Last week the Greater Houston Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) held an open house to celebrate the grand opening of their new facility at 4910 Dacoma Street in Houston. ABC members, many of whom had helped renovate the facility, gathered to view the completed meeting rooms...
This Week's Second Look
ABC Houston Opens New Facility to Meet the Expanding Needs of the Construction Industry: Part 1 of 2
On April 9, Stan Marek, CEO of MAREK, was inducted into Texas A&M University’s Constructor Hall of Fame. I had the honor of introducing him with this tribute:My name is Pat Kiley, and I want to thank Joe Horlen and Mike Holland for the very high honor of presenting this award tonight because...
One of our missions at Construction Citizen is to help match future craft professionals with jobs that will benefit their families over the long haul while helping to create a sustainable workforce for the industry. The beauty of it is that those things go hand in hand, but we cannot do it alone....
I know you are like me. You see climbing cranes on a high-rise building under construction and the cranes are lifting everything that goes into the building from structural steel to glass, studs, drywall, flooring, fixtures and furnishings. Somewhere in the back of your mind is the nagging question...
Last week a group of construction professionals from MAREK once again volunteered their time to instruct high school students in drywall installation at their new state-of-the-art Pasadena Independent School District facility. Houston area construction firms such as MAREK have partnered with...
Over the years, the Construction Citizen team has put a bright spotlight on the myriad problems caused by worker misclassification. Those difficulties continue to mount while Texas lawmakers do very little about it, much to the frustration of ethical companies that cannot compete with cheaters,...
One of the coolest things afoot in Silicon Valley is the new Google headquarters building, if you can call it a building; it's more a living environment. The company has announced it is venturing into robotics, and the new headquarters will use robots, no, “Crabots” to be able to reconfigure the...
Last month I had the opportunity to sit down with Thomas Borrosco, Senior Waterproofing Superintendent at Chamberlin Roofing and Waterproofing, to interview him about how he came into his construction career, and what he could share about that experience.Thomas shared with me that his waterproofing...
Sponsors, Educators, Mentors and Supporters of ACE Mentor Houston, which provides guidance and assistance for students interested in careers in the Architecture, Construction and Engineering industry throughout the school year, came together last month to celebrate the program's success and...
