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                        "data": "2 — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — The North Carolina Construction News "
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                        "data": "story about the construction industry’s “tipping "
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                        "data": "S.T. Wooten leads $330 million I-40 Widening "
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                        "data": "project from Southeast Raleigh to Clayton "
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                        "data": "AGC survey: More than 90% of NC contractors "
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                        "data": "having trouble filling skilled craft positions "
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                    {
                        "data": "US Navy outlines strategy for $1.7 billion in "
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                    {
                        "data": "Hurricane Florence recovery projects at NC bases "
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                        "data": "S.T. Wooten leads $330 million I-40 Widening "
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                        "data": "project from Southeast Raleigh to Clayton "
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                        "data": "S.T. Wooten says it is spearhead- "
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                        "data": "ing the $330 million widening and re- "
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                        "data": "design project to improve traffic on "
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                        "data": "I-40. In conjunction with the North "
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                        "data": "Carolina Department of Transporta- "
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                        "data": "tion (NCDOT), the project will cover "
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                        "data": "12.8 miles of the highway extending "
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                        "data": "from the I-440 beltline in Raleigh to "
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                        "data": "N.C. 42 in Johnston County. The pro- "
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                        "data": "ject began in the fall of 2018 and will "
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                        "data": "be completed in 2022. "
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                        "data": "The contractor is adding lanes "
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                        "data": "throughout the project – expanding "
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                        "data": "four-lane sections to eight lanes, and "
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                        "data": "six-lane sections to 10 lanes. As for "
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                        "data": "the existing lanes, crews will add on "
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                        "data": "to them with 9.5 inches of asphalt "
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                        "data": "overlay. Crews will also make "
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                    {
                        "data": "changes to improve the interchange "
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                        "data": "at N.C. 42, converting it to an innova- "
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                        "data": "tive Diverging Diamond Interchange. "
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                        "data": "This unique design, in which two di- "
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                        "data": "Z M "
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                        "data": "Cary M "
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                        "data": "Wendell Wendell "
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                        "data": "Apex Garner "
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                        "data": "Clayton Garner "
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                        "data": "Clayton Holly Springs "
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                        "data": "Clayton Clayton "
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                        "data": "rings Fuquay-Varina "
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                        "data": "Wilson's Mills "
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                        "data": "Selma Angier "
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                        "data": "Smithfield Angier "
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                        "data": "P Pine Level "
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                        "data": "Four Oaks "
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                        "data": "Lillington Benson "
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                        "data": "Erwin Dunn "
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                        "data": "Godwin Falcon "
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                        "data": "Wade rections of traffic cross briefly to the left side of the "
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                        "data": "road, will help increase traffic flow and allow free-flow- "
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                        "data": "ing turns onto the interstate. "
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                        "data": "In addition to building the Diverging Diamond Inter- "
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                        "data": "change along with several other interchanges, the pro- "
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                        "data": "ject incudes construction of 15 bridges. One of these "
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                        "data": "will be a new flyover bridge from I-440 to I-40 east "
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                        "data": "bound and the installation of two new bridges for the "
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                        "data": "Diverging Diamond Interchange at NC 42. "
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                        "data": "A company spokesperson says, with up to 10,000 "
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                        "data": "cars passing through the I-40 project zone each day, it is "
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                        "data": "getting creative to keep traffic flowing smoothly during "
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                        "data": "construction. “The team will construct a unique temporary access "
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                        "data": "ramp that will run from a closed highway bridge down "
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                    {
                        "data": "into the median, which will ultimately save 34,500 loads "
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                    {
                        "data": "from being hauled in traffic,” a news release submitted "
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                    {
                        "data": "by the contractor says. “An additional 7,600 loads will "
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                    {
                        "data": "be saved thanks to a conveyor that will run from the as- "
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                    {
                        "data": "phalt plant straight to the construction zone. "
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                    {
                        "data": "The statement continues: “By the time it is com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pleted, the I-40 design-build job will touch every division "
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                    {
                        "data": "at S.T. Wooten. That includes more than 250 construc- "
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                    {
                        "data": "tion crew members working alongside those of the 20 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plus subcontractors working on the project. Construc- "
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                    {
                        "data": "tion crew managers will be meeting frequently and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "communicating constantly with the NCDOT to ensure "
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                    {
                        "data": "each milestone is met and the job gets done right.” "
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                    {
                        "data": "F Eastover "
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                        "data": "The North Carolina Construction News — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — 3 "
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                "pageNumber": "4",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "AGC survey: More than 90% of NC contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "having trouble filling skilled craft positions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina Construction News staff writer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "More than nine in 10 North Carolina contractors re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "port they are having “a hard time filling some or all po- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sitions” for construction tradespeople, according to a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "survey from the Associated General Contractors (AGC) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of America and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Autodesk. The story for salaried positions is a little less severe "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "— with 73 percent saying they are having trouble filling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "openings, but that discrepancy is explained by the fact "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that many contractors simply don’t need more salaried "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "workers right now. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2019 Workforce Survey Results "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina Results "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Total responses: 33, but number varies by question. Percentages are based on responses other than “Don’t know” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for each question. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "1. In the next 12 months, do you expect your firm will hire additional or replacement: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Yes, for expansion "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "100% 90% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "80% The sample size isn’t huge — only 33 — but the data "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "suggests only six percent of contractors are having “no "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "difficulty in filling any positions.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The AGC data suggests that the labor shortage in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina is sightly more severe than the nation as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a whole at 80 percent. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "AGC officials said the industry was taking a range of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "steps to address the situation but called on federal offi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cials to takes steps to assist those industry efforts. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "4 — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — The North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "23% 25% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "25% 24% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "7% 70% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "60% 31% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "36% 50% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "40% The detailed 2019 AGC workforce "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "survey results for North Carolina "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "No 3% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "30% 72% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "70% 20% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "45% 39% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "10% 0% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hourly craft personnel "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hourly office personnel "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Salaried field personnel "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Salaried office personnel "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2. How would you describe your current situation in filling salaried and hourly craft positions? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "91% We are having a hard time filling some or all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "positions 73% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "6% 6% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We are having no difficulty filling any positions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "3% We have no openings for positions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "21% 0% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "10% 20% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Craft 30% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Salaried 40% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "50% 60% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "70% 80% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "90% 100% "
                    }
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            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "5",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "“Workforce shortages remain one of the single "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "most significant threats to the construction industry,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said Stephen E. Sandherr, AGC’s chief executive offi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cer. “However, construction labor shortages are a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "challenge that can be fixed, and this association will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continue to do everything in its power to make sure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that happens.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Nationally, of the nearly 2,200 survey respondents, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "80 percent said they are having difficulty filling hourly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "craft positions, Sandherr said. All four regions of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "country are experiencing similarly severe craft worker "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shortages, with 83 percent of contractors in the West "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and South reporting a hard time filling hourly craft po- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sitions, almost identical to the 81 percent rate in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Midwest and 75 percent rate in the Northeast. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In North Carolina, the data indicates two-thirds (66 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "percent) of contractors say they are having trouble fill- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing positions for project managers and supervisors, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "while 45 percent say there are difficulties in finding "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quality control personnel and 39 percent report chal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lenges in recruiting Environmental compliance profes- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sionals. Among trades, there is a 100 percent shortage of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pipelayers, iron workers, drywall installers and brick- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "layers, while several other trades and crafts also in ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tremely short supply. The only categories reporting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "less than 50 percent hiring difficulty are millwrights "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and traffic control personnel. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Most contractors report that they expect it will ei- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ther continue to be hard to find workers, or even more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "difficult than before. Contractors report the pipeline "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for adequately trained skilled workers is poor, with 55 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "percent saying it is inadequate. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Disturbingly, 34 percent report there are problems "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with workers being able to pass drug tests, and 30 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "percent say they are having difficulties with back- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ground checks. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In response to the labor shortage, 88 percent of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina’s surveyed contractors have raised pay "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rates for craft workers in the past year. They are also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "engaging with career building programs (64 percent), "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "using staffing firms (45 percent) and engaging with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "government workforce development or \\unemploy- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment agencies (33 percent) among other measures. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Nationally, Autodesk says contractors are also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "working to increase productivity. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Construction workforce shortages are prompting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "many firms to innovate their way to greater productiv- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ity,” said Allison Scott, head of construction integrated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "marketing at Autodesk. “As the cost of labor continues "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to increase and firms look to become even more effi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cient, technology can enable better collaboration and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ultimately lead to more predictable outcomes. There "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is also opportunity in untapped pools of talent such as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tradeswomen, veterans, and young people looking for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an alternative to the traditional four-year university.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Scott noted that 29 percent of firms report they are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "investing in technology to supplement worker duties. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One-fourth of firms report they are using cutting-edge "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "solutions, including drones, robots and 3-D printers. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Meanwhile, 23 percent of firms report they are taking "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "steps to improve jobsite performance by relying on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lean construction techniques, using tools like Building "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Information Modeling and doing more off-site prefab- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rication. Even as the industry works to address labor short- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ages, 44 percent of firms report they are increasing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction prices and 29 percent are putting longer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "completion times into their bids for new work be- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cause of the lack of workers, putting future develop- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment and infrastructure projects at risk. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Association officials called on the federal govern- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment to boost funding for career and technical educa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion. They also called on federal leaders to allow more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "immigrants to enter the country to work in construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, let construction students at community and ca- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reer colleges qualify for federal Pell Grants, and make "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it easier for firms to establish apprenticeship and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "other training programs. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One reason for their worries is that contractors are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "skeptical of the quality of the pipeline for recruiting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and preparing new craft personnel. Nationally, 45 per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cent say the local pipeline for preparing well-trained "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and skilled workers is poor. And 26 percent say the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pipeline for finding workers who can pass a drug test "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is poor. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The North Carolina Construction News — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — 5 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "6",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "US Navy outlines strategy for $1.7 billion in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hurricane Florence recovery projects at NC bases "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina Construction News staff writer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The US Navy has outlined what "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is described as an “aggressive $1.7 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "billion military construction pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gram” to restore Marine Corps Base "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(MCB) Camp Lejeune and Marine "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Point, N.C. in the wake of Hurricane "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Florence. Rear Adm. Dean VanderLey, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Commander, U.S. Naval Facilities "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Engineering Command (NAVFAC) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Atlantic, set the tone for a day-long "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry day on Aug. 20, saying: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Today, I’m going to challenge you.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“We are facing a tremendous "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "challenge with the volume of work "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we are trying to put into North Car- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "olina,” VanderLey said as he ad- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dressed more than 400 industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "professionals representing 230 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "businesses attending NAVFAC Mid- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Atlantic’s forum. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“I don’t know if anyone has tried "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to award over $2 billion worth of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work in two years, but it’s a tremen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dous challenge. We, the govern- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment, we, the Navy, and we, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NAVFAC, cannot do it by ourselves. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The only way we can do that is in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "close partnership with you.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Businesses of all size and de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "scription attended the event hosted "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by the North Carolina Military Busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ness Center at the Harris Confer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ence Center in Charlotte, to learn "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic’s strategy for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the restoration and rebuilding of fa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cilities at the two bases following "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "catastrophic damage caused by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hurricane Florence in September "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2018. Hurricane Florence, formerly a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "category four hurricane, had de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "graded to a category one storm by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the time it slammed into the south- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "eastern coast of North Carolina "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dumping up to 36 inches of rain on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the region. Between MCB Camp "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Lejeune and MCAS Cherry Point, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the storm damaged more than 800 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic outlined the Navy’s strategy for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rebuilding and reconstruction of facilities on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune and Marine "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, in the wake of Hurricane Florence. More than 400 indi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "viduals representing 230 construction-related businesses learned of the Navy’s plans to award "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "31 military construction projects valued at $1.7 billion during the meeting (US Navy photo) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "6 — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — The North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "facilities, washed out railroad tres- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tles and road culverts, eroded train- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing beaches and damaged "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "approximately 800 miles of power "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lines. NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic’s work in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "support of Marine Corps Installa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions – East got underway immedi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ately following the passage of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hurricane Florence. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“I was going to refer to this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "event as the ‘kick-off’ to the restora- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion phase, said VanderLey in wel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "coming participants to the industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "day. “But I was reminded that Mid- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Atlantic had already awarded over "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$700 million in projects this year. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This isn’t really a kick-off, because "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mid-Atlantic is already going full "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "steam.” The steps of recovery following "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an event like Hurricane Florence "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cover three phases: Respond, Re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pair and Replace. Clean up opera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions immediately following the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "storm was a primary objective of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Respond, followed by assessment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the extent of storm damage and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the restoration of essential life, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "health and safety services. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The recovery phase transitioned "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "into the repair phase as NAVFAC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors focused their efforts on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "returning operations to a degree of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "normalcy. This included repairs to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "facilities and infrastructure that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "were damaged by the storm, but "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "did not require complete replace- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment. The industry day represents the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "transition to replace, the final phase "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of recovery. This phase involves Mil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "itary Construction (MILCON) pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "jects to replace facilities and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "infrastructure damaged beyond "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "economic repair, which may include "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aircraft hangers, training and main- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tenance facilities, barracks and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "headquarters facilities, and exten- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sive work on infrastructure support- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing information technology and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "transportation. "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "7",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "Scott Dorney, executive director of the North Carolina Military Busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ness Center (left) moderated a panel discussion of NAVFAC Mid-At- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lantic capital improvements and acquisition professionals led by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Capt. Richard Hayes, Commanding Officer (second from right). The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "panel discussion outlined the Navy’s plans to restore Marine Corps "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Cherry Point, in the wake of Hurricane Florence. The panel discus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sion was part of NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic’s Hurricane Florence Recov- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ery industry day held in Charlotte, on Aug. 20. (US Navy photo) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The work required on the bases is complex and ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pensive, and creates special challenges for the Marine "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Corps and Navy team tasked with the restoration, ac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cording to Col. Nicholas Davis, Chief of Staff for Facili- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ties and Environment, Marine Corps Installations – East. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“You don’t want an infantryman’s answer (to this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "problem), because I’ll tell you we can do it with blue "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tarps and a shovel,” said Davis in his remarks. “That’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "how we live forward. But we shouldn’t make our fami- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lies live that way and we shouldn’t make our forces who "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are training to go back into the fight live that way. This is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "really important and we have to get it right. We don’t get "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a second chance.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The magnitude of the restoration work extends far "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "beyond the levels typically managed by NAVFAC Mid-At- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lantic, explained Capt. Richard Hayes, commanding offi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cer, NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“For rough scale, NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic, in 2017, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "year before Hurricane Florence, did $2.2 billion worth of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction across the entire Mid-Atlantic area of oper- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ations,” said Hayes. “When one of your customers tells "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you he’s going to go get $2.1 billion (to support the MIL- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CON projects), you tend to say ‘yeah, sure. I’m not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "going to worry about that just yet.’ Then here comes the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "email that says ‘we got it!’” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Now I get with my team and say ‘let’s really sharpen "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the pencil,’” said Hayes. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hayes stated that NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic’s goal for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry day was to explain their strategy to carry out "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Replace phase, which includes the design and con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction of 31 different construction projects valued at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$1.7 billion. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hayes pointed out that more than $700 million has al- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ready been committed to projects, primarily for build- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ings requiring maintenance, major repairs, and small or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "minor construction, with another $200 million more by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the end of September 2019. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Capital Improvements and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Contracting experts outlined the scope of work antici- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pated and took on board questions, setting the stage "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for industry’s expertise to further refine and shape the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work ahead. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Many of the companies attending the industry day "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have been involved in work at MCB Camp Lejeune and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "MCAS Cherry Point since the early days of storm recov- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ery. Hayes made a direct appeal to industry attendees to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work closely with their military partners to provide rec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ommendations for process improvements in support of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the ambitious construction program. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“We want your feedback on how we can execute the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "MILCON program in FY20. This is a departure from our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "typical way of doing business, but we are committed to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "making it a success for our warfighter, the Marine Corps.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The North Carolina Construction News — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — 7 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "8",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CENTEC comes to North Carolina "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with new office in Denver "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "By Carolyne Gruske "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "special feature "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Western North Carolina’s boom- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing development environment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "means demand has increased for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "engineering services, so CENTEC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Engineering, PLLC has opened an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "office in the area, in Denver. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As a civil engineering firm, CEN- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "TEC specializes in civil site develop- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment engineering, and also offers a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wide variety of other services in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cluding solid waste engineering, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "storm water permitting, and con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction monitoring for residential, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industrial and commercial sites. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "With more than 30 years in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry, the company has vast ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "perience designing roads, parking "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lots, drainage structures and utili- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ties (including water and sewer, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gas, and electrical). "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "8 — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — The North Carolina Construction News "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "9",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CENTEC’s site development "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work includes developing construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion plans and specifications for ei- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ther negotiated (design-build) work "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or work that will be bid out to con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractors. It’s a service that CENTEC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can offer while keeping costs down "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and still providing timely, accurate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "service because it embraces tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nology and modern, efficient ways "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of conducting business, explains "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CENTEC owner Joe Sulesky. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“I have a new school business "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "model. The old school business "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "model was where you had to have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "receptionists and secretaries and in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "house accountants and all these "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "types of people in these overhead "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "positions. And that was true 30 or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "40 years ago, but now with technol- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ogy and how quickly things can get "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "done, you don’t need all the over- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "head. So we’re very streamlined.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Being streamlined means CEN- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "TEC is able to keep its costs down "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and its budgets tight, all to the ben- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "efit of its customers. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Even though it’s a small and nim- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ble company, CENTEC has worked "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on projects of all scopes and sizes. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Some of the larger ones involved "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "overall budgets of $20 million and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "250-acre sites. Some of the smaller "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ones involved as little as half-acre "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "office sites. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Based in Beckley, West Virginia, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CENTEC has worked on sites in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Maryland and throughout Virginia, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Carolinas, and Tennessee. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“We’re experienced dealing with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a wide variety of government agen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cies—local, state and federal—the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "agencies that regulate this type of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work,” says Sulesky. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He adds that it makes sense for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CENTEC to be part of the region’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction community. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The area around Denver is a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hotbed of development. There is so "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "much growth,” says Sulesky ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plaining that Lake Norman and Duke "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Power Company are two of the rea- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ENGINEERING, PLLC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "centec-engineering.com sons why the area is so attractive to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "developers. “There’s an enormous amount of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "development around Lake Norman, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Denver is this fairly small, still "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fairly rural town on the western side "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Lake Norman. Development "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "started on the eastern side of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lake and it’s moving along the north "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "side and the south side and it’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "going to come along to the west "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "side where Denver is, so Denver is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "centrally located within all this de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "velopment.” As the owner, Sulesky is putting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "his name out to potential partners "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and clients as a testament to CEN- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "TEC’s commitment to customer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "service and quality. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“I’m the face of the company. I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "own the company. I’m involved in all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the decisions, so there’s no hierar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "chy of people that a potential client "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is dealing with that doesn’t have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ownership in the company.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The CENTEC staff has over 30 years of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "experience, with Professional Engineering "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "registrations throughout the Mid-Atlantic "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "states. Our commercial, industrial and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "residential development projects range "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from one acre to 100+ acres from the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shores of the Chesapeake Bay, through "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the coalfields of Appalachia to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Piedmont of the Carolinas. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The North Carolina Construction News — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — 9 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "10",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "Sarah Carson combines passion for justice "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with logical approach to construction law "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Staff writer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "special feature "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Appreciating the logical, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "black and white nature of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction law and hav- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing a passionate desire to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "see justice done may seem "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "like two opposing views, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "but for Sarah Carson, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they’re a natural fit. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Holding the title of of- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "counsel with Smith, Currie "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "& Hancock LLP—a firm that only "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "does construction law work—Car- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "son has handled cases worth mil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lions of dollars (including one where "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "she represented a contractor in ar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bitration with the owner concerning "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a $15 million roofing installation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contract and one where she negoti- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ated contracts and litigated actions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on behalf of owner regarding a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mixed-use apartment community "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "valued at $81 million), but the size "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the case doesn’t matter to her. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The facts of the case do. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“In terms of righting wrongs, I’ll "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "help somebody with a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$25,000 claim. Nobody "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "should be taken advan- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tage of regarding the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "amount of the claim. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "That’s the reason why I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "became a lawyer: to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "right those wrongs re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gardless of the amount "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at issue. If you negoti- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ated for a certain result and sud- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "denly a subcontractor disappears, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it’s not fair for anyone regardless of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the size of the company to have to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "absorb those costs,” says Carson. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "That drive to right wrongs has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "been with Carson throughout her "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "career. While working at her first "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "firm after law school, she says she "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "encountered a lot of situations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where people tried to take advan- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "10 — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — The North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tage of government contracting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rules. “Too often, private contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try to take advantage of the federal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "government or of state govern- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ments by lying about the amount of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "women-owned small businesses so "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they can get a contract. I can’t tell "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you the number of ‘women-owned "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "small businesses,’ where the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "woman is just on paper. It’s some- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one’s wife who has absolutely noth- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing to do with it. And those "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "businesses are taking away oppor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tunities from another company or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractor that truly is qualified. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "And that was frustrating and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "brought out in me the need to fight "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and right the wrongs that so often "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "happen in government contracts "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and in private contracts.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Carson says that construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "law offers all parties involved the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "benefit of being clear cut with de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fined goals. "
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                        "data": "© CAN STOCK PHOTO / GYN9988 "
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                    {
                        "data": "“There is a structure in place in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from the very beginning of the con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tract that you want to build upon,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "she says. “You have a map in terms "
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                        "data": "of the contract and there are expec- "
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                        "data": "tations and rules from which every- "
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                    {
                        "data": "body is supposed to abide by, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "when one veers off that path, it’s an "
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                        "data": "opportunity to put them back on "
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                        "data": "that right path.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As a women working in con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction law, Carson has had "
                    },
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                        "data": "plenty of opportunities to demon- "
                    },
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                        "data": "strate to fellow lawyers, contrac- "
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                        "data": "tors, and other members of the "
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                        "data": "industry, that women in general "
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                        "data": "should be taken seriously, and that "
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                        "data": "Carson in particular should be re- "
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                        "data": "garded as an expert who gets re- "
                    },
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                        "data": "sults. She mentions her first trial "
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                    {
                        "data": "where opposing counsel took a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "look at her and told his client that a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "woman meant a slam-dunk victory. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He, of course, was wrong. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“When you’re already being un- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "derestimated, you’re going to work "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "twice as hard to prove them wrong. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "And from that point forward, they "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "develop a new respect and a new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "understanding of female attorneys "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and of my abilities.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Carson says she’s even encoun- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tered situations where people on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the opposite sides of cases she has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tried have approached her after "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "seeing her skills in the courtroom "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and asked her to work for them. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "After taking them on as clients, she "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "successfully gets results their male "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lawyers couldn’t. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The respect she has earned from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "her work in court has been far "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reaching, as lawyers from across "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the nation have called upon her for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "consultation or advice after hearing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one of her closings or reading re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ports of one of her arguments. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Carson also shares her expertise "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with law students, and has taught "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction law at both the gradu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ate and undergraduate level. She "
                    },
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                        "data": "also publishes articles and opin- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ions, and has articles published in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "engineering and law journals. "
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                        "data": "As a member of the North Car- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "olina Bar Association’s Legislation "
                    },
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                        "data": "Committee, she has a deep familiar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ity with changes to the law and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "what those changes mean for her "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clients. Next year, for example, gen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "eral contractors will be required to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have a set-number of continuing ed- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ucation hours, and Carson is able to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "explain exactly what that means "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and how to best accomplish the re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quirement. Having worked with a vast range "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of clients, from those involved in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "casino projects, mixed-use develop- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ments, and even overseas (includ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing Afghanistan) and local military "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bases, Carson has a level of first- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hand knowledge that clients appre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ciate. “I have the experience and as- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sertiveness to understand what "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "these clients are experiencing in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the construction industry. I’ve had "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "boots on the ground to see the hur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dles. “I’ve got experience from draft- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing the contract to litigation and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mediation and every step of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "way, I can help a client succeed in "
                    },
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                        "data": "terms of delivering a project on "
                    },
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                        "data": "time, on budget and for maximum "
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                        "data": "profitability with the minimum of "
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                        "data": "claim,” she says. "
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                        "data": "GOVERNMENT CONTRACT "
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                        "data": "The North Carolina Construction News — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — 11 "
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            },
            {
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                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "Off-site and modular building: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The construction industry is at a tipping point "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "By Jacob D’Albora "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Special to North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The tipping points that magical mo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment when an idea, trend or social "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "behavior crosses a threshold, tips "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and spreads like a wild fire.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(Malcolm Gladwell) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The construction industry is no- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "toriously known as one of the slow- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "est industries to accept change and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "evolve with recent technology. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Even looking outside of a monitor "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "screen, the industry is still resistant "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to assistance from technology in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "progressing manual labor which has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "always been the foundation of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "building buildings. This is about to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "change. The construction industry is at a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tipping point. What is this tipping "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "point? What is the revolution that is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about to spread across the built "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "world? Off-site construction. The process "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of planning, designing and fabricat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing building elements at a site other "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "than the final location, creating a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more rapid and efficient construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion of a permanent structure. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The key is this tipping point is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not happening because the industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has finally accepted progressive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ideas and found a willingness to try "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the new methodologies. This tip- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ping point, or what Gladwell refers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to as that magical moment, will be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "forced out of an act of urgency and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "survival by three main factors: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Labor force "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Rising construction costs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Global warming "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Labor force "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The current labor pools have al- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "most dried up and the cause is di- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rectly correlated to the push for all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "12 — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — The North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "high school students to go to col- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lege and earn a degree. As noble "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as that sounds, the act has been a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "detriment not just to the construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion and other industries but to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "young adults that were pushed that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "direction. Numerous studies show "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the debt that student loans accrue "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and the burden these individuals "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "live with. Sometimes for the rest of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their life. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“As man as 40 per cent of borrowers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "could default on their student loans "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by 2023.” (H. Hoffower from the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Business Insider.) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Some studies have cross refer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enced this data with the labor short- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "age in the construction industry, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "showing that trade schools gradu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ates earn more on average than "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their new graduates with a four-year "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "B.A. degree. Contractors and own- "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "13",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "ers will be forced to get more cre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ative with projects and procurement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "methods with the construction oc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cupation market projected to grow "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "11 percent from 2016 to 2026, a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gain of 747,600 new jobs, according "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to data from the US Bureau of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Labor Statistics. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Construction costs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In June of 2019, McKinsey & "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Company released a report on mod- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ular construction, one of the key "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pieces of off-site construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "methodologies. Within this report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "McKinsey compares the current "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "growth of construction costs, 2.5% "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "growth in 2018 which is twice the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rate of other industries, and the sav- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ings that modular construction pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vides. Advantages to modular construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, McKinsey wrote, are that it can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "deliver projects 20% to 50% faster "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "than traditional methods; a poten- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tial for costs savings of up to 20%... "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and as ripe market around the world "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ready for this kind of disruption.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In the last two years, material "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and labor costs have grown faster "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "than contractors’ bid for work caus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing contractors to have thinner "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "profit margin, according to this pub- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lihed report. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The two goliaths, owners and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors, of the construction in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dustry are quickly coming to an im- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "passe. One that can be mitigated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with the implementation of off-site "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction. Global warming "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The summer of 2019 has been "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "considered record setting tempera- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tures across the United States. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "National Weather Service has even "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "declared the June of 2019 the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hottest June ever including 90-de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gree weather in Anchorage, AL. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "These factors bring major risk not to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "just costs of construction but also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the safety of employees. See this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "published report. Contractors, like "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Choate Construction, are during "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "concrete pours at 2 a.m. to avoid "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the risks involved with the heat at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their Nashville jobsite. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Off-site construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The current economy is forcing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the construction industry to keep up "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and due to the recent recession, no "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one is volunteering to take their foot "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "off the gas. These three factors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "combined are forcing the key deci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sion makers to become opportunis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tic. Off-site construction can be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "compared to how IKEA manufac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tures their own furniture. Create a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "series of components and provide "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "instructions on how to put them to- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gether. Now apply that concept to a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "building. Through construction tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nology known as BIM (Building In- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "formation Modeling) contractors are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "virtually building a construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ready model virtually, then dissect- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing it into a series of components "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that make up the overall building. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The term off-site refers to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "process of being able to manufac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ture the series of components in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "side a warehouse where weather, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction quality and processes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are controlled and streamlined. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Two of the larger pushes within off- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "site construction are prefabrication "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and modular. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Prefabrication refers to the IKEA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "process. A full run of piping within "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the building is virtually built and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "then manufactured off-site. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "components are labeled sent to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "site with instructions (Component A "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "connects to Component B) and in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stalled. Modular refers to producing full "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sections of a building. Repetitive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "items found within a building a re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "peated built in an assembly line "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with all trades involved. AC Marriott "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is a leader in this process producing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the full hotel room (all the down to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "installed bedframes and box "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "springs) inside a warehouse. After "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "being shipped to site and the units "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are stacked on top of another creat- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing the form of the building as well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as the units inside. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Both of those examples reduce "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "field labor and construction costs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "while providing the ability to control "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "weather and risk. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Back to the tipping point. The in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dustry cannot afford to be slow to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "adopt. It can no longer have an un- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "willingness to change or evolve. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "If anything, McKinsey & Com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pany has produced the ice breaker "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the construction industry. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "discussion has become real and re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "inforced behind the McKinsey & "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Company name. Does anybody else "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "see a tipping point? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jacob D’Albora is director of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BIM-FM Services and associate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vice-president at McVeigh & Mangum "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Engineering, Inc. in Charlotte, NC. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He can be reached by email at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "jdalbora@mcveighmangum.com or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by phone at (704) 547-9035. Story "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "copyrighted by the writer, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "republished here with permission. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The North Carolina Construction News — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — 13 "
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                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "NC students win SkillsUSA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Gold Medals; prepare for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "international competition "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina Construction News staff writer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kelby Thornton "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina’s masonry appren- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tices and students continued to lead "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the nation in awards and medals at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this year’s 55 th Annual SkillsUSA Na- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tional Leadership and Skills Confer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ence in Louisville. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ashton White made history as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the first woman to repeat as Na- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tional Gold Metal Champion, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina Masonry Contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Association (NCMCA) reports in its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "newsletter. She had earned the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "post-secondary title in 2018 and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "won again this year. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Meanwhile, Grant Helms won the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Gold Metal in the competition’s high "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "school division. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Rodney Harrington at West "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Rowan High School instructed both "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "White and Helms. They earned the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opportunity to represent North Car- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "olina at the national competition by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "winning their respective division ti- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tles at the April 2019 North Carolina "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SkillsUSA State Conference in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Greensboro. White spent the summer working "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for Gates Construction Company "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and will be studying construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "management this fall at the Univer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sity of North Carolina at Charlotte. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“There’s a lot of hings that make "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "me happy about masonry,” Ashton "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "told the NCMCA. “I love getting to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "go out and explore, and meeting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new people everywhere I go. There "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are different techniques that people "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "use, it’s always changing, there is al- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ways a better way. I love that it is so "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hands on.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Helms, a senior at West Rowan "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "High School, has also enjoyed suc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cess at previous masonry competi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions. NCMCA workforce development "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and training coordinator Ryan "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Shaver serves as co-chair fo the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SkillsUSA National Masonry Compe- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tition. “SkillsUSA allows students to get "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "involved in extra-curricular activities "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "like football, baseball and basketball. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Except they actually get to show- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "case the skills they learned at the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "schools and compete and move on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and start their careers,” he said in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the NCMCA newsletter. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“That’s exactly what I did. I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "played bricklaying in high school. I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "still play bricklaying today.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "With the 2019 wins, North Car- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "olina’s national medal count stands "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at 38 Gold, 15 Silver and two "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Bronze. Skills USA serves more than "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "360,000 students and instructors an- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nually. Meanwhile, as the NCMCA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "newsletter was going to press, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina’s Kelby Thornton was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in Kazan, Russia, to represent the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "US in masonry at the 45 th World- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Skills Competition. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Thornton has been preparing for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the contest with his coach, USA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "WorldSkills Team masonry expert "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Todd Hartsell of Central Cabarrus "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "High School in Concord. Thornton’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a two-time National SkillsUSA Ma- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sonry Champion. He won the Ma- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sonry Gold Medal as a junior and as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a senior in 2016 and 2017 respec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tively. The North Carolina Construction News — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — 15 "
                    }
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                "pageNumber": "16",
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                        "data": "Kelli Goss: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "From architect to construction attorney "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "By Carolyne Gruske "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "special feature "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "General contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and design firms hiring "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kelli Goss as an attor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ney end up with a two- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for-one bonus. Not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "only is Goss a con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction litigator, she’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "also an architect. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Goss is a licensed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "architect in North Car- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "olina and an active member in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "American Institute of Architects. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Prior to law school she was a princi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pal in a major Raleigh design firm "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for a number of years. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“I always performed construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "administration on all my projects,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "she says. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Now, as a lawyer, she is a part- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ner at Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a firm that primarily practices con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction law. Combining these two "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "professions means Goss is able to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work in two fields she is passionate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about, all while giving "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clients the benefits of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "her training, experience, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and combination of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "skills. “When somebody "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "comes to me and to this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "firm they are getting an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "attorney that also has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "other life experiences in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction—to have successfully "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "addressed issues that have arisen "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on a project and to know how to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "read drawings and specifications is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an asset in practicing construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "law. It goes a long way with clients "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "looking for somebody to help them "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "when they have issues on a con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction site,” says Goss. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Although Goss is a litigator, she "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "16 — AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2019 — The North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "believes there is value in preventing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clients from going to court in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "first place. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“We review contracts for our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clients. Our goal is to be there for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our clients before they even get "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "into trouble. I like to work with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clients on the front end and review "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their contracts and subcontracts. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We go through them and make sure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they best protect our clients.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Goss says she prefers taking a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "straight and direct approach with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "her clients and with opposing coun- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sel. It’s an approach that makes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sense to her because the construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion industry is small enough that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it’s likely she’ll encounter the same "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people on future jobs, cases or proj- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ects. That sense of directness and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "openness also served her well on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the job site, when she often found "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "herself as the only woman in the "
                    }
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            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "17",
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                        "data": "construction trailer, and the person "
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                        "data": "tasked with construction adminis- "
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                        "data": "tration responsibilities. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Even now, Goss finds that being "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "open with clients about her qualifi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cations and her background makes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "her job as a woman working in con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction law easier. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“It is common when I meet with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors that they start trying to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "explain something to me about the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "project in a simplified manner be- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cause they think I’m just a female "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "attorney who doesn’t know any- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "thing about construction, but all I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have to do is say, ‘would it help you "
                    },
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                        "data": "out to know that I’m also a licensed "
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                        "data": "architect and I practised for years.’ "
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                        "data": "Their response is usually, ‘thank "
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                        "data": "God, yes.’ Then they roll on with "
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                        "data": "the terminology and everything that "
                    },
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                        "data": "happened with regards to the con- "
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                        "data": "struction and the project. "
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                        "data": "Goss is admitted to practice in "
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                        "data": "Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals "
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                        "data": "was an appointed member of the "
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                        "data": "Raleigh Appearance Commission, a "
                    },
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                        "data": "commission that reviews new con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction projects in the city, and "
                    },
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                        "data": "served four years on this commis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sion. for the Fourth Circuit, the Court of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Federal Claims, and the United "
                    },
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                        "data": "States Supreme Court. "
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                        "data": "She is an active member of a "
                    },
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                        "data": "number of professional organiza- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions dedicated to advancing and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "promoting construction law, includ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing the American Bar Association’s "
                    },
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                        "data": "Forum on Construction Law (serv- "
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            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "18",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Developer to break ground "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for Raleigh Crossing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Fallon Co. plans to break "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ground on Raleigh Crossing, its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "1.86-acre mixed-use development in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "downtown Raleigh, in September "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Raleigh Crossing will offer a mix "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of commercial, residential, retail and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hospitality uses. It will feature: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "280,000 sq. ft. of trophy office "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "space; 18,000 sq. ft. of retail; 165- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "room hotel; 135-unit apartment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "community; an expansive, flexible "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "outdoor amenity terrace; and ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "panded sidewalks and an activated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ground level. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The company plans to break "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ground on the first phase of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "project in September. The first "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "phase calls for the development of a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "first-class commercial tower located "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at 301 Hillsborough St. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Designed by Duda | Paine Archi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tects, the first phase will offer more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "than 280,000 sq. ft. of prime office "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "space, public amenities with out- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "door and indoor seating, a modern "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fitness studio, and 12,500 sq. ft. of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "retail. The second phase of the project "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will be comprised of hotel and resi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dential offerings, including more than "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "7,000 sq. ft. of retail space. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pedestrian-oriented mixed-use com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "munity will span nearly a full city block "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and offers an outdoor amenity level "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for multi-purpose use, including fit- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ness classes and community events. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CMPD upgrading "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "headquarters, getting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new station "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Charlotte City Council has ap- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "proved nearly $1 million for safety "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "upgrades to the headquarters of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police De- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "partment on East Trade St. and ap- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "proved construction contract for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new station. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Upgrades include ballistic resist- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ant doors and windows, a larger "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "public vestibule, a new customer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "service counter and waiting room "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and minor electrical and mechanical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "updates, reports the Charlotte Ob- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "server. Catalyst Construction Co. was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "awarded a $950,280 contract for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "safety upgrades project. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In addition, the city council also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "approved a more than $9.5 million "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contract with Miles-McClellan Con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction Co. for the new location of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CMPD’s University City Division Sta- "
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                    {
                        "data": "tion. The division will move into the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "planned 16,081-sq.-ft. facility at 8452 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "N. Tryon St. The project is expected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to be completed in late 2020. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Pfizer invests "
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                    {
                        "data": "$500 million to expand "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in Sanford facility "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Pfizer has announced plans to in- "
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                        "data": "vest an additional half-billion dollars "
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                        "data": "for the construction of its state-of- "
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                        "data": "the-art gene therapy manufacturing "
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                        "data": "facility in Sanford. "
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                    {
                        "data": "By expanding its manufacturing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "footprint in Sanford, the company "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expects to strengthen its ability to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "produce and supply both clinical- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and commercial-scale quantities of "
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                        "data": "critical, potentially life-changing "
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                        "data": "gene therapy medicines to patients "
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                    {
                        "data": "living with rare diseases around the "
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                        "data": "world. The plant would expand the com- "
                    },
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                        "data": "pany’s presence in North Carolina, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where there are currently more than "
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                        "data": "3,600 Pfizer colleagues, including "
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                        "data": "650 in Sanford. The expanded facil- "
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                        "data": "ity is projected to add approximately "
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                        "data": "300 new jobs. "
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                        "data": "The new space would help ad- "
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                        "data": "vance Pfizer’s work in manufactur- "
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                        "data": "ing highly specialized, potentially "
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                        "data": "one-time gene therapies that use "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "custom-made recombinant adeno- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "associated virus (rAAV) vectors. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Pfizer is expanding its end-to-end "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "capabilities in gene therapy in North "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Carolina by investing in facilities fo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cused on all stages of research, de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "velopment, and manufacturing. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The company did not disclose "
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            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "19",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NDOT plans for the future: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2020-2029 Statewide "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "10-Year Transportation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Plan released "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The 2020-2029 Statewide 10-Year "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Transportation Plan is out, and it is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ambitious in scope. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It includes more than 1,700 proj- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ects affecting all transportation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "modes in every county in the state. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The overall statewide list includes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "1,319 highway projects, 86 aviation, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "234 bike and pedestrian, six ferry, 23 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "public transit and 50 rail projects se- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lected on statewide, regional and di- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vision levels. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "From a financial perspective, it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lists 200 projects worth about $2.5 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "billion that are expected to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "awarded in fiscal year 2019-2020. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Xerox to build in Cary "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Xerox Corp. is setting up a Center "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Excellence in Wake County. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The printer and document man- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "agement company already has three "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North American Centers of Excel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lence (located in Palo Alto, CA, Web- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ster, NY; and Toronto, Canada) and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the new facility planned for Cary will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be its fourth. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The opening of our fourth Cen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ter of Excellence is an essential in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vestment in Xerox’s long-term "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "future. This is a new multifunctional "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "center that will be focused on accel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "erating our digital journey,” said "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Naresh Shanker, chief technology "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "officer, Xerox. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Being home to a host of tech "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "companies and educational institu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions, North Carolina was a logical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "choice for us.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Making the official announce- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment Governor Roy Cooper said that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Xerox will invest invest $18.4 million "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the project and will create 600 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "jobs. “Xerox, which had many loca- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions to choose from, selected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina because they know "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we can offer the highly-skilled work- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ers they need, both now and in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "future,” said Cooper. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "According to a statement from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the governor’s office, because "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Xerox chose to locate in Wake "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "County, which is classified by the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "state’s economic tier system as Tier "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "3, the company’s Job Development "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Investment Grant (JDIG) agreement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "also calls for moving as much as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$4,108,250 into the state’s Industrial "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Development Fund —Utility Account. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Utility Account helps rural com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "munities finance necessary infra- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "structure upgrades to attract future "
                    },
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