SkillsUSA WorldSkills USA Team Heads to International Competition

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SkillsUSA, the organization that represents the United States in the WorldSkills Competition, is sending 22 career and technical education competitors to Kazan, Russia, to compete in 20 skill categories during the 45th biennial event Aug. 22-27. The WorldSkills Competition showcases trade skills such as construction and building technology, manufacturing and engineering and transportation and logistics. SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. Its selected team members, with an average age of 19, are masters in their craft. Their dedication to training and perfecting their skills will be on display … Read more

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Industry Veteran Russ Aldridge Joins JE Dunn Construction as Senior Superintendent

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Russ Aldridge has joined the Savannah, Georgia, office of JE Dunn Construction as a senior superintendent. Aldridge brings 24 years of industry experience to his position. As a senior superintendent, he provides general leadership and direct management of multiple aspects of projects, including managing project teams, planning all construction sequencing and supervising budgets, safety and quality. Aldridge is credentialed by the U.S. Green Building Council as a LEED Accredited Professional. He is a member of the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies. His portfolio of completed projects includes the Perry Lane Hotel in Savannah, more than 30 projects on … Read more

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Ak-Chin Hotel and Casino Expansion Receives Design-Build Award

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The Design-Build Institute of America announces its 2019 Design-Build Project/Team Award Winners, including the Harrah’s Ak-Chin Hotel and Casino Expansion, located in Phoenix, Arizona, which has received a National Design-Build Merit Award in the Rehabilitation/Renovation/Restoration category. The project will also go on to compete for a National Award of Excellence and Project of the Year to be announced at DBIA’s Design-Build Conference & Expo Awards Ceremony in November. Harrah’s Ak-Chin Hotel and Casino project includes an 11-story concrete hotel tower, spa, 20,460 square feet of new gaming space, food and beverage venues, multi-purpose event/banquet center, 750-car parking garage and new bingo hall. … Read more

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Transforming Desert Landscape into Health Future Center

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Coming together under the Arizona sun, DPR Construction recently joined Arizona State University, leaders from Mayo Clinic and community leaders to celebrate the groundbreaking of ASU’s Health Future Center. With completion scheduled for October 2020, this greenfield project represents another step toward the future of healthcare in Phoenix. HFC will be a 150,000-square-foot, three-story ground-up medical learning facility adjacent to the Mayo Clinic. The new facility will provide the surrounding communities with new technology including a med-tech innovation accelerator, biomedical engineering and informatics research labs and an education zone. In addition, it will provide a new, innovative nursing program model … Read more

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Ground Broken for $20M Facility at Fenton Logistics Park

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Ground was recently broken for the new $20-million, 182,400-square-foot facility that 1st Phorm will occupy at Fenton Logistics Park in Fenton, Missouri by early next year. Once complete, Building V will house more than 400 employees and feature an auditorium, a state-of-the-art gym, locker rooms, media rooms, a podcast room, basketball court, full kitchen and more. 1st Phorm is on track to outgrow its current space, and the new one-story, tilt-up building will provide the room it needs to continue to expand operations and staffing. The facility will feature both office and warehousing space, and company sales representatives and coaches, … Read more

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