COVID-19 Response (Part 2): How Companies are Adapting to Current Climate

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Last month, Construction Superintendent featured best practices—compiled by The Builder’s Association—to help protect the safety and well-being of the industry, including your crews, trade partners, clients and the general public. While countries all over the world continue to enact and update policies and procedures to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease, as essential workers, contractors remain on the frontlines each day. And for this issue, Construction Superintendent asked general contractors how they’re dealing with the COVID-19 climate in light of what is presently known about the disease. The response was overwhelming. Here’s what respondents had to say: Kraus-Anderson Shifting … Read more

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A Chat with Donna Strange, Assistant Superintendent at HOAR Construction

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Wearing her hard hat with pride, heart & passion By Chris Maday Schmidt Donna Strange is an assistant superintendent at Hoar Construction, where she’s donned a hard hat for more than 10 years in an industry where women make up less than 10% of the field. Strange is responsible for assisting the project superintendent and other personnel onsite, and supervises layout and coordination of trades for specific portions of the project. Join Construction Superintendent as Strange shares the best advice she’s received working in the field, the biggest challenge she’s encountered on the job and her advice for those interested … Read more

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Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation’s Built by Women Program Recognizes Long Beach Civic Center

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The recently completed Long Beach Civic Center has been recognized by the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation’s Built by Women program. Women comprised 50% of the Design-Build team and played a significant role in the construction and delivery of the Long Beach Civic Center Project, located in California. The Built by Women program was created to recognize the significant but often overlooked work of women architects, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers, contractors and developers. This year’s competition was based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. “Los Angeles has always been a hotbed of American design and [the] jury demonstrated how women … Read more

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Build-Out Adds Auditorium, Conference Space at Texas Children’s Hospital Research Institute

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A two-floor build-out within the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital, has recently been completed by McCarthy Building Companies. The project included 32,000 square feet of auditorium and conference space to host research symposiums, scientific seminars and other programs featuring the world’s leading experts in genetics, neurology and neuroscience. Construction on the project began in December 2018. Texas Children’s Duncan NRI levels seven and eight consisted of structural demolition and reinforcement of existing structural deck between the two levels and a partial build-out on level eight for balcony auditorium space. This project also included four … Read more

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Lift & Move USA Showcases Stadium Project for Students at CONEXPO-CON/AGG

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More than 350 students from Clark County School District visited the Workforce Solutions area at the recent CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lift & Move USA featured an interactive presentation about the role of crane, rigging and specialized transportation operations in the construction of Allegiant Stadium, new home of the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders. A video series, From the Ground Up, narrated by Mike Rowe, was the inspiration for the presentation. “We highlighted things like how many trailers it takes to mobilize cranes, how a crane operator and signal person work together and the various career paths into our industry,” … Read more

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