Bosch Power Tools Supports Local Communities by Partnering with NFL Carolina Panthers & NBA San Antonio Spurs
Today Bosch Power Tools announced two new partnerships with the National Football League’s Carolina Panthers and the National Basketball Association’s San Antonio Spurs, as the franchises’ official power tool, power tool accessories, and measuring tool partner. Bosch Power Tools will partner with these iconic teams by co-sponsoring community activation efforts in both cities to engage with the…
Poyner Spruill Welcomes New Chief Operating Officer
Poyner Spruill LLP, a full-service law firm that serves the construction industry, is pleased to announce that Marieé Walton has joined the firm as its Chief Operating Officer. Walton draws on her experience in the finance industry on Wall Street to lead the firm’s operational functions. She is based at the firm’s Raleigh headquarters. Walton…
Aline Capital Launches Development Services Division to Expand Commercial Real Estate Service Offerings
Aline Capital has launched a development services division, further adding to their full-service commercial real estate practice. The firm hired industry veteran Clay Driggers to lead the division. Mr. Driggers joins Aline Capital following time as the Director of Development for Hartness Development. During this time, Mr. Driggers oversaw the development of a 450-acre mixed-use community, which…
ABC: Construction Job Openings Up By 54,000 in August
The construction industry had 407,000 job openings in August, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting. Industry job openings increased by 54,000 last…
Insight from CAGC: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
To help our readers gain a better understanding of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and its implications for our two-state region, GroundBreak Carolinas reached out to Carolinas AGC’s Leslie Clark, Vice President of Operations and SC Director of Government Relations & Divisions, and Victor Barbour, PE, Director, NC Government Relations & Highway-Heavy Division. What…
A M King Women Participate in 24-Hour Challenge during Habitat’s Women Build Week 2021
Everyone knows that the cornerstone of great reality shows is challenges, the more wildly inventive and seemingly impossible the better. This isn’t a story about The Great British Bake Off or America Ninja Warrior. But imagine there are groups of women who are asked to build walls for use in Habitat for Humanity homes. They are given hammers,…
ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator Rebounds in October; Contractor Optimism Rises
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2020 — Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator rebounded to 7.7 months in October, an increase of 0.2 months from September’s reading, according to an ABC member survey conducted from Oct. 20 to Nov. 5. Backlog is 1.2 months lower than in October 2019. ABC’s Construction Confidence Index…
Concrete – the World’s Most Widely Used Material – Targets Carbon Neutral Future
Forty of the world’s leading cement and concrete companies today unveiled a joint industry ‘2050 Climate Ambition.’ The ambition statement demonstrates the commitment of the industry across the globe to drive down the CO2 footprint of the world’s most used man-made product, with an aspiration to deliver society with carbon neutral concrete by 2050. Launched by…
NAIOP Industrial Space Demand Forecast: While Long Term Growth Is Expected, Recession Will Have a Significant Impact on Industrial Real Estate Absorption Rates Into 2021
Although industrial real estate has outperformed other commercial property types this year due in part to a surge in e-commerce, broader macroeconomic indicators suggest industrial space absorption will decline sharply in Q3 2020 and then rebound to positive levels in Q2 2021, according to the NAIOP Industrial Space Demand Forecast, released today. Industrial net absorption is…
BOMA, Yardi and Brightline Strategies Announce Partnership to Conduct Commercial Real Estate COVID-19 Impact Studies
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International, Yardi and Brightline Strategies announced today a strategic partnership to field three, nationwide commercial real estate COVID-19 impact studies. The rolling research program is designed to assess the latest in tenant decision-maker sentiments relating to COVID-19, as well as its impacts on their businesses and attitudes towards…
