Wed August 23, 2017
Demand for Skilled Industry Workers Rising in Wisconsin
ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) The construction industry is struggling to find skilled workers as home construction is rising in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Public Radio reported that the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College in Ashland has teamed up with the Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board to offer a new construction training course to meet the demand....
Wed August 23, 2017
Regents Approve New Addition for Omaha Biomechanics Program
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) The University of Nebraska at Omaha's biomechanics program is getting a new home, due to a plan approved by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. The board approved a plan to build an $11.6 million addition to the three-level Biomechanics Research Building, which was erected four years ago, the Omaha World-Herald reported Aug....
Wed August 23, 2017
Ohio State Prepares for $20M Project to Update the University's Airport
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Ohio State is launching a $20 million project to update the university airport in central Ohio with a groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for Aug. 19. The project includes construction of four new hangar buildings, an aviation education and research facility with flight simulators, research labs and classrooms....
Mon August 21, 2017
Penn College to Debut Concrete Science Major in Fall 2018
A two-year major in the opportunity-rich field of concrete science technology will be offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology — the only program of its kind on the East Coast — beginning in the fall 2018 semester....
Emily Buenzle - Fri August 18, 2017
Maine Construction Company Creates Workforce Development Center
Cianbro, a Maine construction company, presented its new workforce development center in Pittsfield Aug. 17, as Gov. Paul LePage toured the facility with other industry leaders, WABI reported. Cianbro decided to open the Cianbro Institute in response to the construction industry's aging workforce and the demand for greater workforce development....
Thu August 17, 2017
Fairfield University to Break Ground on New Business School
Fairfield University's Charles F. Dolan School of Business will relocate to a new academic building scheduled to open in the fall of 2019. Plans for the new building feature a simulated financial trading room, big data analytics lab, entrepreneurship center with ideation lab space, visualization and simulation lab, active learning and case-based classrooms and more....
Tue August 15, 2017
ADOT's Construction Academy Provides Gateway to Careers
Thirty-one individuals seeking a hand up obtained entry-level positions as flaggers on construction projects, paying $13 to $19 per hour, due to free training provided by the Arizona Department of Transportation....
Chuck Harvey - Tue August 15, 2017
Work Advances on UA Tucson's $107.5M Bioscience Building
A 150,200-sq.-ft. building designed to advance bioscience research — including study of health, aging and disease at the molecular level — is being constructed on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson....
Dylan Baddour - Houston Chronicle - Tue August 15, 2017
Training Programs in Houston Target Construction Workers
HOUSTON (AP) Jaime Ramos worked picking ornamental ferns in Florida until he got ready to start a family. He took a higher-paying construction job, but then found himself frustrated by a transient labor force that learns as it goes....
Delece Smith-Barrow - Thu August 10, 2017
Report: More College Students Choosing to Major in Construction Than Ever Before
College students can study anything from accounting to zoology, but there's one discipline that's becoming especially popular. Construction trades had the largest percentage increase in enrollment at four-year institutions between spring 2016 and spring 2017 – 26.4 percent – according to a recent report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center....
