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GreenWood, Inc., an integrated maintenance, construction and workforce solutions provider, announced that Kevin Crittendon has been named Vice President of the company. In this role, Kevin is responsible for all company operations and leads the management team. Prior to this position, Kevin served as Director of Improvement at GreenWood where he was involved with numerous…
Tindall Corporation’s South Carolina Division announced that it will provide precast concrete components for a new parking structure that adjoins the new 725 room hotel and convention center expansion at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in Cherokee, North Carolina. The project is set to begin in March 2019. “This structure will provide our convention center, hotel…
CLEMSON — Lori North of Simpsonville a fourth-year student in the Clemson University School of Architecture, was on the winning team of the inaugural “Project Precast” design competition. Clemson University architecture student Lori North and two team members won the first “Project Precast” competition. Their challenge was to design a precast concrete horse barn. North’s Team…
Texas and West Virginia Have Biggest Number and Percent of Annual Job Gains as Louisiana and Maine Trail; Georgia and Alaska Have Largest One-Month Gains, While Illinois, Delaware and Minnesota Experience Worst Losses Thirty-seven states added construction jobs between February 2018 and February 2019, although construction employment increased in only 16 states between January and…
Thomas & Hutton (T&H) announced Nopporn Kickanan, RLA has joined Thomas & Hutton’s Landscape Architecture team as a Landscape Architect. He has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Iowa, a Master of Science in Biology from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Oregon….
Architecture firm billings growth softened in February but remained positive, according to a new report from The American Institute of Architects (AIA). AIA’s Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score for February was 50.3, down from 55.3 in January. Indicators of work in the pipeline, including inquiries into new projects and the value of new design contracts…
Thomas & Hutton has announced that Michele Richbourg, PE joined the firm’s Environmental team as Project Engineer. A graduate of the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering, Richbourg is a registered Professional Engineer with 13 years of experience in water and wastewater project permitting and design, construction administration, industrial treatment,…
Charleston, SC — SouthCon Building Group, a full-service general contractor based in Mount Pleasant, has promoted Brandon Needham to Senior Project Manager. Needham joined the SouthCon staff in 2014 as a Project Manager. Since that time, he has managed numerous SouthCon projects, including the Southern First Bank Regional Headquarters located in the Charleston historic district,…
When Balfour Beatty’s Aislinn Smith, project manager, changed her major from city planning to building construction at Virginia Tech, she didn’t think twice about working in a male-dominated industry. It wasn’t just that construction was becoming more inclusive when Smith graduated in 2011. As decisive as she is driven, once Smith establishes a goal, she…
According to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today, construction input prices rose 0.9 percent monthly in February and 1.8 percent in the past 12 months. Inputs to nonresidential construction were up 1 percent on a monthly basis and 2.7 percent on a yearly basis. This is…
