It’s a retelling of “The Tale of Two Cities,” only this time with two schools and one goal in mind: to merge two buildings in the east-central part of Florida into one state-of-the-art elementary school. The Volusia County School District...
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Ajax Building Company is excited to announce that 2023 commemorates 65 years of construction excellence in the Southeast, and the company is marking the milestone with several key promotions, including continued leadership from the firm’s founding family.
As the company enters...
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Owner of Shifting Gears LLC
ABOUT SHIFTING GEARS
Year established: 2006
Location: Jacksonville, Gainesville & Tampa, FL
Number of employees: 4
Notable projects: Florida Blue Tower, Rutledge Pearson Elementary School (Duval Co.), University of Florida Police Dept., UF Malachowsky Hall
Years...
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St. Cloud Operations & Maintenance Facility, Orlando, Florida
Totaling approximately 77,605sf, construction on a new joint use facility for the Orlando Utilities Commission is well underway. Managed by Ajax Building Company, the new operations and maintenance facility will better serve Orlando...
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The University of Florida (UF) is in the midst of a major endeavor—bringing the Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology to life. Spanning 263,000sf, the brand-new academic building will be a hub for all things related to the...
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With blocks of underutilized space sitting between the University of Florida and Downtown Gainesville, the university and the city joined forces to develop Innovation Square—a 12-block research and technology hub designed to foster creative ideas, build connections, and bring in...
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Our companies and our projects are frequently in the news, but some stories just need to be shared! Each month we use this space to highlight some of the great coverage our companies, projects, or people have gotten in local...
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Home to one of the top planetary science programs in the United States, Florida State University’s earth, ocean, and atmospheric science (EOAS) department performs cutting-edge research that helps communities around the country prepare for and respond to natural disasters. But...
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Construction on an active site is complicated for any project. But when the project is an elementary school, the stakes are even higher. Phasing and scheduling must be organized around the daily schedule of school, around the constant motion of...
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Ajax Building Company has been working with the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) for over 30 years. In that many years of working together, they have seen it all—from simple waterproofing repairs to massive campus redevelopments.
DMS is essentially the...
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