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,…
A Quick Study: From Student Intern to CarolinaPower Assistant Project Manager
For Cameron Lipe, B.S., Electrical Engineering, ’23, the Clemson University Memorial Stadium Renovations project became a real-life learning lab – and career catapult – when he did an internship with CarolinaPower during his final semester at Clemson. The rest, as they say, “is history.” For Cameron, now an Assistant Project Manager (APM) with CarolinaPower, it…
2024 GroundBreaker: Jackie Murray, General Superintendent, Marsh Bell Construction
GroundBreak Carolinas congratulates Jackie Murray, General Superintendent at Marsh Bell Construction Company, 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. With a construction career spanning nearly 40 years, Murray has…
Cullum Services, Inc. Promotes Gary Jordan to Sheet Metal Foreman
Cullum Services is pleased to announce the promotion of Gary Jordan to Sheet MetalForman. Jordan achieved his associate’s degree in Mechanical Engineering Technologyfrom South Carolina State University and received his EPA certification fromPennsylvania College of Technology before joining the Cullum team in 2021. Jordan hasmore than a decade of experience in construction and is Arc…
Football Season, Election Season, and the Economic Outlook
With September’s arrival, those who love college football are again enjoying tailgating, touchdowns, the sound of marching bands, and crowds cheering and singing their alma mater. Hope for a conference championship reigns supreme. Nothing beats winning.[1] And then those who get their thrills from politics, cheering crowds, music, and political cheerleaders can enjoy an endless…
