The U.S. Economy and the Carolinas at Mid-Year
Special to GroundBreak Carolinas: Dr. Bruce Yandle, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus, Clemson University, shares economic insight for construction leaders in the Carolinas. Getting Started: The Current Picture With 2024 at the halfway mark, we find a national economy registering a low pulse-beat and an improved outllook on the inflation front. First quarter real…
Keith Poole of Trehel Offers Commercial Contractor’s Perspective on Markets & Trends
GroundBreak Carolinas is pleased to share thoughts and insights from key construction industry leaders in the Carolinas. Keith Poole, President and Chief Operating Officer of Trehel, offers a commercial contractor’s perspective as we enter the second half of 2024. What’s your outlook on the construction industry for the second half of 2024? If what we are…
CarolinaPower Welcomes Ashley Michie as Marketing Manager
CarolinaPower, a leading employee-owned, regional electrical contractor with four offices in South Carolina, has hired Ashley Michie as Marketing Manager. Based in the firm’s Columbia office, Michie will lead company-wide marketing efforts, including brand management, marketing communications, social media, and special events. Michie has nearly 15 years of business and marketing management experience in the…
H&W’s Shannon Heigel on Her Construction Industry Journey
Shannon Heigel is Vice President of Operations with H&W Electrical, a South Carolina-based electrical contracting firm that focuses on industrial, commercial, and plant maintenance projects with an emphasis on design-build construction projects in the Southeast. GroundBreak Carolinas spoke with Heigel about the company and its culture, how she “fell into” the construction industry, and her…
The Bricks that Bind Us: Shook Construction Shares Impact of Employee Mission Trip to Thailand
As part of their global mission trip program, Shook Construction sent 10 employees to Wiang Pa Pao, Thailand, in February 2024 – including two team members from Raleigh – to help build a new girls’ home that would house 12 children who have been rescued from trafficking, abuse, and more. The project had an immense…
Davis & Floyd’s Marion Bull Discusses Emerging Port Logistics and Industrial Growth Trends
In an exclusive interview with GroundBreak Carolinas, Marion Bull—Director of Business Development at Davis & Floyd—discusses the company’s role in emerging port logistics and industrial growth trends. With a focus on the strategic importance of ports like Charleston and Savannah, Bull sheds light on how regional shifts in manufacturing and infrastructure needs are redefining the…
2024 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 6th annual GroundBreak Carolinas “Most Influential in North Carolina…
CarolinaPower’s Travis Oswald Promoted to Vice President
CarolinaPower, a leading employee-owned, regional electrical contractor with four offices in South Carolina, has promoted Greenville Branch Manager Travis Oswald to Vice President. Oswald will now oversee companywide Construction Services – Engineering, Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), and Prefabrication – while still managing day-to-day operations of the Greenville office. Oswald has been with CarolinaPower for…
Celebrating CAGC’s Construction Business Academy Graduates in Goldsboro, NC
Carolinas AGC announced in May that its fourth class of the CAGC Foundation Construction Business Academy, all minority-owned and small-business construction companies, have graduated after completing a dozen sessions on topics ranging from business and strategic planning to licensing, insurance and mental health awareness. A total of 12 businesses and 21 leaders from the Goldsboro, NC area…
A Career in Design-Build: From Intern to Project Manager
Like many college freshmen, I didn’t have a clue what I wanted to do with my life, and it wouldn’t have occurred to me at that time to pursue a career in Design-Build. When I was young, growing up in Rock Hill, SC, I do remember liking math and science and thought maybe I could…
