ABC Carolinas Celebrates Projects & People at 2024 Excellence in Construction (EIC) Awards Gala
Associated Builders and Contractors Carolinas Chapter (ABC Carolinas) celebrated over 50 projects collectively worth $1.2 billion at the annual ABCC Excellence in Construction (EIC) Awards Gala on November 7, 2024. The ABC EIC Program is the industry’s leading competition that honors both general and specialty contractors for innovative and high-quality Merit Shop construction projects. “The 2024…
McCrory Construction’s Stephen Cooper, DBIA, Earns National Design-Build Certification
Stephen Cooper, DBIA, Director of McCrory Construction’s Greenville Operations, has earned the prestigious designation of Designated Design-Build Professional® (DBIA®) and the right to display “DBIA” after his name. 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….
3 Reasons You Need to Hire Veterans
The skilled workforce shortage in construction continues to put a strain on project deadlines and budgets. With a projected shortage of more than half a million workers per year, construction companies are looking for solutions to stock their teams with talent. To begin filling the pipeline of workers, industry should consider one demographic as an ideal fit…
Knowledge Transfer: The Key to Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
The construction industry has always had a reputation for bringing people up through the “school of hard knocks,” where knowledge transfer occurred through a combination of taking on the most difficult jobs, doing whatever the boss demanded, and receiving a good butt-chewing when you screwed up. The Backstory I remember vividly one of the best…
Balfour Beatty Hires Annette Ebright as Vice President of Compliance
Balfour Beatty is pleased to announce the hiring of Annette Ebright as the company’s vice president of compliance based out of the company’s Charlotte office in North Carolina. In her new role, Annette oversees the implementation of legal, regulatory, and operational compliance and manages risk assessments for Balfour Beatty’s Buildings and Civils businesses. She also…
2024 GroundBreaker: Todd Usher, PhD, Founder & President of Addison Homes
GroundBreak Carolinas congratulates Todd Usher, PhD, Founder and President of Addison Homes, for being named to the Class of 2024 GroundBreakers — an exclusive group of four individuals who have gone above and beyond to make a difference for the construction community in the Carolinas. Addison Homes is an established Upstate homebuilder specializing in building healthy, high-performance…
Cullum Promotes Steven Legare to Assistant Superintendent
Cullum Constructors, Inc. announces the promotion of Steven Legare to Assistant Superintendent. Legare entered the workforce after high school and joined the Cullum team in 2004. He recalls sharing his goal of becoming a superintendent with his mentor, William Fillingame, shortly after starting his career at Cullum. Legare began learning the sheet metal and plumbing…
Sit-down with Mark Zweig, Author of “Confessions of an Entrepreneur: Simple Wisdom for Starting, Building, and Running a Business”
Mark Zweig’s LinkedIn Profile says it all: “Founder of Inc. 500/5000 companies — Entrepreneur, Teacher, Author, Speaker, Outside Director, Consultant, Designer, Podcaster, AEC Industry Expert, and Automobile and Motorcycle enthusiast who loves small business!” Zweig’s entrepreneurial spirit has certainly been evident within the AEC industry. For example, in his role as Chairman and Founder of…
2024 GroundBreaker: Ben Barfield, Vice President & Division Manager, Brasfield & Gorrie
GroundBreak Carolinas is honored to spotlight Ben Barfield, Vice President and Division Manager at Brasfield & Gorrie, for being named to the Class of 2024 GroundBreakers — an exclusive group of four individuals who have gone above and beyond to make a difference for the construction community in the Carolinas. Barfield oversees Brasfield & Gorrie’s Greenville (SC)…
Drilling Down: Four Questions with Dr. Mittie Cannon, Changemaker for Young Women in Construction
Dr. Mittie Cannon has made advocating for diversity in the construction industry her mission for the last decade. She established Power UP Inc., which is focused on showing young women all the lucrative and empowering opportunities that are available to them in the world of construction. She reflects on how far her work has come,…
