Massman Construction Co. Receives 2021 Construction Risk Partners Build America Grand Award

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Associated General Contractors of America recently recognized Massman Construction Company with the Construction Risk Partners Build America Grand Award, as well as the award for the best Design-Build civil and a Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence Merit award, for its work on Louisiana, Missouri’s Champ Clark Mississippi River Bridge replacement project. The Construction Risk Partners Build America Awards honor AGC members who build the nation’s most impressive construction projects ranging across the building, highway and transportation, utility infrastructure and federal and heavy divisions. Construction Risk Partners Build America winners excel in the areas of: State-of-the-art advancement Project management Innovation in … Read more

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AISI Standards Council Seeks Proposals for Small Projects, Fellowships to be Awarded in 2022

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The American Iron and Steel Institute Standards Council is seeking research proposals for its 2022 Small Project/Fellowship Program. Launched in 2014, AISI’s Small Project/Fellowship Program identifies and provides funding for research projects that will significantly impact the reliability, performance and cost-competitiveness of cold-formed steel products. The program provides a streamlined mechanism for AISI’s standards development committees (the Committee on Specifications and the Committee on Framing Standards), industry stakeholders, academics and students to collaborate on relatively short-term, highly focused and mutually beneficial projects. The small project and fellowship requests should be developed and submitted by a project team that includes a … Read more

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American Iron and Steel Institute Publishes New Standard

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The American Iron and Steel Institute has published AISI S250-21, North American Standard for Thermal Transmittance of Building Envelopes With Cold-Formed Steel Framing, 2021 Edition, as a single source for calculating the thermal transmittance of walls and ceiling/roof envelope assembles that contain cold-formed steel framing. The standard is intended for adoption and use in the United States, Canada and Mexico and is available for free download at www.aisistandards.org. AISI S250-21 was developed to eventually supersede the many methods currently found in various energy codes and standards, most of which are limited to calculating wall assemblies at 16 or 24 inches … Read more

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New Helmets to Hardhats Executive to Lead Construction Pathway Program for Military Servicemembers, Veterans

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North America’s Building Trades Unions and its signatory contractor associations who operate the Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment and Veterans Employment have selected Martin Helms as executive director of the Helmets to Hardhats program. Helms joins Helmets to Hardhats from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the National Electrical Contractors Association Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, where he served as training director in Akron, Ohio. As a successful Helmets to Hardhats participant, Helms has a passion for the program’s mission and a personal understanding of the career pathways that H2H provides. With over 10 years of joint labor-management apprenticeship … Read more

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CMAA Honors 14 Outstanding Projects in 2021

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The Construction Management Association of America recognizes 14 projects for outstanding achievements in construction management. The 2021 Project Achievement Award winners are: Water/Wastewater/Utility: Construction value greater than $50 Million Atlanta Water Supply Program Owner: City of Atlanta CM: PC Construction / H.J. Russell Joint Venture Transportation: Construction value less than $10 Million Broadneck Peninsula Trail Phase II Owner: Anne Arundel County, Md. CM: Development Facilitators, Inc. Water/Wastewater/Utility: Construction value less than $50 Million Bruce Flynn Pump Station Upgrades Owner: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission CM: HDR Healthcare: Construction value greater than $50 Million Denver Health Outpatient Medical Center Owner: Denver … Read more

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