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Never Stop Improving: The Lowe’s Foundation Gable Grant Goes to SkillsUSA

by Grace Calengor | Oct 30, 2024
Careers | Departments | Leadership | Workforce

The Lowe’s Foundation—the charitable arm of your friendly neighborhood home improvement store—is investing $50 million into skilled-trades training over the next five years, with a $1-million Gable Grant going to SkillsUSA.

Closeout: Pour It on Thick

Come to Miami for the Waldorf Astoria, stay for the 36-hour concrete pour.

Circuit Training: Wesco’s Electrical Trades Scholarship Program

by Jordan LeGras | Sep 27, 2024
Community | Culture | Departments

As the construction industry continues to battle ongoing labor shortages, international electrical distributor, Wesco, is doing its part to spark interest in the trades—and putting its money where its mouth is with the launch of a new electrical trades scholarship program.

Top Billing in Buffalo: Renovating the Albright-Knox Art Gallery

by Ken Budd | Sep 26, 2024
Departments | Institutional | Markets | Public

Gilbane Building Company has worked on numerous museums, but nothing quite like this: a nearly 147,000-square-foot city centerpiece for art.

Passing It Down: Transferring Knowledge From One Generation to the Next

Today’s retiring workforce holds the key to building the future. Their transfer of knowledge will make or break the new generation of skilled-trades workers.

Safety on Tour: Listening to Construction Leaders’ Top Concerns

The American Society of Safety Professionals created the Corporate Listening Tour to gauge directly from the pros what their top safety priorities and concerns are. Here’s what they had to say this year.

Not-So-Clearly Stated: Workers’ Comp When Out-of-State

It’s critical for construction companies to understand the exact protections offered by their workers’ compensation policy when sending employees on out-of-state travel—but state-by-state variabilities can make that a daunting task.

Closeout: Pier to Pier

by Construction Executive | Jul 30, 2024
Departments | Infrastructure | Markets

The demolition of a collapsed 100-year-old dock, plus the construction of a new general cargo dock makes for the new Main Street Terminal 1 in the Port of Beaumont in Beaumont, Texas.

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Never Stop Improving: The Lowe’s Foundation Gable Grant Goes to SkillsUSA

Closeout: Pour It on Thick

Circuit Training: Wesco’s Electrical Trades Scholarship Program

Top Billing in Buffalo: Renovating the Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Passing It Down: Transferring Knowledge From One Generation to the Next

Safety on Tour: Listening to Construction Leaders’ Top Concerns

Not-So-Clearly Stated: Workers’ Comp When Out-of-State

Closeout: Pier to Pier

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