North Carolina is ranked as one of the top three leading states for Green Technology, Bio-Chemical Engineering, Medical Sciences, and Computer Engineering. North Carolina boasts the first discovered gold nugget in the United States and the first gold dollar minted in Rutherford County.

Some of the best known films and TV shows have been filmed in North Carolina, they include: Glory, The Color Purple, Bull Durham, The Green Mile, Hannibal, Nights in Rodanthe, Dawsons’s Creek, Dirty Dancing; half of Steven King’s movies were filmed in North Carolina. North Carolina is also home to the Southeast’s biggest film festivals, including the RiverRun International Film Festival, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, and the National Black Theatre Festival. The state is the 6th most visited in America.

North Carolina is also a center of American motorsports, with more than 80% of NASCAR racing teams and related industries located in the state. The NASCAR Hall of Fame and NASCAR’s most famous driver dynasties can be found in North Carolina.

SAFEbuilt’s office, located between Wilmington and Myrtle Beach, is at the hub of services for the beach communities of Brunswick County. The average annual temperature is 74 degrees, which lends the area to many year-round outdoor activities.