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In case you missed ABC Convention 2024 in Kissimmee, Florida, last month, here are key highlights from the week of competitions, exhibitions, speakers, performances and more. WINNERS AND HONOREES Contractor of the Year Kwest Group was announced as ABC’s 2024 Contractor of the ...

Kwest Group was always going to be a success. Ryan Odendahl is sure of that today—but even 20 years ago, it was always the plan. Odendahl had left a good position with a successful contractor to join his boss in running a new heavy contracting company in northwestern Ohio. He was...

Whether renovating a home or designing offices for a startup, every structure reflects those who work in it and become patrons of it. That is why construction professionals and contractors must connect with customers uniquely because their work is personalized. Communication is t...

WOOLPERT SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT MELVIN SPINKS NAMED 2024 HOUSTON AREA ENGINEER OF THE YEAR On Dec. 20, 2023, The Houston Engineers Week Committee named Woolpert Senior Vice President Melvin Spinks as the 2024 Houston Area Engineer of the Year. The award recognizes engineers who h...

Leadership coach, speaker and author Ryan Leak is convinced that too many people are sitting around, waiting for someone higher up to tell them what to do. They’re waiting for someone to give them permission, to motivate them, to inspire them. They’re waiting for a leader—and too...

Bosworth Steel Erectors is a Dallas-based company that in its nearly 30-year history has taken on steel construction and modification for some impressive projects across the country, from the Winspear Opera House in Dallas to Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. And they’ve done al...

The people who work here are passionate about giving back. It’s a big reason why they come to work here,” says Robert Dunn, a vice president at KBE Building Corporation. “Giving back” refers to the employee-driven, robust philanthropic activities at KBE, a commercial constructio...

With $1.2 trillion in government spending on infrastructure now filtering into the construction economy, it’s a good time to think about, well, “How Infrastructure Works.” In this excerpt from her love letter to the built environment, engineering professor Deb Chachra traces the ...

Open client communication is the cornerstone of success for businesses across various industries. In construction, it is all too easy to become consumed by the pressing demands of deadlines, adhering to timelines and navigating each project’s development. In the midst of these en...

It’s no secret that construction doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to mental health. Most alarmingly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the industry has a suicide rate nearly five times the national average—nearly 50 per 100,000 workers—a...