Hard Hat Inventor Being Posthumously Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame

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Edward W. Bullard, inventor of the first commercially available hard hat, will be posthumously honored as part of the latest class of National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees. In partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office , NIHF will honor the inductees May 5 during “The Greatest Celebration of American Innovation.” The event will take place at the USPTO Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. Realizing the need for greater safety within the mines, Bullard designed a hard hat for miners inspired by the steel doughboy helmet he wore as a soldier. Bullard first produced the Hard Boiled Hat by … Read more

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Brasfield & Gorrie Receives Honors for Excellence in Construction

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Brasfield Brasfield & Gorrie recently was honored by the Alabama chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America. Two of the company’s projects were honored with BuildSouth Awards at a ceremony on Jan. 15, at The Club in Birmingham, Alabama. The projects honored included projects that were completed on the Airbus campus in Mobile, Alabama: a central utility plant and a construction package including the build-out of the A320 final assembly line hangar, service building and logistics center. Selected by Honeywell Building Solutions, Brasfield & Gorrie served as the design-builder for the construction of a central utility plant that feeds … Read more

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