McCarthy Celebrates Second Annual Construction Inclusion Week

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McCarthy is celebrating the second annual Construction Inclusion Week, Oct. 17-21. They company is hosting a variety of events across the country to build awareness around the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion at the company and across the construction industry. In 2020, McCarthy partnered with five other construction companies to establish the Time for Change consortium. Together, the group committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the entire construction industry. One of the group’s first efforts was the creation and launch of Construction Inclusion Week to harness the collective power of general contractors, specialty contractors, trade partners, suppliers and community … Read more

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Balfour Beatty Design-Build Team Completes Town of Mooresville’s Police Headquarters

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Balfour Beatty as part of the Design-Build team with Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, delivers the Town of Mooresville’s Police Headquarters in North Carolina. The completion signifies the success of the highly interactive and collaborative relationship between the town and the Design-Build team and partners, and their efforts in providing a centrally located and newly upgraded facility that allows for future expansion for the fast-growing community. The new two-story, 50,000-square-foot building replaces the Mooresville’s existing headquarters, which houses the chief of police and police department. The facility includes collaborative spaces, exercise rooms, training room, bulk evidence storage, prisoner and vehicle processing … Read more

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New Land Bridge Over Tunnels Safely Reconnects Park’s Two Halves for Animals, Visitors

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For over 50 years, Memorial Park in Houston, Texas has been divided in half by Memorial Drive and its busy traffic. Humans and animal traffic, alike, now enjoy a seamless and safe way to enjoy both sides of the 1,500-acre park with the construction of land bridges over recently completed vehicular tunnels. Western Specialty Contractors – Houston Branch was tasked with waterproofing the project’s two sets of 25-foot-tall, 54-foot-wide concrete traffic tunnels that replace Memorial Drive and provide for land bridges across their tops. In August 2020, Risk Tellepsen Builders started moving dirt to facilitate erection of 300, 6-foot-wide precast … Read more

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Medical College of Wisconsin Breaks Ground for Cancer Research Building

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The Medical College of Wisconsin broke ground on its new 150,000-square-foot cancer research building that will help mitigate the cancer burden throughout eastern Wisconsin and beyond. MCW leadership along with supporters from the community and government representatives took part in the groundbreaking event at the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center. Once complete, the MCW Cancer Research Building will be the only cancer-dedicated research facility in Milwaukee and eastern Wisconsin. It will centralize the MCW cancer research programs, which now consist of nearly 700 researchers in 135 labs campuswide. It will also create space to enable more synergistic cancer research projects to … Read more

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Weakened Economy, Higher Borrowing Costs Effect Construction Industry, Reports Marcum Survey

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The Marcum Commercial Construction Index for the second quarter of 2022 reports that the construction industry continues to face rising costs and shortages of both labor and materials, but now also must contend with a weakening economy and elevated borrowing costs.   Notably, the residential sector has weakened significantly, while the outlook remains dicey for the nonresidential sector. The index is produced by Marcum’s National Construction Services group. As of March, construction employment surpassed pre-pandemic levels, but the industry continues to grapple with unprecedented labor shortages. Despite a somewhat bleak outlook, the Marcum index points to one segment that remains an outperformer. Spending … Read more

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