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Septima P. Clark Expressway (US 17) is a critical transportation corridor across the Charleston peninsula that experiences chronic flooding during heavy rainfall events. The City of Charleston enlisted Davis & Floyd to recommend and design improvements for flood resiliency, highway accessibility, traffic efficiency, and vehicular/pedestrian safety. Davis & Floyd provided the following solutions to the…
Energy and industrial companies expected to remain committed to energy transition despite COVID-19 Key takeaways: Despite current economic challenges, energy and industrial leaders are expected to remain committed to their long-term plans to reduce fossil fuel reliance. Eighty-nine percent of executives surveyed across energy and industrial sectors reported already having or developing a strategy to reduce…
Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and leading producer of biopolymers in the world, today announced the selection of Charleston, South Carolina as home to the company’s new Global Export Hub to serve Braskem’s international customers. The new Global Export Hub facility will provide packaging, warehousing and export shipping services to support Braskem’s U.S. polypropylene…
Contractors are using data analytics to rapidly respond to economic uncertainty in construction, said panelists in a May 20 webinar. Early in the Covid-19 crisis, contractors were already using cloud-based analytics platforms to game-plan scenarios related to the federal Paycheck Protection Program, said Bruce Orr, Founder of Atlanta-based ProNovos. “For every one question such as ‘How much did we pay…
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced powerful new integration capabilities for Autodesk Construction Cloud with the release of a new integration platform Autodesk Construction Cloud Connect and an expansion of its partner ecosystem. Autodesk added several new APIs enabling custom connections for BIM 360® and PlanGrid®, and 15 new native integrations, bringing the total number of direct integrations in the Autodesk Construction…
Energy and industrial companies expected to remain committed to energy transition despite COVID-19 Key takeaways: Despite current economic challenges, energy and industrial leaders are expected to remain committed to their long-term plans to reduce fossil fuel reliance. Eighty-nine percent of executives surveyed across energy and industrial sectors reported already having or developing a strategy to reduce…
Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and leading producer of biopolymers in the world, today announced the selection of Charleston, South Carolina as home to the company’s new Global Export Hub to serve Braskem’s international customers. The new Global Export Hub facility will provide packaging, warehousing and export shipping services to support Braskem’s U.S. polypropylene…
Construction Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROAD) (the “Company”), a vertically integrated civil infrastructure company specializing in the construction and maintenance of roadways across five southeastern states, today announced that it will participate in the Baird 2020 Global Consumer, Technology & Services Conference, to be held on June 2 and 3, 2020. Charles E. Owens, the Company’s President and Chief Executive…
The NAIOP CRE Sentiment Index, based on a survey of real estate practitioners, has dropped below 50 for the first time since its inception; however, because the survey was conducted March 11-25, 2020 as the nation was rapidly reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-term outlook is better understood as a snapshot of industry sentiment…
Contractors are using data analytics to rapidly respond to economic uncertainty in construction, said panelists in a May 20 webinar. Early in the Covid-19 crisis, contractors were already using cloud-based analytics platforms to game-plan scenarios related to the federal Paycheck Protection Program, said Bruce Orr, Founder of Atlanta-based ProNovos. “For every one question such as ‘How much did we pay…
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced powerful new integration capabilities for Autodesk Construction Cloud with the release of a new integration platform Autodesk Construction Cloud Connect and an expansion of its partner ecosystem. Autodesk added several new APIs enabling custom connections for BIM 360® and PlanGrid®, and 15 new native integrations, bringing the total number of direct integrations in the Autodesk Construction…
Launched in 2019, Women Construction Forum (WCF) is comprised of women contractors, architects, engineers, project managers, business owners and other construction professionals who are involved in both residential and commercial construction in the Upstate region of South Carolina. The relatively small group began holding meetings in Greenville in March 2019. They hope to expand their…
Wayne Brothers Companies (WB) has made company history by reaching two million hours without a lost-time accident. Based in Davidson, N.C., Wayne Brothers is a specialty contractor with over 500 employees offering Concrete Construction, Civil & Infrastructure, and Industrial Contracting services throughout the Southeast. This significant industry achievement, officially reached on April 17, 2020, is…
Septima P. Clark Expressway (US 17) is a critical transportation corridor across the Charleston peninsula that experiences chronic flooding during heavy rainfall events. The City of Charleston enlisted Davis & Floyd to recommend and design improvements for flood resiliency, highway accessibility, traffic efficiency, and vehicular/pedestrian safety. Davis & Floyd provided the following solutions to the…
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2020 —Associated Builders and Contractors Chief Economist Anirban Basu warned the economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak would be quite different for the nonresidential construction industry compared to previous recessions, according to an economic outlook published in Construction Executive magazine. Normally, construction backlog, which stood at 8.2 months in February, according to ABC’s…
With a projected growth rate of 12% — much higher than the national average of 5% — the opportunities available in roofing are increasing, as are the training needs. Working jointly to establish a workforce development solution for the roofing industry, NCCER and the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) have partnered to create a career…
James Stevens, AIA, has been appointed director of the School of Architecture at Clemson University. He is scheduled to begin his new leadership role on June 1, 2020. Stevens comes to Clemson from Lawrence Technological University near Detroit, where he has served as chair of architecture since 2015. “I am very pleased to welcome Jim…
