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BZI®, a leading steel and construction company nationally known for transformative innovations in its industries, announced today that the company is increasing its hiring efforts to support work sites in Hesperia and Moreno Valley, and is extending its community contributions initiative into additional areas in California. The new construction projects will continue BZI’s escalation of bringing employment and economic opportunities to California cities and surrounding regions where BZI operates.

BZI®, a leading steel and construction company nationally known for transformative innovations in its industries, announced today that the company is celebrating Construction Safety Week (May 5-9) with outstanding safety numbers TRIR (2.02) and EMR (0.42); their second AISC safety award; and the accomplishments of SteelTech Academy™ and its exclusive skills and certifications training, safety protocols and apprenticeship program.

BZI®, a leading steel and construction company nationally known for transformative innovations in its industries, announced today that the company’s three-million-square-foot, 21,000-ton steel construction project in Salinas, California, as well as its Bakersfield permanent office, are ramping up employment and economic opportunities for the two cities and surrounding regions. The company will participate in Salinas job fairs on April 23 and May 27, 2025, to fill many additional job openings, and launched its Community Contributions Program, which the company plans to roll out across its national markets, beginning in Salinas.

BZI® CEO, James Barlow, has recently been recognized for his outstanding leadership with multiple awards. BZI (bzi.com), a leading steel and construction company nationally known for transformative innovations in its industries, celebrated with other top CEOs from across Utah on March 27, when Barlow was among executives who received a “CEO of the Year 2025” award. The event was sponsored and award presented by Utah Business. Barlow was also named CEO of the Year by Cedar City Chamber of Commerce, who honored his leadership at a 75th annual Best of Cedar City awards event hosted by the organization last week.

BZI® (bzi.com), a leading steel and construction company nationally recognized for transformative innovations in its industries, celebrated with the nation’s top companies highlighted for their outstanding workplace environments at the USA Today 2025 National Award Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. BZI was named a 2025 Top Workplaces by USA Today and announced today it was also ranked highly at #11 in the midsize company category.

BZI® (bzi.com), a top steel and construction company nationally recognized for transformative innovations in its industries, celebrated 2024 as another outstanding year in performance, customer acquisition, and industry awards and accolades. BZI expanded its operations into new areas of construction, including data centers, manufacturing facilities for batteries, microchips, electric vehicles, and food and beverage. BZI’s safety rating also continues to far exceed industry averages, with an EMR of 0.48. The company commemorated its progress and plans with team members, partners and customers at its annual “Connect Conference” in St. George, Utah earlier this month.

BZI® (bzi.com), a leading steel and construction company nationally recognized for transformative innovations in its industries, announced today that Innovatech®, its equipment engineering, design and manufacturing group, will showcase breakthrough construction products and proprietary processes at the AISC national steel conference (NASCC), booth #1071, April 2-4, 2025 at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

BZI® (bzi.com), nationally recognized for its transformative innovations in the construction and steel industries, announced today that the company has been awarded “Inc. Best in Business 2024” for the construction industry. The prestigious global award recognizes the impact and significance of the BZI Innovation Park for its innovation, inspiration and positive impact on the regions and industry segments it serves.

BZI® (bzi.com), a leading steel and construction company nationally recognized for transformative innovations in its industries, presented the many benefits created by the company’s exclusive building approaches at the Advancing Prefabrication 2025 Conference this week in Phoenix, Arizona. Tom Harker, BZI’s COO, highlighted how the company’s differentiated technology in panelization is making prefabrication, modular systems and construction field operations safer, faster and less expensive.

BZI® (bzi.com), nationally recognized for its transformative innovations in the construction and steel industries, announced today that the company’s R&D group, Innovatech®, will showcase its new beam rotator, Beam Champ® 30, at the FABTECH Expo, booth #S31178, from October 15-17, 2024 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

BZI® (bzi.com), nationally recognized for its transformative innovations in the construction and steel industries, highlighted and was recognized for its many contributions to rural Utah at the One Utah Summit held October 7-9, 2024, in Cedar City, Utah. BZI was given the “Rural Rockstar” Award and presented at the event on the socioeconomic impact of its rural development initiatives. The company also hosted a dinner, sponsored by BZI at its new Nautilus One building located at the BZI Innovation Park in Cedar City, Utah.

BZI® (bzi.com), nationally recognized for its transformative innovations in the construction and steel industries, announced it is now utilizing virtual reality technology to enhance customer experiences and products. The company is one of the first in the steel industry to adopt the technology as part of the systems and services the company offers. BZI is also integrating VR-simulation training into the safety, quality control and skills instruction provided at the company’s nationally recognized and exclusive training center, SteelTech Academy.

BZI® (bzi.com) announced the grand opening of its welding materials and industrial supply store, Iron Depot™ (irondepot.com) in Cedar City, Utah with a symbolic “metal ribbon cutting” ceremony on April 26, 2024. A crowd of customers and local community and business leaders were present for the exciting celebration. Iron Depot also introduced its new general manager, Rick Beckman, who brings decades of customer service experience in the distribution and sale of industrial construction supplies.

BZI® (bzi.com), a national leader in construction and technology for safer, simpler, and more efficient building processes, announced today that they have been named on the list of Top Workplaces in the nation by USA TODAY. BZI was recognized as the #37 top place to work among companies with 100-499 employees. Recently, the company was named #1 in The Salt Lake Tribune's Top Workplaces 2023 Awards for large businesses and was also recognized for its positive growth, inspiration, and vision with the Direction Award.

BZI® (bzi.com) a national leader in construction and technology for safer, simpler, and more efficient building processes, announced today that the company has been named #1 in The Salt Lake Tribune’s Top Workplaces 2023 Awards in the Large Businesses category. Mountain America Credit Union and CHG Healthcare took second and third place. BZI was also recognized for its positive growth, inspiration and vision with the Direction Award (https://topworkplaces.sltrib.com/).

BZI® (bzi.com), a national leader in construction and technology for safer, simpler, and more efficient building processes, announced today that the company has received the "Rural Investor Award" from the Utah Inland Port Authority at the One Utah Summit, held October 2-4, 2023 in Cedar City, Utah.

BZI® (www.bzi.com) and affiliate companies hosted a groundbreaking of the 820-acre sustainable industrial park, Commerce Crossroads™ (www.commercecrossroads.com), and the grand opening of its first tenant, RailSync™ (www.railsync.io) on August 22, 2023, in Cedar City, Utah. The event featured Utah Governor Spencer Cox, the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) (inlandportauthority.utah.gov), and numerous government and business leaders from around the Southern Utah region. The group celebrated the positive impact these new developments and companies will have on the area’s economic progress, regional businesses, and surrounding communities.

BZI® (www.bzi.com), a national leader in construction and technology for safer, simpler, and more efficient building processes, today announced it has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America for 2023. The Inc. 5000 is a coveted ranking based on revenue growth over three years, and companies featured on the list have showcased rapid expansion and resilience in today's ever-evolving business landscape.

BZI (www.bzisteel.com), a national leader in construction and technology for safer, simpler, and more efficient building processes, is proud to announce it has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2023 honor by The Salt Lake City Tribune. The list is based solely on feedback from BZI team members gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC, a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools.

BZI (www.bzisteel.com), a national leader in construction and technology for safer, simpler, and more efficient building processes, today announced that the company continues to grow its executive leadership team to address growing market demand; gain industry recognition for its innovations and differentiated offerings; and beat the industry and national averages for team member retention and industry performance.

BZI, (www.bzisteel.com) and Commerce Crossroads™ announced today that plans to develop a new 820-acre sustainable industrial park and transportation hub in Cedar City, Utah, have been approved by the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) board (www.inlandportauthority.utah.gov). The decision marks a collaborative partnership between Commerce Crossroads and the UIPA to establish the first rural inland port in the state of Utah. This hub will serve as an important component of the Iron Springs Project Area and will be the site of the new BZI headquarters, scheduled to break ground in 2024. Commerce Crossroads is one of BZI’s affiliated companies bringing high-value integrated offerings to U.S. and global customers -- and their communities.

BZI, (www.bzisteel.com), a national leader in construction and technology for safer, simpler, and more efficient building processes, today announced that the company is showcasing its collaboration on the breakthrough Xtreme telehandler (XR50100-G), unveiled by Xtreme Manufacturing™ (www.xmfg.com) at CONEXPO-CON/AGG (www.conexpoconagg.com). Affectionately called,“Trackzilla,” due to its monster machine dimensions that are pushing industry records in height and lifting capacity, the new-to-market equipment can be viewed in the show’s booth #F9227. As part of their participation in the Xtreme Manufacturing and Snorkel™ CONEXPO booth, BZI and its InnovaTech company (www.innova.tech), are also highlighting their collection of revolutionary and patented construction innovations at an industry conference for the first time.