Business Briefs: Bowyer-Singleton Associates

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Business Briefs: Bowyer-Singleton Associates

Bowyer-Singleton Associates, an Orlando, Fla.-based civil engineering firm, announced recently that one of its landscape architects has earned LEED certification. Laurie Elder, RLA, a 10-year veteran in her field, earned her certification earlier this year.
Additionally, the full-service firm has opened a new office in the Tampa Bay region, known as the Sun Coast branch. The firm says the new location offers a full range of services, including surveying and mapping, land development planning, and environmental and civil engineering services. MD

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For generations, masonry has been built on a simple but powerful principle: knowledge passed from one set of hands to the next. In Arizona, the Arizona Masonry Council (AMC) is working to ensure that tradition continues by investing in one of the industr

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MAP Partner

The Sync Up: Aligning Schedule, Labor, and Logistics in Masonry

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MAP Partner