Report Highlights Design-Build’s Role in Tackling Industry Challenges, Driving Growth

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FMI Corporation recently released an updated 2024 Design-Build Utilization Study projecting Design-Build will account for over 47% of U.S. construction spending by 2028, surpassing $1.1 trillion in total construction spending over the next five years. The findings emphasize the critical importance of skilled owner advisors in navigating complex projects and ensuring effective communication across teams. The study highlights the growing need to engage underutilized business enterprises to address scalability challenges and promote meaningful participation in Design-Build project delivery. The study also reveals how Design-Build’s early collaboration, innovative approaches and integration of UBEs provide unique opportunities to address supply chain challenges … Read more

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Choate Partners with ACE Mentor Program of Greater Charleston

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Choate’s Charleston, South Carolina team has joined the ACE Mentorship Program, directly engaging with local high school students to educate, inspire and build up the future generation of industry leaders. Choate served as a “Friends of ACE CHS” sponsor and participated in various events throughout the spring semester. The ACE Mentorship program serves to promote and introduce students to careers within the AEC industry, as well as the entire process behind producing successful construction projects. Offering real-world insights into architecture, engineering and construction careers and facilitating tours of active projects, the program allowed students to learn in-depth about the entire … Read more

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Inaugural NextGen Initiative Recipients Announced by Poettker Construction

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Poettker Construction has announced the 2024 recipients of its NextGen program. NextGen is a collaboration between Poettker and its education clients to connect students and teachers with the construction of their facilities and unlock interactive opportunities for students to build their futures while advancing communities. Poettker also provides advanced education opportunities through impact contributions or post-high school scholarships. Poettker selected five recipients for the program’s inaugural year and presented two scholarships and three community impact contributions. Scholarships were awarded to Noah Foppe of Freeburg Community High School in Freeburg, Ill., and Kirsten Gudausky of Litchfield High School in Litchfield, Ill., … Read more

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Transforming Jobsites to Improve Workers’ Health & Well-Being

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By Susan Heinking and Brandon Smrz According to a recent report from integrated real estate services firm Stok, “The Financial Case for High Performance Buildings,” the business case for high-performance buildings traditionally cites energy savings and increased asset value as the most appealing incentives. But another — and arguably greater — form of enhanced value creation that comes through HPBs is rarely discussed: HPBs benefit the people who occupy them, which in turn produce significant positive impacts on a company’s bottom line1.  If this is true for the buildings we construct, what about the jobsite trailers for construction superintendents and … Read more

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