Historic Charlotte
An illustrated history of the City of Charlotte and the Mecklenburg County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
An illustrated history of the City of Charlotte and the Mecklenburg County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
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During the past several years, Southern’s<br />
operations have climbed steadily, thanks in<br />
large part to new investments in stateof-the-art<br />
technology for production and<br />
process automation. Computerized equipment<br />
assures increased efficiency, higher quality, and<br />
greater accuracy.<br />
In a policy aimed at expanding Southern’s<br />
geographical and job reach, the company<br />
provides contractor support on design/<br />
build projects for cost-efficient construction<br />
and quick occupancy. Southern has been<br />
involved in all types of building projects<br />
including major industrial plants, offices,<br />
shopping facilities, commercial skyscrapers,<br />
warehouses, heavy installations and custom<br />
structural steel fabrications.<br />
Among its customers are such firms as<br />
Duke Power, DuPont, Shimizu American<br />
Corporation, J. A. Jones, Beers Construction,<br />
and Whiting-Turner Contracting.<br />
A look at <strong>Charlotte</strong>’s skyline reveals scores of<br />
well-known buildings on which Southern has<br />
worked, including earlier work on Eastland<br />
Mall, Wachovia Center, Westinghouse Nuclear<br />
Turbine Plant, and the old <strong>Charlotte</strong> Coliseum.<br />
When the coliseum was built in 1955, its<br />
structural steel dome, spanning 322 feet, was<br />
the world’s largest. More recent work includes<br />
the Concord Mills Mall, Ballantyne Shopping<br />
Center, Davidson College, and many <strong>Charlotte</strong>-<br />
Mecklenburg schools.<br />
Southern’s operations remain on<br />
Wilkinson Boulevard and are located within<br />
easy access of two interstate highways.<br />
The engineers, draftsmen, estimators, and<br />
technicians, some of whom have worked for<br />
Southern Engineering for more than forty<br />
years, are highly skilled and experienced. Its<br />
professional technical teams consistently<br />
receive the highest ratings from the American<br />
Institute of Steel Construction.<br />
Officials at Southern Engineering are<br />
enthusiastic about the company’s long history<br />
in <strong>Charlotte</strong> and look forward to being a part<br />
of its promising future.<br />
“We want to continue to grow with<br />
<strong>Charlotte</strong>,” Saleh emphasizes. “This city<br />
provides us a central location to serve our<br />
expanding client base across the fast-growing<br />
southeastern region, and we build our success<br />
by helping our customers in being successful.”<br />
BUILDING A GREATER CHARLOTTE<br />
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