Data Solutions for Smarter Construction
Good data is as central to construction work as bricks, mortar, and scaffolding. Gathering and analyzing statistics about worker hours, schedules, payroll, weather conditions, vendor costs, equipment location, fuel use and consumption, materials, safety, and other factors can mean the difference between failure and success.
LCH Developments
LCH Developments (previously known as Lifestyle Custom Homes), is a residential building development company in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) focused on serving individual communities based on their needs. In an effort to optimize available space, it gets approval to convert underutilized pieces of land into the highest and best use for the neighbourhood.
Enclos
Think of some of the most amazing buildings in the U.S. – the three bulbous glass spheres with pentagonal panels for Amazon’s new office in downtown Seattle, the Chase Center Office Complex and impressive new dome for the Golden State Warriors, the wave-inspired expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Adi Development Group
In a world where mainstream thinking is the norm, it’s exciting to discover a surging real estate development company where the free-thinking approach of its founders is challenging the way business is done in that market.
Rogers
Rogers, the Alpharetta, Georgia-based firm known as “Rogers Electric” until a recent rebranding, is on an explosive growth streak. The company’s performance over the past few years has been, well, electrifying.
River Supply
Sheathing a new building in cladding is about two things – protection and appeal. The design is usually architect-driven, but the final result can only be as good as the fabricator. River Supply brings exceptional technology, experience, and innovation to making first impressions count.
S&S Concrete Floors
In the increasingly competitive world that is the construction industry, to truly stand out from the crowd is rare. Allow me to introduce S&S Concrete Floors, a world leader in concrete construction.
CBS Rentals
Later this year, Houston-headquartered CBS Rentals will open its twelfth location in Bryan-College Station, a metropolitan area in Texas. The rapidly-growing construction equipment rental firm takes pride in its vast inventory, stellar service, and values-based leadership style that emphasizes more than just the bottom line.
JM Coull, Inc.
JM Coull, Inc., is living proof that a company doesn’t necessarily have to be the biggest in order to make a big impact in the industry. Providing solutions to its clients’ building needs for 35 years with a focus on safety, quality and partnership, JM Coull (JMC) offers comprehensive and competitive construction services in preconstruction, construction management and design-build construction with hands-on service, attention to detail and award-winning results.
Midwest Mole, Inc.
In construction, one of the most challenging tasks is excavation. Working in widely differing soil conditions, crews face everything from undocumented gas and water lines to rocks, roots, crumbling century-old cast iron sewer pipes, and other obstacles, hazards, and surprises.
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Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC)
Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) provides a depth and breadth of services, programs, and opportunities for manufacturers. Headquartered in Owen Sound, Ontario, with a national presence, EMC also encourages young people to enter the manufacturing workforce and is always looking for ways to enhance the sector.
Facing Up to What’s Facing Construction
When you think of the world’s largest industry, perhaps agriculture or energy come to mind—but it turns out they’re not the biggest.
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
After profiling the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) sustainability efforts in previous articles, Construction in Focus caught up with the organization once again, this time to learn about an exciting new report. State of Decarbonization: Progress in U.S. Commercial Buildings 2023 discusses the sector’s progress, the current status of data availability, and mechanisms available to reduce the carbon emissions of commercial buildings in the United States—the first report to compile all of this information into a single source.
Cushing Terrell
There is a quote attributed to Wayne Gretzky that you have likely seen in PowerPoint presentations. It is the one about skating to where the puck is going, rather than where it is. In hockey, Gretzky seemed to have a preternatural ability to anticipate the best place to be. In business, Cushing Terrell has that same knack.
Animal Arts Design Studios
When thinking about architecture and building design, we know much time and thought goes into creating sound, healthy, and attractive structures for people, but what about housing for our animal friends? Animal Arts Design Studios specializes exclusively in animal care design, including animal shelters and veterinary hospitals, with a proven track record of success with more than 1,500 projects in 40 U.S. states, Canada, and overseas, ranging in size from 600 to 110,000 square feet.
Enercare
Coming together to address a vital energy need in the market, Enercare and Subterra Renewables are working to decarbonize living in the way we interact in our homes, transitioning away from fossil fuel powered systems to renewable geothermal energy. Finalized in Q4 2023, the partnership of these two Canadian companies represents a first-of-a-kind industry relationship aimed at providing quality products, service, and results to clients, all while helping to reduce our carbon footprints.
