February 2015

Construction at Daytona Speedway Reaches Halfway Mark

Fans that attended this years Daytona 500 watched it from the middle of a complex construction project. A project that is changing the track\’s front-stretch grandstand area into what officials call a \”motorsports stadium\”. The new grandstands in Turn 1 opened a new high-rise view of the speedway for the first time in 500 history. The […]

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Having a hard time finding skilled labor these day? You\’re not the only one.

The sounds of construction have returned but the skilled construction workers have not. Construction industry advocates say there’s a severe shortage of skilled workers nationwide- including in Florida. In Florida, construction employment is down about 40% and across the country there are $1.4 million less people employed in construction than there were in 2007. These numbers reflect the volume

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Bonding Workshops

Kim and Cheryl have been doing bonding workshops all over the state. The goal of their presentation is to educate and clear up some common misconceptions of bonding. Most recently, they were invited to speak at a government-to-business workshop put on by the Procurement Officials of Lake County. The Procurement Officials are a group of public sector

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Construction Workers – The Happiest Employees??

According to TINYpluse\’s 2015 Best Industry Ranking Report, the Construction and Facility service workers are the happiest employees. This report is is compiled by anonymous one-question survey\’s from over 30,000 employees in 12 distinct industries. The construction industry—both residential and commercial—is definitely bouncing back from a recession low in 2010. Over the last 4 years it has made

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Coming Soon to PBS….

Keep your eyes peeled for the Academy Award-nominated documentary, Last Days in Vietnam.   The film is set during the final days of the Vietnam War, as the North Vietnamese Army advanced on Saigon.  Through personal interviews and never before seen footage, it documents the heroic actions of Americans who arranged for the evacuation of their

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