Nationally recognized for constructing the most durable, energy-efficient, and environmentally-friendly buildings, many articles have been written in the news media regarding Royal Concrete Concepts, its dedicated staff, innovative building systems and accomplishments.
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Royal Concrete Concepts (RCC) announced the completion of the Cheeca Lodge & Spa in Islamorada. In February 2009, Cheeca Lodge chose Royal Concrete Concepts to design and build its 64-room hotel. The former hotel was damage in a New Year’s Eve fire and less than 12 months later the new Cheeca Lodge was completed. Click ~HERE~To read more
September 13, 2009
Cheeca Lodge project breaks new ground
Innovative approach yields a faster and greener rebuild at resort With the help of some cutting-edge construction techniques, Cheeca Lodge & Spa in Islamorada is
moving full steam toward its Dec. 15 reopening. The upscale oceanfront resort has been dormant since a New Year’s Eve fire all but destroyed its main building.
Full Article ~HERE~
August 27th,2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Royal Concrete Concepts, a manufacturer of pre-engineered concrete building systems, announced that it was recently certified as a HUBZone business. The certification allows the company to better compete for billions of dollars of goods and services in federal contracts each year.
Full Article ~HERE~
August 18,2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Palm Beach County School District is relocating modular concrete classrooms to save money and reduce their environmental impact with the help of Royal Concrete Concepts (RCC).
RCC and the district are reusing Royal's concrete relocatables from Palm Beach Gardens High School and are reassembling them for an addition to Jupiter Middle School of Technology.
Full Article ~HERE~
August 13,2009
MACCLENNY, Fla. - Baker County Middle School is holding an open house for parents on Thursday, August 20, at its new two-story, 24-room wing constructed by West Palm Beach-based Royal Concrete Concepts (RCC). The school addition, consisting of 23 classrooms and an office, was constructed of Royal's precast concrete modules that are built at the company's Okeechobee plant and arrive virtually complete.
Full Article ~HERE~
August 11th,2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Royal Manor, a two-story, 4,147-square-foot, Mediterranean-style custom home won the 2009 Aurora Award for Energy Efficient Home at the Southeast Building Conference (SEBC) in Orlando.
Built by Royal Professional Builders, the custom home division of Royal Concrete Concepts...
Full Article ~HERE~
August 3rd, 2009
Concrete Contractor, July 2009 The U.S. Coast Guard's motto Semper Paratus, "Always Ready," held double meaning when Hurricane Ike swept through the Great Inagua Island of the Bahamas in September 2008. The Coast Guard personnel and their concrete modular buildings were both ready for the wicked winds of Ike.
Full Article ~HERE~
July 30th, 2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Royal Concrete Concepts (RCC), a manufacturer of pre-engineered concrete building systems, is adding eight dorm rooms totaling 5,000 square feet to Fire Station #32 in Hobe Sound that are stronger, cheaper to heat and cool, longer lasting and quicker to construct than conventional structures. Full Article ~HERE~
Engineering News Record
August 28, 2008
Four trucks left Okeechobee, Fla. at 8 a.m. on Aug. 28 for a residential site in Sarasota, Fla, When they packed up and left the site at 4:30 that afternoon, a new, 1900-sq-ft house, with interior finishes, light fixtures and cabinets, stood on the lot. Full Article (PDF)
Southside Elementary moves into new classrooms
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD, Telegraph Editor
January 27, 2006
To say that personnel at Southside Elementary were thrilled to finally begin moving into
new classrooms last week would be an understatement. In fact, Principal Bill McRae
called the classrooms "sweet." Full Article (PDF)
2006 Excalibur Award, Wally Sanger
Always a contributor to his local communities, Sanger is a lifetime board member of the Gold Coast Builders Association. In 2005 he was named Citizen of the Year by the Rotary Club of Royal Palm Beach. The Sun-Sentinel Company honored him with the 2006 Excalibur Award. Full Article (PDF)
Portable classrooms strong enough for a Category 5 Hurricane
By:Isabel Mascareñas
Brooksville, Florida - Can your house withstand 186 mile per hour winds equal to a Category 5 hurricane? Royal Concrete Concepts out of West Palm Beach say their patented design can.
Full Article (PDF)
Concrete Portables More Durable, Cost Effective
Full Mitigation Best Practice Story
Palm Beach County, Florida
West Palm Beach, FL - Florida school systems often rely on portable classrooms to ease
overcrowded schools. Typically constructed of inexpensive materials that are quickly
assembled, traditional portables are easily damaged during severe weather. With concerns
from parents and students about the poor design of traditional portables, concrete units are
being explored as a safer, cost-effective, and more durable option. Full Article (PDF)
Royal Professional Builders, FSEC Work Together on Florida's First
LEED-Certified Home
Press Release 04/27/2007
Royal Concrete Concepts' sister company, Royal Professional Builders, built the first home in the state to earn a certification through the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Homes pilot program after several inspections and performance tests were completed by the Florida Solar Energy Center. Full Article (PDF)
Governor Bush welcomes Royal Concrete Concepts expansion in Okeechobee
FRIDAY , MARCH 10, 2006
Manufacturing facility to create more than 1,300 new jobs
TALLAHASSEE – Governor Jeb Bush today applauded Royal Concrete Concepts for
their recent expansion to Okeechobee County. The company's new modular building
manufacturing facility is expected to create more than 1,300 new high-wage jobs in rural
South Florida. Royal Concrete Concepts is a national leader in the manufacturing of
portable classroom buildings and modular buildings for federal use in the Southeast and
the Caribbean. The expansion of Royal Concrete Concepts to Okeechobee includes a
capital investment of more than $20 million, including real estate investment, the
construction of a new manufacturing facility and the purchase of new manufacturing and
business equipment. Full Article (PDF)
Ready-made classrooms arrive at school
By Times Staff
Published May 18, 2006
LECANTO - On Wednesday, crews installed the first concrete units of a twostory center
that will house ninth-graders at Lecanto High School next year.
School administrators watched in awe as a giant crane slowly lifted and installed the
concrete classrooms on cement footings behind the school. Full Article (PDF)
Concrete portable classrooms praised by parents, officials
By Scott Travis
South Florida Sun-Sentinel Education Writer
Posted May 12 2006
Parents at Elbridge Gale Elementary School in Wellington were leery when they learned
their children would spend the school year in portable classrooms while their permanent
building is under construction.
But they quickly changed their mind after touring the campus. These aren't the old
decaying wooden and metal portables held up by cinder blocks of the 1960s. These
concrete buildings look permanent. Full Article (PDF)
Prefab classrooms save cash
BY KIMBERLY C. MOORE --FLORIDA TODAY --
November 28, 2005
Indian River County schools cut construction time
GIFFORD - In just 24 hours, a prefabricated, concrete 12-classroom wing of the Gifford
Alternative Education Center sprouted from the soil work that normally would take
months to complete using traditional blocks and mortar.
"There was nothing but the footers yesterday morning," Royal Concrete Concepts
spokesman Randy Berry said. "I've seen hundreds of these go up, and I'm still amazed." Full Article (PDF)
Class size restrictions fuel portable classroom boom
BY ANGELINE TAYLOR
Published: Oct 15, 2005
BROOKSVILLE – Hernando County’s STAR Education center was in need of new
classrooms worth almost 2,000 square feet of space Friday morning. By 5 p.m., those
classrooms were safely secured on the school’s Varsity Drive campus.
A construction job that would normally take months to complete was reduced to mere
hours on Friday. How? Full Article (PDF)
A concrete solution to our classroom crunch?
A Times Editorial
Published October 23, 2005
They are faced with the challenge of building new schools to keep pace with enrollment
growth and the mandates of Florida's class-size reduction laws. They have limited funds
and volumes of government red tape to overcome, yet the prices of construction materials
and property ratchet up relentlessly with each day's delay.
With such daunting demands, it's not surprising if school system leaders sometimes gaze
heavenward in search of solutions.
Two classrooms to go, please
ABHI RAGHUNATHAN. St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Fla.: Oct 15, 2005. pg. 1
Copyright Times Publishing Co. Oct 15, 2005
For counties like Hernando that have quickly growing student enrollments but not much
in the way of cash, it may represent the future of school construction: a concrete portable
classroom.
On Friday afternoon, a handful of school district officials looked on with smiles as a
crane lifted one of the classrooms from the back of a truck and lowered it onto the ground
at the Star Education Center, a place that serves mostly students who struggled in regular
schools. Full Article (PDF)
