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Mike Higgins

Remembering CBC Contracting Collaborator

  • Andrea Osborne
  • February 3, 2022
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Corp Vice President of Special Projects George Habel reflects on close CBC construction collaborator Mike Higgins, who passed away in December.  Habel lauds and appreciating the work Higgins did on the Durham downtown landscape on behalf for Capitol Broadcasting, in his blog Note To Self:

The Five-star General (of general contractors)

by George Habel

Mike Higgins
Mike Higgins

Our company lost a good and loyal friend last month.

Mike Higgins

August 7, 1963 – December 19, 2021

While Mike Higgins wasn’t a CBC employee per se, he was definitely on the team, and it was a rare collaboration of close to thirty years. He was our general contractor for construction of the Durham Bulls Athletic Park (1995), then the American Tobacco Campus (2004), and our current project, the Miracle League field adjacent to the DBAP.

For twenty-nine years, Mike, aka Higgins, was with Lend Lease and its predecessors McDevitt Street Bovis and Bovis Lend Lease. He built the DBAP, did its 1998 expansion for Triple-A and the Diamond View I office building. Next came the American Tobacco Campus renovation which was the largest historic renovation in the nation in the early 2000s. Two more Diamond View office buildings went up, and there was a major renovation of the DBAP in 2014.

Capitol’s CEO Jim Goodmon provided the vision, VP Mike Hill led the charge and Higgins turned vision into reality. Along the way Michael Goodmon, Mike Birling and I joined the collaboration.

Higgins brought a big and positive personality to the work. He had a big brain, too, always quick with a solution, a real problem solver. And compared to many contractors, he was pretty good with deadlines. Most of our ballpark projects were accomplished in the off-season. It was always down to the wire but the gates always opened for Opening Day.

He formed his own construction company in 2015 – Atlantic Corporate Contracting. A member of the family, his new offices were in the DBAP’s basement level. ACC built the new clubhouse for Duke University Baseball in right field, and his company is presently working on the Miracle League project.

Speaking of family, the Higgins were loyal Bulls fans. Janet, his wife, is an accomplished baker, and we enjoyed her confections and presence at the ballpark. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Janet and the family…and I offer a tip of the ball cap to our favorite hard hat, Michael Wayne Higgins.

Mike Higgins' canvas
Higgins’ canvas: American Tobacco | Diamond View I, II, III, Durham Bulls Athletic Park

Thanks to Corp’s George Habel for this Capcom story & photos.

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