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ICYMI: Highlights From ABC Convention 2024
‘Satisfaction is code for ordinary’—and other takeaways from ABC Convention 2024 in sunny Kissimmee, Florida.
By Grace Calengor
March 28, 2024
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by Grace Calengor
Grace Calengor is senior editor of Construction Executive. Prior to joining ABC in April 2023, she was managing editor of The Zebra Press in Alexandria, Virginia. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 2020 with two bachelor’s degrees in English and classics, and a minor in comparative literature.
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