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Strategies for Integrating Process Equipment in Life Sciences Projects
Life sciences manufacturing facilities integrate mission-critical process equipment that demands significant financial investment, detailed space programming and utility requirements design coordination, long lead times, and meticulous construction sequencing plans from all project stakeholders. Given these demands, each project requires unique...
Top reasons why companies should introduce a comprehensive family leave benefit
Work/life balance is an elusive goal that employers and employees have been trying to reach for decades. While ‘balance’ may not be achievable all the time, employers can do more to support employees at their greatest point of need by…
Applying Virtual Design and Construction to complex museum construction projects
Museums are unique spaces that require careful planning and deliberate design before any renovation or expansion takes place. Undergoing construction activity within an operational museum demands careful preservation of precious artwork and artifacts, while delivering cost and schedule certainty. How…
Top Ten Insights: A Week in the Life of Gilbane Cares Rewards Us with Safe and Sound Advice
You Have the Power to Make Safer Choices: My Top 10 Insights from a Week in the Life of Gilbane Cares Emerging from a week focused on safety across the construction industry, I am energized from the heightened Incident and…
Should you Hire Video Gamers for Construction?
A key to Gilbane’s success is unconventional hiring practices including looking outside the AEC industry when recruiting for media studio designers. This innovative recruitment approach has seen Gilbane focus on hiring video game designers instead of those with a traditional…
Fits Like a Glove: Preventing Hand Injuries in Construction
Did you know that hand injuries are among the most common work injuries at home and work? I’m committed to bringing more attention to our hands to ensure we eradicate these unnecessary injuries. It seems unbalanced to me that something as…
Collaboration – is Bigger Better?
When it comes to TVs and computer screens, the general consensus is that bigger is better. So it makes sense that a room with a 20 x 5 foot screen, powered by three HD projectors and complemented by a 70-inch…
Walk to Support Vision Coverage
Vision Is Priceless (VIP) was founded in Jacksonville, FL as a non-profit organization in 1996 to fulfil a need in the community for vision screenings. These screenings identify problems as early as possible for those at risk for eye disease….
Community building: Rebuilding Together
WE’RE BUILDING MORE THAN BUILDINGS: BUILDING COMMUNITIES While our business supports communities through delivering the built environment, our goal is to strengthen those same communities through volunteerism, corporate giving and meaningful partnerships. Our team is dedicated to contributing to the…
Taking the Time to Teach
The capacity for any college sports team to develop its players on the bench is critical to the success and future of the program. The field of Construction Management is no different. At Gilbane, we take great pride in “strengthening…
5 Tips in ‘Mastering’ the K-12 Ohio Schools Facility Master Planning Process
We all know that children are our future. It is critical to focus on the success of future generations by starting with strong educational facilities. For some communities in Central Ohio, that future is one that will see significant school…