Structure Tone Southwest Earns National Excellence in Construction Award

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Structure Tone Southwest’s work on Vitol’s new Houston, Texas headquarters has earned the company a National Excellence in Construction Pyramid Award from Associated Builders and Contractors in the “Commercial” project category. Designed by PDR, Vitol’s sophisticated new 60,000-square-foot Houston, Texas office included challenging custom features from a construction point of view, ranging from raised flooring to house data infrastructure and fluted columns, to a double-height, custom ceiling and a specially commissioned architectural sculpture built onsite during construction. ABC’s Excellence in Construction awards program is the industry’s leading competition, developed to honor innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects, with an … Read more

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Lendlease to Host Mental Health Summit to Raise Awareness of Suicide in the Construction Industry

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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Lendlease, through its Lendlease Foundation, it will host a Building Mental Health Awareness Event on April 20 in New York. The awareness event comprises a mental health fair, dinner and discussion on suicide prevention led by international suicide prevention advocate Kevin Hines. To further foster awareness of suicide prevention and promote mental health, Lendlease has been working with the Carson J Spencer Foundation and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention in the United States. Following “The Blue Print Suicide Prevention in the Construction Industry,” a program that was designed specifically to combat suicide in the … Read more

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Construction Employment Increases by 6,000 Jobs in March

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Construction employment increased by 6,000 jobs in March as a February hiring surge prompted by mild winter weather in much of the country prompted firms to hire fewer people last month, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said declining public-sector investments in construction and infrastructure could impact future construction hiring unless the administration and Congress enact a new funding measure. “Construction firms continued to add jobs over the past year at a higher rate than the overall economy,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “The small job gain … Read more

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PREMIER Design + Build Group Leads Construction of 650,000-SF Distribution Center

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ITASCA, Ill. – The latest addition to Commerce Farms Industrial Park in Lebanon, Tennessee will be a distribution facility built for businesses in growth mode. Commerce Farms V will be a 650,000-square-foot speculative standout industrial building in a massive 145-acre park that already hosts four other fully leased warehouse facilities. HSA Commercial Real Estate is developing the project and, as the project’s general contractor, PREMIER Design + Build Group, LLC will ensure that their vision becomes a reality. The facility will occupy 41 acres of the 145-acre park and be located at Highway 109 near the busy I-40 and I-40 … Read more

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Linbeck Group Constructs Project for The University of Texas at Austin

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HOUSTON/Austin, Texas – Linbeck Group, LLC, has begun building Austin by Ellsworth Kelly, the artist’s gift to the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin. Deemed by some his most monumental work, Linbeck is constructing the project that includes the installation of 18 pieces of art each designed by the internationally acclaimed artist. Austin, titled for the city in which it is located, is the first and only freestanding building the artist designed. It will be the keystone of the Blanton’s permanent collection and is positioned at the fulcrum point between the University of Texas proper … Read more

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