Gilbane Building and Sarasota Memorial Health Care System marked a major milestone with the topping out of the Venice Campus Bed Tower expansion in Florida.

Vector Structural Engineering is excited to announce that it’s opening a new office in Orem, Utah. The office will focus mainly on the work that its college interns can perform, which includes supporting full-time project engineers for tasks on larger projects and helping to analyze existing residential homes where rooftop solar panels are being installed.

Billd’s National Subcontractor Market Report survey showed that materials and labor cost subcontractors $97 billion more than expected last year, according to Zachary Phillips of Construction Dive. Billd is a construction financial support company based in Austin, Texas.

Gilbane Building Co. announced the opening of its new office on Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo, New York. The firm relocated from its former office on Perry Street as part of its long-term strategic plan to accommodate the needs of the growing team and support Buffalo’s economic growth.

In support of OSHA’s annual safety initiative, Werner plans to train 50,000 people nationwide and host 300 safety training events.

The ACI Foundation is pleased to announce its 2023-2024 fellowship and scholarship recipients. The ACI Foundation is a nonprofit subsidiary of ACI that promotes progress, innovation and collaboration in the concrete industry through strategic investments in ideas, research and people to create the future of the concrete industry.

Sto Corp. has teamed up with Pratt Institute and Passive House for Everyone as an advocate sponsor for the first-ever U.S. Collegiate Designed and Built rendition of the International Passive House Ice Box Challenge.

Hospeco Brands Group, a United States-based, full-line manufacturer of cleaning and protection products to serve the janitorial, industrial supply, food service, health care and hospitality markets, has purchased Innocore of Ontario, Canada, maker of Touch Point and Certainty Brands premoistened, non-woven, surface and personal wipes and other hand care products.

On Feb. 22, two Wisconsin-based 401(k) plan participants filed suit against the U.S. Department of Labor in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin over the agency’s Dec. 1, 2022, environmental, social and governance retirement investing rule, entitled “Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights.”

The Texas Lathing & Plastering Contractors Association Annual Convention and Trade Show will be held near Houston this year. The event takes place at the Margaritaville Lake Resort in Conroe, Texas, from June 13-15.