Features Construction

When Wayne Craig first worked as a field technician in the petrochemical industry in the Houston area, he spent his days in the field helping design, install and document projects. In the evenings, he made plan changes on a drawing board. Then computer-aided design, or CAD, software programs used in mainframe computers became available on […]

Ryan Lee says his IT career has been built on “goal setting with ruthless execution to get there.” However, the affable IT director for KLJ Engineering isn’t the type to trample over people to achieve success. Rather, he’s always identified the skills he needs and found ways to get them. “I always wanted to go […]

Except for the grilles on HVAC system vents, the parts and components made by Price Industries Ltd. are usually concealed from view. But whether in sophisticated labs, operating rooms or offices, the diffusers, fan and blower coils, and power and control modules made by Price are crucial for controlling temperatures and air quality in workplaces. […]

The morning of March 26, 2018, was one that Brian Newgent will never forget.  For Brian Newgent, it started out the same as any other day: shutting off the alarm, eating breakfast and brushing his teeth. It also happened to be the day that his employer, Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, became a billion-dollar, publicly-traded company. Once known as White Construction, […]

When tremors began shaking Guatemala in November 1917, no one expected they’d continue through late January 1918—or change how the Central American nation is built. But after Guatemala City was almost completely destroyed, it was rebuilt with cement that better withstood the rumblings and convulsions of tremors and earthquakes, and the work became a foundation […]

It wasn’t that PC Construction Co.’s leadership was averse to building on a large scale. Though the company’s first job was modest—building the foundation for a flagpole outside a Vermont post office in 1958—it has become a contractor of choice for designing and building residential and public sector projects across New England and the U.S. […]

He knows of client companies whose data has been breached, rendering them liable for delays, damages and fines that add up to billions of dollars. There’s a common denominator in construction industry hackings, explains Randy Muyargas. Too often, he tells Toggle this past December, the industry has been behind the infotech times, relying on outdated […]

To the average person, the task entrusted to Goodfellow Bros., may seem quite basic. It’s about moving dirt, and volumes of it in order to enable large-scale construction projects in Hawaii and up and down the West Coast. But the heavy civil construction industry is far more complex than one may think. For starters, there […]

Enjoying that Sunday afternoon drive past the amber waves of grain and copious cornfields of the Midwest? As the road runs straight and smooth under you, it’s a good bet Manatt’s paved it, says Bridg Moreland. For almost 75 years, Manatt’s has built or resurfaced the roads crisscrossing America’s heartland, while building its own network […]

It wouldn’t be a party without the potty. From the food festival in a town square to the three-day show on multiple stages in the middle of the desert, everyone who comes will eventually need someplace to go. It’s not only sanitary, it’s the law, and in southern California, Diamond Environmental Services has been supplying […]