Overcoming Skills Gap Focus of NCCER’s Construction Career Pathways Conference  

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The National Center for Construction Education and Research will host its Construction Career Pathways Conference Nov. 30. This conference is a one-day event held as a prelude to the Association for Career and Technical Education’s CareerTech VISION 2022 Conference.   This year’s Construction Career Pathways Conference will cover important topics, including best practices for establishing education and industry partnerships, incorporating technology into construction education and success stories from up-and-coming young craft professionals. Networking and team activities will take place throughout the day between presentations.   Held in Las Vegas, Nevada, the event will take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at … Read more

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Gilbane | Turner in Association with 34 Group Selected to Build Stadium for the Buffalo Bills

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The joint venture of Gilbane Building Company and Turner Construction Company in association with 34 Group, has been selected by Pegula Sports & Entertainment to provide construction management of the planned new NFL stadium for the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, New York. The project team also includes the project management firm, Legends Project Development and Populous as the designer.

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Erickson-Hall Completes Pacific Sky School in San Diego

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Erickson-Hall Construction Co. joined more than 100 educators, community members and stakeholders to celebrate the ribbon cutting of Pacific Sky School in Del Mar Union School District. Located in San Diego, California, the K-6 school was funded by the district’s Measure MM passed in 2018. The event also featured a song and poem performance by students honoring their new school, as well as tours of the facility. The 67,000-square-foot school offers an ideal educational environment with numerous indoor and outdoor learning and collaboration spaces. It features 20 classrooms, three after-school classrooms, three STEAM+ classrooms, an innovation center, the district’s central … Read more

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Peppa Pig Theme Park Earns DBIA Award

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Peppa Pig Theme Park, the first standalone theme park in the world dedicated solely to the cartoon pig and her friends, has earned a 2022 Design-Build Institute of America Florida Region Merit Award in the civic/assembly category. Located in Winter Haven, Florida, near LEGOLAND Florida, the theme park adds to Barton Malow’s theme park construction portfolio. It offers an immersive experience via rides, attractions and play spaces. The children’s amusement park is also autism center certified and aligned with the proper components for maintaining an autism-friendly environment. Barton Malow and The Lunz Group worked together to design and construct this … Read more

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Sixth and Guadalupe Mixed-Use Tower Tops Out in Austin

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Standing taller than any building in Austin, Texas, Sixth and Guadalupe has topped out at its final height of 865 feet. This milestone has been two and a half years of a steady vertical climb and was met successfully. Sixth and Guadalupe is owned and managed by Kairoi Residential, Lincoln Property Company and DivcoWest. Construction is led by JE Dunn Construction and designed by Gensler. The project is a 2.2-million-square-foot, 66-story tower that stacks 14 levels of parking, 19 levels of Class A office space and 32 levels of high-end residential on an entire city block in one of downtown Austin’s … Read more

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