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Carolinas AGC (CAGC) was pleased to support the second summer Construction Careers Camp held recently in Durham, N.C. in partnership with Durham Technical Community College and the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Campers represented seven different schools across Durham and Orange counties. Currently, women make up less than 10% of the jobs in construction and African Americans represent an…
Columbia, South Carolina — Yucheng Kang has joined McCrory Construction as a Project Engineer based in the company’s Greenville office. He brings both BIM, estimating and field experience, along with expertise in the latest construction software and technologies. His current assignment is a design-build delivery of a new North American Headquarters for Ecomelida, an importer…
Build Your Career (BYC), a Carolinas AGC (CAGC) initiative, is partnering with the REEMERGE prison reintegration program — a strategic solution geared toward providing educational and employment opportunities to formerly incarcerated individuals in the Midlands, South Carolina area. The program is in direct partnership with SCWorks and is funded by a U.S. Department of Commerce…
Construction input prices decreased 1.3% on both a monthly and yearly basis in June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. This is the first time in nearly three years that input prices have fallen on a year-over-year basis. Overall, nonresidential construction…
Four times per year A M King’s team in Greenville, S.C. meets in the spacious kitchen at the Ronald McDonald House (RMH). They don’t come empty handed. On a recent Friday night, they brought ground beef, salsa and chocolate chips, among many other items. Their mission? Prepare a delicious taco bar, complete with cilantro-lime rice, watermelon,…
The comprehensive restoration of York County Courthouse was recognized with an Honor Award by Preservation South Carolina, the SC Department of Archives and History, and the Office of the Governor. The award recognizes the exceptional efforts employed by the County to restore this circa 1914 public building which is listed on the National Register of…
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that theFederal Aviation Administration(FAA) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants, the third allotment of the total $3.18 billion inAirport Improvement Program(AIP) funding for airports across the United States. This significant investment in airport improvements in North Carolina will fund construction and rehabilitation projects…
High Point University’s transformational growth continues during the summer months with $200 million in active construction projects across the 460-acre campus. “It is amazing what takes place on our campus during the summer and beyond,” says HPU President Nido Qubein. “At HPU, we have created a learning environment where our faculty engage, inspire and educate…
Dominion Energy South Carolina was recently awarded a 2018 American Gas Association (AGA) Safety Achievement Award for outstanding commitment to gas employee safety during the 2019 AGA Operations Conference & Biennial Exhibition in Nashville, Tennessee. The award is one of the natural gas industry’s highest safety honors. “Our natural gas professionals work around-the-clock to operate…
Contractors report increasing ability to gather and analyze data helps improve project outcomes like budget, productivity and profitability A new report released today by Dodge Data & Analytics, in collaboration with construction management software provider Viewpoint, a Trimble company, reveals a sea change in the way project data is gathered and analyzed across the construction industry—change that…
CEMEX Ventures shares the conclusions drawn from a recent roundtable in Paris, France, with six industry leaders to improve digitization and productivity in the construction industry. Specifically, CEOs and innovation and technology representatives of Bouygues Construction, Hilti, DPR Europe, FMI, Versatile Natures and CEMEX Ventures met recently to explore how to attract tangible benefits to…
Carolinas AGC (CAGC) was pleased to support the second summer Construction Careers Camp held recently in Durham, N.C. in partnership with Durham Technical Community College and the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Campers represented seven different schools across Durham and Orange counties. Currently, women make up less than 10% of the jobs in construction and African Americans represent an…
Build Your Career (BYC), a Carolinas AGC (CAGC) initiative, is partnering with the REEMERGE prison reintegration program — a strategic solution geared toward providing educational and employment opportunities to formerly incarcerated individuals in the Midlands, South Carolina area. The program is in direct partnership with SCWorks and is funded by a U.S. Department of Commerce…
At first glance, the 72,000-square-foot precast concrete shell warehouse wasn’t impressive. At second glance, it became more evident just how much work would be involved in its renovation. The building wasn’t new, but it was unfinished with a stripped-down appearance and air of abandonment. It didn’t have windows or doors, but there were rough cut-outs…
A project deliverable is something that is produced or provided to help achieve a specific objective. To be a deliverable, the output must be both within the scope and the result of deliberate work. Construction project deliverables can be either large or small–anything from an entire building to a single piece of paperwork. Each project has many…
Carolinas AGC (CAGC) was pleased to support the second summer Construction Careers Camp held recently in Durham, N.C. in partnership with Durham Technical Community College and the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Campers represented seven different schools across Durham and Orange counties. Currently, women make up less than 10% of the jobs in construction and African Americans represent an…
The Fourth Annual Chix Dig It — Celebrating Women in Construction luncheon, presented by title sponsor SAS, was held on June 20, 2019, at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, N.C. This much anticipated event drew over 200 attendees – a combination of women and men representing a wide variety of organizations with ties to the architecture, engineering…
