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How Robots are Changing Construction (Robotics Break New Ground in the Industry) Earlier this year, a San Francisco-based technology firm, Built Robotics, made headlines by sharing its progress toward self-operating construction machinery. The company led by a former Google engineer has received several million in venture capital to continue its development of the automation technology…
GroundBreak Carolinas Guest Column This is a critical week in deciding which path South Carolina takes on a vital question of economic and energy policy. Will the state Senate support a permanent solution to the new nuclear failure at the V.C. Summer plant or go with a temporary action that could be damaging in the…
Patrice Gilmore, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion for Raleigh-based Holt Brothers Construction, will be presented with the Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award at WTS International’s NC Triangle chapter’s annual scholarship and awards gala on Thursday, May 3, 2018. The event will be held at the Park Alumni Center Ballroom in Raleigh. WTS is a…
Columbia, S.C. – The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas continued tradition this month when it hosted its ninth annual Hard Hat Legislative Day in Columbia on Tuesday, April 10. Each spring, about 100 ABC Carolinas members – representing general contractors, specialty contractors, suppliers, and service providers – gather for the association’s annual “advocacy day” at the…
Cary, N.C. – As part of its ongoing partnership with the Wake County Public School System, the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas held its second annual Students’ Hands-on Experience Day (S.H.E.D.) competition at Cary High School over a three-day period beginning Thursday April 26. The overall objective of the yearly spring event is to promote interest in…
SGA Architecture, which has office locations in Charleston, Greenville and Pawleys Island, SC, and John Tarkany Associates, based in Charleston have announced plans to merge. John Tarkany will be joining SGA as a principal of the firm. Architects Chris Owings, Joseph O’Callaghan and Todd Baxley will also be joining SGA. who will lead the firm’s…
Once again this year, three leading design and construction industry service providers have teamed to sponsor the Salute to the Design and Construction Industry. The GroundBreak Carolinas’ staff had three questions for each of this year’s sponsors: BB&T Construction Risk Services What are the key trends impacting your business (or client’s business)? Construction project financing…
Construction activity in South Carolina continues at a brisk pace. But what does the future hold for construction activity in the Palmetto State? “If you thought 2017 felt like it was a good year, then you ought to feel pretty good about 2018 and 2019,” said Dr. Bruce Yandle, an economist with George Mason University, and…
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Viewpoint from Bain Capital in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.2 billion. Viewpoint is highly complementary to Trimble’s e-Builder business, and will extend Trimble’s ability to provide more complete and integrated project, jobsite and business workflows across the construction lifecycle….
Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between March 2017 and March 2018, while 29 states added construction jobs between February and March, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released today. Association officials said the job gains are coming amid strong private-sector demand…
