Balfour Beatty, Hub North Scotland Reach Major Milestone at New Aberdeen Academy

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Balfour Beatty and hub North Scotland have completed construction works to the new Lochside Academy in Aberdeen, Scotland, on behalf of Aberdeen City Council. As part of the works, Balfour Beatty was charged with the design and construction of a new teaching and sports facility, 3G sports pitch and associated car parking facilities. Over 1,300 pupils and teachers from Torry and Kincorth Secondary Schools will join together to form the new school. Balfour Beatty was appointed as main contractor for Lochside Academy in 2016, following close collaboration with Aberdeen City Council and hub North Scotland during the pre-construction phase to … Read more

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Build America by Hiring Veterans

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NCCER and Build Your Future recently hosted Operation: Build America, a military hiring event, with NextOp in Houston, Texas. The day-long event focused on connecting industry and veterans by providing networking opportunities and expert speakers from the Department of Labor, U.S. Army, NCCER, NextOp and more. BYF’s military recruitment initiative, Hard Hat Heroes, also provides an online credentialing portal, connections to military-friendly companies and job placement through partnership with NextOp. The credentialing portal allows veterans to submit their training to receive NCCER industry-recognized credentials and has 90 military specialties aligned with the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps branches. … Read more

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CEP Piping Expansion Begins at Children’s of Alabama

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Hoar Construction recently started a piping expansion project that ties the Lowder and McWane buildings into the central energy plant on the Children’s of Alabama campus. The CEP was built to anticipate a larger load than the Benjamin Russell expansion facility and to eventually support all existing facilities on the children’s campus. The team will take the hot and chilled water piping from the Benjamin Russell Hospital 6th Avenue tunnel into the McWane and Lowder buildings. The work will require coordinating with multiple trade partners and managing dozens of shutdowns. Much of the work will occur at night and on … Read more

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New Police Headquarters Topped Out

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To the construction industry, topping out ceremonies are symbolic and bring project stakeholders together to celebrate the project. This was the case for the community of Englewood, Colorado, as individuals celebrated the new police headquarters being built, which is now about 40 percent completed. The city of Englewood, represented by owner’s representative CBRE, has been using the Public Safety Services Complex built in 1972. The existing facility lacks appropriate security design, needs significant facility repairs and does not comply with ADA regulations or police facility standards. In 2016, the community passed a bond to build a new police and safety … Read more

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Workforce Challenges Continue to Impact Construction Industry as 9 of 10 U.S. Contractors Report Skilled Labor Shortage

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Findings from the recently released Q2 2018 USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index show four straight quarters with more than 90 percent of contractors concerned over labor shortages. Concerns increased quarter-over-quarter, with 47 percent of respondents expecting problems finding skilled workers to worsen in the next six months. “Contractors’ pipelines for new business are consistently healthy, however, that optimism is challenged by a growing shortage of workers – a trend that’s persisted for more than a year,” said Jennifer Scanlon, president and CEO of USG Corporation. “In order to sustain the strong pipeline of work, it’s important … Read more

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