Jason Schrieber - Mon July 17, 2017
Academy Offers Practical Heavy Equipment Course
Playing in the sandbox with big rigs is key to the curriculum at Heavy Construction Academy. On any given day, 30 students — many of them veterans looking for a new career after the military — can be found riding around in excavators, front-end loaders, skid steers, motor graders, backhoes, rollers, bulldozers and articulated dump trucks....
Mon July 17, 2017
College Introduces Concrete Science Degree
A two-year associate degree in concrete science technology will be offered in the fall 2018 semester through Penn State's Penn College School of Construction & Design Technologies. Presented as the East Coast's only program of its kind, it will prepare students for success in concrete production and analytical evaluation....
Mon July 03, 2017
Lassonde Studios Receives Honors
Scan the world from Norway to China and you won't find a new university building much better than Lassonde Studios at the University of Utah, according to Architectural Digest, a publication of architecture news and trends....
Wed June 28, 2017
Terex Service School Tackles Technical Topics
More than 65 mechanics and service technicians from 20 U.S. and Canadian utilities and co-ops participated in Terex Utilities' annual service school in June. Also participating were a Terex rental partner and distributor....
Wed June 28, 2017
BCA Announces Winners of 2017 Presidential Merit Scholarships
Building Contractors Association of Northeast Indiana (BCA) announced the winners of its 2017 Presidential Merit Scholarships. These $1,500 scholarships were created to recognize significant accomplishments and reward worthy students in furthering their education in a construction-related college degree program....
Tue June 27, 2017
Students Can Explore Careers in Transportation This Summer
This summer students will get a free two-week overnight stay experiencing college life and gaining additional knowledge about transportation careers and the industry. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation Civil Rights Division is partnering with Oklahoma State University and the Federal Highway Administration to offer a free two-week National Summer Transportation Institute camp in Stillwater....
Wed June 21, 2017
U.S. House to Vote on AED-Supported Perkins Act Reauthorization Bill on June 22
On June 22, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 2353). H.R. 2353, which AED strongly supports, reforms, modernizes and reauthorizes the Carl D....
Tue June 13, 2017
Lift & Move USA to Attend SkillsUSA Annual Conference
The Lift & Move USA program will promote careers in the crane, rigging and specialized transport industry to thousands of students and teachers at SkillsUSA's annual conference in Louisville, Ky., on June 19 to 23....
Fri June 09, 2017
URI Launches Construction of $125M Engineering Complex
Gov. Gina Raimondo, University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley and URI College of Engineering Dean Raymond Wright joined other state, University and business leaders in a ceremonial groundbreaking to launch construction of URI's new $125 million engineering complex....
Micah Garbarino - Tue June 06, 2017
Construction Begins on Innovation Center at Hill AFB
Developers at Hill Air Force Base are breaking ground on another new construction project, creating more space for new jobs near the base. Air Force and Utah officials participated in a ceremony March 3, 2017, to mark the progress at Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park....
