2026 GroundBreaker: Chad Frampton, President and CEO of Frampton Construction
GroundBreak Carolinas is honored to spotlight Chad Frampton, President and CEO of Frampton Construction, who has been named to the Class of 2026 GroundBreakers — an exclusive group of individuals recognized for going above and beyond to make a difference in the construction community across the Carolinas. Founded in 1993, Frampton is a Southeast-based construction firm…
Construction Growth Hasn’t Disappeared, It Has Moved
The U.S. construction industry is entering a period of increasingly uneven growth. While overall construction spending is declining, several important market segments continue to expand, creating a widening divide between contractors positioned for growth and those facing a more challenging environment. According to FMI’s latest 2026 North American Engineering and Construction Outlook, total U.S. construction…
Elections Have Consequences: Why the Construction Industry Should Pay Attention to the 2026 Midterms
From infrastructure investment and workforce development to energy policy and economic competitiveness, the decisions made in Washington, Raleigh and Columbia will help shape the future of construction across the Carolinas. Construction is a business built on long-term thinking. Projects are planned years in advance, investments are measured in millions or billions of dollars, and decisions…
The Great Construction Talent Shift: Is the Data Center Boom Draining the Rest of the Industry?
The rapid expansion of data centers is creating extraordinary opportunities for the construction industry. But as billions of dollars flow into mission-critical facilities, a new challenge is emerging: competition for the skilled workers needed to build everything else. The construction industry has always competed for talent. Skilled electricians, mechanical tradespeople, superintendents, project managers, and estimators…
2026 “GroundBreakers” Honored for Positively Impacting Carolinas Construction Industry
GroundBreak Carolinas is excited to announce the results of our 2026 GroundBreaker Awards, an annual awards program – now in its eighth year – that recognizes individuals who have gone above and beyond to make a difference for the construction community in the Carolinas. Selected from a well-rounded group of nominees from North Carolina and…
Data Center Growth Fuels Gray’s Rise in ENR Rankings
Engineering News-Record (ENR) has recognized Gray among the nation’s leading contractors in its annual Top 400 Contractors report, including a significant rise to the top 15 in telecommunications sector fueled by continued growth in Data Center construction across the U.S. In this year’s rankings, Gray earned recognition as #15 Top Telecommunications Contractors. That result was further solidified by Gray’s…
Women in Construction: Setting the Standard for Leadership
For women in the construction industry, representation matters — but representation alone doesn’t build trust, manage risk, or deliver exceptional facilities. At A M King, women lead complex food processing, food distribution and industrial manufacturing projects every day, consistently and repeatedly bringing value to our clients. This Q&A highlights two of our leaders — Alissa…
Construction Professionals Offer Advice to New Graduates Entering AEC Industry
GroundBreak Carolinas reached out to a cross section of architecture, engineering and construction top executives and young leaders in North Carolina and South Carolina to see what advice they might have for new college graduates entering our industry. Check out their “words of wisdom!” IN THEIR OWN WORDS “There are two traits to pursue being new…
The Great American Bread Machine and Future Prosperity
Getting Started With America’s 250th birthday soon to be celebrated, we stop momentarily to see how the Great American Bread Machine, the economy, cheers us on as we pursue life, liberty and happiness. So far, so good, I would say. In fact, in spite of much done politically to direct the economy from the top…
Technology that Builds Trust: Supporting Owners and Communities from the Start
Construction technology at Harper General Contractors has evolved from a concept into a core driver of how the company builds. Today, it stands as a defining element of every project. The foundation for Harper’s Construction Technology Department (ConTech) was laid in 2015 during Harper’s first Building Information Modeling (BIM) coordination effort at the Greenville Country…
