CHIEF Buildings tackles challenging commercial projects that require metal building systems.
By Kat Zeman, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
When it comes to designing and manufacturing metal building systems for commercial and industrial applications, CHIEF Buildings specializes in custom solutions.
The Grand Island, Neb.-based company combines computer-aided design with extensive engineering and manufacturing capabilities to produce customized solutions for a variety of clients throughout the United States.
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The Hamilton mixed-use development in Philadelphia targets students and professionals.
By Knighthouse Staff Editor
Clemens Construction is hard at work on the Community College of Philadelphia’s first-ever residential housing development. Construction began in spring 2017 on the Hamilton, a $129 million, 504,000-square-foot mixed-use development on the college’s campus near the city’s Museum District neighborhood. The project consists of two phases, the first being a 10-story building with 290 units that is anticipated to open this fall. The second phase of the project is a 16-story, 210-unit building; work will begin after the completion of the first tower.
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Maser Consulting enjoys exponential growth while maintaining a close-knit culture among its people who are its most valuable asset.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
With a diverse portfolio of engineering services, Maser Consulting prides itself on creating customized solutions for its clients in a variety of markets. “Diversity is what has made us so successful,” President and COO Kevin L. Haney says. “Having a wide range of services has served us well over the years by sustaining us during economic market shifts, and now our geography has further contributed to it through the 24 offices we have nationwide."
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Fair and Square Construction draws on its co-owners’ years of industry experience to ensure projects are delivered on schedule.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
As veteran commercial framing contractors each with 25 years of industry experience, Doug Sweers and George Brigham founded Fair and Square Construction in 2011 to meet a growing demand in west Michigan. “We saw the demand for a commercial framing company that could handle the bigger jobs,” co-owner George Brigham says. “Driven by our background in the industry we pushed forward to build a company with greater manpower and equipment to meet the demand.”
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NexTraq offers a range of products that help fleet managers turn raw information into actionable solutions.
By Tim O’Connor
Back when telematics provider NexTraq was founded in 2000, data was a lot simpler. Most customers only wanted to know where to find their truck or piece of construction equipment. But in the nearly two decades since the new millennium began, the prevalence of data and the sensors needed to capture that information have fundamentally changed expectations.
Today, everyone has a mobile device – sometimes several – and companies are clamoring to use the information generated by the connected world to discover ways to become increasingly efficient. Fleet managers not only want to know where their trucks are, but they want to dispatch optimized routes and be alerted if drivers are skirting the rules of the road. NexTraq is continuously evolving to stay ahead of those demands by offering an increasing number of add-on services. “The solutions over the years have been tailored to the needs of the customers,” Vice President of Marketing Pankaj Sharma says.
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ALICE Technologies uses AI to solve construction scheduling challenges.
By Tim O’Connor, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
Planning a construction project is a monumentally complex task. It can take months to match the building sequence with the availability of contractors and materials – and even once the schedule is in place there’s no way to tell whether it’s truly the most efficient way to meet all of the project’s goals.
While pursuing his Ph.D. at Stanford, Rene Morkos began to think about how artificial intelligence could be applied to the problem of construction scheduling. The son of a builder, Morkos grew up around construction sites and understood the challenges contractors faced. He had a strong interest in the industry from the time he was young, eventually becoming a foreman during college and later a construction engineer. Through those roles, Morkos learned every facet of what goes into building a project and where the most likely bottlenecks can be found.
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Photo Credit: The Village of Obetz
Falcon Structures continues to grow its portfolio of projects.
By Jim Harris
The closure of the Columbus Motor Speedway in 2016 left its host, the village of Obetz, Ohio, with both a challenge and an opportunity. The village wanted to redevelop the property with a structure that would be large enough to host the home games of the Ohio Machine, a Major League Lacrosse team; as well as major events such as the popular Obetz Zucchini Festival.
With the Ohio Machine’s first game scheduled in less than a year, the village needed a very large structure built in a short period of time. To solve this problem, the village looked to Falcon Structures.
In summer 2017, Falcon Structures completed the new $15 million stadium, Fortress Obetz. Completing a structure akin to the 6,500-seat, 71,112-square-foot Fortress would normally take two years. However, Falcon Structures needed only six months to pull off the feat.
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EZ-ACCESS’ aluminum solutions help make access easier for all individuals.
By Alan Dorich
For 34 years, EZ-ACCESS has helped people move beyond barriers. “We believe that people can enjoy life the most when they have the ability to obtain accessibility,” co-owner and CEO Don Everard says.
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