Sponsorship, Work-Life Balance + Training Key to Attracting, Retaining Women in Construction Industry

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The National Center for Construction Education and Research, and Ambition Theory, have released Building Better, a report based on a survey with 770 women across a variety of construction sectors. The work identifies three main action items for the industry to focus on: providing women with leadership opportunities, investing in training and prioritizing work-life balance. Leadership Women in construction want to be leaders. Seeing a clear path to career advancement is the most important factor for women with more than one year of industry experience who are seeking new job opportunities. Despite this ambition, women still don’t advance at the […]

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Kraus-Anderson Milwaukee Adds Staff

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Kraus-Anderson Milwaukee (Wisconsin) is bolstering its staff and has hired Jordan Guth as project manager, Ray Zauner as superintendent and Rachel Orta as project coordinator. Jordan Guth previously served as a project manager at Greenfire Management Services in Milwaukee. He also was the founder and designer at Duck Duck Guth, LLC. Construction veteran Ray Zauner has been a site superintendent for 31 years, where he has managed projects in the retail, commercial, multifamily, healthcare, industrial and food industries. Most recently, he was a superintendent for KVG Building Corporation. Rachel Orta comes to Kraus-Anderson from Generac Power Systems in Waukesha, where […]

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Gilbane Building Company’s Rising Contractor Initiative Continues Rapid Growth

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As part of the company’s commitments to drive economic opportunity and build the capacity of diverse-owned businesses, Gilbane Building Company celebrates 76 new graduates of its Rising Contractor Program. Since being reimagined in 2020, the program has graduated over 270 diverse and disadvantaged businesses. The Rising Contractor Program is an integral component of Gilbane’s economic inclusion strategy, as it offers participants an opportunity to expand their industry knowledge, while providing formal mentorship to support capacity for sustainable growth. The program is designed to foster partnership and promote opportunities to work on Gilbane projects. Gilbane is committed to generating $100 million […]

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Atlanta BeltLine Welcomes New Residential Tower in Fourth Ward Development

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Construction is complete on the newest addition to the Fourth Ward mixed-use development under construction along Atlanta, Georgia’s BeltLine. The project team completed a 493,600-square-foot, 18-story residential tower that includes 359 units, along with an abundance of amenity spaces. Developed by New City Properties, the mixed-use development’s initial phase also includes two 11-story office towers, an underground parking deck, street-level retail, a 16-story boutique hotel and a pedestrian bridge for BeltLine connectivity. The office towers were completed in 2022, and the hotel is scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2024. Brasfield & Gorrie served as the general contractor, […]

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Unemployment Rate Falls to Lowest Rate for Month, Craft Pay Levels Rise, Says AGC

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The construction sector added 23,000 jobs in June while the sector’s unemployment rate fell to the lowest rate ever for the month and pay levels in the industry continued to rise, according to an analysis of new government data the Associated General Contractors of America released. Association officials said there appears to be plenty of demand for construction services and that employers likely would have added even more jobs if they could find more workers to hire. “There was no letup in demand for construction workers in June, while the supply of available workers remained exceptionally tight,” said Ken Simonson, […]

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