GBCA Promotes Heat Safety on 97.5 The Fanatic
GBCA is partnering with 97.5 The Fanatic to help promote heat safety to construction workers leading up to OSHA's Safe + Sound Week. Ads will run on 97.5 The Fanatic—both
Five Questions with Jose Jimenez of Gilbane Building Company
Jose Jimenez, Vice President and Director of Life Sciences for Gilbane Building Company and a panelist at the AIA-GBCA-NAIOP Delivering Discoveries: Building for the Life Sciences event, recently sat down
LF Driscoll Celebrates 1201 Normandy Place Topping Off
Congratulations to GBCA members LF Driscoll and Pride Enterprises, Inc., which celebrated the topping off of the final steel beam of the 1201 Normandy Place project. 1201 Normandy Place is
Governor Wolf Announces PAsmart Apprenticeship Grants Recipients
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced awards totaling more than $4.9 million for 14 Pennsylvania apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs within the building and construction trades. Each program will use this grant
MyWIC 2022 Summer Camp Learns about Construction Safety and Tours Jobsites in Action
The Mentoring Young Women in Construction (MyWIC) Camp kicked off by teaching the young women about construction safety. At Med-Tex Services, Inc., camp attendees learned about fall protection and
Montgomery County Records ‘Banner’ Year of Commercial Construction
Montgomery Country had a banner year last year, constructing 2.26 million square feet of non-residential development according to the Montgomery Country Planning Commission. From the Philadelphia Business Journal: “This was
Turner and Watson Organization JV for Thomas Jefferson University Renovations
Thomas Jefferson University has selected the Turner/Watson team, a joint venture between Turner Construction Company and The Watson Organization, for its upcoming renovations on Alumni Hall. The opportunity to secure
Delivering Discoveries: Building for the Life Sciences
On June 29, GBCA, AIA Philadelphia, and NAIOP hosted a discussion between leading developers, contractors, and architects about how development and market trends are impacting the construction environment in
MyWIC Starts 2022 Camp
The 13th Annual MyWIC Camp will be held July 6 through August 10, 2022. MyWIC Camp is a summer program designed to introduce construction to young women, providing hands-on construction
2022 Masonry Pre-Apprentice Program at Eastern State Penitentiary
On Wednesday, June 21, 2022, GBCA’s Marketing & Communications department visited the Eastern State Penitentiary’s Preservation Trades Center (PTC) – a 4-week, paid, hands-on, masonry pre-apprentice training program. In