Clancy & Theys’ Sara Downing, Workforce Development Champion
Each year, ABC Carolinas recognizes a member who has gone beyond the call of duty to support the chapter’s workforce development efforts – someone who brings ideas to the table, connects with others through workforce development programs, and engages with the community. For 2022, Sara Downing, CPSM, Director of Business Development for Clancy & Theys…
Scout to Innovate and Electrify its American Heritage at New $2 Billion U.S. Manufacturing Facility Near Columbia, S.C.
Scout Motors Inc. (“Scout”) is establishing its first manufacturing plant in Blythewood, which is near Columbia, South Carolina. At the Richland County site, the company will build all-electric, next-generation trucks and rugged SUVs harkening back to the iconic Scout vehicles produced from 1960 to 1980. The company’s $2 billion investment has the potential to create 4,000…
NAWIC in the Carolinas: Celebrating WIC 2023
Women in Construction Week is celebrated all over the country and internationally. National Women in Construction (WIC) Week 2023 is scheduled for March 5-11. The National Association of Women in Construction’s eight chapters in the Carolinas belong to NAWIC’s South Atlantic Region – one of eight national regions for the association. NAWIC South Atlantic Region…
Mentoring in Construction: Benefits and Best Practices
Mentoring is important for professional development of employees in all roles in the construction industry. At its core, mentoring is a learning relationship. Mentorship relationships can be a two-way street, where both the mentor as well as the mentee are able to learn, grow and support one another. As the construction industry faces unprecedented talent challenges,…
Understanding Zoomers: What Drives Them and Their Impact on the Future
Generation Z is growing up. Sandwiched between Millennials and Generation Alpha, this group is emerging as an influential demographic and driving impactful change that will shape our future in ways we haven’t seen before. This demographic, also known as Zoomers, is the largest generation on Earth, ranging in age from 10 to 25. While we…
Wells Fargo Reveals Top 2023 Reflections of the Construction Industry
Wells Fargo released its 2023 Construction Industry Forecast, a survey designed to gather insights on sentiment and current business conditions in the construction industry. This year’s survey indicates a level of cautious optimism prevailing among nonresidential contractors and distributors. Most notably, respondents shared several top concerns, including the availability of skilled workers, rising interest rates,…
Construction Workforce Shortage Tops Half a Million in 2023, Says ABC
The construction industry will need to attract an estimated 546,000 additional workers on top of the normal pace of hiring in 2023 to meet the demand for labor, according to a proprietary model developed by Associated Builders and Contractors. “The construction industry must recruit hundreds of thousands of qualified, skilled construction professionals each year to…
Need Construction Legal Advice? Look No Further Than Poyner Spruill’s Matt Bouchard
On any given day, you can find Poyner Spruill LLP partner Matt Bouchard busy negotiating commercial construction contracts, resolving multi-million dollar disputes, or counseling clients on successful project completion. Bouchard leads the firm’s Construction Law Practice Area, a group of five attorneys who focus on commercial construction matters in the Carolinas. The team handles everything…
Designing for Resiliency: Introducing Flexible Design into Our Built Environment
There is a concept in architecture that continually speaks to me. I’ve seen its absence create constraints, added costs and sometimes an unnecessary plan for new construction or demolition. Its presence, on the other hand, reimagines the built environment as dynamic, easily and proficiently adapting to change. I’m talking about flexible architecture, which is often…
The 2023 Economy: Taking a Look at the World, the Nation, and the Carolinas
With 2023’s first month behind us and more 2022 data in hand, this is a good time to look closer at the year just ended and consider images now forming for the year ahead. An assessment of the world situation by the global consultancy PwC presented a few weeks ago at the Davos World Economic…
