The Advocate - Wed December 30, 2020
Louisiana Town Testing New Bid Process in High School Upgrade
As it prepares to make major renovations and additions to its lone high school, an East Baton Rouge, La., school district is testing out a building process it has not used before. Rather than submitting traditional bids, six companies in December offered "statements of qualifications" laying out why they should manage the work at Central High School, in the town of Central, La....
Insider NJ - Tue December 22, 2020
New Head Start Center Being Built in Hamilton, N.J.
Construction will soon begin in Hamilton Township, N.J., on a new Early Head Start center for The Children's Home Society of New Jersey (CHSofNJ). Earlier this year, the agency was awarded a federal grant to expand its Early Head Start center-based program....
City of Danbury - Tue December 22, 2020
Danbury, Conn., Takes Steps to Fast Track School Expansion Project
The city of Danbury, Conn., is looking to retain a commissioning agent in its ramp up to soliciting bids for the Ellsworth Avenue Elementary construction project. The firm that is selected will provide the city with "all of the necessary commissioning services for the Ellsworth Avenue School Addition project from design through project completion and occupancy," according to the request for qualifications and proposals (RFQ/P) recently posted on the city of Dansbury website....
Associated Press - Tue December 22, 2020
PCI Awards University of Kentucky $100,000 Grant for Concrete Program
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The University of Kentucky has been awarded a $100,000 grant for a four-year program focused on precast concrete education by the PCI Foundation. Marty McIntyre, executive director of the Chicago-based foundation, said out of the record number of applicants this year, The College of Design's School of Architecture, based in Lexington, passed a rigorous review process for the grantPrecast concrete, used in construction, is a building material prepared, cast and cured off-site, usually in a controlled factory environment, using reusable molds....
University of Florida News - Mon December 21, 2020
University of Florida Building New Center for Data Science
The University of Florida recently began construction on the Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology, a 263,000-sq.-ft. academic building located in the heart of UF's main campus in Gainesville....
Talk Business & Politics - Mon December 21, 2020
Fort Smith, Ark., Schools Begins Building Peak Innovation Center
Arkansas' Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) plans to open its multi-million-dollar Peak Innovation Center for the 2021-22 school year. On Dec. 7, the school system and its partner, the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS), co-hosted a groundbreaking for the facility....
Serious Labs - Wed December 09, 2020
Serious Labs, GPRC Announce Partnership for Virtual Reality Technical Training
Serious Labs and Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to bring innovative training solutions to the students of GPRC. Together they will implement Serious Labs' current VR training solutions as well as collaborate on and pilot new learning solutions to achieve an expanded vision and scope for technical training in northwestern Alberta....
IAAP - Thu December 10, 2020
IAAP Announces 2021 Scholarships
The Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers (IAAP) Education Foundation Scholarship program strengthens the Illinois aggregates industry by promoting the education of worthy students. The Education Foundation scholarship supports students learning and training to be the next generation of professionals in the industry....
CEG - Thu December 03, 2020
Construction Begins on New Georgia State University Arena
Work has gotten under way to build a new convocation center and arena for Georgia State University (GSU) on land that has in the past served as the parking lots for both Atlanta Stadium and Turner Field....
Dahlonega Nugget - Thu November 19, 2020
New University Business Center to Be Built in Dahlonega, Ga.
There are 14 tiny holes in the undeveloped lot across the street from Papa John's in Dahlonega, Ga., due to 14 golden shovels, wielded by elected officials, business leaders and representatives from the University of North Georgia (UNG)....
