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McMillan Pazdan Smith Honored with the Firm Award by AIA South Carolina

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on October 30, 2024

McMillan Pazdan Smith has received the highest honor that AIA South Carolina can award an architecture firm. The “Firm Award” recognizes a firm that exemplifies the very best of the profession. Before bestowing this award, the AIA South Carolina Board of Directors considers a firm’s body of work, their contribution to the profession, and service in the community….

Topics: Architecture, Business
AIA South Carolina, McMillan Pazdan Smith

A Taste of Italy in South Carolina: A Developer’s Journey

by GroundBreak Carolinas on October 23, 2023

Following a long journey with many twists and turns, Hughes Investments’ BridgeWay Station mixed-use development has become a reality. Several large office tenants, commercial tenants, and a school are already open, and over 100 new apartments are leased and occupied. Several more restaurants and commercial tenants will open over the next few months. Visible from…

Topics: Featured, People, Projects
BridgeWay Station, Harper General Contractors, Hughes Investments Inc., McMillan Pazdan Smith

Strategically Funding School Facility Improvements

by Ben Thompson, AIA, ALEP, McMillan Pazdan Smith on November 14, 2022

A blueprint for districts to secure taxpayer-funded capital investment Public education is facing renewed scrutiny in post-pandemic America. Improving student outcomes for today’s world means bringing disparate topics together to make wiser and bolder decisions in school planning, design and improvement. It has always been a challenge for public schools to keep pace with facility…

Topics: Featured, Schools (K-12 and Higher Education)
McMillan Pazdan Smith, School Design

How to Successfully Delegate at Work

by Nicole Andrews, MBA, MHRD, Vice President, Human Resources at McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture on September 10, 2021

To delegate or not to delegate? That is the question. Delegation is something that’s a struggle for many. The two biggest obstacles to delegation and causes of micromanagement are CONTROL and TRUST. The person delegating wants to control what’s done, when it’s done and how it’s done. In that case, it shouldn’t be delegated because…

Topics: Featured, Human Resources
McMillan Pazdan Smith

THS Constructors Tops Out on New Industrial Speculative Building in Greenwood, SC

by GroundBreak Staff Report on August 24, 2020

Greenwood County, S.C. – (August 20, 2020) – THS Constructors, Inc., one of the Southeast’s leading design-build construction firms, continues to make progress on the new, 100,000-square-foot industrial speculative building for Greenwood County in the North Greenwood Industrial Park. Grading for the site has been completed and THS topped out the steel structure on Monday,…

Topics: Industrial/Manufacturing, Projects
Davis & Floyd, McMillan Pazdan Smith, THS Constructors, Walker & Whiteside

Why My Heart is Broken: Becoming More Inclusive and Why it Matters

by Nicole Andrews, MBA, MHRD, Vice President, Human Resources at McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture on July 24, 2020

“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. If I can be honest, I debated whether or not to say something publicly about the heartbreak, anger and despair many are feeling right now, both minorities and non-minorities. Sometimes, I’ve dealt with my sadness and frustrations about what’s happening in the world right…

Topics: Featured, Human Resources
Diversity, Inclusion, McMillan Pazdan Smith

Frampton Construction Completes Manufacturing Facility for Curtiss-Wright

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on December 18, 2019

Charleston, S.C. – Frampton Construction Company, LLC, a regional full-service construction firm providing planning and design support, preconstruction, and construction services, has completed a build-to-suit industrial manufacturing facility for Curtiss-Wright Corporation, a global, diversified manufacturing and service company. The project, developed by The Keith Corporation, is located within the Charleston Trade Center in Summerville, S.C.   The…

Topics: Business, Industrial/Manufacturing, Projects
Frampton Construction, McMillan Pazdan Smith

Clemson University to Host Third Annual Design and Construction Symposium on October 11 in Greenville

by Joan Krause, GroundBreak Carolinas on August 1, 2018

GroundBreak Carolinas is pleased to be the media sponsor for the 3rd Annual Construction Industry Symposium offered by Clemson University’s Department of Construction Science and Management (CSM). Registration is now open for “The Ever-Changing World of Construction: Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Opportunities,” a regional conference, to be held at the Greenville Marriott (South Carolina) on Thursday,…

Topics: Clemson CSM, Featured
Brad Smith, Brian King, Bruce Yandle, Clemson, Clemson CSM, Clemson CSM Construction Symposium, Clemson University, Clemson University's Wood Utilization + Design Institute, Dr. N. Mike Jackson, Dr. Yandle, McGriff Insurance Services, McMillan Pazdan Smith

THS Constructors Completes first U.S. Production Facility for Norafins Americas

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on June 28, 2018

THS Constructors, Inc., one of the Southeast’s leading design-build and contracting companies,  announces the completion and grand opening of a new manufacturing facility for Norafin Americas in Mills Creek, N.C. , near Asheville.  The facility is Norafin’s first U.S. production plant and will provide 50 jobs in Mills River. The world class textile plant will produce…

Topics: Industrial/Manufacturing, Projects
McMillan Pazdan Smith, Norafins Americas, THS Constuctors

McMillan Pazdan Smith Acquires SPARC Design in Asheville

by GroundBreak Carolinas Staff on June 2, 2017

McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture announced the acquisition of  SPARC Design in Asheville, NC. According to McMillan Pazdan Smith, the acquisition will strengthen the depth of available design and project management resources in Western North Carolina. SPARC Design has has served public and private sector clients in the Carolinas.  Lindsey Rhoden, AIA, LEED AP, who will assume…

Topics: Architecture, Business
Asheville, McMillan Pazdan Smith, SPARC Design

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