DBIA Announces 2024 Project/Team National Awards of Merit

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The Design-Build Institute of America announced the 2024 National Design-Build Project/Team Award winners. Sixty-three projects from across the U.S. –– and one in Antarctica –– were submitted for consideration across 10 categories. Submissions were evaluated by a panel of industry experts. Merit Award winners will now compete for a National Award of Excellence, “Best of” categories and Project of the Year. “As Design-Build approaches nearly half of all construction spending, we continue to see extraordinary projects that raise the bar for Design-Build teams across the country, pushing the limits of high performance and optimizing triple-bottom line success,” said DBIA Executive … Read more

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The Rosendin Foundation Inspires Future Builders with Nationwide Construction Camp

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The Rosendin Foundation, the charitable arm of Rosendin, is addressing the nationwide construction workforce shortage with a free construction camp designed to ignite a passion for building and craftsmanship among young students. The camp allows middle schoolers to explore their interest in the skilled trades through hands-on activities such as soldering and lamp building. This summer’s camp season concluded after hosting events in Charlotte, North Carolina; Anaheim, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Sherman and Austin, Texas from May to July, with 107 graduates selected from more than 300 applicants. “The camp is not only about teaching construction skills, but also changing industry … Read more

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New Data Bulletin Examines Mental Health Trends Among Construction Workers

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Construction workers have the highest overdose death rate and the second highest suicide death rate of any U.S. industry. Those two issues are key elements of the September 2024 edition of CPWR’s Data Bulletin, “Mental Health Trends in the Construction Industry,” which also examines topics such as anxiety, depression, serious psychological distress, seeing a mental health professional and medication use. In 2021, 15.4% of construction workers reported, based on symptoms or medication, having anxiety or depression, and in 2022, there were 17,100 overdose and 5,200 suicide deaths among those usually employed in the construction industry.

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Choate Partners with ACE Mentor Program of Greater Charleston

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Choate’s Charleston, South Carolina team has joined the ACE Mentorship Program, directly engaging with local high school students to educate, inspire and build up the future generation of industry leaders. Choate served as a “Friends of ACE CHS” sponsor and participated in various events throughout the spring semester. The ACE Mentorship program serves to promote and introduce students to careers within the AEC industry, as well as the entire process behind producing successful construction projects. Offering real-world insights into architecture, engineering and construction careers and facilitating tours of active projects, the program allowed students to learn in-depth about the entire … Read more

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NCCER Releases Recommendations to Support Industry Tradeswomen

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The National Center for Construction Education and Research recently published a follow up to its research released in 2023, In Her Own Words: Improving Project Outcomes. As a follow up, NCCER compiled the recommendations made by 176 tradeswomen in the field to assist contractors with recruiting and retaining women in the construction industry. This new publication, In Her Own Words: A Call to Action From the Field, highlights actionable items that contractors can take to build more inclusive projects and companies. “With the construction workforce shortages continuing to grow, and competition for talent getting even tighter, it is time for … Read more

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