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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

Pro Builder

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

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From left, Alex Giardina, estimator level III; Melissa Podonsky, staff accountant, and Ruben Adjip, finance analyst/payroll manager, review site plans in front of strategic geography maps. For Lyncel Earley, senior HR manager, it was pursuing a professional certification. “They work right alongside you and roll up their sleeves.

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True to Itself: True Homes' Purpose-Driven Company Culture Is Like No Other

Pro Builder

From left, Alex Giardina, estimator level III; Melissa Podonsky, staff accountant, and Ruben Adjip, finance analyst/payroll manager, review site plans in front of strategic geography maps. For Lyncel Earley, senior HR manager, it was pursuing a professional certification. “They work right alongside you and roll up their sleeves.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

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. Over the course of the grant’s 12-year term, the project will grow the state’s economy by an estimated $6.3 Lowe’s Companies Inc.

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Those Days Are Over

Business Facilities

The bill generated a national backlash and boycotts (including a petition to move the NCAA’s headquarters and its March Madness basketball tournament out of Indianapolis) that cost the state’s convention and tourism industries an estimated $60 million. Three months later, then-Gov.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Isabel then moved over to the construction industry in New York City as a Civil Engineering Estimator at the Spanish-based contractor, Dragados USA, and quickly grew into a successful Proposal Coordinator; working on proposals that won her company nearly $7.8B Charlotte, North Carolina. A true integrator of people and technology.” .

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

Building Information Management

LEED Certification, and LEED in general has been a GREAT marketing tool. Green Building Certification Institute. USGBC Charlotte Region Chapter. That said, should LEED be a requirement? Is LEED cost effective? Should LEED be modified? The below letter clearly states that cost will INCREASE should the GSA move away from LEED?