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The solar industry continues to take off in South Carolina. Dominion Power announced that it plans to construct, own and operate 81 megawatts (AC) of solar generating capacity in Jasper County, S.C. These two projects – a 71.4-megawatt facility that would be South Carolina’s largest and a 10-megawatt array – are expected to enter service…
The Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas (ABC) announced the recipients of the nations premier construction honors, the National Excellence In Construction (EIC) Awards. The awards were presented at the 27th annual EIC banquet during ABC’s Workforce Week ’17 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. “I am proud to honor the commitment to world-class safety, superior…
The S.C. Department of Transportation has opened a program for South Carolina residents to receive construction training. The SCDOT recently awarded a Transportation Careers Training Program grant to S2 Engineering and Consulting. Under the grant, 30 residents of 5 South Carolina counties may be eligible to receive pre-employment training, heavy equipment operator training and commercial drivers’ license…
Downtown Raleigh was devastated by a construction site fire last Friday. News outlets and social media provide a view of the devastation, but we also observed the success stories in the properties saved because of firefighters and fire sprinklers. Buildings adjacent to the burning structure were saved by fire sprinkler systems that operated when glass windows failed from…
Several buildings in downtown Raleigh were engulfed in flames after a fire broke out after 10 p.m. in a building under construction. The Metropolitan, a five-story apartment project that was under construction on Jones Street, appears to be completely destroyed. Banner Real Estate Group and construction firm Clancy & Theys were building the project. Today, they released a joint…
Several State Government Complex buildings were impacted by the five-alarm fire in downtown Raleigh on the night of March 16. Affected buildings are expected to resume normal operations on Monday, March 20. The Department of Administration’s Facility Management Division today conducted walk-through inspections of each state government building in the vicinity of the fire to…
As competition heats up the construction software space, technology solutions provider, JBKnowledge, continues to develop products to provide new capabilities to help contractors streamline their preconstruction activities. “Since we first developed SmartBid in 2006, we’ve developed many custom solutions for large TPAs and insurance brokers around the world. We quickly realized we wanted to specialize in…
Construction backlog fell by 4 percent during the last quarter of 2016, according to the latest Construction Backlog Indicator (CBI) released today by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). Contractors in each segment surveyed—commercial/institutional, infrastructure and heavy industrial—all saw lower backlog during the fourth quarter, with firms in the heavy industrial segment experiencing the largest drop,…
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today three new versions of its software for structural engineering, fabrication and construction teams: Tekla Structures 2017, Tekla Structural Designer 2017 and Tekla Tedds 2017. Continuous development of Tekla Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions demonstrates Trimble’s commitment to innovation in structural engineering, off-site prefabrication and on-site efficiency. “In these new Tekla…
Greenville, SC-based Gordian, a leading provider of data, software and expertise from planning and design through construction to operations, announced today three executives to enhance and expand capabilities and a superior customer experience. Noam Reininger was named Vice President, Chief Data Officer; John Liu, Vice President of Development; and Daniel Cook, Director of Enterprise Accounts. “As…
