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WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2020 — Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.4 months in December 2019, a 4.2% decline from November’s reading. This appeared to be due primarily to seasonal factors. “December’s nonresidential construction backlog fell to the reading’s lowest level since January 2019,” said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. “This…
Many organizations ask an all too common question: “How can we help our employees improve their performance while nurturing and developing their long-term strengths?” The answer may be found in building a coaching culture that aligns uniquely to your organization. Unlike traditional mentoring (manager explains to team member his or her own personal experiences in…
Charlotte-based Catalyst Surety Partners, LLC (Catalyst), with plans to open a Columbia office in April, recently announced the formal launch of a commercial insurance division. Since the agency’s founding in 2014, Catalyst’s singular aim has been to help contractors succeed. To date Catalyst has worked to live up to that aspiration by providing just one…
On a Saturday morning in mid-January a group of women from the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) in Columbia, S.C., were thrilled to host students from kindergarten through sixth grade for the local 2020 Block Kids competition. Each year, NAWIC members in Columbia join their counterparts across the country by participating in the…
The South Carolina Skilled Trade Alliance (SCSTA) recently rolled out its plans for creating a workforce pipeline for the Building Construction Trades in the state through a series of informational events in the Upstate region. Held on Tuesday, February 11 at Greenville Technical College’s Center for Manufacturing Innovation, both the morning and evening sessions were…
Carolinas AGC (CAGC) recently rolled out a new quarterly recognition program for its Build Your Career (BYC) workforce development initiative administered by the CAGC Foundation. CAGC’s BYC Ambassador of the Quarter for Fourth Quarter 2019 is Lori Hardaway of HardHat Workforce Solutions. Based in Columbia, S.C., Hardaway actively advocates for and promotes the mission and…
Thomas & Hutton (T&H) was presented an Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) South Carolina Chapter at its Awards Gala held in Columbia on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. The awards competition recognizes engineering firms that demonstrate an exceptional degree of innovation, complexity, achievement, and value through their submitted projects. T&H’s…
The purpose of National Engineers Week (February 16–22, 2020) is to promote a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in technical careers. Tim Gause, Electrical Engineer at Design-Build firm A M King, shares the story of how he got involved in the engineering field. Based in Charlotte, Gause provides…
Frampton Construction Company, LLC, a regional full-service construction firm providing planning and design support, preconstruction, and construction services, has moved its Charlotte office to new, larger quarters at 4500 Cameron Valley Parkway, Suite 220, in SouthPark. This move doubles the size of the initial Charlotte operation, which opened in 2013. Headquartered in Charleston, S.C., Frampton…
Charlotte-based A M King, an integrated Design-Build firm with an established presence in Upstate South Carolina, has moved its Greenville operation into new, larger office space that will support both a growing staff and ever-increasing work for manufacturing, food processing and cold storage distribution clients in the Upstate region. A M King purchased a building…
