2026 GroundBreakers: Who is Influencing the Industry? Submit your Nomination
People make the construction industry what it is today. The GroundBreak Carolinas team is interested in identifying and featuring those individuals who are influencing construction and having a significant impact on the industry. We are pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 8th annual GroundBreak Carolinas GroundBreakers Awards. “The GroundBreaker Awards…
CarolinaPower Welcomes Dr. Christopher Traugh as Director of Construction Services
CarolinaPower, a leading employee-owned, regional electrical contractor with four offices in South Carolina, has hired Christopher Traugh, DBA, as Director of Construction Services. In this role, Traugh will provide strategic leadership for Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), Building Information Modeling (BIM), and Prefabrication/Manufacturing for CarolinaPower, as well as sister company Georgia-based MetroPower. His responsibilities include…
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…
Don’t Let Improved Technology Get in the Way of Basic Fundamentals of Managing Your Construction Business
I am simply amazed at how rapidly things are changing. The onslaught of change in the business world over the last decade has been nothing less than fast and furious. Just sit back and think of the new technological tools, software, and systems, that have been developed, tested, and introduced into the marketplace during that time…
Richard Alsop, Jr., FAIA: What I Learned about Life Balance from the Oldest Person I Ever Met
What I learned about life balance from the oldest person I ever met. On Friday, March 27, I spent the day with the oldest person I have ever known, my dad, celebrating his 101st birthday. Raised during the Depression, he enlisted in the US Navy in June 1942 at just over 17, the same age…
CarolinaPower’s Becca Holleran, Assistant Project Manager, Reflects on Career in Construction
Becca Holleran is an assistant project manager with leading regional electrical contractor, CarolinaPower, in Columbia, South Carolina. Becca moved into project management from field administration, bringing a strong understanding of onsite operations, documentation control, and team coordination. In a short interview during Women in Construction month (March), Becca discussed her career path history, what she enjoys…
SeamonWhiteside’s Taylor Critcher to Lead Landscape Architecture Practice across the Carolinas
SeamonWhiteside (SW+), a full-service site design firm with offices throughout the Carolinas, today announced the promotion of Taylor Critcher to director of landscape architecture services to oversee the firm’s landscape architecture practice. In this position, Critcher will help elevate design excellence across SW+’s offices while strengthening collaboration between landscape architecture, civil engineering, water resources, and…
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…
