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McCrory Wins Design-Build Excellence Award for E.A. Sween Project in Greenwood County

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McCrory Construction, South Carolina’s oldest general contractor, won the Design-Build Excellence Award in the Industrial category in the 25th Annual Project/Team Awards competition sponsored by the Design-Build Institute of America’s Southeast Region (DBIA Southeast). McCrory took top honors for its single-source delivery of a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Hodges, S.C., for Minnesota-based E.A. Sween (EAS),…

Don Warren Receives DBIA’s Highest Honor for Longstanding Commitment to Design-Build

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The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) recognized Donald G. Warren, FDBIA, with the 2024 Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2024 Design-Build Conference & Expo held in Dallas TX, in early November. Named after Filippo Brunelleschi, one of history’s greatest architects and engineers, the Brunelleschi Lifetime Achievement Award is DBIA’s highest honor. In announcing Warren…

A M King Wins Best Project Award from DBIA Southeast for North America’s Largest Avocado Ripening & Processing Facility

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Carolinas-based A M King, a leading integrated Design-Build firm with offices in Charlotte, NC, Greenville, SC. and Chicago, IL, has been recognized with a 2022 Best Project Award from the Design-Build Institute of America’s Southeast Region. A M King was singled out for its exemplary project delivery of what is now North America’s largest avocado…

A M King Begins Construction on Cold Distribution Center for Combs Wholesale Produce in Winston-Salem

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Charlotte-based A M King, an Integrated Design-Build firm with offices in Greenville, SC and Chicago, IL, has begun construction of a USDA-certified, greenfield cold distribution facility for Combs Wholesale Produce Company in Winston-Salem, NC. The 40,000-square-foot structure, which will replace the company’s original facility built in 1978, will allow Combs Wholesale Produce to move to…

McCrory’s Don Warren in the Spotlight at Design-Build Institute of America’s 25th Anniversary Celebration

by Joan Krause, GroundBreak Carolinas on

Donald G. Warren, Executive Vice President with Columbia-based McCrory Construction, has a long list of distinctions in the design-build arena. Since joining McCrory three years ago to help the century-strong company grow its long-time presence in the industrial market, Warren has continued a 30-year legacy of successful design-build project delivery in the Carolinas. Warren leads…

Design-Build Now Delivers Nearly Half of all Projects Nationwide

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Design-build used to be considered an “alternative” way to build. New research shows it’s now the fastest growing and most popular method delivering construction projects in America. Industry analysts at FMI have completed a comprehensive assessment of the nonresidential, highway/street and water/wastewater design-build construction market. This long-awaited research provides the most comprehensive look at design-build’s…

Spotlight on Brian King of A M King

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Brian T. King is an entrepreneur, business professional and the founder, owner and president of A M King, a Charlotte-based firm that provides planning, design, construction and facility services of highly complex facilities in niche markets throughout the United States. If ever there was a CEO to be admired, Brian King is that person, and we’re not…

O’Neal Expands Food and Beverage Capabilities

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O’Neal, Inc, a Greenville, SC-based integrated design and construction firm, has announced expanded capabilities for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods markets. The company is launching a Food and Beverage Strategic Business Unit (SBU) that will focus on food processing, food distribution and the broader consumer packaged goods markets. The firm has hired David Dixon…

Fluor to Design and Build $2 Billion Diabetes API Manufacturing Facility for Novo Nordisk in North Carolina

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Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and construction management contract by Novo Nordisk for its new $2 billion diabetes Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in Clayton, North Carolina. Fluor has been providing basic design services since Novo Nordisk announced plans for the new facility in August 2015 and now…