Mathews Contractor needs an Accounting Specialist for their team.

👀 GREAT IDEA: Retail Live! is adding a BUILT section to their meetings across the country that will focus on bringing developers together with contractors working in the commercial retail space.

👀 CONGRATS: Ryan Gootee of Ryan Gootee General Contractors, LLC on being named to the Biz New Orleans Magazine 500 list recognizing New Orleans’ most impactful business leaders.

📅 TODAY: Alabama Road Builders Association Holiday Party at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center.

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