Macomb Community College Celebrates Grand Opening of Skilled Trades and Technology Center

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The new Macomb Community College Skilled Trades and Technology Center on the College’s South Campus in Warren, Michigan, is now open. Barton-Malow served as the general contractor. The 130,000-square-foot center offers programs designed to prepare students for high-demand careers in advanced manufacturing, technology and the skilled trades. Many programs will be housed in the building, including apprenticeships, computerized numerical control machining, drafting, computer-aided design, electronics and fluid power technology, land surveying, media and communication arts, mechatronics, product development, robotics and welding. The building includes spacious hallways and modernized classrooms — including a video production studio, clay modeling classroom, welding lab … Read more

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Skanska Breaks Ground on Mass Timber Building in Cincinnati

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Skanska and Cincinnati Public Radio broke ground on the Cincinnati Public Radio Headquarters in Ohio. Once complete, the new HQ will be the first two-story mass timber building in the Midwest and the first of its kind in Cincinnati. The $32-million, 35,000-square-foot building will feature two on-air studios, two interview studios, one performance studio, 11,000 square feet of office space and a public gathering area. The building is set to open Winter of 2024. The new CPR HQ will serve as a beacon of innovation, housing technologies and sustainable construction methods, with a focus on the utilization of cross laminated timber. The entire … Read more

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McCarthy Kicks Off Craft Appreciation Week

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 McCarthy is dedicating a week to celebrating the firm’s craft professional workforce. From Aug. 29-Sept. 1, the company is hosting events on jobsites across the country to recognize the builder’s more than 4,000 craft professionals while spotlighting the importance of construction careers to local communities and the nation. With a team of 15 full-time craft development professionals on staff, the company provides its craft workforce opportunities for classroom and on-the-job training year-round. The craft training department offers approximately 50 courses that are a combination of safety, skills-based and field leadership development to develop a skilled workforce prepared for safe, productive … Read more

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DPR Construction Tops Out Steel Structure at Southwest Healthcare Inland Valley Hospital

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DPR Construction marked the topping out of the Southwest Healthcare Inland Valley Hospital expansion project in Wildomar, California. The new seven-story, 290,000-square-foot patient tower will accommodate 102 beds to support Riverside County’s growing population. The campus will be equipped with clinical technologies for minimally invasive procedures and advanced therapies, and sustainable infrastructure including energy-efficient LED fixtures and solar panels. As a designated Trauma Center in Southwest Riverside County, the existing healthcare campus has remained fully operational throughout construction. The project team relocated every major utility that sat in the footprint of the new tower. More than 600 local workers from … Read more

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Major Milestone Achieved on Port of Beaumont Main Street Terminal 1

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A major milestone has been achieved on the Port of Beaumont (Texas)’s Main Street Terminal 1 project — driving the last concrete pile after a year-long process. The milestone was recently commemorated with an event attended by officials from the Port of Beaumont, general contractor McCarthy Building Companies’ employees and trade partners. McCarthy’s project scope includes demolition of a collapsed dock structure and construction of a new general cargo dock with a roll-on/roll-off terminal. The original dock collapsed in 2012, requiring McCarthy to demolish the entire dock, removing all timber piles and collapsed concrete dock structure that was in water, … Read more

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