Strong Man Super Fire-Retardant Tarps Stand Up to the Elements

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Serving the construction industry in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia since 1969, George L. Wilson & Company is a part of the history in Pennsylvania’s infrastructure. They are also a longtime client and friend of Strong Man. Situation: SkyVue is the largest open, active new construction project in the greater Pittsburgh area. Located in the heart of Oakland, an ideal central location close to public transportation, shopping and other amenities, the project required the highest level of diligence in keeping the jobsite and public safe. George L. Wilson & Company was hired to work on the new 14-story luxury apartment … Read more

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Sundt Completes Lab Renovations at California State University

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CAMARILLO, Calif. – Sundt Construction, Inc. recently completed a $2.4-million laboratory renovation at California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo. Designed to accommodate the needs of the university’s biology and chemistry departments, the Design-Build project included installation and reconfiguration of casework, fume hoods, mechanical and electrical systems, and equipment within four existing dry laboratories inside the campus’s Aliso Hall building. The Aliso Hall renovation is one of three projects Sundt has been contracted to build on the CI campus. Sundt also completed the campus’s Sierra Hall Classroom and Laboratory building and is constructing the university’s new Santa Rosa Village student … Read more

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Hensel Phelps Construction Co. BOD Promotes Key Personnel in SW District

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GREELEY, Colo. — The board of directors of Hensel Phelps Construction Co. has elevated two key players within the Southwest district: Michael Dwight will assume the role of director of operations, while Gary Perrin has been promoted to operations manager. Michael Dwight joined Hensel Phelps after graduating from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in construction science. Michael advanced his career through the ranks of field engineer, office engineer, project engineer, area superintendent, project manager and eventually operations manager. Throughout his tenure, he has gained experience in laboratories and federal, detention, aviation, healthcare and high-tech projects. As director of operations, … Read more

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Work Begins on 100,000-SF Facility at America’s Central Port

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The Korte Company will begin construction on a 100,000-square-foot Design-Build warehouse facility within America’s Central Port, located in Madison, Illinois, just five miles north of downtown St. Louis. The tilt-up structure, located at the region’s only full-service, public intermodal port, will include warehouse and office space for a private tenant. America’s Central Port’s business and industrial park contains more than 1.7 million square feet of rail-served warehouse space and about 70,000 square feet of office space with access to the Mississippi River, four interstate highways and six Class I railroads. This new development is the first phase of an industrial … Read more

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Brasfield & Gorrie Observes Women in Construction Week

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Brasfield & Gorrie recently announced the company is joining with the National Association of Women in Construction in observing Women in Construction Week March 6-12. Established by NAWIC, the week aims to highlight women as a visible component of the construction industry, to raise awareness of the opportunities available for women in the construction industry and to emphasize the growing role of women in the industry. Women have played key roles in Brasfield & Gorrie since its inception. In fact, one of the company’s five founders, Imogene Powell, served as an early pioneer among women in the … Read more

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