Architects and designers are being called upon to help resolve the inherent conflicts in workplace design beyond this pandemic. The AEC industry is realizing that the community health enigma may be one of the greatest challenges in the commercial sector of their practice. 

Fifteen midstate businesses were featured on Inc. 5000’s national ranking of the fastest-growing companies.

The Hershey Co. closed on the purchase of a parcel of land in South Annville Township, Lebanon County last month that will be the grounds for a planned 800,000-square-foot warehouse and packaging center.

A 3.5-acre site in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, will be the new home for Poplar Square, a commercial center featuring a medical office, restaurant and space for up to four stores, the developer’s real estate firm announced on Wednesday.

Hershey-based childcare chain U-GRO Learning Centers opened its seventh Lancaster County location this Monday with enhanced cleaning procedures to remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Robert Kinsley, founder of Kinsley Construction, died Wednesday morning surrounded by his family, the York-based construction company announced in a statement this week.

The incoming Gardner Theater at Lancaster County Day School in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, was well into construction when the COVID-19 pandemic caused the state to put a hold on all non-essential construction sites.

Hillsborough, New Jersey-based Larken Associates broke ground on a new project at its Dover Township, York County apartment complex that will add 107 residential units, two new buildings for residents and a series of renovations to the current complex.

Residential and non-residential construction in Pennsylvania is set to resume May 8, but projects deemed life-sustaining continued across the commonwealth with only a short delay, including some by regional health care systems.

Pennsylvania’s construction industry will return to work May 1, one week earlier than previously announced, but will do so under safety guidelines issued by Gov. Tom Wolf.

A longtime Cumberland County construction firm has been acquired by another local firm and will merge operations by the end of the month.

From now until Jan. 21, state officials are accepting comments for Gov. Tom Wolf’s federally mandated four-year workforce development plan, which seeks to coordinate the efforts of the state's educational institutions, economic development programs and employers of the region’s major industries to create a pathway to optimal employment.

Merit shop advocates are calling on Pennsylvania state lawmakers to pass laws against alleged discrimination in apprenticeship programs that will help advance workforce development in construction.

The nationwide shortage of construction workers is posing challenges for the industry, including making it harder to meet deadlines, raising costs to complete projects, and forcing firms to ask their skilled laborers to do more work. There's no easy solutions in sight, but those in the field are making efforts to tackle the problem.

Glenn “Chip” Deardorff Jr., 67, is vice president and treasurer of Franklin County-based Fayetteville Contractors Inc.