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With a plethora of adventure-ready, go-anywhere, been-anywhere vehicles cementing its foundation, the all-new 2022 Toyota Tundra is born from a lineage of trucks and SUVs rooted in quality, durability and reliability. Its predecessors hit the million-mile mark on more than one occasion thanks to a team of engineers who built the truck above and beyond…
For the second month in a row expectations for near-term real GDP growth were revised downward – and outward – due to persistent supply chain disruptions and labor market tightness, according to the September 2021 commentary from the Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. The ESR Group now projects full-year 2021 real GDP growth to clock…
MAXX Properties—a privately held real estate company—announced today that it will enter the Durham, North Carolina market with a 299-unit multifamily development called The Piedmont at Patterson Place. MAXX Properties took an 85% interest in the planned property along with SR Real Estate Partners, a New York-based development firm, who is developing the project. SR…
Construction employment in August remained below the levels reached before the pre-pandemic peak in February 2020 in 39 states, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government employment data released today. Association officials urged the House of Representatives to quickly pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill to avoid further cutbacks in construction activity…
Associated Builders and Contractors reports today that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell sharply to 7.7 months in August, according to an ABC member survey conducted Aug. 19 to Sept. 1. The reading is down 0.8 months from July 2021 and down 0.3 months from August 2020. ABC’s Construction Confidence Index readings for sales, profit margins…
CHARLESTON, SC – Landmark Construction Co., Inc. has hired Dannielle Minetti as marketing coordinator. Minetti will oversee prequalification, assist with business development efforts, coordinate marketing/proposal content, and manage and produce social media content and website updates. Minetti began her career in the AEC industry in 2008 as estimating assistant in the mechanical division for a…
Cullum, a full-service mechanical maintenance and construction company headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina, has promoted Chris Stephens to Assistant Superintendent. Stephens began his career in construction in residential plumbing while still in high school and always had a natural ability when it came to building. He was introduced to commercial/industrial construction building scaffolding with…
“This is just business. It’s not personal.” I remember the first time I heard those words. It is a story I have told repeatedly over the years. It was in the early 1990s and I was a young manager dealing with a difficult situation on a project. Making the situation more difficult was one specific…
GroundBreak Carolinas is honored to spotlight Marcus Rabun, a member of the exclusive group of 2021 GroundBreakers — five individuals who have gone above and beyond to make a difference for the construction community in the Carolinas. Rabun is Chief Executive Officer of Charlotte-headquartered Myers & Chapman, a full-service commercial construction company, and Founder of…
Documenting two decades of the rescue, recovery and rebuilding at the World Trade Center site This weekend, the world will pause to reflect and honor all those lost two decades ago on September 11, 2001. In commemoration of that day, which is etched in American history, EarthCam is sharing a unique film – the…
