MT. VERNON, Iowa — The Tilt-Up Concrete Association will be honoring Ed Sauter, the association’s longstanding executive director, at their Winter Tilt-Up Jubilee during World of Concrete Feb. 4, 2015. Sauter will enter part-time retirement at the end of this year and step down as TCA executive director. He began his tenure at the association in 1992, when — attending a meeting also held at WOC — he agreed to take over as interim director. He continued in the position for 23 years, bringing passion, commitment and leadership to the organization. “Ed has been an extraordinary asset to this association … Read more

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Brasfield & Gorrie announced the company recently celebrated a construction milestone at the new Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine campus in Auburn, Alabama. A topping out ceremony was held on Oct. 2 to mark the recent structural completion of the facility, which is located on a 15-acre site in Auburn University's Research Park. The new facility will house programs from VCOM at Auburn. The $20-million project includes a new 92,000-square-foot, four-story building that will include classrooms, small-group learning rooms, laboratories and a technology center. In addition, VCOM will collaborate with the Auburn Research and Technology Foundation … Read more

WOBURN, Mass. — Tocci Building Companies recently completed a 10,000-square-foot lab fitout for Greentown Labs, an incubation space for energy technology start-up companies located in Somerville, Massachusetts. Tocci worked with architects Robert Luchetti Associates and engineers Zade Associates to create additional incubator lab space for four subtenants: Zed/Transocean, Open Water Power, Quantum Diamond and Dynamo Micropower. The primary goal of the project was to provide a timely renovation of Greentown Labs” space. Since the tenants are mainly entrepreneurs that move at a fast pace, Tocci worked with the project team to fast track this task and deliver the space within … Read more