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2022 GroundBreaker: Melvin C. Williams, Vice President, Terracon

GroundBreak Carolinas is honored to spotlight Melvin C. Williams, F.SAME, FACEC, a member of the Class of 2022 GroundBreakers — an exclusive group of individuals who have gone above and beyond to make a difference for the construction community in the Carolinas. Williams is Vice President and Senior Client Developer assigned to Terracon’s South East Division….

CAGC Recognizes Top Young Leader Award Winners at 2022 Summer Conference

Carolinas AGC has announced the CAGC Class of 2022 Top Young Leader winners. CAGC’s Top Young Leader Award recognizes those, 40 and under, who play critical roles in the community and professional arenas of the construction industry. The association believes it’s important to honor the achievements of its young leaders as the emergence of these…

Davis & Floyd’s Casey Tompkins: Finding the Next Generation of Engineers

Casey Tompkins, PHR, SHRM-CP is Talent Resource Manager at Davis & Floyd (D|F), a multidisciplinary engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm that focuses on community development, transportation, and water resources projects across South Carolina. Prior to joining D|F six years ago this month, Tompkins had an 18-year career with StaffSource Inc. as Vice President of…

2022 GroundBreaker: Amy Sullivan, President & CEO of ABC Carolinas

GroundBreak Carolinas is honored to spotlight Amy Sullivan, a member of the Class of 2022 GroundBreakers — an exclusive group of individuals who have gone above and beyond to make a difference for the construction community in the Carolinas. Sullivan is President & CEO of Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas (ABC Carolinas). ABC Carolinas…

Choate Employees Write Hundreds of Handwritten Letters to Veterans

This July, Choate Construction Company’s Building Up committee launched the company’s first annual veteran appreciation event. Each of Choate’s six offices, including Raleigh, Charlotte and Charleston, hosted a veteran guest speaker during a companywide letter-writing event to hear about their experiences and learn more about the importance of staying connected and showing appreciation for veterans….

2022 GroundBreakers: Angela Gardner and Christi Powell, Women Talk Construction

GroundBreak Carolinas is honored to spotlight Angela Gardner and Christi Powell, members of the Class of 2022 GroundBreakers — an exclusive group of individuals who have gone above and beyond to make a difference for the construction community in the Carolinas. Gardner and Powell are co-creators and hosts of the recently launched Women Talk Construction podcast,…

Sit-Down with Julia Kunlo, President of Raleigh-Based Evolution Safety Resources

Julia Kunlo, MSOSH, CSP, has been named President of Evolution Safety Resources (ESR), a workplace safety consulting firm that serves the construction sector and other industries from its Raleigh headquarters. Kunlo was instrumental in helping establish the start-up company (established 2017) in the Carolinas market while expanding services across the country and internationally. GroundBreak Carolinas…

Filling Budget Gaps with Energy Savings through Building Automation Technology

Many organizations are facing gaps in their budgets right now or will be facing them in the coming years. For the purposes of this article, I am going to use schools as my facility type example; however, the challenges and solutions noted apply to most types of facilities across all sectors, whether industrial, commercial, or…

Digital Twins: Taking Building Visualization a Step Further

While “digital twins” will likely never be part of my typical lexicon, the technology is finding its way into more of my client conversations. Many owners are now accustomed to visualizing their buildings during design and construction, but the popularity of digital twins is taking this a step further. Imagine being able to observe your…