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Goodwill to Train Construction Workers

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Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Central Piedmont Community College, and Rebuilding Opportunities in Construction (The ROC) plan to spend $2.5 million to start the Goodwill Construction Skills Training Center in a former warehouse on the west side of Charlotte, N.C.

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

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In 2023, the Colorado academy plans to move into the Community College of Aurora’s new Center for STEM, Power Mechanics and Applied Technologies , and BuildStrong Academy wants to place its training-to-placement model in 20 more cities by 2037, with plans to open in Charlotte, N.C., Houston, and Phoenix by 2024. .

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Kaiser Permanente Bringing 800 Call Center Jobs To Georgia

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The facility, which will be designed to meet requirements for LEED certification as a “green” building, is expected to open in the fall. The health care organization is investing $51 million to purchase and renovate an 185,000 square-foot office complex situated on 18 acres in Duluth.

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ASSE to Join IAPMO Pending Vote - Contractor Magazine

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Through its various business units, The IAPMO Group participates worldwide in product testing and certification, codes and standards development, and education, training and personnel certification. Charlotte Pipe. Charlotte Pipe and Foundry has been manufacturing pipe and fittings since 1901. Click here to see our story.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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announced last month that it has selected Charlotte, NC as the future home of its new $153 million global technology center, creating more than 1,900 net new jobs in the city. Since last year, Cypress Creek Renewables has asked the North Carolina Utilities Commission for solar farm certificates to facilitate 15 projects worth more than $1.8

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What LEED Statistics Tell Us?

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While that is a very large number, it is the lightest month this year and on an annualized basis, Green Business Certification, Inc., Of those certifications it is significant that greater than 30% were Existing Buildings projects and several were recertifications. Certification Level. is certifying more than 1.8 Total: 463.

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2020 Builder of the Year: True Homes—a Culture Like No Other

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For Lyncel Earley, senior HR manager, it was pursuing a professional certification. Those metrics are validated by Energage , an independent company measuring employee engagement, and The Charlotte Observer , which named True Homes “ The Best Place to Work ” out of 6,000 local companies in 2017, and every year since. .