Associated Press - Tue December 22, 2020
PCI Awards University of Kentucky $100,000 Grant for Concrete Program
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The University of Kentucky has been awarded a $100,000 grant for a four-year program focused on precast concrete education by the PCI Foundation. Marty McIntyre, executive director of the Chicago-based foundation, said out of the record number of applicants this year, The College of Design's School of Architecture, based in Lexington, passed a rigorous review process for the grantPrecast concrete, used in construction, is a building material prepared, cast and cured off-site, usually in a controlled factory environment, using reusable molds....
University of Florida News - Mon December 21, 2020
University of Florida Building New Center for Data Science
The University of Florida recently began construction on the Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology, a 263,000-sq.-ft. academic building located in the heart of UF's main campus in Gainesville....
Talk Business & Politics - Mon December 21, 2020
Fort Smith, Ark., Schools Begins Building Peak Innovation Center
Arkansas' Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) plans to open its multi-million-dollar Peak Innovation Center for the 2021-22 school year. On Dec. 7, the school system and its partner, the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS), co-hosted a groundbreaking for the facility....
Serious Labs - Wed December 09, 2020
Serious Labs, GPRC Announce Partnership for Virtual Reality Technical Training
Serious Labs and Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to bring innovative training solutions to the students of GPRC. Together they will implement Serious Labs' current VR training solutions as well as collaborate on and pilot new learning solutions to achieve an expanded vision and scope for technical training in northwestern Alberta....
IAAP - Thu December 10, 2020
IAAP Announces 2021 Scholarships
The Illinois Association of Aggregate Producers (IAAP) Education Foundation Scholarship program strengthens the Illinois aggregates industry by promoting the education of worthy students. The Education Foundation scholarship supports students learning and training to be the next generation of professionals in the industry....
CEG - Thu December 03, 2020
Construction Begins on New Georgia State University Arena
Work has gotten under way to build a new convocation center and arena for Georgia State University (GSU) on land that has in the past served as the parking lots for both Atlanta Stadium and Turner Field....
Dahlonega Nugget - Thu November 19, 2020
New University Business Center to Be Built in Dahlonega, Ga.
There are 14 tiny holes in the undeveloped lot across the street from Papa John's in Dahlonega, Ga., due to 14 golden shovels, wielded by elected officials, business leaders and representatives from the University of North Georgia (UNG)....
Murphy Tractor - Wed November 18, 2020
Murphy Tractor Celebrates Inaugural Certified Wirtgen Group Master Technician
Travis Long, a veteran service technician for Murphy Tractor and Equipment Company, was one of two inaugural graduates to receive "Master Technician" certification from the Wirtgen Group, a John Deere Company....
South Dakota School of Mines - Tue November 10, 2020
Caterpillar Inc. Funds Initiative at South Dakota Mines
Caterpillar is sponsoring a new partnership with South Dakota Mines that explores technologies such as autonomous robotic mining; software used to manage mining and construction operations; and new equipment that increases efficiency and safety....
Tupelo Daily Journal - Tue November 10, 2020
Mississippi College Breaks Ground on New 246-Bed Residence Hall
Itawamba Community College (ICC) didn't let bad weather, or the COVID-19 pandemic stop the groundbreaking ceremony for a new 246-bed residence hall in late October at the Fulton, Miss., campus. Forced inside by rain resulting from the approaching Hurricane Zeta, administrators, board members and local officials donned face masks and gathered beneath a large tent in the parking lot near Sheffield Hall to scoop ceremonial shovels of dirt....
