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What You Need to Know About the Dirt World
Now in its second year, there is no terrible-twos phase for the construction industry’s newest workforce conference, the Dirt World Summit.
By Grace Calengor
December 11, 2024
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by Grace Calengor
Grace Calengor is senior editor of Construction Executive. Prior to joining ABC in April 2023, she was managing editor of The Zebra Press in Alexandria, Virginia. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 2020 with two bachelor’s degrees in English and classics, and a minor in comparative literature.
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