115,000-SF Landmark Enhances Cañada College Campus, Community

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Construction is complete on the new Kinesiology and Wellness building on San Mateo County Community College District’s Cañada College campus in Redwood City, California. The 115,000-square-foot teaching and learning building is positioned above the Bay Area Peninsula’s Interstate 280 and was delivered through a progressive Design-Build contract that included Blach Construction and ELS Architecture and Urban Design. Rounding out the picturesque campus, the leading-edge structure enables the college to enhance academic offerings and expand its athletics department, while serving as an important community resource as well. A focal point on Cañada’s campus, the new Kinesiology and Wellness building replaces the … Read more

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A Chat with Kabri Lehrman-Schmid, Project Superintendent at Hensel Phelps

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Passion, pride + personal empowerment create path for success By Chris Maday Schmidt Kabri Lehrman-Schmid, project superintendent at Hensel Phelps for the past 15 years, brings an engineering and design perspective to her current role, thanks to diverse experience both in the office and the field. In addition, she serves as a role model for females in the industry, as well as an advocate for mental health and suicide awareness and prevention. Join Construction Superintendent as Lehrman-Schmid shares her introduction to careers in construction, to how she eventually came to manage a $450+ million airport modernization project — plus her … Read more

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How Superintendents Can Support Mental Health on the Jobsite

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By Sean Clements In June 2020, roughly 40% of American adults reported struggling with mental health – including 11% who seriously considered suicide. But in the construction industry, the statistics rank even higher, with 49 out of 100,000 men in construction dying of suicide, nearly twice the rate of men in other industries. These figures don’t lie, but it is certainly a challenge to address them adequately. In an industry where sensitive issues like mental health and stress are simply swept under the rug, struggling workers feel helpless and hopeless – or just completely invisible. The stigma associated with admitting … Read more

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Do You Have a Business Development Mindset?

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By Trace Pesavento Superintendent Josh Rogers was working on a project to build a new elementary school. As with most education projects, the schedule had no wiggle room for delays. The school had to be open in time for the first day of school. Throughout the course of the project, Rogers worked tirelessly, like a general overseeing his troops, to ensure the logistics plan was sound and the schedule was on track. When there was weather or material shipping delays, he acted quickly to identify mitigation strategies. He constantly communicated with his trade partners to ensure they had the appropriate … Read more

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Co-op Live Construction in Manchester Underway

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Following extensive enabling works since the beginning of the year, construction of the UK’s largest entertainment arena in Manchester, England has recently begun, kickstarting a wave of economic activity and job creation across Greater Manchester. Co-op Live is being built by BAM Construction, with almost £150 million of the construction orders have already been placed with local firms. Developer OVG is investing over £350 million to create one of the best and most sustainable live entertainment arenas in Europe. The construction project is one of the biggest to commence nationally since the onset of COVID-19. At its peak, Co-op Live’s … Read more

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