Big-D Featured on Military Makeover: Operation Career on Lifetime TV!

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Big-D Construction, part of the Big-D Family of Companies, was featured on Military Makeover: Operation Career on Lifetime TV. A spin-off from Military Makeover with Montel Williams, Military Makeover: Operation Career is traveling the country seeking out companies with a commitment to veterans who transitioned out of the military and back into civilian life through a trades career path. The episode showcasing Big-D Construction highlights three hardworking veterans based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They include a former officer in the Army, a former Sr. Airman for the U.S. Air Force and a former Navy SEAL. “Here at Big-D Construction, … Read more

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STARC Systems Adds a Rated Ceiling to FireblockWall

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STARC Systems’ one-hour fire-rated system, FireblockWall, now offers a ceiling to create a fully fire-rated enclosure. Facility managers and contractors no longer have to go through the hassle of building through the spaghetti in the ceiling or a soffit that extends to the deck during renovations in occupied healthcare environments. In 2021, STARC introduced FireblockWall, the first modular, reusable one-hour fire-rated temporary containment system. Benefits of FireblockWall include that it effectively stops fires, installs four times faster than drywall, has superior noise-blocking, meets NFPA 101 or IBC code, meets ICRA Class IV & V standards, exceeds ASTM E119 and ASTM … Read more

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AECOM-Hunt Turner, Joint Venture Tops Out Concrete at LA Clippers’ Future Home Intuit Dome

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Turner recently celebrated the topping out of the Intuit Dome’s concrete frame – the Los Angeles Clippers’ future home along with joint venture partner AECOM-Hunt. More than 200,000 hours of work performed by 350 workers went into completing the concrete frame. To celebrate the major milestone, the joint-venture team joined LA Clippers Chairman Steve Ballmer, LA Clippers President of Business Operations Gillian Zucker, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts, Intuit’s Director of Sponsorships Danielle Roark and Sen. Steven Bradford, to place handprints in concrete. “What our construction team has achieved in the last six months is incredible,” said Rames Sundaram, project … Read more

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H2 2022 Construction Outlook: Rising Costs, Tempered Outlooks

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The first half of 2022 saw cost inflation persist at an elevated rate as strong construction demand competed with a broad range of global and local issues. Though inflation and supply chain troubles are reminiscent of 2021, the contributing material components have shifted and new supply side issues have emerged. Despite a global inability to control the wide ranging disruptions and widespread fear of a recession, the industry is only just beginning to see a modest pullback and tempering of builder confidence. How will the industry’s existing inertia fare against changing economic outlooks and uncertainty? JLL’s latest Construction Outlook updates … Read more

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Lattice Boom Crawlers, Cranes Added to Fleet of ALL Family of Companies

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Seven Manitowoc lattice boom crawlers highlight a package of more than two dozen Manitowoc and Grove cranes being added to the fleet of the ALL Family of Companies. New equipment includes four from the MLC300 line (including MLC300 wide boom and MLC300VPC), and one each Manitowoc 14000, MLC650 and MLC650 rebuild. MLC300 and MLC650 cranes, offering base capacities of 330 tons and 717 tons, respectively, are known for an exceptional ability to go where other lattice boom crawlers cannot, while offering excellent reach and capacity. The purchase also includes 16 Grove rough terrain cranes, with capacities ranging from 30 tons … Read more

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