Constructing a 21st-century elementary school while honoring a beloved historic legacy is no small task, but the Bethel-Hanberry Elementary School blends the new with the old in a striking building ready to carry students through the next century.

For electric vehicle technology manufacturer Proterra’s facility to assemble large batteries, Harper General Contractors returned to a tilt-wall warehouse shell it constructed for the company in 2019 to make improvements including an enclosure for the battery production line, dedicated chiller, research and development labs, Class A employee spaces and more.

Harper General Contractors brought its ingenuity and creativity to bear in the $28.4-million effort to modernize the nearly 100-year-old RB Simms Water Treatment Facility in Chesnee, S.C.