Trane Adds 700 Jobs in SC Expansion
Trane, a leading global provider of indoor comfort systems and services and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, is expanding its existing Richland County operations. The business is projected to invest $96 million and create 700 new jobs to increase its overall flexibility in line with business growth. “We are pleased to extend our commitment to…
Kloeckner Metals to Expand in Greenville
Kloeckner Metals, one of the largest producer-independent distributors of steel and metal products, is expanding its existing Greenville County operations. To accommodate its continued growth, the company is planning to invest $11.3 million and create 19 jobs. “We wanted a slitting line that would look forward to the future of processing evermore-demanding customer specifications, including…
Association Management Group to Co-Sponsor Builders Classic Charity Golf Tournament in Raleigh, NC
Association Management Group, Inc. (AMG) has announced that it is co-sponsoring the 2017 Builders Classic Golf Tournament for the North Carolina Home Builders Association (NC HBA) members and their guests on Wednesday, April 19. The NC HBA tournament will be held in Raleigh, NC and supports the NC Home Builders Educational and Charitable Foundation, which provides…
B2W Software 16th Annual User Conference Draws Record Attendance
B2W Software hosted its largest User Conference in Las Vegas. The company, a provider of heavy civil construction management software, used the 16th annual conference to provide 70 hours of training sessions, best-practice networking opportunities, and one-on-one consultations. Guest speakers included infrastructure policy and financing expert Jack Basso and former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL star Herschel…
John Deere and Kespry Enter Strategic Alliance to Simplify Drone Integration on Construction Job Sites
John Deere and Kespry today announced an exclusive global strategic alliance through which John Deere Construction & Forestry dealers will provide the Kespry Aerial Intelligence System to their customers on job sites around the world. Starting in North America, the alliance enables John Deere customers to use Kespry’s fully integrated industrial drone platform to capture topographic data in…
Dexter + Chaney Unveils Cloud-Based Spectrum Service Tech Solution
Dexter + Chaney, the leader in cloud-based construction ERP software, is pleased to announce its new Spectrum Service Tech mobile solution as part of its comprehensive Spectrum® Construction Software suite. Spectrum Service Tech streamlines the data delivery and administrative tasks for service technicians in the field, allowing them to focus more on the work for which they’re trained. Designed…
UNC Names Joe Ockert New Assistant Director of Design Services
The University of North Carolina (UNC) Facilities Services announced that Joe Ockert will become the new assistant director of Design Services, effective Feb. 20. Ockert has worked at UNC since 2015, when he was hired as a facilities architect in the Facilities Planning and Design Department of Facilities Services. In this role, he has served as…
FMI Releases 2016 Compensation Study
FMI Corporation, the leading provider of management consulting and investment banking services to the engineering and construction, infrastructure and the built environment, is pleased to announce the release of its latest study, “Compensation Planning for Engineering and Construction Firms – 2016 Industry Survey.” The publication identifies key industry trends related to incentive compensation plans, compares…
Alliance Engineering’s Eliatamby Named to Competitiveness Council
Deepal S. Eliatamby, P.E., SCCED, President of Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc., has been appointed by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to the Public Infrastructure group. By executive order, Haley has announced the formation of a Local Government Competitiveness Council. The Council’s function will be to analyze factors that influence local governments’ attraction, retention and development of business and…
