With War Raging and Oil Surging, What is the Economic Outlook?
With a war raging in the Middle East, trade wars at play elsewhere, crude oil prices rising above $100 a barrel, the White House threatening a Cuba takeover and U.S. saber rattling directed toward Greenland, economic policy uncertainty is peaking and major investment decisions are being put on hold. Is there anything meaningful that we…
Bringing an Owner’s Perspective to Food Facility Design and Construction
For more than a decade, I worked side-by-side with the leadership team at A M King, tackling large-scale projects for a global food industry client. These complex, high-stakes operations demanded expertise in site selection, growth planning, and balancing timelines, budgets, and regulatory requirements — all critical elements of successful food facility design and construction. What…
McCrory Construction Promotes Noah Fuller to Project Manager
McCrory Construction, South Carolina’s oldest general contractor, has promoted Noah Fuller to Project Manager. Fuller joined McCrory six years ago following a three-year internship in the firm’s Greenville office. Hired as a Project Engineer, he was promoted to Assistant Project Manager within two years. Fuller is currently managing a significant construction project underway in Hampton…
CarolinaPower Welcomes Logan Warmoth as Business Developer
CarolinaPower, a leading employee-owned, regional electrical contractor with four offices in South Carolina, has added Logan Warmoth to its Business Development team. Warmoth’s primary focus will be on identifying new business opportunities in the company’s key markets – commercial, healthcare, higher education and industrial. He will work in tandem with Business Development Executive Madison Younginer…
SeamonWhiteside Welcomes Six New Shareholders, Reinforcing Growth and Leadership Across the Carolinas
SeamonWhiteside (SW+), a full-service site design firm with offices throughout the Carolinas, today announced the elevation of six key leaders to shareholder, a strategic expansion of the firm’s ownership as it scales operations across the Carolinas. The move recognizes the contributions of the leaders who have helped shape the firm’s growth, culture, and long-term direction….
McCrory Construction Promotes Ashlie Neil to Project Administrator Supervisor
McCrory Construction, South Carolina’s oldest general contractor, has promoted Ashlie Neil to Project Administrator Supervisor, a leadership role in which she will oversee project administrative operations and support across the company’s field teams. Neil, who began her career with McCrory as a project administrator in the company’s Columbia office, brings more than 10 years of…
Foundry Taps Alex Olofson to Lead Capital Markets Growth in Charlotte
Foundry Commercial is pleased to announce that Alex Olofson has joined its Capital Markets Practice Group as Vice President, becoming the first representative of the firm’s Investment Advisory Group (IAG) in Charlotte. In this role, Olofson will focus on the sale and capitalization of office, industrial, and retail assets across the Carolinas on behalf of…
McCrory Construction’s Tony Warren, DBIA, Earns National Design-Build Certification
Tony Warren, DBIA, Design-Build Preconstruction Director for McCrory Construction, has earned the prestigious designation of Designated Design-Build Professional® (DBIA®). This sought-after construction industry credential requires successful completion of the Design-Build Institute of America’s comprehensive “gold standard” education, training and certification testing program, including a rigorous exam. Substantial, documented project experience in design-build project delivery is…
Mike Foushee to Lead Brasfield & Gorrie’s Carolinas Operations
Mike Foushee has stepped into the role of Brasfield & Gorrie Carolinas Region President with a clear vision for strengthening communities, expanding opportunity and elevating the company’s impact across the region. From B&G’s office in Charlotte, he will guide strategy and operations across the general contractor’s offices in the region, which also include Raleigh and…
The Evolution of Character in the Construction Industry
It was the fall of 1985. I was in my last semester at the University of Florida, just a few short weeks before finally finishing my degree in Building Construction, when one of my professors uttered these words: “When you tell people you are a contractor, most of them will immediately assume that you are…
