North Carolina Construction News staff writer
Construction reached a major milestone this week at the future Balfour Beatty-led development of the North Carolina History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction, as crews lifted the final steel beam into place during a topping-out ceremony marking the near completion of the project’s main building.
The event brought together about 30 participants, including construction teams, partners, and community stakeholders, who signed the beam before it was hoisted by crane onto the 60,000-square-foot structure. The milestone signals the final phase of construction on a project that has been more than 15 years in planning and development…