West Georgia Technical College and Crane Industry Services, LLC created a partnership through the College's Economic Development Division to provide a new series of Skills Development Training Courses essential to construction, utilities, power generation, manufacturing, mining and refining. Custom courses and open enrollment options are available at the new Centered on Safety Training Center on the WGTC Murphy Campus in Waco, Georgia. The partnership between CIS, which provides crane and rigging training nationally and internationally, and WGTC is the result of an initiative to support workforce development needs. Courses delivered by CIS instructors initially will include basic and advanced rigging; … Read more

Skanska recently signed a $38.8-million contract with its existing client, the Edmonds School District, to build the new Alderwood Middle School in Lynnwood, Washington. The architect of record is Integrus Architecture. Construction is under way on the project, which will be completed in January 2017 utilizing the GC/CM delivery method. The new school's design concept, budget and schedule are based on the school district's recent project at Meadowdale Middle School, which Skanska also constructed. The new Alderwood facility will be approximately 114,000 square feet with a two-story main classroom and library building adjacent to a one-story gymnasium and commons area. … Read more

Mortenson Construction, the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and the Minnesota Vikings recently celebrated the topping out of U.S. Bank Stadium on the downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota construction site. More than 11,000 tons of steel help make up the new U.S. Bank Stadium roof, including the 989 foot-long, 1,700 ton ridge truss, which stands 214 feet above the playing field. One hundred forty ironworkers from LeJeune Steel Company, Danny's Construction and Iron Workers Local 512 worked 240,000 hours on the roof steel of the building. Today's milestone comes 21 months from groundbreaking and on the date it was scheduled more than two … Read more