Refrigeration is essential to modern food processing. Without it, as much as 40 percent of food would spoil before it’s eaten. This GrayWay looks at how Gray’s food industry customers choose the industrial refrigeration that works best for their products, their budgets and the environment.

Economic development means creating prosperity for a community, state or region. That’s tougher than ever in today’s challenging global economy. The minimum requirements to attract good jobs are an educated workforce, a state-of-the-art Website, flexibility and more than a passing familiarity with what’s going on around the world.

The auto industry has come back from a near death experience in 2009. The survivors look very different on the other side: leaner, more flexible and eager to take on challenges. No one knows exactly what the automotive future holds, only that it will be very different from the past.

Every company experiences generational differences among its recent college graduates and industry professionals who have been there for years. To create a cohesive and effective team, it’s important to understand the generational differences in attitude, behavior, expectations, habits and motivations among the members of the workforce.

After experiencing one of its worst years ever, the automotive industry is beginning to show signs of recovery with increased sales and announcements of new auto plants under construction. The bigger question now is: What’s next? How successful will the auto industry be in reworking its product line with a greater emphasis on green technology? Will a growing group of start-up companies be able to complete auto facility construction in time to seize a part of the market share?

This U.S. Green Building Council LEED construction project in Georgia gave us the opportunity to expand our knowledge and skills in green building. The distribution center, built for Academy Sports + Outdoors, is now the largest LEED Silver-certified building in Georgia.

The potential and economics of wind energy show it to be one of several viable and realistic options for alternative power sources.

Incorporating U.S. Green Building Council LEED construction principles into commercial construction is moving from trend to norm. This issues breaks down the economics of building green.

The construction of a manufacturing plant in California with a tight timeline was a test of our team’s creativity and problem-solving skills. Thanks to our construction safety and quality management programs, we built Kyoho’s 208,371-square-foot plant in 129 days, and with a safety record of 72,452 hours with 0 recorded injuries.

Construction quality management was the topic of discussion during a day-long meeting between Gray Construction and Swedish construction giant Skanska. Both companies base their quality management processes on kaizen (continuous improvement).