Challenging Program by Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. Recognizes Firm’s Sustainability Practices FORT WORTH, Texas — AUI Contractors of Fort Worth was recently named a Certified Green Contractor by Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC), a national construction trade association. ABC’s Green Contractor Certification program recognizes construction companies that implement green practices and principles in the workplace, including headquarters, branch offices and jobsite offices. To achieve certification by ABC’s National Green Building Committee, AUI Contractors submitted an application detailing its green efforts and underwent a third-party onsite assessment.   AUI President Doug Alumbaugh said of the award, “We’re honored to … Read more

Case Study Reveals Rare Safety and Health Insights Unique to Large-Scale Construction Projects ITASCA, Ill., — The National Safety Council today released a special edition of its Journal of Safety Research focused on construction. The special issue includes a research-based case study sharing lessons learned from eight tragic deaths that occurred within 18 months in 2008. These events occurred at the largest privately owned, commercial construction project in U.S. history, the CityCenter and Cosmopolitan Towers in Las Vegas. Upon completion of safety needs assessment surveys conducted at the worksites, four recommendations for management were compiled: General contractors need to demonstrate … Read more

ATLANTA, GA – For the second time within a year, Hardin Construction Company, LLC has broken ground on a new project for Medical Center Hospital (MCH) in Odessa, Texas. MCH selected Hardin Construction to build a two-floor vertical expansion of the hospital’s Women’s Center, including a new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and expansion of the hospital’s maternity ward. The project, valued at $28.9 million, also includes demolishing a portion of the existing central energy plant and constructing a new central mechanical plant, to include road and parking lot repaving and a new playground area. The project recently got underway … Read more