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                    {
                        "data": "www.ncconstructionnews.com "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "WINTER 2018, Volume 13 No.1 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "AGC survey indicates NC market "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "optimism, tempered by challenges "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in recruiting skilled workers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "2",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "In this issue "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "4 Offsite construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– Here to stay "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "5 The Katerra and building "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technology story "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "8 Construction: Top 10 List "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Provisions Included "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in 2017 Tax Reform "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "12 14 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "PROJECTS AND "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATION "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NEWS Publisher’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Viewpoint Mark Buckshon, publisher "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "If there are two critical themes underly- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing North Carolina’s construction industry, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they would be labor supply/skills and tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nology. This issue of North Carolina Construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "News covers both themes, both by report- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing on Associated General Contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(AGC) of America data outlining the scale of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "labor supply challenges, and our introduc- "
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                    {
                        "data": "tory report about Katerra, which aims to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "combine high-technology systems and fac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tory-built construction to revolutionize the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry. Katerra, I realize, hasn’t made much of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an impact in North Carolina yet. Its first "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "projects are largely in the western states, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reflecting its California tech/capital orienta- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion. But its potential impact on the industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cannot be overstated. While factory-built "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction has been around for decades, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the difference here is the systematization of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "design, technology and production effi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ciency to streamline the process to an in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "credible degree and change the traditional "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry geographical and skills/qualifica- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions silos. While it is too early to say "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Katerra will be to construction like Google "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was to the advertising/news business, I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "think it is worthy of close observation and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "anyone in the trades and supply chain "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "should observe/understand how it operates. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "You can share your observations, news "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "releases and story ideas by sharing them "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "via email to buckshon@ncconstruction- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "news.com. North Carolina Construction News (NCCN) is distributed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "throughout the Carolinas construction industry. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For information contact: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Chase, Phone: 1-888-627-8717 ext 212 "
                    },
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                        "data": "chase@ncconstructionnews.com www.ncconstructionnews.com. ISSN 1940-3682. "
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                    {
                        "data": "2 — Winter 2018 — The North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NCCN is circulated on a controlled circulation list to qualified "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "readers including members of most major construction asso- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ciations in the Carolinas. The magazine is supplemented "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by a weekly e-letter which reaches more than 4,000 industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "leaders each week. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
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                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "3",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "AGC survey indicates NC market "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "optimism, tempered by challenges "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in recruiting skilled workers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina Construction News staff writer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina contractors are feeling modestly opti- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mistic about their prospects for 2018, but many are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struggling to recruit enough skilled workers, according "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to a report from the Associated General Contractors of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "America (AGGA). "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Expecting Growth to Continue: The 2018 Construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion Industry Hiring and Business Outlook,” shows that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "75 percent of construction firms nationwide plan to ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pand their payrolls in 2018, based on the feeling that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "economic conditions will remain strong as tax rates and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "regulatory burdens fall. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Nationwide, “construction firms appear to be very "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "optimistic about 2018 as they expect demand for all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "types of construction services to continue to expand,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "AGCA CEO Stephen E. Sandherr, the association’s CEO, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said in a statement. “This optimism is likely based on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "current economic conditions, an increasingly business- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "friendly regulatory environment and expectations that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Trump administration will boost infrastructure in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vestments.” The survey indicates that in North Carolina, contrac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tors overall anticipate a relatively stable business envi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ronment this year, with 48 percent expecting growth, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "eight percent expecting a decline, and 44 percent antici- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pating things will be about the same as the previous "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "year. The most optimistic sector for growth is power, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "while there is an expectation of a decline in the multi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "family residential sector. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Significantly, the majority of contractors anticipate in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "creasing their headcount; with 33 percent expecting to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "add one to 10 employees, 22 percent increasing by 11- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "25 and 19 percent anticipating increasing headcount by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more than 25. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The majority of contractors (74 percent) say they are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "having a hard time filling both salaried and craft worker "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "positions, while 74 percent expect the trend to continue "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "through the year. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The report shows that 63 percent of the construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "firms that were polled increased their base pay in 2017 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to help recruit and retain workers, while 33 percent in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "creased contributions/improved employee benefits and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "26 percent provided incentives or bonuses. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The North Carolina Construction News — Winter 2018 — 3 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
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                "pageNumber": "4",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "GUEST COLUMN "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Offsite construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– Here to stay "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "By Paul E. Davis "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Special to North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Modular construction” no longer evokes only mem- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ories of those boxy “temporary” classrooms used by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "over capacity public school systems. Modular is but "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one of three terms commonly used to describe the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction of building components not built on site. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Offsite,” “prefabricated,” and “modular” are often "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "used interchangeably. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Modular construction is increasingly a part of new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction. The construction industry’s use of offsite "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction is not new; it has been part of the indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try for many years. For example, window and door as- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "semblies are prefabricated building components that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have long been a part of the industry. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What has changed is a broader use and greater ac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ceptance of offsite construction as a construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "process. Increasingly, we are seeing a greater use of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "larger, more complex components built offsite such as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) compo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nents that are delivered to the project site already "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wired and fitted with ductwork and piping. Offsite con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction runs the gamut from a window assembly to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the construction of a complete room such as a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dormitory room or a hotel bathroom. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Last fall, developers in Winston-Salem an- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nounced they would be erecting a Hyatt Place "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hotel using a modular stacked method. Devel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opers of this six-story, 56,000 sq. ft. hotel stated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that use of modular construction would reduce "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction time from 15 to seven months. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Similarly, Marriott hotels recently announced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that it plans to use some form of modular con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction on 13 percent of its new hotels. Its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "use of modular construction will include prefab- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ricated bathrooms and complete modular gue- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "strooms. Industry experts point to the labor shortage "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the industry has faced in recent years as a sig- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nificant factor driving the greater use of offsite "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction. Industry econo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mists report that contractors can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expect to continue to see signifi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cant labor shortages for years to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "come. The use of prefabrication "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "4 — Winter 2018 — The North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and modular construction is said to have a direct, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "measurable effect of shortening project schedules and, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "therefore man hours and costs. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Proponents also note that there is a different type of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“green” attribute to offsite construction. Building a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "component in a factory should reduce waste as the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "workers perform repetitive tasks in a controlled envi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ronment. The use of climate-controlled facilities to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "build components may also reduce the potential for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "high levels of moisture being trapped in new construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion compared with building the same components on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "site. Offsite construction is not suitable for all types of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vertical construction. It is best suited for projects with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "repetitive and redundant features, such as student "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "housing, education buildings, hospital rooms, and ho- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tels. Mixed-use and office space is not ideal for offsite "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or prefabrication as building occupants will often re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quire space reconfigurations, which can be problem- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "atic with load bearing walls. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This industry is known for its resistance to change. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Construction techniques and practices are slow to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "evolve. Certainly, once something is tried and proven "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to work, others will follow, copy, and improve. But who "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wants to go first? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There is a mistaken belief that taking advan- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tage of modular construction or prefabrication as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a construction tool is an all or nothing proposi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion. On the contrary, most projects, except per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "haps for those modular temporary classrooms, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can benefit in many ways from an increased use "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of either prefabrication or modular construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "without a sacrifice in the elegance of design or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the quality of construction. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Paul E. Davis is a partner in the Raleigh office "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC. He regularly rep- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "resents public and private owners, developers, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors, and construction managers. Paul, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "along with the other lawyers at Conner Gwyn "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Schenck PLLC, are authors of N ORTH C AROLINA C ON - "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "STRUCTION L AW , a treatise published "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by Thomson Reuters. Paul’s full bi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ography can be viewed at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "www.cgspllc.com. "
                    }
                ]
            },
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                "pageNumber": "5",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "The Katerra "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and building "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technology story "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North Carolina Construction News staff writer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Is a technological/business model revolution about "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to overtake North Carolina’s construction industry – yet "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we hardly see it coming? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "If building materials consultant Mark Mitchell’s per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ception is correct, Katerra, a new high-tech start-up "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "combining technology, design, distribution and modu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lar (factory) construction will soon reshape the industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in manners similar to the way Uber tore apart the local "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "taxi industry and Craigslist decimated local newspa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pers. “In its own way, I predict this will have as much ef- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fect on residential and commercial new construction,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "writes Mitchell, based in Boulder, CO. “Lack of effi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ciency will make the way (building products) manufac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "turers do business now irrelevant in new construction. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "They may be relegated to competing with each other "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the repair/remodel, big box and smaller high-end "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "custom construction.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Of course modular building has been around for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decades, serving several niche markets in North Car- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "olina and elsewhere. The difference this time is the in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tegration on a multinational level between technology, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "design, manufacturing and delivery – and massive capi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tal funding for the new enterprises. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Currently leading the pack, Katerra’s company head- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quarters are the Sand Hill Rd. tech venture capitalist "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "epicenter in Menlo Park, CA, with a construction office "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in Scottsdale, AZ and design office in Seattle. It also is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "building a Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) factory in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Spokane, WA. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The start-up purportedly has a valuation of about "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$2.5 billion, according to PitchBook Data. Early in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vestors have raised as much as $244 million – and pub- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lished reports indicate the company is preparing to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "raise another $200 million this year, at least. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Currently the organization, founded in 2015, has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "projects underway in California, Oregon, Washington, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Idaho and Nevada, but there is little stopping it from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The North Carolina Construction News — Winter 2018 — 5 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "6",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "expanding its scope and geographical range. Katerra "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "says it has about 1,000 employees in four countries "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and already is among the top 25 general contractors in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the U.S. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Katerra is bringing fresh minds and tools to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "world of architecture and construction,” the company "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "says in its corporate outline. “We are applying systems "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "approaches to remove unnecessary time and costs "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from building development, design, and construction.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“With the latest technology at our fingertips, effi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ciency no longer has to come at the expense of quality "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or sustainability. Led by a team that combines expert- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ise from the most groundbreaking technology, design, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "manufacturing, and construction companies, we are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "transforming how buildings and spaces come to life.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The way we think about a construction site is to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "turn it into an assembly site and make it a factory like "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we used to do at Flextronics,” CEO Michael Marks said "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in a published report. (Marks led Flextronics in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "1990s and early 2000s.) “The thing that is so messed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "up in the real estate business is how many different "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "parties are involved in getting anything done.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In his weekly newsletter, Mitchell – who provides "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "marketing consultancy services to a diversity of build- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing product manufacturers – says the coming construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion technology/manufacturing revolution envisaged by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Katerra will take place when the company approaches "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“builders and developers with an offer they can’t re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fuse – to design and build for them at a lower cost with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "higher quality, and to do it faster.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“What if the builder could eliminate the need for de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "signers, estimators, installation labor, and materials "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sourcing,” he writes. “Just like Nike or Apple, builders "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will become brands who don’t need to actually make "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "anything themselves.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mitchell suggests the integrated, technology-based "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "modular construction process will uproot the tradi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tional new construction market with these changes: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "6 — Winter 2018 — The North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• The builder, Katerra, will be ordering truckloads of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "products to be delivered to their factories. No more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "need for distributors, dealers or contractors; "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Labor shortages and installation errors will be a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "thing of the past; "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• The builder will be taken out of the equation when it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "comes to product sourcing. There will be no more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rebates. Katerra will want the best bottom line price, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "period; and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Katerra will be able to look at making really big "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "changes in how homes and buildings are built. Be- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cause of their scale and process, it will be easy for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Katerra to consider big changes like changing to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "metal framing in residential construction. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mitchell predicts Katerra’s industry changes will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "happen fast. “And just like the taxi industry, the Na- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tional Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and some "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "builders may try to push back with legislation that may "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "slow but won’t stop this change,” he writes. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Writing to building products manufactures, Mitchell "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "says: “In two to three years, or sooner, you will feel the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "effects of this change as your larger builders will no "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "longer be buying from you. It will also happen to you in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the commercial area.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "7",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "Looking for a solid legal foundation? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Our construction "
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mitchell also predicts there will be some high level "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "competition to Katerra, just as Lyft competes with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Uber. “Look for people like Elon Musk or others to cre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ate new companies designed to compete with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Katerra.” Katerra and other high-level integrated technol- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ogy/modular builders will gain traction in part because "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of an increasing number of successful completed proj- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ects, coupled with pressures on labor supply caused "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in part by increasing immigration restrictions in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "U.S., says another consultant. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“In 2018, I believe we will see a perfect storm of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "factors – an aging global workforce, a lack of new en- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trants and growing restrictions on free movement of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "labor - begin to decisively accelerate the uptake of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction integrated manufacturing,” writes Kenny "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ingram, global industry director at IFS, a software de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "veloper. “Government, regulatory bodies and the industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "alike will start to realize that, while getting more peo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ple into the industry is important, as well as trying to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increase the number of people onsite, the most strate- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gic solution would be to fundamentally change the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "way we build in the first place.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“New technology is making it easier to work prof- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "itably on a global level as well,” he writes. “With 3D "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "printing, for example, costs for both material and long "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "transports are decreasing substantially. Using tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nologies such as these, the partnerships will focus "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more on global competence exchange rather than "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "long-haul transports.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“All three of these trends are woven tight together. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Contractors need to work hard to ensure that the right "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "competences are secured while considering how to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "implement new business models for modular build- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ings and construction integrated manufacturing — all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this in a construction industry that is becoming more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "global and offers new forms of partnerships. The play- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ers who master this balancing act will be the winners "
                    },
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                    {
                        "data": "CONSTRUCTION "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "TOP 10 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "LIST of Provisions Included "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in 2017 Tax Reform "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "By Sarah Windham "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Special to North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The last major tax reform legisla- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion was passed in 1986. Since "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "then, the tax rules – Internal Rev- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enue Code amendments, regula- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions, procedural guidance and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "court case law – have morphed into "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a complex system for tax paying "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors. The recently signed bill "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is a significant modification to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "existing system and the consensus "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is clear. Most businesses expect "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their income tax expense to de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "crease, including contractors. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Though there are many moving "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "8 — Winter 2018 — The North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "parts in the new tax law with the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "potential to affect businesses and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "individuals to varying degrees, this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "article highlights what we consider "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "10 of the most significant changes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for construction companies. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "1. Individual tax rates and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "corporate tax rates "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The final bill settled on keeping "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the same number of individual tax "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "brackets as in current existence: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "seven. However, the new tax law re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "duces individual income tax rates to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "10, 12, 22, 24, 32, 35 and 37 per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cent, and raises the income levels "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "subject to each tax rate. These rates "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "apply to tax years beginning after "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Dec. 31, 2017 and beginning before "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jan. 1, 2026, unless subsequently "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "extended by future legislation. On "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the corporate side, the current grad- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "uated tax rate was removed in favor "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of a flat 21 percent rate for tax years "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "beginning after Dec. 31, 2017. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2. Increase in Small "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Contractor Exemption "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Amount Under prior tax law, contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "whose average annual gross re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ceipts were less than $10 million "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "were exempt from using the per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "centage of completion (PCM) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "9",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "method of accounting for income "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tax purposes. Under the new bill, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the average annual gross receipts "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "requirement has been increased to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$25 million. This is effective for any "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contracts entered into after Dec. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "31, 2017. It is important to note that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for commercial contracts, percent- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "age of completion is still required to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be used for purposes of the alterna- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tive minimum tax (AMT). "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "While under the final bill AMT "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was repealed for businesses taxed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as a ‘C’ corporation, it was not re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pealed for individuals. However, it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "did provide for increased individual "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "exemptions. The 2018 exemption "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "amount was increased from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$86,200 to $109,400 and the phase "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "out threshold increased from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$164,100 to $1 million for married "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "filing joint taxpayers. The exemption "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "amount for single taxpayers in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "creased from $55,400 to $70,300 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and the phase out threshold in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "creased from $123,500 to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$500,000. Contractors, other than ‘C’ cor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "porations, considering making the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "switch to a method other than PCM "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for 2018, will want to consider the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "potential for AMT impacts before "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "making a final decision. If a contrac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tor switches to a method other than "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "PCM for 2018, any contracts en- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tered into before Dec. 31, 2017, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "would be taxed under the prior "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "method of accounting even if the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contract continued into 2018. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "25 percent of W-2 wages, plus 2.5 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "percent of the unadjusted basis of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "all qualified property. This deduction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "applies for tax years beginning after "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Dec. 31, 2017 and beginning before "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jan. 1, 2026. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "4. Standard deduction, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "charitable contributions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and the Pease Limitation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Personal exemptions are re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "moved in the bill in favor of a higher "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "standard deduction effective for tax "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and beginning before Jan. 1, 2026. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The new standard deduction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "amounts will be $24,000 for married "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "filing joint or surviving spouse, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$18,000 for an unmarried individual "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with at least one qualifying child, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and $12,000 for single filers. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Charitable contributions – which, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "under old law, were limited to 50 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "percent of a taxpayer’s AGI – will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "now be limited to 60 percent of AGI "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "effective for tax years beginning "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "after Dec. 31, 2017 and beginning "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "before Jan. 1, 2026. The bill will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "also repeal the current 80 percent "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "deduction for certain contributions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to universities made in connection "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with athletic seating rights. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The overall limitation on itemized "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "deductions referred to as the Pease "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Limitation will be suspended for tax "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and beginning before Jan. 1, 2026. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This limitation essentially reduced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the value of certain itemized deduc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions for high income taxpayers by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "three percent for every dollar over "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the taxable income limit. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "phaseout was capped at 80 percent "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the total value of itemized deduc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions. 2017-2018 edition "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "3. Pass-through income "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "deduction Aligning with a reduced corpo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rate tax rate, Congress provided "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pass-through entities with a deduc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion for a percentage of their tax- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "able income. Starting in 2018, a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "deduction will be allowed for tax- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "payers who have qualified business "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "income (QBI) from a partnership, ‘S’ "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "corporation, or sole proprietorship, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "subject to limitations. The 20 per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cent deduction is limited to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lesser of (1) 20 percent of their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pass-through business income or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(2) the greater of (a) 50 percent of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the W-2 wages paid in the qualified "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trade or business, or (b) the sum of "
                    },
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                        "data": "The North Carolina Construction News — Winter 2018 — 9 "
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            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "10",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "5. State and local "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tax deduction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "6. Depreciation changes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "A very impactful change included "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the final bill is the limiting of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "deduction available to individuals for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sales, income, or property taxes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "paid to state or local tax authority to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$10,000 ($5,000 for a married tax- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "payer filing a separate return) for tax "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and beginning before Jan. 1, 2026. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This limitation does not apply to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "property taxes paid or accrued in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "connection with carrying on a trade "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or business. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The limitation does not apply to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "state and local taxes of businesses "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "taxed as a ‘C’ corporation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The bill specifically includes a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "provision that disallows a 2017 de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "duction for prepaying state or local "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "income tax for a taxable year begin- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ning after Dec. 31, 2017. Any "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "amount paid in a taxable year begin- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ning before Jan. 1, 2018 shall be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "treated as being paid on the last day "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the tax year for which the tax ap- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plies. The bill includes a provision that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "allows for 100 percent expensing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "through bonus depreciation of cer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tain business assets placed in serv- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ice after Sept. 27, 2017 through "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Dec. 31, 2022. The amount of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bonus depreciation allowed is then "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "phased-down over four years as fol- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lows starting: 80 percent in 2023, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "60 percent in 2024, 40 percent in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2025, and 20 percent in 2026. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "requirement that the property be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new was also removed and re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "placed with a requirement that the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "property simply be new to the tax- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "payer – an impactful distinction. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The bill includes some additional "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "changes that have the potential to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "benefit many contractors. For exam- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ple, Section 179 expensing limits "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will be increased to $1 million with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the phase-out threshold being in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "creased to $2.5 million with both "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "thresholds subject to inflation in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "creases for tax years beginning "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "after Dec. 31, 2017. Furthermore, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the definition of qualified property is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expanded to include improvements "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to non-residential real property in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cluding roofs, heating, ventilation, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and air-conditioning property, fire "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "protection and alarm systems, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "security systems if placed in service "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "after the date such real property "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was first placed in service. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "7. Interest expense deduction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "limitation The bill also includes a provision "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that limits the deduction for interest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expense incurred by a trade or busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ness to the sum of business inter- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "est income, floor plan financing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "interest and 30 percent of the ad- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "justed taxable income of a taxpayer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the year. For tax years beginning "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "before Jan. 1, 2022, adjusted tax- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "able income will be computed with- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "out regard to depreciation, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "amortization, or depletion expense. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Adjusted taxable income is other- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wise generally defined as a tax- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "payer’s taxable income without "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "regard to any income, gain, deduc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion or loss not properly allocable to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the trade or business, any business "
                    },
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                        "data": "construction equipment at "
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            },
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                "pageNumber": "11",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "interest expense or business interest income and any net "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operating loss. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Real property trades or businesses, including rental "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "property activities that qualify as a trade or business, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "may elect out of the interest deduction limitation if that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trade or business uses the alternative depreciation sys- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tem, which generally results in longer, slower deprecia- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion deductions. Any interest not deductible for any tax "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "year shall be carried forward indefinitely and treated as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "business interest paid or accrued in the succeeding tax "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "year. An exemption to these rules applies to taxpayers with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "average annual gross receipts for the prior three tax "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "years of less than $25 million. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "8. Domestic Production Activities Deduction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(DPAD) repealed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017, DPAD "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(also known as Section 199) is repealed. DPAD was a de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "duction allowed under pre-act rules that allowed contrac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tors performing new construction or substantial "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "renovation in the U.S. to claim a deduction of up to nine "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "percent of taxable income (with certain limitations). "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "9. Like-kind exchanges "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Under the new law, like-kind exchanges are limited to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "only exchanges involving real property that is not prima- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rily held for sale. This new limitation applies to ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "changes completed after Dec. 31, 2017; however, a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "transition rule allows like-kind exchange treatment for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "any property disposed of in an exchange on or before "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Dec. 31, 2017, or for any property received by a taxpayer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in an exchange on or before the same date. This excep- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion generally allows for like-kind exchanges already in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "process to still take advantage of the current like-kind ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "change rules. This may have an impact to contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "who have typically exchanged equipment and machinery "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the past. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "10. Estate and gift taxes and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "generation-skipping transfer tax "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The law doubles the base estate and gift tax unified "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "credit exclusion to $10 million, effective for decedents "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dying and gifts made after 2017 and before 2026. The bill "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "also increases the GST exemption to $10 million. This ef- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fectively increases the inflation-adjusted exclusion and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "exemption amounts to $11.2 million ($22.4 million for a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "married couple) for 2018. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "These increased exclusion and exemption amounts "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will provide planning opportunities for contractors look- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing to transition their estate in the coming years. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In conclusion . . . "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As there are far more elements to the tax reform than "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "covered here, contractors may consider familiarizing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "themselves with the finer details of the changes. Loop- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing in your trusted advisor and CPA is strongly recom- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mended to ensure you are prepared for the oncoming "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "effects – both favorable and complex – to your financial "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "posture. Sarah Windham is a partner "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at the Dixon Hughes Goodman "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "LLP (DHG) office in Charleston, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SC. She can be reached at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(843) 727-3708 or by email at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sarah.windham@dhgllp.com. Al Windle • 704.945.2176 • awindle@slk-law.com "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The North Carolina Construction News — Winter 2018 — 11 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "12",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Asheville’s Overlook Village "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to be redeveloped after "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$25.5M GBT Realty Corp. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "acquisition Overlook Village, an Asheville "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shopping center that houses "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "HomeGoods, T.J. Maxx and Ross "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Dress, will be redeveloped after "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "being acquired by GBT Realty Corp. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for $25.5 million, the company said "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in a news release. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The company plans to finalize re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "development plans of the site by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the spring, The Citizen Times re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ported. The shopping center opened in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "1989, with several notable tenants "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "including T.J. Maxx, Phar-Mor "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Drugs store, Circuit City and several "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "smaller specialty shops. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "While Overlook Village has lost "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "several tenants in recent years, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "GBT said it is currently 80 percent "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "leased.” High Point sells $35 million "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in taxable bonds to finance "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Bluefish minor league "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "baseball team stadium "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Brentwood, TN-based real "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "estate development company, said "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Overlook, located off South Tunnel "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Rd. near the Asheville Mall, is its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "third acquisition in the past six "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "months under its Capital Holdings "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "division. It was purchased Dec. 20 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from KIMCO Realty, represented by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Berkeley Capital Advisors. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "GBT said it launched its Capital "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Holdings division to pursue “value- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "add and core-plus” commercial op- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "portunities. Scott Porter, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "division’s managing director, called "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Overlook shopping center an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“ideal acquisition opportunity,” sin- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gling out its “locational drivers, bar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "riers to entry and upside "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "potential with the lease-up of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "existing vacancies.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The vacant anchor space for- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "merly occupied by HHGregg fronts "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "South Tunnel Road and is well-posi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tioned due to its accessibility via "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "two traffic signals and its adjacency "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to the Whole Foods center,” Porter "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said in a news release. “The avail- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "able space is a top option for ten- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ants entering the market as well as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "those seeking to improve their ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "isting storefront due to the mar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ket’s limited inventory of traditional "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "junior box storefronts.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "12 — Winter 2018 — The North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "High Point is furnishing itself a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new economic development gam- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bit – a stadium, Bloomberg News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reports. The furniture manufacturing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "community 75 miles north of Char- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lotte is selling $35 million in taxable "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bonds to finance a 5,000-seat sta- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dium for the Bluefish minor league "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "baseball team. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The stadium is part of the city’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plan to revitalize its downtown with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "restaurants, shops and new apart- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ments, the news service reports. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The project comes as the manu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "facturing sector in the city, which "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "calls itself the Home Furnishings "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Capital of the World, recovers from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the recession. City manager Greg "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Demko said the project will help "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fight urban blight in an area where "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the commercial tax base has de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clined by an estimated $250 million "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "since 2008, an 11 percent drop, ac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cording to city estimates. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The construction of a stadium "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is like an anchor for the revitaliza- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion and development of a down- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "town,” Demko was quoted as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "saying. “What we’re really inter- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ested in is not necessarily the sta- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dium but the development around "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it.” A private fundraising push led by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "High Point University president "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Nido Qubein raised $50 million to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "help buy the team and to support "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the creation of projects near the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stadium, such as a children’s mu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "seum and an events center, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "published report says. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Spirit AeroSystems to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "spend $50 million to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expand Kinston facilities "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "To meet the increasing demands "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of its customers, Spirit AeroSys- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tems has announced a $55.7 mil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lion investment for the expansion "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of its operations at Global "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "TransPark in North Kinston. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The aerospace manufacturer’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "announcement only stated that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "funds will be spent over a five-year "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "period. The investment is expected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to improve the regional economy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by generating more job opportuni- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ties. Construction details were not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "disclosed. Governor Roy Cooper expressed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "his support for the project in De- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cember. “We are excited to see Spirit "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "AeroSystems strengthen its invest- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment in North Carolina with this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "major expansion. This sends a clear "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "signal that eastern North Carolina "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can compete for business and is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ready for new opportunities that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bring jobs to this region,” he said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "13",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Global Transpark executive direc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tor Allen Thomas also gave his ap- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "proval, saying: “This expansion "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "further reinforces North Carolina’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "position as one of the top four "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "states in aerospace manufacturing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the nation and sends a message "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to the high quality of skilled labor in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "eastern North Carolina.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Since opening its operations at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Global TransPark in 2010, Spirit "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "AeroSystems has already invested "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more than $206 million for multiple "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "facilities, including a 500,000-sq ft. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plant and a 33,000-sq ft. training "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "center. Two years ago, KWK Architects "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "designed the university’s unique "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Levine Hall, which combines an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "honors program within a traditional "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "residence hall. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Green Globes elements, and its ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "terior design will reflect the existing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "architectural style on campus. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "A two-phase demolition and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction schedule for the entire "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "site is planned over a two year pe- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "riod, with construction of the new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "residence hall expected to begin in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "spring 2019. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Best People. Best Practices. ® "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "KWK Architects selected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as design architect for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "UNC Residence Hall "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Phase XVI "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "KWK Architects, based in Web- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ster Groves, MO, has been se- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lected the design architect for a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new residence hall at the University "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of North Carolina – Charlotte to re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "place existing Sanford and Moore "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Halls. Charlotte, NC-based Jenkins "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Peer Architects is the architect-of- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "record on the project. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Sanford Hall (opened in 1969) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Moore Hall (opened in 1970), "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "which each house 500 students "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and have 12 floors, will be demol- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ished as part of the project. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new, proposed residence hall (cur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rently referred to as Residence Hall "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Phase XVI) will feature 650 to 800 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "beds with double rooms supported "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by community bathrooms, lounges "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and laundry rooms on each floor, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "common areas and multipurpose "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rooms. The new complex will also be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "designed and built using LEED or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2018 CONNECTIONS CONFERENCE "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 9 am to 4 pm "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Pre-register by Friday, March 30 "
                    },
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                    },
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                    },
                    {
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a drawing for prizes which include: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "A Grizzly Cooler donated by Federated Insurance "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "A Milwaukee Tool Kit "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "An overnight stay at the Holiday Inn Resort, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Wrightsville Beach "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One Couple’s Registra on to the PHCC of NC "
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                    {
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                    },
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                    },
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                        "data": "The North Carolina Construction News — Winter 2018 — 13 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "14",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "ASSOCIATION NEWS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "J. Paul Mashburn "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "becomes new CAGC chair "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "J. Paul Mashburn of Mashburn "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Construction Co. Inc., "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "based in Columbia, SC, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has taken office as the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2018 Carolinas Associ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ated General Contrac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tors (CAGC) chair. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mashburn graduated from Clem- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "son University in 1991 with a Bach- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "elor of Science in Building Science "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Management. He joined Mash- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "burn Construction after graduation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and in 2010 he was named presi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dent and chief operating officer, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "company says on its website. “One "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Paul’s greatest strengths is his "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "unique ability to view the job from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "multiple perspectives including the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "field employees, superintendent, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "designer, and owner.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“As president of Mashburn Con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction, Paul has made sure the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "company continues to help fund "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "various department projects, hires "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the department’s interns and per- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "manent employees and is a corpo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rate partner.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Other elected CAGC directors in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clude: • Chair-elect: Ron Brown, State "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Utility Contractors, Inc. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Treasurer: Casey Schwager, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Sloan Construction Company "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Vice-chair: Susan Lewis, Beam "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Construction Co., Inc. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Immediate past chair: Marty "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "McKee, King Asphalt, Inc. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• President and CEO: Dave Simp- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "son, CAE "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Carolinas AGC Building Division "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "chair: Charlie Wilson, C. T. Wil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "son Construction Company "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Highway-Heavy Division chair: T. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Lee Barrack, Jr., The Lane Con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction Corporation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Utility Division chair: Shane Her- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bert, Buckeye Bridge, LLC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Specialty Advisory Council chair: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Barry Wells, SimplexGrinnell "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Supplier/Service Advisory Coun- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cil chair: Tyler Turnbull, Catalyst "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Surety Partners, LLC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Directors at large: Mark Johnnie, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "14 — Winter 2018 — The North Carolina Construction News "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Balfour Beatty; Greg Hughes, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Contract Construction, Inc.; and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Carlos Norris, Crowder Construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion Company "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Appointed directors: Kristen Har- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wood, Rodgers; and Melvin "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Williams, S&ME, Inc. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Doug Carlson leaves ABC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Carolinas for Rocky "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mountains Doug Carlson, who has been the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "president and CEO of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Associated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Builders and Contrac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tors (ABC) of the Car- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "olinas for the past 14 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "years, has moved to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "accept a new role at ABC’s Rocky "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mountain Chapter, search commit- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tee chair Brian Gallagher from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "O’Neal, Inc. has reported. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Search committee members in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clude chapter chair Casie Sears "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kerr, Sears Contract; Tom Headlee, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Watson Electric, Dave Knudson, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Choate Construction; and Art "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Odom, David Allen Company. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The search committee is work- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing closely with ABC National on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the search. In addition, the ABC of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Carolinas’ board of directors is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "working closely with staff to man- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "age activities and to ensure a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "smooth transition,” Gallagher re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ported in a note relayed by Casie "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Sears Kerr. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As Carlson moves west, he also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has taken on the role as chapter "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "president’s liaison to the national "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ABC organization’s executive com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mittee. “In this role, Carlson serves as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "chair of the council’s executive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "committee and is responsible for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the coordination of communications "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "between ABC’s 70 chapters and the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "national organization. He also pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "motes professional development for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the chapter presidents while com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "municating their concerns, ideas "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and opinions to the ABC executive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "committee,” an ABC national biog- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "raphical document says. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2018 PHCCNC president "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aims to advance "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "apprenticeship program, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continue building strategic "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plan framework for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "association Cobe LeMunyan of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SPC Mechanical Cor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "poration in Winston- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Salem has taken the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "helm as 2018 Plumb- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing Heating Cooling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Contractors of North Carolina (PHC- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CNC) president. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“I would like to start out by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "thanking Tommy Barbour for setting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the bar going into 2018,” he wrote "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in a note to members. “With that in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mind we will continue assisting the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "local chapters and newly formed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "chapters across the state to com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "municate and in sharing ideas and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "practices to become the best "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "choice for our customers. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He writes that “two items of con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tinued focus” will be: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Advancing the apprenticeship "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "program for heating and air con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ditioning and plumbing trades; "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and • Continuing the framework for a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "strategic plan to meet the objec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tives of the association. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "PHCCNC’s 2018 executive and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "directors include: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Rob McClintock, McClintock "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Heating & Cooling, Matthews "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(vice-president); • Rick Whitaker, Brown Brothers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Plumbing and Heating, Durham "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(treasurer); and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Jennifer Warren, Warren-Hay "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mechanical, Hillsboro. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Associate directors include: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jason Brantley, Weeks-Williams-De- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Vore, Matthews; and Brooks Jester, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Murray Supply, Charlotte. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The PHCC National Zone 2A Di- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rector is Joel Long, GSM Services, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Gastonia. "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "15",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CAGC leads at first "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "statewide diversity "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction summit "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Betsy Bailey, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Carolinas Associated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "General Contractors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(CAGC) government "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "relations and building "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "division director, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shared observations as the keynote "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "speaker for the first statewide diver- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sity construction opportunities "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "summit in Raleigh in early January. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The summit welcomed more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "than 200 participants with the goal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of connecting diverse-owned con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction firms with billions of dol- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lars in construction contract "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opportunities, CAGC reported in its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "weekly news brief. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Bailey delivered the Construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Spending, Labor and Materials Out- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "look prepared by AGC of America’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "economist Ken Simonson, which "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "showed strong construction growth "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the nation and for the state. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NC’s growth, however, is ham- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pered by the state’s acute construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion labor shortage which Bailey "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "highlighted throughout her presen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tation. “NC is one of nine states that is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "seeing construction employment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "numbers decreasing,” Bailey said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“But we are also one of the fastest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "growing states in the country. This "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "presents a unique challenge for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NC’s construction industry.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Bailey said that CAGC and its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "members recognize the labor chal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lenge and are aggressively working "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with workforce development and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "education partners to recruit work- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ers to the industry. A construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry branding campaign is one "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the significant recruitment proj- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ects that should be underway by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "next month. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CAGC secured funding for this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "project in the state budget last year "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and is partnering with the NC Com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "munity College System and North "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Carolina Department of Transporta- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion (NCDOT) to conduct the cam- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "paign. The rest of the day and a half "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "long summit featured networking "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opportunities with representatives "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from government agencies and pri- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vate contractors through a trade "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "show and focused workshops that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "helped participants learn about "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "projects in the pipeline and how to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "find and bid on these projects. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Workshops with NCDOT, State Con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction, universities and commu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nity colleges, local government and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "private developers and owners pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vided valuable one-on-one interac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion with construction buyers and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decision-makers. ABC of the Carolinas "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "announces 2018 Board of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Directors Associated Builders and Contrac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tors (ABC) of the Carolinas has an- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nounced its 2018 Board of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Directors. Five board members are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "based in South Carolina with the re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mainder located in North Carolina. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Casie Sears Kerr of Raleigh- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "based specialty contractor Sears "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Contract, Inc., has been elected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2018 chairman, representing more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "than 1,800 member firms in North "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and South Carolina. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Sears-Kerr is excited to start im- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plementing the association’s newly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "developed strategic plan. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“ABC is dedicated to being the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "‘Construction Association of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Choice’ in the Carolinas by bringing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "value to each of our members "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "through workforce development "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "training, health and safety offerings, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "membership growth and engage- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment, chapter development and po- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "litical advocacy,” she said in a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "statement. “Through all of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aforementioned goals, ABC pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "motes the merit shop construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "philosophy — encouraging open "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "competition and a free enterprise "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "approach.” Directors include: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Casie Sears Kerr, Sears Contract. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Inc. – Raleigh, NC, chairman "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Dave Knudson, Choate Construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion Company – Raleigh, NC, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vice-chairman • Tom Headlee, Watson Electrical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Construction – Wilson, NC, sec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "retary/treasurer • Brian Gallagher, O’Neal Inc. – "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Greenville, SC, past chairman "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Scott Colter, Colter Electric Com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pany – Winston Salem, NC, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CECA liaison "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Allen Amsler, McCrory Construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion Company – Columbia, SC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Rob Beale, W.M. Jordan Com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pany – Wilmington, NC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Kurt Eyring, Miller-Valentine "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Group – Columbia, SC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Harley Garrison, Starr Electric – "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Greensboro, NC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Sam Hayes, Landmark Construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion Company Inc. – North "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Charleston, SC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Derek Lanning, Miles-McClellan "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Construction – Charlotte, NC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Chris Moore, Carolina Power – "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Greenville, SC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Art Odom, David Allen Company "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– Raleigh, NC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Eric Perkinson, Brasfield & Gorrie "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– Raleigh, NC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• David Philyaw, T.A. Loving – "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Goldsboro, NC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vSteve Smith, Smith Terry & "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Johnson Construction Law– Char- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lotte, NC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Ryan Wathen, Rodgers Builders "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– Charlotte, NC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The North Carolina Construction News — Winter 2018 — 15 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "16",
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