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Albion Adds Another Library to Resume

In addition to the construction of the new Clayton County NW Branch Library and the Fulton County Hapeville Library, Albion is adding another library project to their work experience and docket for 2019. Cobb County awarded Albion, in partnership with design firm Clark Patterson Lee and library design specialist 720 Design, the renovation of Switzer…

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Albion Working on Multiple Projects at Florida International University

A team from Albion is currently working on a multi-faceted project at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. The project consists of renovations and construction of a library Starbucks, an on-campus Chick-fil-A, a campus Chilis, a Panera Cafe, updates to the stadium kitchen/bar, campus servery and dining area plus another Chick-fil-A. The Green Library Starbucks…

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Reflections on Avetta’s ‘Four Strategies for Building a Strong Construction Safety Culture’

I received an email from Lorman regarding a white paper on construction safety. The whitepaper, ” Four Strategies for Building a Strong Constructions Safety Culture”, is available as a free download here. We throw around the word ‘culture’ at Albion quite a bit. In addition to our day to day culture around the office and…

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Albion Hard at Work in Clayton County

Albion is currently managing two new construction projects in Clayton County. The two job sites are actually less than a mile from each other. Clayton County NW Branch Library The Clayton County Library System has six libraries located in the county and a total of 2,992 library programs and over half a million books. Albion…

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TCSG Rolls Out Mobile Welding Labs

An April 10 blog post on the Georgia Trend Blog highlighted the mobile welding labs rolled out by the Technical College System of Georgia. The post mentions Georgia’s ‘critical welder shortage’ as a catalyst for the innovative education environment. The Technical College System of Georgia, or TCSG, introduced four mobile welding labs with the goal…

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Constructuring & Its Recent Developments

By combining the words ‘construction’ and ‘manufacturing’, you get the process known as ‘constructuring.’ While constructuring may seem the same as prefabrication, prefabricaion is just one element of the constructuring process. Per Ian Howell, constructuring includes: sourcing raw materials to supply chain logistics, industrial design, creating integrated assemblies, prefabrication, quality control, inventory management, transportation, building,…

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Three Albion Projects Receive First Place Honors

We are thrilled to announce that Albion had three projects that placed first at the 2019 AGC Build Georgia Awards Program. Our project at Atlanta Motorsports Park earned first place, and we definitely recommend you take a trip up to Dawsonville to check it out! This world class building includes a kart retail and service center,…

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4 Organizations You Should Consider Joining Albion in Supporting

Several years ago, Albion adopted the Make-A-Wish Foundation as our charitable donation recipient. A donation is made each year on behalf of the employees. We were fortunate to have presented our donation to Make-A-Wish Georgia last week. In addition to Make-A-Wish Georgia, we also support a variety of other organizations including the Atlanta Humane Society, the Kennesaw State University…

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Albion Team Driven to Do Good Work for West Georgia

Over the last year, the Albion had team has been completing a multi-phased project at the University of West Georgia known as the Murphy Building Renovations. The renovations of the Murphy Building at the University of West Georgia was a unique project as it was more like four smaller projects under one roof. This multi-phased,…

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Albion Finishing Up HVAC Replacement at Troup County DHS

Albion is completing a project known as the ‘Troup County Human Services Building HVAC Replacement’ in LaGrange, Georgia. The project, owned by the Georgia State Financing & Investment Commission, required the replacement of the existing HVAC and providing new concrete pads. Albion worked days, nights, and weekends to meet the needs of both GSIFC and…

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