Mack Trucks - Wed July 11, 2018
Mack Partners With Three Tech Programs to Offer Advanced Diesel Technician Training
Mack Trucks is partnering with colleges in Florida, Ohio and Texas to offer the Diesel Advanced Technology Education (DATE) program beginning in early 2019 to address a shortage of skilled vehicle service technicians....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 28, 2018
Waters College of Health Professions to Open in 2019
Georgia Southern University broke ground on Aug. 29, 2017, for the new $22 million facility that will house the Waters College of Health Professions in Savannah. The S/L/A/M Collaborative designed the project and the project is being managed by the Holder Construction Company....
HCSS - Wed June 27, 2018
HCSS's Construction Intern Awards Scholarship Program for 2018 Now Features Weekly Summer Winners
Construction industry software developer HCSS has opened registration for its fourth-annual $50,000 Construction Intern Awards scholarship program for students in construction-related fields. A new twist added to this year's program features 13 weekly contests — running from June 4 through Sept....
BCA - Wed June 27, 2018
BCA Awards 2018 Presidential Merit Scholarship to Engineering Student
Building Contractors Association of Northeast Indiana (BCA) has announced the winner of its 2018 Presidential Merit Scholarship. This scholarship program was created to recognize significant accomplishments and reward worthy students in furthering their education in a construction-related college degree program....
Tim Johnson – The Daily Nonpareil - Wed June 27, 2018
Iowa Schools to Expand Programs
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) Council Bluffs Community School District is planning to expand its Career and Technical Education program and remodel industrial arts facilities at Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson high schools....
Ditch Witch - Mon June 25, 2018
Ditch Witch Certified Training Program Offers New Vacuum Excavation Courses
As vacuum excavators expand use beyond horizontal directional drilling (HDD) job sites to other industrial applications such as microtrenching, operators require new technology, tools and information to be productive and safe on the job....
Brasfield & Gorrie - Fri June 22, 2018
Brasfield & Gorrie, University of Alabama Partner to Provide Construction Tech Experience
Brasfield & Gorrie recently enabled a select group of graduating seniors from The University of Alabama to enter the job market armed with resumes that include hands-on experience with emerging technologies in the construction field, including assembling and operating 3D printers....
Associated Press - Thu June 14, 2018
New Fultondale High School to Be Built in Central Alabama
FULTONDALE, Ala. (AP) A new high school will be built in central Alabama. The new school in Fultondale is part of Jefferson County Board of Education's $200 million capital outlay plan, Al.com reported....
Aimee Breaux – IOWA CITY PRESS-CITIZEN - Wed June 13, 2018
Iowa City Schools, Contractors Push for Homebuilding Vocational Classes
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Home builders in the area are reaching into their own pockets to pay for area high school students to take a course on building a house. It's only partially an act of charity. Faced with a shortage of construction workers across the state, the Iowa City area Home Builders Association is reviving what used to be an annual activity in Iowa City Community School District: building a house with students....
Rowan University PR - Mon June 11, 2018
Trades Union Group Starts Scholarship at Rowan University
U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross announced the funding of a $100,800 scholarship by North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU), an organization representing 14 building trades unions, during a conference at Rowan University's Glassboro campus....
