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In January 2017, Laura Lee joined the EDPNC to fill a new position focused on recruiting food and beverage manufacturing operations, particularly value-added processors using local crops in their final product. “We grow over 80 commodities, and a large percentage of what is grown in North Carolina is shipped out of the state to be…
The Carolinas AGC announced that Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson will give the keynote address at the CAGC Summer Summit & Expo in Asheville, NC. The event will take place July 25 – July 28 at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC. Keynote Speaker Willie Robertson, the CEO of Duck Commander and Buck Commander and…
Greenville, South Carolina — McCrory Construction announces the promotion of Stephen Cooper to Senior Project Manager. Cooper has served in various project management positions for the firm’s Commercial and Industrial Divisions since joining the company. In his new role, Cooper brings more than eight years of project management experience to lead some of McCrory’s most…
Associated Builders and Contractors released its 2019 Safety Performance Report today, an annual assessment that furthers the construction industry’s understanding of how to achieve world-class safety through its STEP Safety Management System. Published in conjunction with Construction Safety Week, the report documents the dramatic impact of using proactive safety practices to reduce recordable incidents by…
Significant donations of time and material from the local construction community, supplemented by private monetary donations, has made a dream come true for Piedmont Women’s Center in Greenville, S.C. The faith-based organization now has a modern facility five times larger than its previous clinic thanks to the in-kind contributions of architects, engineering firms, general contractors,…
Informa and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the release of the 2018 Greenbuild Sustainability Report, highlighting valuable metrics and key benchmarks regarding the impact on sustainable sourcing, community involvement, and carbon footprint reduction at the 2018 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, held last November at McCormick Place in Chicago. The event achieved an…
The construction industry added 33,000 net new jobs in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released today. Compared to the same time last year, industry employment is up by 256,000 jobs, an increase of 3.5 percent. Nonresidential employment added 32,400 net new jobs…
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 263,000 in April, making it difficult to argue for an employment slowdown in recent months. In the past month, most economic releases came out better than expected, suggesting that the US economy will continue to grow above its long-term two percent trend through at least the end of the…
Fluor Corporation announced today that David T. Seaton has stepped down as CEO and will no longer serve as a member of the board of directors, effective May 1, 2019. He will remain with the company through the transition and to assist management as requested. Alan L. Boeckmann has been named executive chairman of the…
Estimated March not seasonally adjusted construction unemployment rates fell nationally and in 49 states on a year-over-year basis, according to an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today by Associated Builders and Contractors. Nebraska was the sole outlier, where construction unemployment rose from 5.1% in March 2018 to 5.3 in this latest…
