Construction Complete on Silicon Valley’s Sunnyvale Hilton Garden Inn

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The Sunnyvale Hilton Garden Inn, located in California’s Silicon Valley, has recently been completed. The project team included Sundt Construction, Inc. and Architectural Dimensions. According to Jim Larrieu, vice president and Sacramento regional director for Sundt’s Building Group, the property “will equip guests with the amenities and workspace close to technology companies like Google, Apple and Facebook.” Sundt served as the construction manager at risk for the $47.2-million hotel project. The six-story, full-service hotel includes 238 guestrooms and provides a mixed-occupancy space with meeting rooms, bars and luxury lounges, a full-service kitchen, dining areas, outdoor patio spaces, a pool and … Read more

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Marcum Commercial Construction Q3 Index Reports Construction Industry Healthy Heading into 2020

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The Marcum Commercial Construction Index for the third quarter of 2019 finds the industry in overall good health as 2020 approaches, despite some causes for concern. Entitled The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, the report is produced by Marcum LLP’s Construction Services Group. The good On the positive side, Marcum’s third-quarter index points to increased public construction spending, growing backlogs, falling input prices, the ongoing U.S. economic expansion, a strong construction labor market and interest rate cuts as key factors sustaining the construction industry’s momentum. Highlights noted include: A 1.5% increase in public construction spending in September and a … Read more

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Blach Construction, Superintendent Awarded Safety Honors by AGC

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The Associated General Contractors of California Construction recognized Blach Construction during its recent Safety in Excellence Awards luncheon. The company received second place in the Building Division (under 400,000 worker hours) and veteran Superintendent Mike Harney was awarded the Individual Safety Effort of a Project Superintendent Award. In 2018, Blach received the third-place award in the same Building Division category. “Safety is not simply a category we check off for each of our projects – it permeates our culture and every aspect of what we do at Blach,” said Dan Rogers, Blach president. “We are the sum of our people … Read more

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U.S. Department of Labor Releases Updated Technical Assistance Guide for Construction Industry Contractors

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has released a comprehensive Technical Assistance Guide for the construction industry. The guide will assist contractors meet their legal requirements and responsibilities for equal employment opportunity by preventing violations before they occur. OFCCP published the TAG for the construction industry to reflect today’s regulations and provide practical, useful compliance assistance resources for contractors in the construction industry. This guide provides a valuable self-assessment tool for contractors to review the practices they have in place to eliminate discrimination and achieve their equal employment opportunity goals. At a minimum, this guide … Read more

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How to Recruit, Retain Veterans on Your Team

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Veterans on your team are a great asset, but they don’t just appear By: Julie Davis In the construction industry, servant leadership, teamwork, communications, organizational and problem-solving skills, and the ability to handle high-pressure situations calmly are often considered top priorities in building a successful team. Construction supervisors would be hard-pressed to find a tighter grouping of those skills than in today’s U.S. military veterans. If you’re looking to add to your staff, here’s why veterans should be at the top of your list, how to recruit them and how to keep them once you have them. “I kept my … Read more

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