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The staff at GroundBreak Carolinas is pleased to announce the results of our 2020 GroundBreaker Awards. These annual awards recognize individuals who are having a significant impact in terms of shaping the AEC industry in the Carolinas. Selected from a well-rounded group of nominees from North Carolina and South Carolina, the 2020 Class of industry…
Carolinas AGC (CAGC) is proud to be the only commercial construction association involved in successfully pushing for state funding for a critical skilled trades initiative. It won’t be long before South Carolina begins to see a tricked-out 18-wheeler that serves as a mobile skilled trades workshop, rolling down the interstate and showcasing skilled trades at…
Even though the construction industry continues to make improvements in technology, offers great compensation and benefits packages, creates opportunities for upward mobility and boasts bountiful jobs available for both genders, why aren’t more young people entering the industry? One primary reason is that construction careers simply have not been adequately promoted to America’s youth. It’s up…
Hundreds of construction firms across the country, and many throughout the Carolinas, stopped work on Thursday, April 9 to hold what are called safety stand downs focusing on ways to protect construction workers and the public from the spread of coronavirus. The safety stand down, which was organized by the Associated General Contractors of America,…
Charlotte, NC – March 23, 2020 – In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Carolinas AGC (CAGC) is urging the Governors of North Carolina and South Carolina to consider all construction to be an essential service in the event there is a shelter-in-place order. Carolinas AGC is working with the administrations of NC Gov. Roy…
Carolinas AGC (CAGC) recently rolled out a new quarterly recognition program for its Build Your Career (BYC) workforce development initiative administered by the CAGC Foundation. CAGC’s BYC Ambassador of the Quarter for Fourth Quarter 2019 is Lori Hardaway of HardHat Workforce Solutions. Based in Columbia, S.C., Hardaway actively advocates for and promotes the mission and…
Carolinas AGC’s Pinnacle Awards ceremony was held at CAGC’s 99th Annual Convention in Aruba on January 25, 2020. Three construction projects received 2019 Pinnacle Awards for enhancing their communities. Pinnacle entries are judged on unique aspects and challenges; special values; project management; budget and schedule; and safety performance. Pinnacle winning projects enhance the Carolinas and…
The Build Your Career (BYC) “Contractors in the Classroom” program is designed to place CAGC’s BYC Ambassadors directly in schools throughout the Carolinas region. The goal of this program is to educate students, their parents and teachers on the many amazing benefits of pursuing a career in the construction and craft trade industry. Through ongoing outreach programs…
This holiday season Carolinas AGC’s (CAGC) Young Leaders will be giving back to two families of SCDOT employees who lost their lives on the job in July 2019. David Sibbick and Cecil Morgan were killed when they were struck by a driver while patching a pothole on US-501 near Myrtle Beach. Please read the stories…
Carolinas AGC (CAGC) Foundation’s Build Your Career (BYC) workforce development initiative has named Goosie Kennedy its first BYC Ambassador of the Quarter – part of a new recognition program rolled out this month. A project manager with general contracting firm D.R. Reynolds Company, Inc., Kennedy is not only an active Build Your Career Ambassador, but…
