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The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the Carolinas will honor the “Best Construction Projects in the Carolinas” at its 16th Annual Excellence in Construction (EIC) Awards banquet on November, 16, 2017 at the Hilton Charlotte Center City in Charlotte, N.C. For ABC EIC Award winners, the banquet provides a platform for the entire project team to…
Co-working, the style of work marked by open shared spaces among workers of different companies and popularized by “solopreneurs” and tech workers, is quickly being embraced by those who manage real estate needs for large corporations. The trend is explored in a new whitepaper, The Evolution of Co-working and Impact on CRE, released by CoreNet…
More and more contractors and subcontractors are using unmanned aircraft for real-time information and monitoring on their construction projects. For those who have not yet started using drones on their projects, attorneys Brian Esler, P.C., and Seth Row, Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, LLP, explain what subcontractors need to know before using drones legally on…
Michael D. Bellaman, president and CEO of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), released the following statement on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: “We are pleased House Republicans worked diligently with the White House to get a long-overdue tax reform bill off the ground and begin the legislative process. Our members will feel the direct…
Sentinel Risk Advisors is proud to announce a notable addition with the hiring of J. Harrison Barnes. Barnes, who for many years headed up BB&T’s development efforts in Columbia, South Carolina, will help lead Sentinel’s Charlotte expansion. Barnes’ illustrious career has been spent keeping an impressive client roster, including Fortune 500 companies, free from loss, protected by good policy, and positioned…
North Carolina has been named the No. 2 state to do business by Site Selection magazine for the third straight year. North Carolina scored a total of 94 points across all the criteria in Site Selection’s 2017 Top State Business Climate Rankings, close behind top-ranked Georgia with 98 points. Rounding out the top states were…
The South Carolina Ports Authority Board of Directors approved a $69.5 million contract for the purchase of six new ship-to-shore (STS) cranes to serve growing container volumes and big ships calling the Port of Charleston. “As the largest crane purchase in our history, the contract approved today is an important part of our overall investment…
Nonresidential construction spending rose 0.5 percent in September, totaling $698.1 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau. However, nonresidential construction spending is down 2.9 percent on a year-over-year basis, with construction spending related to manufacturing down 20.3 percent since September…
John Price has joined McCrory Construction as Manager of Business Development in the company’s Upstate office. Price will be focusing on manufacturing, commercial and design-build opportunities in the Upstate and Western North Carolina. Price comes to McCrory with more than 20 years of proven sales and marketing experience. The majority of his career has…
This article is a continuation in the Evolution Safety Resources series, “Your Safety Manual Isn’t Enough.” While stressing the importance of building a safety program that reaches beyond written policy, our series explains the need for a Safety Management System (SMS) while exploring common SMS components. Defined as a structured and organized means of achieving…
