Punch List: Bechtel teams with Ted Danson, Hensel Phelps breaks ground on new HQ

Building and construction Dive’s Friday Punch List is a series committed to sharing significant structure headings that specialists might have missed out on from the week.

Today, Construction Dive introduced its exhibition and conference tracker for next year. It’s an impressive tool for constructing pros seeking to plan their participation schedule for networking and exposition occasions. Make sure to examine back for updates.

Suffolk Construction released a arena building department and worldwide management consulting company Bain laid out information center building’s $6 trillion profits concern

That’s not all. Check out listed below for other current news in the building area.

Bechtel promotes tech usage on Ted Danson’s program

Reston, Virginia-based Bechtel showed how it utilizes innovation on the jobsite for a tv program hosted by Ted Danson, the star best understood for “Cheers.”

The professional was included on”Developments with Ted Danson,” a program that airs on Bloomberg Television and showcases innovative innovation. For Bechtel, this suggested flaunting tech tools at Louisiana LNG, where the contractor is providing 3 LNG trains for Woodside Energy

Bechtel highlighted four-legged robotics with video cameras, sensing units and laser scanners that catch information in dangerous or hard-to-reach locations; self-governing building devices, which keeps up very little manual input so competent operators can manage several devices all at once; and automated welding.

—Matthew Thibault

Hensel Phelps begins on brand-new HQ

Hensel Phelps began 2026 with a brand-new CEOIt will end the year with a brand-new head office underway.

The specialist, long based in Greeley, Colorado, began on its future head office in close-by Loveland on Sept. 30, according to a Tuesday press release.

The four-story, 143,000-square-foot center will be found in designer Realberry’s mixed-use task near the crossway of Interstate 25 and U.S. Highway 34, according to the release. Created by Gensler, the head office will include versatile work areas, training and partnership environments and ground-floor retail. A main atrium and mass lumber will frame views of the Rocky Mountain Foothills.

— Joe Bousquin

Sakrete introduces brand-new Concrete Combat series

Concrete mix provider Sakrete has restored its Concrete Combat competitors where home builders can display their concrete abilities.

This time, Sakrete is asking specialists to share approximately 4 minutes of video utilizing Sakrete items on the jobsite, discussing why they picked Sakrete for the job, according to a Tuesday release. Previous models had home builders contend in a studio.

The grand reward winner will get $10,000, a professional-grade devices bundle from Marshall Town Co., Collomix and Mud Mixer, and an all-expense paid journey to World of Concrete in Januaryper the statement. The submission window is open up until Nov. 15.

— Matthew Thibault

McCarthy selects Nevada service advancement officer

McCarthy Building Cos. has actually designated Jack Madrid to its Southern Pacific Region company advancement group to enhance its Nevada existence, according to a Tuesday press release shown Construction Dive.

Madrid signed up with the St. Louis-based professional in January 2022, according to his LinkedIn page. After functions as a MEP senior estimator and senior task engineer at the business, Madrid will now lead client-focused company advancement efforts throughout the state.

Madrid will work carefully with Nate Jacobs, vice president of service advancement at McCarthy. Jacobs will broaden his concentrate on the company’s nationwide air travel company system, according to the professional.

— Sebastian Obando

HUD taps NIBS for modular multifamily experiment

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has actually picked the National Institute of Building Sciences to broaden the usage of factory-built multifamily real estateaccording to a Wednesday statement.

In the yearlong effort, NIBS and its tactical partner, modular research study and advisory company MOD X, will deal with professionals from the federal government and the market to attend to the difficulties of carrying out factory-built systems in multifamily advancements. Offsite production can speed up the building, its usage still deals with barriers from developing codes, funding, insurance coverage and regulative approval, according to the statement.

HUD hopes the technique will offer producers with higher versatility to utilize brand-new styles, products and production approaches and offer the company a technical structure for future factors to consider.

— Zachary Phillips

Rosendin Foundation awards $2.86 M to nonprofits

This year, the Rosendin Foundation has actually dispersed $2.86 million to 157 nonprofits throughout 12 states for its yearly grant program, according to a Wednesday release shown Construction Dive.

The humanitarian arm of Rosendin Electric dispersed grants varying from $5,000 to $100,000. Receivers consisted of companies tailored towards broadening the knowledgeable trades labor force pipeline. Skillpoint Alliance, for instance, got $75,000 for its pre-apprenticeship electrical training center in Austin, Texas, and Heavy Metal Summer Experience got $49,660 for structure trades outreach to teenagers throughout the U.S.

In addition, the structure supplied grants to support employee health, very first responders, veterans and food kitchens.

— Zachary Phillips