NAWIC signs partnership with ABC

The National Association of Women in Construction’s Greater Birmingham Chapter signed a partnership agreement with the Alabama Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractors on Oct. 20. The agreement was signed by NAWIC President Ginger Thompson of Gary C. Wyatt General Contractor LLC and Alabama ABC President Jay Reed.

ABC of Alabama commented that recognizing a woman's roll in construction was just as important as any other personnel on a jobsite.

ABC President Jay Reed added, "This alliance will help ABC consciously improve career opportunities, sharing of mutual information that can help both groups as well as allow us to collectively promote women in the skilled trade."

NAWIC, an international non-profit organization, has grown to a membership of over 5,000 women with more than 179 chapters.

CRS completes design of Clanton church

CRS Engineering and Design Consultants Inc. of Birmingham, Ala., has completed design documents for the new 40,000-sq-ft $4-million West End Baptist Church to be build adjacent to the present sanctuary in Clanton, Ala.

CRS is providing electrical engineering design and lighting design for the project, which includes a 15,000-sq-ft sanctuary to seat 1,000, administrative offices, Sunday School classrooms and storage areas, according to John Gill, principal in charge for CRS.

Other CRS team members include Samuel Dunn, project manager and lighting designer; Matthew Wagner, electrical design; and David Huddleston, electrical/technology design.

Other project team members include Poole & Co. Architects LLC.

Brasfield & Gorrie named contractor on convention complex skywalk

Brasfield & Gorrie LLC of Birmingham, Ala., was recently announced as the general contractor for the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Skywalk and Exhibit Hall Renovations.

The $8 million-plus project broke ground in August and will consist of two exterior bridges and one enclosed interior walkway, connecting the Sheraton Hotel, North and South Exhibit Hall and the Arena. Interior corridor renovations will also be made to the North and South Hall meeting spaces.

These renovations and additions are all part of the BJCC's six-year, $52 million capital improvement project. With the new skywalk and corridor changes, occupants will be able to use internal access to get to meeting rooms and exhibit halls that originally only had access from the exterior of the building. This contributes to the BJCC's goal to attract more conventions and out-of-town guests. Brasfield & Gorrie is excited to be partnering with the BJCC and is eager to meet their client's goals.

The project is expected to be completed by July.