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Everyone knows that the cornerstone of great reality shows is challenges, the more wildly inventive and seemingly impossible the better. This isn’t a story about The Great British Bake Off or America Ninja Warrior. But imagine there are groups of women who are asked to build walls for use in Habitat for Humanity homes. They are given hammers,…
Every fall during Homecoming week, the Clemson community unites to build a home for a local family in need. The project, which is organized by Clemson University’s Habitat for Humanity chapter and supervised by the Pickens County Habitat for Humanity, marked its 25th year and 26th home in October 2018. Tradition calls for building the house on…
Carolinas AGC (CAGC) is pleased with the outcome of the inaugural summer Construction Careers Camp held recently in Durham, N.C. in partnership with Durham Technical Community College and the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). The diverse group of 10 campers, ages 14 to 17 years, included three young women. Nine of the 10 campers were African…
The Carolinas Associated General Contractors (CAGC) Young Leaders (YL) recently participated in two Habitat Builds in Columbia, S.C. The CAGC YL group was assigned the task of building and installing three sets of outside stairs and railings for two homes. “Throughout the day we learned so much about Habitat for Humanity and the other opportunities…
On Thursday, June 21, 2017, 23 of Greenville’s CEOs put the finishing touches on their latest project – the construction of a new home for the Nivens family. This home is Habitat for Humanity of Greenville County’s fifth CEO build, an annual event that unites companies from across business sectors to fund and construct a…
