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Business briefcase

Companies

By Times Staff Writer
Published November 14, 2005


ARCHITECTURE

Robert P. Resch III Architect, 647 Douglas Ave., Dunedin, will be providing architectural design, engineering, construction documents and contract administration services for these new contracts: Pinellas County School Board, 2,500 square feet, renovation project, Countryside High School, 3000 State Road 580, Clearwater, $240,000; Pinellas Park High School, 2,500 square feet, renovation project, 6305 118th Ave. N, Largo, $256,000; and Sandy Lane Elementary School, renovation project for the entire school, consisting of cabinet and plumbing replacement, 1360 Sandy Lane, Clearwater, $130,000.

CONSTRUCTION

Creative Contractors Inc., 620 Drew St., Clearwater, announces the opening of a new branch office at 20 Lake Wire Drive, Suite 230, Lakeland. It will be managed by Ed White and Kristin Carlson.

ENGINEERING

Faller, Davis & Associates Inc., 5525 W Cypress St., Tampa, announces its contracts with the Florida Department of Transportation to provide environmental compliance inspections and regulatory agency coordination for the Tampa Airport Interchange Project; and with Tampa Bay Water to provide an access management plan for the wetland mitigation sites at the C.W. "Bill" Young Regional Reservoir.

INSURANCE

HealthPlan Services Inc., 3501 E Frontage Road, Tampa, has been selected by the Domestic Accident & Health Division of the AIG Cos. to provide private label administrative services for AIG@Work the marketing name for insurance products and service provided by the Domestic Accident and Health Division of the AIG Cos.

MARKETING

Springboard Strategies, 1143 Glenmoor Court, Clearwater, announces that Corporate Creatives of Dunedin and Allentown, Pa., has joined its client portfolio. Springboard Strategies will oversee Corporate Creative's national marketing strategy and will provide consulting services for editorial projects.

The HLA Group, 1701-A N Avenida Republica de Cuba, Tampa, announces the addition of RockBit International of Fort Worth, Texas, to its client portfolio. HLA has developed a new corporate indentity and has rebranded RockBit International to Ulterra, designed a new corporate logo and developed a new tagline for the company.

REAL ESTATE

Rubin Real Estate Inc., 15500 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 301, Clearwater, announces these leases: Carr Rubin Associates LLP to Sola International Inc., 8,960 square feet, flex space, lease renewal, 13100 56th Court, Suite 703, Clearwater; and Bryan Dairy Ltd. to Ayanna Plastics & Engineering Inc., 7,100 square feet, flex space, lease renewal, 10550 72nd St., Suites 501, 502, 504 and 505.

TECHNOLOGY

Ablest Inc., 1901 Ulmerton Road, Clearwater, announces its agreement with VCG Inc., Roswell, Ga., for the installation of StaffSuite, a new front office system for VCG's commercial and professional staffing operations; and Ideal Consulting, Tampa, for the installation of Great Plains software for corporate accounting, finance, human resources and customer service processes.

Bayshore Solutions, 600 N West Shore Blvd., Suite 410, Tampa, announces the launch of WQYK-FM 99.5's new Web site, www.wqyk.com The site features an on-air playlist, disc jockey biographies, sound bites, upcoming events, an online sign-up for the WQYK club and the station's charity of the month.

Sage Software, 888 Executive Center Drive W, Suite 300, St. Petersburg, announces its Sage Abra HRMS 8.0 software, a human resources management system, is now available for mid-sized companies and organizations.

[Last modified November 12, 2005, 01:09:33]


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