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Farmington Hills, Mich. — The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA)  has opened submissions for their  2026 Projects of the Year awards , a program highlighting the creativity, ingenuity and craftsmanship of cast-in-place concrete construction. The program’s categories are single-family residences in various sizes, commercial projects, apartments or multi-family residences, all-concrete homes, agricultural projects, non-foundation elements and non-wall structural elements. CFA also offers a free-category option for projects that do not fit into standard classifications, such as pools and staircases. Project submissions can be tailored to current contractor specialties or unique project types. Winners will be presented this July at the  2026 Concrete Foundations Association Convention (CFACON26) , the largest annual gathering for the cast-in-place concrete industry. The deadline for submissions is April 24, 2026, and projects must be submitted through  CFA’s onli...

CIVIL engineering product manufacturer  Wrekin , alongside its subdivision  Geoworks , has recorded significant growth despite a punishing year for the overall construction market – resulting in more than one million product sales in 2025. As UK housebuilding declined by around 8% against a backdrop of high interest rates and inflation, Wrekin’s turnover grew by 12%. This growth was underlined by a series of major deals with utilities companies, as new and renewed frameworks were secured with BT, Severn Trent Water and Thames Water. The Lichfield-based business’ turnover from its water, telecoms and energy offerings grew markedly. The success of the past 12 months was fuelled by a workforce which expanded in both its size and productivity. Wrekin’s productivity rose by a resounding 25%, as picking output per person per day increased from 19 to 24 tonnes. Meanwhile 13 new staff members were employed across Wrekin and Geoworks, significantly increasing capacity. Simon Turne...

Nation’s largest gathering of its kind returns to Colorado Springs with anticipated record attendance during National Safe Digging Month WASHINGTON  –  Common Ground Alliance  (CGA), the national non-profit association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines, people who dig near them, and their communities, today announced keynote speakers for the  2026 CGA Conference & Expo  in Colorado Springs, Colo., from April 27-30. Patrick T. Warren , Director of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)’s Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations, and  corporate leadership, change, and safety expert  Garrison Wynn  will headline this year’s Conference & Expo, which is expected to break CGA’s attendance records as the largest, most impactful conference of its kind in America. The 2026 event represents a pivotal moment for a persistent challenge: nearly 200,000 incidents of damage to buried utilities each y...

MIAMI, Fla. — Ware Malcomb , an award-winning international design firm, today announced construction is complete on phase one of Race Track Logistics Pompano, a new class A industrial park in Pompano Beach, FL. Ware Malcomb’s Miami office provided architecture and interior design services for the four-building 620,000 square foot initial phase.  The new logistics hub, owned by  Rockpoint , a Boston-based real estate private equity firm, will ultimately encompass 1.5 million square feet and is designed to meet market demand in South Florida for modern distribution facilities, with immediate access to I-95, Port Everglades, and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Rockhill, Rockpoint’s property services affiliate, is the operator and developer of the property. Rei Gomez, Principal, Ware Malcomb, said, “The design goal for this project was to create a welcoming, humanscaled arrival experience, and an environment that feels dynamic, comfortable, and closely connect...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Architecture and design firm DesignGroup is expanding into Indianapolis, strengthening its Midwest presence and positioning the firm to serve Indiana’s growing health care, higher education and science and technology sectors.        The expansion builds on DesignGroup’s established offices in Columbus, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Indianapolis mirrors those existing studio markets as a resilient state capital with strong institutional anchors and a vibrant design community. DesignGroup also maintains long-standing relationships with engineering and construction partners already active in the region, creating a strong foundation for strategic growth.        DesignGroup’s first hire for its Indianapolis team is Raun Love. A nationally recognized design leader with more than 25 years of experience delivering complex, large-scale projects, Love was appointed senior project manager.        “Indianapol...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Memphis District marked three major infrastructure milestones in eastern Arkansas Mar. 3, 2026.  The events included groundbreaking ceremonies for the Grand Prairie Region Project and the Bayou Meto Basin Project and a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the successful installation of three new gearboxes at Graham Burke Pumping Station.  All three achievements reflect significant advances in safeguarding Arkansas’s water resources and the communities that rely on these critical water supplies. The Grand Prairie and Bayou Meto Basin projects share the common goal of lowering long-term water depletion of the Alluvial and Sparta Aquifers, both being crucial water resources relied upon by farmers, municipalities, and industries in eastern Arkansas.  After decades of concentrated agricultural irrigation, these aquifers have been drained to critically low levels, threatening the region’s economy and long-term water securit...

The Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA) presented Dr. Benjamin Schafer with the 2026 Duane S. Ellifritt Research Award. CLEVELAND, Ohio —   www.mbma.com:  Named after MBMA’s original director of research and engineering, this honor is given annually to a researcher whose contributions led to advancements within the metal building systems industry. Dr. Schafer accepted the award at the 2026 MBMA Research Symposium in Orlando, Fla. Dr. Schafer is the Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor of Civil and Systems Engineering and the Director of the Ralph O’Connor Sustainability Energy Institute (ROSEI) at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.   “Congratulations to Dr. Schafer, who has been an invaluable partner to MBMA for more than 20 years,” said Jon-Paul (JP) Cardin, P.E., MBMA’s current Director of Research and Engineering.  “His research has deepened the industry’s understanding of metal building systems and driven meaningful advancements in performan...