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Kloeckner Metals, one of the largest producer-independent distributors of steel and metal products, is expanding its existing Greenville County operations. To accommodate its continued growth, the company is planning to invest $11.3 million and create 19 jobs. “We wanted a slitting line that would look forward to the future of processing evermore-demanding customer specifications, including…
CRS Contractors Rental Supply Limited Partnership (“CRS”) has entered into a unit purchase agreement to sell CRS to Sunbelt Rentals (“Sunbelt”), the North American business of Ashtead Group plc, for C$275 million plus a potential earn-out. Sunbelt Rentals is headquartered in Fort Mill, SC. CRS is Sunbelt’s first acquisition in Eastern Canada and will become…
AmbioPharm, Inc. (API), a full-service peptide and biopharmaceutical manufacturing company, is expanding its existing Aiken County operations. The expansion is projected to bring $18 million of new capital investment and lead to the creation of 100 jobs over the next five years. “AmbioPharm continues to be grateful for the support that it receives from the…
Arkados Group, Inc. (OTC:AKDS), an industrial automation and energy management company providing Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) solutions that help commercial and industrial facilities increase efficiency and reduce cost, today announced it has rebranded its energy conservation and management services division to “SolBright Renewable Energy,” reflecting the recently completed acquisition of SolBright Renewable Energy Inc….
McCrory Construction announced it is constructing a 140,000-square-foot expansion at The Crossings at Columbia, a deluxe senior living community conveniently located in Northeast Columbia. The three-story addition will more than double the square footage of the existing assisted living and memory care facility on site, and will add an independent living component not previously offered….
Join O’Neal, TPM, Wayne Brothers and The Sack Company for an exciting and informational session on how we are utilizing technology. Burgers, Beer and BIM will be held form July 20 from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM at the Lazy Goat in Greenville, SC. The event is being hosted by TPM and will feature O’Neal, Wayne Brothers and The Sack Co….
Prescient, which provides a fully integrated and patented software design, engineering and manufacturing solution for the construction industry, is moving the company’s headquarters from Arvada, Colorado, to Durham, North Carolina, after recently opening a second manufacturing facility in nearby Mebane. According to the company, the North Carolina manufacturing plant will serve clients east of the…
This is the second installment of a three-part series where Balfour Beatty-Carolinas explores the innovation that technology brings to the life of a project – before, during, and after construction. We sat down for a rapid-fire round of Q&A during which we learned what BIM really stands for, how technology is keeping people safe and…
Wood Partners, a real estate developer, announced today that it has broken ground on a 298-unit apartment community in Chapel Hill. Centrally located between the University of North Carolina, Duke and Research Triangle Park and with easy access to I-40 — the interstate connecting the major business corridor — Alta Blu will provide residents with…
Construction input prices rose 0.2 percent in June, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). This represents the sixth increase in construction input prices over the past seven months, but the overall rate of increase has been quite slow. On a year-over-year basis, construction…
