GCM Contracting Solutions Earns Tilt-Up Achievement Award for Gulf Star Marina

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GCM Contracting Solutions has been named Tilt-Up Achievement Award winner by the Tilt-Up Concrete Association on a recent project, Gulf Star Marina, located on Fort Myers Beach in Florida. For 30 years, this award has highlighted innovation, versatility and beauty in concrete tilt-wall design and construction on an international scale. In August 2020, GCM Contracting Solutions completed work on Gulf Star Marina, the world’s first fully automated marina. Since breaking ground, GCM overcame several obstacles on this build, including pouring and erecting concrete tilt-wall panels within the compact footprint of the facility and installing an automated storage system that is … Read more

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Monthly Construction Input Prices Rise in September, says ABC

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Construction input prices increased 1.6% in September compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of Producer Price Index data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nonresidential construction input prices rose 1.4% for the month. Among 11 subcategories, eight experienced monthly increases, with the largest increase registered in softwood lumber prices, which rose by 27.4%. The price of softwood lumber is up an astonishing 81.2% over the past year, a reflection of supply chain disruptions combined with the rapid expansion of single-family homebuilding. Natural gas prices were 12.1% higher than the previous month, … Read more

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1st Building in Denver Advantage Campus Framework Plan Welcomes Students

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The University of Denver, along with Saunders Construction, recently completed the Dimond Family Residential Village, the first-year residence hall on the DU Campus, which was delivered in time for the start of the fall quarter. The Dimond Family Residential Village is a 132,000-square-foot residence hall, and last month, the doors opened to students for move-in day. This is the first of three buildings scheduled to open this academic year under DU’s Denver Advantage Campus Framework Plan. The residential village has more than 250 rooms, which, at capacity, can house more than 500 students. Students are separated into cohorts, which has … Read more

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Insights: Crisis Incident Management & the Superintendent’s Role

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By Scott Wagner A crisis is defined as “a time of intense difficulty, trouble or danger.” On a construction jobsite, a crisis – and how it’s managed – could literally be the difference between life and death. It’s part of the reason why a large part of the annual Construction Safety Week activities at Barton Malow from Sept. 14-18 consisted of establishing, refining and practicing crisis incident management plans across all of our jobsites. As an annual participant in Construction Safety Week, we’ve always found value in hosting a week’s full of safety-related demonstrations, activities, stand-downs and morale-boosting events on … Read more

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Do’s & Don’ts from the Field: Would Your Jobsite Pass a Safety Inspection?

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By Deb Hilmerson After more than 30 years in the construction industry, much of that as an independent safety consultant, I have seen more than my share of safety problems. While we are all rightfully concerned about fatalities, it’s relevant to note the construction industry’s non-fatal injury rates are 71% higher than other industries.1 It’s no wonder that construction inspections comprise 60% of OSHA’s total inspections. If you’ve been dealing with the same safety concerns for a long time, it’s easy to convince yourself better options don’t exist. That may no longer be true, especially for some of the biggest … Read more

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