GBCA Safety Toolbox Talk: December 17, 2018
The holiday season for most people is a fun time of the year filled with parties, celebrations, and social gatherings with family and friends. For some, however, it is not so joyous, and this may lead to other issues
CCT Camp Out for Hunger Video
Carpenter Contractor Trust produced a short video about Camp Out for Hunger! Check out the contributions from GBCA and Keystone Mountain Lakes Regional Council of Carpenters to Preston & Steve’s Camp Out for Hunger, with food going to Philabundance! KML
GBCA Talks about Careers in Construction
On December 11, GBCA’s Director of Education and Professional Development Angela Hendrix, PlanGrid’s Josh Progar, and Keystone Mountain Lakes Regional Council of Carpenters’s Layla Bibi spoke to students at Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter High School in Kensington about careers in
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: Christmas & New Year’s Day
Our collective bargaining agreements provide for the following with respect to the observance of Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25, 2018, and New Year’s Day, Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Christmas Eve, Monday, December 24, 2018Rodsetters Local #405: Holiday; paid for 4 hours. Foremen;
Free Naloxone on December 13 as Part of Effort to Stop Overdoses in PA
The Wolf Administration will provide naloxone for free to any Pennsylvanian who wants it at nearly 80 locations across the state, primarily at state health centers and county/municipal health departments, on Thursday, December 13 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
Shoemaker Construction Co. Celebrates and Welcomes Leaders
Shoemaker Construction Co. General Manager Celebrates Anniversary with CompanyIn November 2018, Maura Hesdon celebrated 20 years with Shoemaker Construction Co., part of The Butz Family of Companies. Maura is a Board Member of GBCA, and was recently honored by CREW
GBCA Member Spotlight: December 17, 2018
Richard S. Burns & Company, a family-owned material recovery facility, has been in business for 4 decades, serving the metro Philadelphia region. Their company was advocating for a green economy long before the term was in popular use. They credit
Trimble Works to Bring BIM Out of the Office and Into the Field
PHOTO BY JEFF RUBENSTONE/ENRFrom Engineering News Record:Coming off of big-ticket purchases of construction software firms eBuilder and Viewpoint earlier this year, Trimble has rolled out a broader vision of how the constructible model can be maintained across a project’s lifespan.With
INTECH Construction Celebrates Topping Off at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
INTECH Construction celebrated the topping off of the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy project. This marked the completion of the structure of the building. This new 78,000 square foot new McCausland Lower School & Commons will serve kindergarten through 4th grade
2019 BIMForum Call for Proposals
At the 2019 conference in St. Louis, BIMForum is looking to highlight case studies of how the building community is driving quantitative and qualitative outcomes through the development of model-centric workflows that address the entire design-build-operate continuum.Topics of interest include:Model-centric