Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Delaware Dept. of Transportation awards DTS Three-year, $3 Million Contract to Inventory, Evaluate Transportation Assets

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Data Transfer Solutions, LLC (DTS), based in east Orlando’s Avalon Park, has been awarded a three year contract to inventory and evaluate highway assets controlled by the Delaware Dept. of Transportation.

A. M. “Trey” Fragala III, AICP, PMP, chief operating officer at DTS, said the contract is valued at $3 million.

Fragala said DTS will utilize its Mobile Asset Collection vehicle, equipped with a wide range of high-tech recording devices including LIDAR and video, to gather data about DOT assets.

DTS provides asset management, geographic information systems, transportation planning, web design, database applications and video and multimedia production services to local governments and regional and state agencies throughout the U.S.

Emerson International Helps Coalition for the Homeless Decorate for Christmas

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. --- Emerson International, Inc., which develops Class A office facilities and luxury condominiums and golf course communities in Central Florida, recently volunteered its services to decorate the Coalition for the Homeless for Christmas.

Eric Emerson, vice president and general manager of Emerson International, said the firm purchased Christmas decorations and 12 Emerson International employees spent the workday decorating and lighting Coalition for the Homeless facilities in Orlando.

Mattamy Homes Reports Record Month in November

WINTER PARK, Fla. --- Mattamy Homes U.S. Group, the U.S. division of Canada’s largest homebuilder, reported it sold some 60 homes valued at approximately $15 million in communities in Florida, North Carolina, Minnesota and Arizona in November.

Steve Parker, president of Mattamy Homes U.S. division, said sales for the month were the best ever since November 2005.

At Lake Nona Preserve, Parker said the Mattamy sold 31 townhomes during the last four months and in November six townhomes were sold.

Ten Minnesota communities averaged 20 sales during November, while in the Orlando region sales totaled 13 for the month of November.

Mattamy Homes U.S. Group builds single family and townhomes in five Orlando communities, 10 in Jacksonville, three in Phoenix, nine in the Charlotte area and 11 in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.

About Mattamy Homes
Mattamy Homes expanded into the U.S. in 2003 and has divisions in Jacksonville, Orlando, Charlotte, Phoenix and Minneapolis. The homebuilder is the largest and most active in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $1.3 billion.