ABC Carolinas to Hold a “Meet the GCs” in Upstate SC
The ABC Carolinas Chapter will be hosting the Upstate Speed Meeting with the GCs event on Thursday, September 6th at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Greenville, SC. ABCC members often say this is one of the most productive networking opportunities in which they participate. The local industry’s leading General Contractor and Specialty Contractor firms meet…
Wayne Brothers Inc. Recognized as Southeast Specialty Contractor of the Year
ENR recently selected its Southeast Specialty Contractor of the Year—Davidson, N.C.-based Wayne Brothers Inc. The specialty concrete and civil construction contractor experienced good revenue growth in 2017, the year covered by this year’s survey. The firm’s Southeast revenue for 2017 totaled roughly $96.7 million, up roughly 16% from the $83.38 million it reported for last year’s ranking….
New Construction Starts in July Slide 9 Percent
At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $817.4 billion, new construction starts in July fell 9% from the elevated pace reported in June, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The latest month’s decline followed strong gains for total construction starts during the previous two months, with May up 14% and June up 11%. By major…
Tips for Attracting Millennials in Construction
So far 2018 is stacking up to be a busy year for construction companies. However, companies are finding it hard to attract millennials in construction. There are nearly a quarter of a million open construction jobs in the United States, but they’re finding it harder and harder to fill them. Another issue that the construction…
Construction Material Prices Inch Down in July, Says ABC
Prices for inputs to construction fell 0.2 percent in July but are 9.5 percent higher than a year ago, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Nonresidential construction input prices fell 0.3 percent in July but are up 9.6 percent year over year. Softwood lumber prices are…
eSUB Named as FrontRunner for Construction Project Management Software
eSUB Construction Software scores highest FrontRunner on usability and user recommendations among more than 125 other products eSUB Construction Software announced today that Software Advice named it a FrontRunner for Construction Project Management software. Software Advice, a Gartner company, analyzes user reviews, and only those software products with top scores for Usability and User Recommended…
CarolinaPower Recognized as a Best Place to Work in South Carolina
CarolinaPower was honored as one of South Carolina’s Best Places to Work by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce at an awards dinner and reception on August 2, 2018. One of just 75 companies from across the state to be recognized, CarolinaPower is the only specialty contractor to make this year’s list in either of…
How to Write a Construction Quality Control Plan
A construction quality control plan helps ensure that your client can actually use the building. The plan looks at specific areas of a project that could affect quality and outlines the ways to mitigate that risk. Businesses that use a construction quality control plan for their projects can ensure that quality issues won’t happen. There…
NAWIC Announces Establishment of Charleston Chapter, Officers and Board
North Charleston, S.C – A group of 42 new chapter members of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) gathered on July 26, 2018, at Charleston Electrical Contractors Association (CECA) in North Charleston for the organizational meeting of the Palmetto Chapter of SC #385. The chapter elected the following Officers and Board of Directors: President:…
ARCO Design/Build Expands National Presence Announcing a New Charlotte Regional Office
ARCO Design/Build announced expansion of their national presence with the forthcoming opening of their Charlotte, NC office. The Charlotte based regional office will support industrial construction projects and clients based within North Carolina and South Carolina. Named as one of the “Top 15 Design-Build Firms” in 2018 by the Engineering News-Record, ARCO Design/Build specializes in…
