On April 27th, the Automatic Storage Retrieval System building, critical to vehicle storage at the Mercedes-Benz U.S. International plant in Vance, Alabama, was nearly destroyed by a tornado. We had only fifteen weeks to achieve substantial completion for this project, starting almost from scratch. Unfortunately, timing and cost made reusing the original structural design – […]
Within steel mills, steel dust forms after electric arc furnaces melt scrap metal. In the United States alone, over one million tons are generated every year. And 40% of that ends up in landfills, creating safe storage issues and squandering the opportunity to produce a staggering amount of valuable zinc and iron rich material. SDR […]
This project called for the construction of a 225,000 square-foot addition to an original body shop at the plant. Constructed in connection with a $290 million overall expansion and upgrade, the scope of work for the project also included constructing an electrical substation, tornado shelters, and 29 loading docks. In addition, the project required extensive […]
The spiritual heritage of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, the heart of Tuscaloosa’s Catholic community, began nearly with the incorporation of Tuscaloosa itself, more than 150 years ago. During that time, first as Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church in 1844, then continuing to grow with the establishment of Saint Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in 1916, […]
One week into December residents of a low income, senior citizen apartment building at the foot of the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa received heartbreaking news. They would lose their homes unless a plan for a new sprinkler system for the 13-story building, required by the current fire code, was in place by January […]
We are honored to have received national recognition for our workplace safety program. Safety is an Amason top core value. Our First Place 2010 Construction Safety Excellence Award by the Associated General Contractors of America in the General Contracting Building Division demonstrates our team-wide goal of jobsite safety. Our teams know that we back the […]
We were given 90 days to complete this project, though a scheduled shutdown would stop vehicle production for only 30 days. And during that time, a critical portion of the work, amounting to over half of the project, had to be completed. A delay of even one day over the shutdown period would interrupt the […]
Insofar as location, the site chosen for the bank branch was practically ideal, central and convenient to area First Federal customers and boasting an existing building that could be salvaged. However, in reality, the site was simply too small for the four-lane drive-thru the bank would require. Plus, in a prior life, the out-parcel’s existing […]
The Eastwood Mac Retail Building is a 7,000 square-foot, one-to-four tenant shopping center located in the heart of Tuscaloosa. In its construction, we tried diligently to use as many earthen materials as possible. The building’s natural pallet of rough brown stacked stone veneer, smooth slabs of black slate, and clay tile roof is beautifully combined […]