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Syracuse Media Group | September 08, 2016

Syracuse, N.Y. — OBG, formerly known as the O'Brien & Gere engineering company, has acquired Penta Engineering, an industrial engineering company based in Charlotte, N.C.Syracuse-based OBG said the acquisition supports its commitment to growing its business across the Southeast and Midwest, where Penta has clients, and to focusing on the design and construction of capital projects in the industrial manufacturing market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....

WakeMed Health & Hospitals | May 07, 2019

In partnership with UPS, a hospital in North Carolina is pioneering a drone delivery program to speed up the delivery of critical medical samples across the WakeMed hospital campus. Medical samples are put in a small cooler that is carried by the drone to a lab roughly 3/4 of a mile away. It takes the unmanned aircraft less than four minutes to make the delivery. On foot, the trip takes about 45 minutes. Especially for urgent deliveries of blood samples across WakeMed’s sprawling on...

North Carolina Central University | June 11, 2019

Caesar R. Jackson, Professor of Physics explores the DREAM STEM Project at North Carolina Central University, which includes retaining science, technology, engineering and mathematics talent in the U.S. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics educated graduates often become substantive contributors to the economic vitality of the nation and reap higher economic benefits during their careers, yet there are persistent challenges in producing and retaining STEM talent in the United ...

Construction Partners, Inc | November 03, 2020

Construction Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROAD) (the "Company" or "Construction Partners"), a vertically integrated civil infrastructure company specializing in the construction and maintenance of roadways across five southeastern states, today announced that it has acquired Rose Brothers Paving Company, Inc., an asphalt and paving contractor based in Ahoskie, North Carolina. The transaction adds six hot-mix asphalt plants in eastern North Carolina, providing the Company with acce...