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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development. Home builders, trade associations, NGOs, and other groups are aggressively ramping up skilled construction labor training programs to bring more workers into the industry. Wed, 12/07/2022 - 09:51. John Caulfield, Senior Contributing Editor. But the task is monumental.

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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P redictions about the speed of technological advances usually invoke a formula known in the semiconductor industry as “Moore’s law,” first postulated in 1965 by Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel. They are able to evaluate them in an industrial facility so they can then bring them back to their own facility.”.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Regional Utilities Are Busy Powering Growth In The Carolinas

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A new NC Economic Development Board, headed by former Charlotte City Council member John Lassiter, is working on a strategic plan, according to a report in the Charlotte Business Journal. McCallum Sweeney has been instrumental in many high-profile industrial locations and expansions. The Navassa site is a clear standout.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Carolinas Put Out A Welcome Mat for Business from Far East

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Export Assistance Center in Charlotte also works with companies to enhance export opportunities. The scope of industry is widening in Horry County. plans to locate a new eCommerce distribution and fulfillment center in Union County. in the former Disney facility in Union, and expects to begin operations in June.

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40 Under 40: Champions of Construction 2021

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If the resilience seen this year has shown construction professionals anything, it’s that this industry, and the people who work in it, are remarkable. It’s the people serving this great industry that we are here to celebrate. The industrial side of the business, which closed out 2019 at $750 million, generated $1.2

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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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If GSA, as the “landlord of the federal government,” were to require or use something else, it would add cost to the building and leasing process across the building industry. CHB Industries, Inc. Service Employees International Union. Shaw Industries Group, Inc. Siemens Industry, Inc., SSM Industries.