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In today’s competitive job market, employers report that attracting quality candidates is their top challenge (in the context of hiring informed candidates) which is causing businesses to rethink what makes for an effective recruiting strategy. Attracting quality candidates continues to be a challenge in the construction industry. Glassdoor, one of the world’s largest job sites, released…
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas announced the recipients of the construction industry’s premier awards, the Excellence In Construction (EIC) Awards. The Awards were presented at the 16th annual EIC banquet at the Hilton Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. The pinnacle of the Excellence in Construction Awards is the Project of the Year…
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) released its annual update to “Building America: The Merit Shop Scorecard,” which takes stock of state policies that influence the success or failure of a free enterprise-based environment for construction companies. The scorecard highlights states where merit shop contractors are well positioned to succeed and calls attention to states where…
Airgas USA, LLC will open a new facility in Alamance County that is expected to create 35 jobs over five years, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases will invest approximately $47 million to open an air separation facility in Mebane capable of producing liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon….
Fresenius Kabi, a German global health care company that specializes in medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition, will expand its manufacturing operations in Wilson, North Carolina, creating 445 new jobs there over five years and investing more than $1oo million. The company, which currently employs more than 100 people in Wilson, will…
New construction starts in October dropped 9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $742.9 billion, pulling back after a 14% jump in September, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Over the past two months the pattern for total construction starts was shaped by nonresidential building, which fell 30% in October after soaring 37% in…
Researchers from North Carolina State University have, for the first time, used a “micropillar compression” technique to characterize the micro-scale strength of cement, allowing for the development of cement with desirable strength properties for civil engineering applications. “The information collected using this technique can be used to better understand the behavior of concrete when it…
Forty-one states added construction jobs between October 2016 and October 2017, while 26 states added construction jobs between September and October, continuing a pattern of widespread but uneven growth in industry employment, according to an Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) analysis of Labor Department data. In the Carolinas, construction employment was flat. North Carolina…
A Clemson University project integrating research and design to develop a safer, more ergonomic operating room received two awards for conceptual design excellence at the Healthcare Design Expo + Conference in Orlando. The Healthcare Environment Awards, sponsored by Contract magazine and The Center for Health Design, selected the Realizing Improved Patient Care Through Human-Centered Design…
Just don’t feel like going into work today? You’re not alone, but be careful what you tell your boss – it could cost you your job. According to new CareerBuilder data, 40 percent of workers have called in sick in the last 12 months when they weren’t, compared to 35 percent in 2016 and 38…
