Emily Buenzle - Wed May 02, 2018
Industry Organizations Partner to Offer Pipeline Safety Training Course
The American Petroleum Institute and North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) are partnering to support a Pipeline Construction Safety Training Program. The organizations called the initiative "a foundational safety program applicable throughout all energy infrastructure construction," which will focus on best practices in building trades and the oil and gas industry, Occupational Safety and Health reported....
Wed May 02, 2018
Industry Celebrity Mike Rowe Accepting Scholarship Applications
For the fifth year in a row, the mikeroweWORKS Foundation is accepting applications for its Work Ethic Scholarship program. “Work Ethic Scholarships are for people who are hungry to learn a skill that's in demand—it's for the people who wake up early, stay late and bust their butt day in and day out,” said the mikeroweWORKS Foundation....
Wed May 02, 2018
Company to Train 25K Construction Professionals During Month of May
Werner, manufacturer of a complete line of climbing products and fall protection equipment, will lead more than 200 training events in support of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration's (OSHA) safety initiative....
Wed May 02, 2018
Geneva Rock Announces National Scholarship Contest
Geneva Rock Products, Inc., a privately owned and operated contracting company in the greater Salt Lake area, announced a scholarship contest to support American students in their educational goals to join the construction industry....
Wed May 02, 2018
Local 49 Training Center Facility Hosts New Iron Expo
More than 750 people attended the New Iron Expo April 3 to 5 in Hinckley, Minn. The event was held at the Local 49 Training Center Facility, where the union trains more than 5,000 Local 49 union members in the heavy equipment industry each year....
Thu April 26, 2018
PennDOT, PTC, PSU Collaborate on PennSTART Facility
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary and Pa. Turnpike Commission (PTC) Chair Leslie S. Richards announced at the Pennsylvania Automated Vehicle Summit that the two agencies are partnering with Penn State University to commence site planning and design for the Pennsylvania Safety, Transportation and Research Track, or PennSTART — a modern facility envisioned to benefit emergency responders, transportation organizations and research institutions....
Thu April 26, 2018
Cianbro Chair to Receive Honorary Doctorate From Husson University
As part of its 119th Annual Commencement Exercises on May 5, 2018 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine, Husson University will confer an honorary doctorate on Peter G. Vigue. In addition to delivering the keynote Commencement address, Vigue, the chairman of the board of the Cianbro Companies, will receive an honorary Doctor of Business degree in recognition of his leadership abilities, his dedication to employee health and safety, and his devotion to the people of Maine....
Emily Buenzle - Fri April 20, 2018
Students Learn About Construction Jobs During Career Day Exhibit
North Platte Community College in North Platte, Neb., recently showed high school students what careers in the construction industry are all about during Nebraska Construction Career Days. Around 75 students from nine area schools got up close and personal with various aspects of the construction industry as they participated in seven stations that showcased different construction jobs, The North Platte Telegraph reported....
Emily Buenzle - Fri April 20, 2018
New Dig Safely Training Center to Provide Excavator Training to Local Residents
Work has begun at a digging training facility in DeWitt, N.Y. Dig Safely New York Inc. held a groundbreaking ceremony April 19 for its new, $6.5 million, 21,432-sq.-ft. facility. The training center will serve as a resource to help excavators in New York learn how to dig while avoiding damaging underground utility lines, Syracuse.com reported....
The Associated Press - Fri April 20, 2018
College Building New Facility for Training Skilled Workers
Ground has been broken for a new manufacturing technologies training facility at an upstate New York community college. Empire State Development, the state's economic development agency, says work has begun on the construction of the Gene F....
