Sepi Saidi will be honored at this year's Chix Dig It luncheon scheduled for Thursday, June 20, 2019, at the Prestonwood Country Club in Raleigh. Saidi is a visionary leader who founded SEPI Engineering & Construction, Inc. (SEPI, Inc.) in 2001 and has led the company to become a premier, full-service consultancy firm offering concept to completion services, technical solutions, and inspired design for the built environment. With more than 350 employees, SEPI is an ENR Top 500 ranked firm and has earned eight consecutive Zweig Group Hot Firm List Awards with $39.3 million in revenue in 2018.
In a style similar to "National Signing Day" events for high school student athletes, seniors at hundreds of schools across the nation were seated behind a table in front of a room of parents, teachers, peers and local/national media on May 8, 2019. The occasion — the inaugural National Signing Day for Construction Trades presented by SkillsUSA and Klein Tools.
The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying is relocating its headquarters to Greenville, S.C., from its current location in nearby Seneca. NCEES’ new headquarters will occupy 70,600 square feet at 200 Verdae Boulevard in Greenville. Read More
As part of an ongoing partnership with Charleston Metro Chamber, Associated Builders and Contractors Carolinas Chapter held its second annual Build a SHED competition — an ABC Carolinas "Students Hands-On Experience Day" program. The objective of this competition is to promote interest in construction-related careers through experiential learning. Once again ABC Carolinas Chapter and Charleston Metro Chamber engaged their members to serve as mentors and judges to the six teams from local high schools and one team from Eckerd Connects
career-ready youth.
The NCWorks Commission approved a new two-year strategic plan and certified local Career Centers while meeting at the Hotel Ballast in Wilmington on May 15. The strategic plan, entitled "Preparing North Carolina’s Workforce for Today and Tomorrow," is aligned with Governor Roy Cooper’s "NC Job Ready" initiative.
I May is Mental Health Awareness Month which is why there are more company posts dedicated to it, but not many focus on mental health in construction. The construction industry workers are not immune, and also experience mental health hiccups and sometimes long term illness. It’s important to raise awareness to issues within the industry and potential solutions to improve worker health and safety. Read More
The South Carolina Economic Developers’ Association (SCEDA) announced its 2019-20 officers and board of directors during the organization’s annual conference in Myrtle Beach. Andrena Powell-Baker, SCCED, Senior Manager of Community Relations and Development at Lockhart Power Company, will serve as the 2019-2020 SCEDA president.
Sixty-seven percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America. In response, association officials have launched a new radio and media campaign urging drivers to slow down and remain alert in highway work zones.
Following a sizable decrease in demand for design services in March, the April Architecture Billings Index (ABI) climbed back into positive territory according to a new report from The American Institute of Architects (AIA). Read More
Join the Carolinas AGC for the Quarterly Upstate District Luncheon, on June 3rd, from Noon - 1:30pm, in Greenville, SC. Attorney Frank Elmore of Elmore Goldsmith, P.A. will facilitate a discussion of Best Practices for work force recruitment, employee retention and "what if."
For more than four decades, Frank Elmore has counseled and advised private and public owners, general contractors, subcontractors, sureties, and construction industry trade associations on a myriad of complex legal, strategic-risk management, and risk mitigation issues.
Trudi Lacey has been a leader in a man's world for more than 20 years, first as an athlete, then later as a head coach to WNBA Charlotte Sting and Washington Mystics, as well as a key contributor to gold-medal wins for women's and men's basketball teams at the Sydney Olympics. Now leading Johnson & Wales athletic program as its Director of Athletics, she proves how leading with integrity, grit and focus gets results. She will share her lessons in leadership to help us all make all the right moves.
GroundBreak Carolinas is pleased to once again be the media partner for the annual Chix Dig It — Celebrating Women in Construction luncheon. Now in its fourth year, this year's Chix Dig It luncheon is scheduled for Thursday, June 20, 2019, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The 2019 venue for this must-attend event is Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, N.C.
