PPI Construction Management is pleased to welcome Steve Grube as Director of Business Development.

Steve has over 20 years of construction industry experience, having held executive positions in large construction management firms and in higher education facility management. He also served as senior director of facilities for the Orange County School Board where he had executive oversight for the design and construction of over $500 million worth of school board facilities.

In his new role, Steve is responsible for maintaining relations with PPI’s clients throughout Florida, and identifying and opening new markets.



PPI Construction Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Ryan Taylor as Project Executive for the PPI Palm Coast office.

A LEED Accredited Professional, Ryan is an experienced construction manager with a strong record of delivering public and private sector projects. As Project Executive he will oversee PPI’s growing presence throughout the North East Florida area.



PPI Construction Management has been selected by the School District of Osceola County to build the new auditorium building at Poinciana High School in Kissimmee, Fla. The 23,000 square foot facility will feature concessions, ticket book, stage and drama classrooms. The auditorium will seat approximately 800 people. The building will be constructed on the existing Poinciana High School site.

The $4,900,000 building, designed by Schenkel Shultz Architects, is scheduled to begin construction in June 2008 for completion in February 2009.



PPI Construction Management will begin construction in June on the new Deltona Regional Library addition.

The project will add 15,000 square feet of space to the existing library. The new space includes a multipurpose auditorium, interactive lecture areas/classroom space, educational displays, a gift shop and support facilities. In addition, the project will add an 8,000 square foot Environmental Learning Center and space for the Volusia County Human and Veteran’s services.

Construction of the addition is expected to take 11 months and be complete by May 2009.



Several PPI project teams recently “topped out” their projects. In Orlando, the University of Central Florida Physical Science building held a topping out for the University of Central Florida Physical Science Building, a 68,010 square foot facility for Physics and Chemistry departments.

In Gainesville, a topping out was held at The Village retirement community, where PPI/CPC, LLC is expanding the facility with the addition of two 60 unit, multistory Independent Living towers. Assisted Living facilities and a new Marketing building are also under construction


In Flagler County, crews celebrated the topping out of the new cafetorium/classroom addition to Buddy Taylor Middle School and Wadsworth Elementary School. The 140,979 square foot building houses 56 classrooms and multiple kitchens, dining rooms and multipurpose spaces to be shared by the two schools. It will also serve as the largest hurricane shelter in Flagler County.



PPI Construction Management has been selected by the University of Florida to build the new women’s lacrosse facility on the main campus in Gainesville.

The new facility, which will be home to UF’s newest Division I sport, will feature two practice fields for soccer and lacrosse and one lacrosse competition field. In addition, the site on the south side of the campus will have a locker room and office building, and grandstand seating and press box. The facility will be complete in May 2009 in time for competition.

This will be the tenth athletic facility PPI has built for UF. Another project, currently under construction, is the Gateway of Champions football offices scheduled for completion in July.

Two PPI projects have won major Associated Builders and Contractors awards. The Seminole Community College Information Technology Workforce Development Center won an Excellence in Construction Eagle Award, the highest award in its category. This recently completed 67,000 square foot facility is a satellite campus at the Heathrow International Business Center and features two dozen high tech seminar rooms, classrooms and an Industry Economic Development Suite for use by local business partners. In addition to serving as a teaching location for SCC technology based degrees and corporate continuing education courses, the facility will serve as the new headquarters for the Seminole County Chamber of Commerce.



In addition, the University of Central Florida’s recently completed Psychology Building received an Excellence in Construction Award of Merit. This facility for the Psychology Department and its associated disciplines includes classrooms, research laboratories, clinic, faculty and undergraduate offices and an auditorium. The 75,000 square foot, three-story structure is constructed with an exterior skin of curtain wall and brick with aluminum panel accents.



PPI has been selected to manage the construction of the new Lake Sumter Community College/Lake County library project. This 55,000 square foot, two-story facility will feature general education classrooms, study areas, library facilities and offices for use by LSCC and the people of Lake County. The building will be located on the LSCC/UCF satellite campus in Clermont, Florida.



The Lake County, Board of County Commissioners recently selected PPI to provide construction management services for the large, multi-phased expansion of the Judicial Center in Tavares, Fla. The project includes 28,665 square feet of new office space for the Tax Collector and Property Appraiser's offices, a new 1800 vehicle parking garage, an additional 288,361 square feet of new space and a 120,620 square foot expansion of the existing Judicial Center, full remodeling of the existing Courthouse and a new chiller plant. The facility has Silver LEED Certification as its goal.



Valencia Community College has selected PPI to oversee construction of a new VCC/University of Central Florida Joint Use facility. The project will encompass 100,000 square feet in a new multi-story building on the west campus. The facility includes computer labs, classrooms, auditorium and office spaces. The building will be LEED Certified, with Silver certification as the goal.



PPI/CPC, LLC officially broke ground on two new Volusia County Schools in early May. Middle School DD is a new 169,000 square foot school for grades 6-8, due for completion in June 2008. The $37M school campus features a mix of one- and two-story buildings with associated support facilities and is constructed as a hurricane hardened EHPA shelter.

Volusia high school DDD is a 353,000 square foot Schenkel Shultz prototype with 2600 student stations in multiple three-story buildings. The project calls for complete site work including tennis and basketball courts, and football, softball, baseball and soccer fields. The $95M school is scheduled for completion in August 2009.



PPI recently completed work on the new Lake Sumter Community College Science and Math Building. The two-story tilt wall facility provides space for general science teaching laboratories, classrooms and administrative space. The 51,000 square foot building is one of four STH Architects prototype science buildings being constructed on Florida Community College campuses.



Construction is well underway on the new football offices at the University of Florida. PPI is providing construction management services for the 50,000 square foot expansion and construction project to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The project includes renovating the existing weight room and office spaces, renovation and expansion of the Gator Room, and the addition of a new prominent “front door” entrance for the National Champion football program.
 

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