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May 16, 2012
Niagara Health System

As part of an on-going upgrade of health services, the Niagara Health System is on the verge of completing a state-of-the-art new hospital for the St Catharines area. 

As part of an on-going upgrade of health services in the area, the Niagara Health System is on the verge of completing a state-of-the-art new hospital for the St Catharines area. Jane McCallion talks to chief planning and development officer Gloria Kain to discover how you turn one million square feet of building into one million square feet of care.

March 28, 2012
Continental Tire breaks ground on new South Carolina plant

Continental Tire the Americas held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new plant in Sumter, South Carolina today.

Continental Tire the Americas held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new plant in Sumter, South Carolina today.

Attended by state and local governmental officials, the ceremony marked the beginning of the construction process, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2013.

By early 2014, the plant will manufacture passenger and light truck tires to meet the increasing demand for Continental and General brand tires from both aftermarket business and automotive manufacturers.

February 3, 2011
Decking contract for Walt Whitman Bridge awarded

A $13 million contract for steel grid decking and galvanized drainage grating for the Walt Whitman Bridge Suspension Span & Anchorages Project has been awarded to LB Foster Company.

General contractor American Bridge Company, has awarded a $13 million contract for steel grid decking and galvanized drainage grating for the Walt Whitman Bridge Suspension Span & Anchorages Project to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based LB Foster Company.

September 8, 2010
GCI General Contractors

San Francisco is the home of construction makeovers, and one contractor in particular, GCI General Contractors, has taken it to a fine art.

San Francisco is the home of construction makeovers, and one contractor in particular, GCI General Contractors, has taken it to a fine art, as Alan Swaby learns.

 

Anyone familiar with the geography of San Francisco will know that with water on three sides, there is precious little opportunity for new buildings to be erected. As such, the construction industry in the city itself is focused on renovation and refurbishment.

August 26, 2010
Rudolph and Sletten General and Engineering Contractors

With today’s economy affecting corporations all over the world, most firms are trying to use their resources wisely.

With today’s economy affecting corporations all over the world, most firms are trying to use their resources wisely. Rob Harris investigates one company that has incorporated a strategy that has taken it to the next level.

 

April 1, 2010
August General Servicing

Cleaning up
Man by nature is inquisitive and adventurous but as Alan Swaby learns, sticking with a winning formula can also be a rewarding business strategy.
The Dalai Lama is quoted to have said that simplicity is the key to happiness in the modern world. Often linked with IT, we have the less elegant KISS principle—‘keep it simple, stupid’. It’s the writer’s opinion that Microsoft Office would do well to follow this guide but one organisation that does seem to be reaping the benefits of keeping it simple is the South African firm August General Servicing (AGS).

April 1, 2010
Biaglass Glass Works

A bright horizon
To offer a quality product, you have to invest—and top of the list should be ensuring you have a workforce with the right skills, as Andrew Pelis finds out from Magdalena Jakubowska.
While most of the business world has endured arduous times during the recent economic slump, Poland has remained relatively buoyant. One of the bright beacons in Poland’s growing economy has been Biaglass, a name that has stamped Polish quality on glass lighting around the world.

March 1, 2010
Nibbi Brothers General Contractors

Building an outstanding reputation for construction in the San Francisco Bay Area is a challenge fraught with pitfalls. Yet for Nibbi Brothers General Contractors, the idiosyncrasies of each project represent a labor of love.

Building an outstanding reputation for construction in the San Francisco Bay Area is a challenge fraught with pitfalls. Yet for Nibbi Brothers General Contractors, the idiosyncrasies of each project represent a labor of love, as Andrew Pelis learns.

 

November 1, 2009
Eskort Limited

A feast of innovation

The challenge of balancing supply and demand has perhaps been never more acutely felt than over the last couple of years. Within the food sector the pressure is intensified in the battle to fill limited supermarket shelf space with premier products, as Andrew Pelis finds out.

The Eskort name has been synonymous with quality meat products in South Africa for 92 years. In 1917 a group of nine people gathered in Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal, to discuss the establishment of a bacon curing factory in the area. By August of that year the Farmer's Co-operative Bacon Factory Limited was founded and building commenced on the banks of the Bushman's River, with the factory officially being opened on 6 June 1918 by General Louis Botha. The company remained a co-operative until 1998; today, Eskort is owned by 20 shareholders.