ABC Names 2015 Craft Professional, Craft Instructor of the Year Award Winners

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During the Careers in Construction Awards Ceremony March 6, ABC recognized Holley Thomas, a foreman for KBR, Houston, Texas, as its 2015 Craft Professional of the Year and Jonathan Sacks, transmission and distribution training manager for Cianbro, Pittsfield, Maine, as its 2015 Craft Instructor of the Year. The awards were presented during ABC's Workforce Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Each year, ABC presents the Craft Professional of the Year and Craft Instructor of the Year awards to a construction craft professional and a construction instructor who excels in his or her field, maintains a lifelong commitment to training and upholds … Read more

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Gilbane Building Company Awarded Construction of The New Norton

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Gilbane Building Company has been selected by the Norton Museum of Art to manage the comprehensive expansion and renovation of its building and campus in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida. The signature project designed by Foster + Partners consists of the design and construction of an extension to the museum to accommodate increased gallery and exhibitions space, as well as provide more educational and program space and dramatically re-orient the museum entrance from the south to the west along the main thoroughfare of South Dixie Highway. Construction is anticipated to start in the summer of … Read more

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Level 10 Construction Builds New Lab for CS Bio

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Level 10 Construction recently completed several projects for CS Bio Company, Inc, including construction of a state-of-the-art cGMP laboratory, as well as the renovation of adjacent laboratory and office space in Menlo Park, California. The project is being built to LEED Gold-certification standards and was constructed within a phased 18-month timeline so that CS Bio could meet operational and budgetary objectives. The new 35,000-square-foot, three-story cGMP manufacturing facility, built to expand the company's existing biotech manufacturing capacity, is devoted to production of high-quality peptides for the life sciences community. It includes Class 1,000, 10,000 and 100,000 clean … Read more

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Bosch Portable Jobsite Table Saw Takes User Safety to the Next Level

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MT. PROSPECT, Ill.  — Safety comes first on any construction jobsite, especially regarding a table saw where a momentary lack of focus could have permanent consequences. With that in mind, Bosch introduces the REAXX Portable Jobsite Table Saw—the first saw with the company’s proprietary flesh-detecting Active Response Technology. The Bosch Active Response Technology platform, first launched on Bosch Brute Tough hammer drill/drivers, helps reduce the risk of injury to users by combining advanced Bosch sensors and electronics with mechanical injury-prevention systems. The Active Response Technology system on the REAXX table saw rapidly detects human flesh that comes in contact with … Read more

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Codes, Standards Developers Align Guidelines to Create Sustainable, High-Performance Buildings

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Several leading associations that develop codes and standards to create green buildings are collaborating to align the International Green Construction Code (or IgCC), ANSI/ASHRAE/IES/USGBC Standard 189.1 and the LEED green building program. The initiative is being welcomed by code officials, architects, engineers and contractors. “In just a few years we progressed from developing the first model code for green buildings to a new cooperative document that will make it easier for owners, designers, builders and code officials to deliver sustainable, high-performing buildings,” said International Code Council CEO Dominic Sims, CBO. “Thank you to our cooperating sponsors, ICC members and all … Read more

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