Community Development Partners to Break Ground on Rocky Hill Veterans Housing

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Community Development Partners to break ground for the Rocky Hill Veterans Housing on April 7. Located at 582 Rocky Hill Road in Vacaville, California, this $21-million project will provide much-needed housing for chronically homeless veterans and low-income veterans and families. Rocky Hill will consist of 39 new, high-quality permanent rental homes for people earning 15 percent to 60 percent of the area median income. Twenty-nine units will be reserved for veterans, with the remainder having a veteran preference. The innovative project’s structural system is comprised of modified steel shipping containers, which is stronger than typical wood … Read more

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HITT Contracting Opens Bay Area Office to Advance Services

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – HITT Contracting, Inc. has opened a new regional office in California’s Silicon Valley. The Bay Area office will deliver construction services focused on corporate interiors and mission critical facilities under the direction of Senior Vice President John Kane. HITT’s expertise in corporate interiors has been a key driver in the company’s growth over the past 80 years. During just the past five years, HITT has completed more than $900 million in interiors work, ranging from small service projects to headquarters for some of the most powerful Fortune 500 companies. The company’s mission critical business sector has … Read more

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PC Construction Wins AGC Highest Honor

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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – PC Construction has received one of the Associated General Contractors of America’s highest honors—an Alliant Build America Award in the construction management renovation category—for its work to rebuild the Waterbury State Office Complex in Waterbury, Vermont. PC Construction leaders and members of the project’s construction team accepted the award at AGC’s 98th Annual Convention. This is the third Alliant Build America Award PC Construction has received. When Tropical Storm Irene hit Vermont in late-August 2011, it caused millions of dollars in damage to roads, bridges, buildings and land. More than 3,500 homes and businesses were impacted … Read more

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Iowa Construction Supervisor Named ABC Craft Professional of the Year

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors has named Adam Ruff of Ely, Iowa, field supervisor at Price Electric, its 2017 Craft Professional of the Year. Ruff received the honor at ABC’s Careers in Construction awards ceremony during ABC’s Workforce Week ’17 conference. ABC presents the Craft Professional of the Year award to a construction craft professional who excels in his or her field while also demonstrating a commitment to safety, training and the merit shop philosophy each year. As the 2017 Craft Professional of the Year, Ruff received a brand new 2017 Ram Tradesman Crew Cab truck from the … Read more

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Premier Tapped to Construct New Facility in Chicago

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ITASCA, Ill. — Developer Dayton Street Partners/WBS Equities has chosen the popular Portage Park neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois for the site of a major speculative distribution facility, and has hired its partner, PREMIER Design + Build Group, LLC to construct the project. The 40,750-square-foot facility is being built on a 1.6-acre site strategically situated near major expressways, train lines and airports in one of the largest markets in the nation. The site is located at 4150 North Knox Avenue, just one block from the CTA, Metra Stop and the junction at I-94/90. More than 330,000 vehicles travel this expressway every … Read more

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