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Using offsite construction contractors can build anything from individual components to an entire building in a different location than the final site. Controlled environments impact everything from scheduling, to efficiency, to safety, to budgeting.
Against the backdrop of severe drought conditions across California, the city of Santa Barbara faced an extreme challenge: how to bring its Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant back online after nearly two decades in standby mode, while completing the project against tight time, budget and environmental constraints.
Fifty-five percent of the U.S. population and 47 percent of all workers are female, yet, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women made up only 2.7 percent of workers in construction trades and only 9.1 percent of workers in the entire U.S. construction industry in 2017.