FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mike White
813-699-5900
www.prince-sdc.com


MACON, Ga., August 3, 2010- Work began on the Georgia Department of Transportation’s I-75 widening project in Macon, Georgia as Prince started site preparations on Tuesday. Next week Prince will install erosion control devices and begin clearing operations. The heavy construction should commence in the following weeks.

On June 15, 2010 Prince received the Notice to Proceed from the Georgia Department of Transportation for the $54 million widening and reconstruction of I-75/SR 401 from Pierce Avenue and to Arkwright Drive.  During the 30-month interstate improvement project, Prince will widen 3.65 miles of the existing road, construct seven bridges, and install Video Detection Systems (VDS) at intersections. Work is scheduled to last until May 2013.

Prince Contracting, LLC is a civil construction company that specializes in highway and bridge construction and site development projects.  Prince was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida with offices throughout Florida and Georgia.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mike White
Phone: 813-699-5900
www.prince-sdc.com

GORDON, Ga., (June 1, 2010) - In the past month Prince’s crews have begun stabilizing roadway on the Georgia Department of Transportation’s Fall Line Freeway project. Prince has stabilized one mile of roadway on the 7.5-mile project.  With four critical box culverts being completed recently, Prince is now focused on earth movement and drainage installation across the job and will begin bridge construction in early August.

Prince received its notice to proceed from the Department in September of 2009 on the $30 million, 33-month Fall Line Freeway project.  Overcoming last winter’s record rainfalls, Prince’S efforts are building momentum from the improved site conditions seen this spring. Prince plans to continue to keep this project ahead of schedule by utilizing its growing local staff.

Prince Contracting, LLC is a civil construction company that specializes in highway & bridge construction and site development projects.  Prince was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida with offices throughout Florida and Georgia.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mike White
Phone: 813-699-5900
www.prince-sdc.com

TAMPA, Fla., (August 3 , 2010) - Prince’s parent company, Soares da Costa (SDC), as a member of a consortium signed a € 1.4 billion contract this May to design, build, maintain, and finance the first segment of the European High Speed Rail network in Portugal.  Along with their partners, Brisa, Iridium, and Odebrecht, SDC will construct 167 km (104 miles) of High Speed Rail track from Poceirão to Caia that will eventually link Madrid to Lisbon. 

The project is a Public-Private-Partnership between the Portuguese government and the Elos consortium, the name of which literally translates to “links.”  During the 40-year term on the agreement the concessionaire will be reimbursed by the Portuguese rail authority, REFER, for the availability of the track and ticket sales. The project is on schedule to break ground before the end of 2010 and begin operation in 2013.

This fall, Florida’s High Speed Rail Authority plans to release a Request for Qualification to design, build, operate, maintain, and finance the 84-mile segment of High Speed Rail linking Tampa and Orlando.  With the momentum SDC’s recent High Speed Rail success, Prince looks forward to competing for the first High Speed Rail project in the United States.

Prince Contracting, LLC is a civil construction company that specializes in highway and bridge construction and site development projects.  Prince was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida with offices throughout Florida and Georgia.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mike White
Phone: 813-699-5900
www.prince-sdc.com

ATLANTA, Ga., (May 4, 2010) - Prince Contracting, LLC has been short-listed for Georgia’s first Public Private Partnership.  Prince and Soares Da Costa, along with its partners Cintra, Ferrovial Agroman, and Meridiam, were among the three groups that submitted qualifications and were selected to propose on the development and construction of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) $2.3 billion PPP project known as West by Northwest. The GDOT analyzed the respondent’s statements of qualifications (SOQ) and selected the short-listed teams based on their experience and capacity.

Shortlisted teams will present proposals to develop and construct a tolled Express Lanes system throughout the West by Northwest project corridor.  The project corridor is divided into two segments, the Northwest and Western. Teams will present a Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain offer for the Express Lanes system on I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties, the Northwest Segment.  The successful team will also enter into a Pre-Development Agreement to study, design, and permit the Express Lanes system on I-285 and I-20 in Cobb and Fulton counties, the Western Segment.   

Teams will submit their comments on the draft Request for Proposal (RFP) between July and October and the final RFP will be issued in November. Proposals are due in May of 2011 and GDOT will award the project the following July.

For more information on the West by Northwest project and P3 program, visit www.georgiaP3.com.

Prince Contracting, LLC is a civil construction company that specializes in highway and  bridge construction and site development projects.  Prince was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida with offices throughout Florida and Georgia.

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Friday, April 22, 2010

Prince is Back to Work on Boyette Road
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mike White
Phone: 813-699-5900
www.prince-sdc.com

Tampa, Fla., April 22, 2010- The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners announced Prince as the successful bidder for the $22 million Boyette Road Phase III project.  Prince will convert 2.26 miles of roadway from two to four lanes, beginning at McMullen Road and ending at Bell Shoals Road. During the 43 month project, Prince will build four signalized intersections, water and sewer services, and a new bridge.

Prince completed Phase II of Boyette Road for Hillsborough County in April of 2009.  Crews will commence work on Phase III in July with clearing operations.  The county must acquire environmental permits and the utility owners must complete their relocations before Prince can begin working in all areas of Phase III.

In the past two weeks, Prince has been the successful bidder on three projects: SR 408 in Orlando, Florida, I-75/SR 401 in Macon, Georgia, and Boyette Road in Riverview, Florida, adding $97 million of work to its backlog.

Prince Contracting, LLC is a civil construction company that specializes in Highway & Bridge construction and site development projects.  Prince was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida with offices throughout Florida and Georgia.

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Friday, April 16, 2010

Prince Wins Georgia Department of Transportation Job
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mike White
Phone: 813-699-5900
www.prince-sdc.com

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Macon, Ga., April 16, 2010- Prince was announced as the successful bidder for the Georgia Depart of Transportation’s (GDOT) widening and reconstruction of I-75/SR 401 beginning south of Pierce Avenue and extending north of Arkwright Drive.  During the $54 million, 30 month interstate project, Prince will widen 3.65 miles of the existing road, construct seven bridges, and install Video Detection Systems (VDS) at intersections.

“The results of this proposal demonstrate Prince’s growing presence in the Georgia market” says John Watson, President of Prince, “We look forward to working with the GDOT on this high profile project.”

This will be Prince’s second project with the GDOT since July.  In September of 2009, Prince commenced work on a $29 million segment of Fall Line Freeway in Twiggs and Wilkinson counties.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2010

Prince Wins Expressway Bid
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mike White
Phone: 813-699-5886
www.prince-sdc.com

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Orlando, Fla., April 13, 2010- Prince was announced as the successful bidder for the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority’s (OOCEA) latest improvements to the East-West Expressway (SR 408) from Oxalis Drive to Goldenrod Road.  During the 17-month, $20.8 million project, Prince will widen .8 miles of the existing toll road and two bridges, construct numerous retaining walls, and install aesthetic treatments on structural elements throughout the site.

This is Prince’s first project with the OOCEA, who recently commenced a five-year, $1.4 billion expansion and improvement program for their Central Florida expressway network. 

The results of this proposal demonstrate that Prince remains among the top civil construction firms in the Central Florida area.  
 

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Vice President Visits Prince Jobsite
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mike White
Phone: 813-699-5886
www.prince-sdc.com

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Clermont, Fla., March, 1, 2010- Vice President Joe Biden visited Prince’s US 27 jobsite on March 1, 2010 to discuss the success and economic impact of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. Biden, along with Senator Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood showed their support for federally funded road widening project in Clermont, Florida and projects like it across America.  Speaking to a crowd seated on concrete pipes, Biden explained how ARRA transportation and infrastructure projects are improving communities, easing travel, and creating jobs. 

"More shovels are going to be going into the ground this spring and this summer than any time last year,"     Biden said to an audience of roughly two dozen Prince employees, adding that in Florida it "means 15,000 guys wearing hard hats and engineers and surveyors, people who are able to make a decent wage and raise a family on, are going to be put to work." 

Biden acknowledged the American people’s frustration with high unemployment rates and the overall slow pace of economy recovery, but explained that federal stimulus spending has been beneficial in creating or saving 2 million jobs throughout the country. He also added that more jobs will be created as transportation projects, funded through ARRA continue to, commence.

"When you lose 8 million jobs in this Great Recession and you keep it from being 10 (million), that's no solace to the 8 million who don't have a job, man," Biden said. "We have to make this work. Too many people are in trouble in this country."

The widening of US 27 is a $19.8 million project that will employ between 20 to 50 Prince personnel at different stages.  Not only has it saved Prince jobs, approximately 60 percent of the Recovery Act funds for the project will be used locally to hire subcontractors and buy materials, helping to further stimulate the economy and put even more Floridians to work.

Business Development Manager, Mike White, was honored to have one of Prince’s  projects selected by the Vice President and the U.S. Department of Transportation as a prime example of how the stimulus is working.

“We are proud to be able to generate economic activity and create job opportunities within the communities we working,” said White. 
 
 

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Prince Lends a Hand in Haiti

For Immediate Release
Contact: Mike White
Phone: 813-699-5886
www.prince-sdc.com

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Tampa, Fla., January 27, 2010 – Prince Contracting, LLC, a civil construction firm based in Tampa, Florida, donated the use of its plane to carry much-needed food and supplies to a church and school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Food and medical supplies that had been collected by Agape Flights, a Christian ministry organization based in Venice, Florida, were loaded aboard Prince’s plane and distributed to their associates in Port-au-Prince. Rice, bottled water, and high protein dietary supplements made up the bulk of the shipment that was delivered to a group of missionaries who are operating an elementary school and church, which was severely damaged in the earthquake. The supplies will be used to feed the children and families of the church who have lost their parents or homes in the tragedy.

Prince’s flight was also able to get Nikki Stolberg, a student volunteering with Children of Promise, back to the orphanage where she works in Cap-Haitien on the northern coast of Haiti. Stolberg brought four orphans to new homes in Florida the previous day and was able to get back the next day because of the donation of Prince.

Prince and its employees understand that their donations and efforts are humble in relation to the enormous need that exists in Haiti, but that their humanitarian efforts were significant to those receiving them.

For more information about Prince’s contributions toward the relief efforts in Haiti, contact Mike White, Business Development, at (813) 699-5900.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Contact: Mike White
Business Development Manager
813.699.5886 (phone)

TAMPA, Fla. - Among strong competition Prince was selected as the preferred Design-Builder by the Florida Department of Transportation for the reconstruction and widening of SR 50 in Orange County and SR 25 (US 27) in Lake County.