MCA Announces 2026 Board

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The Metal Construction Association announced its new officers for 2026. Elected by MCA members, the board will be led by Lee Ann Slattery of ATAS International, the organization’s first female chair. Slattery joins executive committee members: Vice chair: Bill Hartford, Sherwin-Williams Treasurer: David Stermer, Metal Sales Secretary: Chandler Barden, CIDAN Machinery Past chair: Brian Partyka, Carlisle Companies Market development chair: Jules Dekovics, OMG MRA president: Todd Miller, Isaiah Industries Slattery joined the MCA board in 2020 and quickly became an officer, serving as chair of the market development committee. In 2023, she received MCA’s Patrick R. Bush Service Award. She serves on … Read more

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Swinerton Completes High School Renovation Project in Charlotte Area

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Swinerton Builders announced the completion of a renovation project at Catawba Ridge High School that establishes a cosmetology training facility for in-district high school students. The 3,345-square-foot multipurpose environment provides the opportunity for hands-on experiential learning. Started last spring, the renovation was complete in time for the 2025-26 scholastic year. The cosmetology renovation converted four existing classrooms into a specialized training environment, complete with a retail salon space. The storefront features 10 dual-sided, haircutting stations, eight hair-drying areas, four shampoo stations, two facial tables, four pedicure chairs, four manicure tables, changing rooms and a dispensary for chemicals and products. A … Read more

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Balfour Beatty Completes Rex Road Elementary, Marking Two Decades of Building Wake County Schools

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Balfour Beatty announces the completion of Wake County Public School System’s new 133,000-square-foot Rex Road Elementary School campus in Holly Springs, North Carolina. Marking the 15th school Balfour Beatty has delivered for WCPSS, the nearly 20-year partnership has helped shape the educational landscape of Wake County, building learning spaces that support student success and rapid community growth. The new Rex Road Elementary School is designed to accommodate 800 students from kindergarten through fifth grade and features modern learning environments including classroom space, learning commons, a cafeteria, gymnasium and media center. The completion of the K-12 project comes at a pivotal … Read more

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ABC: Construction Job Openings Remain ‘Extraordinarily Low’ in October

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The construction industry had 213,000 job openings on the last day of October, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting. Industry job openings decreased by 18,000 in October and are down by 36,000 from the same time last year. “The number of open, unfilled construction jobs remained extraordinarily low in October,” said ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. “Hires, on the other hand, fell sharply for the month. This … Read more

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Swinerton Partners with Palo Alto Unified School District on $41.7M Greene Middle School Transformation

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Swinerton Builders has been selected by the Palo Alto Unified School District to lead the $41.7-million Greene Middle School Transformation Project in California. This lease-leaseback initiative marks Swinerton’s first collaboration with PAUSD, which serves more than 8,000 students. Designed by LPA Design Studios, the project will modernize and expand Greene Middle School. Key components include: A new single-story, 16,054-square-foot Career Technical Education classroom building A new two-story, 23,360-square-foot food service and library building Modernization of 2,940 square feet of an existing single-story wing Comprehensive site improvements and an extension of the existing fire access lanes. Swinerton is working with the … Read more

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