Emily Buenzle - Tue March 13, 2018
New Infrastructure Academy Designed to Help Fill Industry Jobs
Washington D.C. recently announced a new training program aimed at training workers for a variety of infrastructure-related jobs in fields like transportation, green technology and more. The DC Infrastructure Academy, which opened March 12, was made possible by D.C.'s partnership with utility companies, unions, universities and private companies, WTOP reported....
Emily Buenzle - Tue March 13, 2018
Home Depot Announces $50M in Funding to Train Construction Workers
In an effort to help stem the labor shortage the construction industry has been facing, Home Depot has announced that it plans to donate $50 million to train 20,000 people in construction over the next 10 years....
Tue March 13, 2018
Gonzaga Receives OK to Build $48M Science Building
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Gonzaga University won permission from the city to build a $48 million science and engineering building near the campus' Arthur Lake, but the university is still raising the funds to pay for construction....
Tue March 13, 2018
Intermountain Donates $15M to U of U for Med Building
Intermountain Healthcare has donated $15 million to the University of Utah to pay for building a new medical education building. The new building will replace the 52-year-old School of Medicine building on the Salt Lake City campus....
Mon March 12, 2018
Flint Construction & Forestry Division Hosts Technology Training Event
Flint Construction & Forestry Division hosted a three-day technology training program from Jan. 30 to Feb 1 at the Local 926 Operating Engineers Training Facility in Ellenwood, Ga. A total of 28 attendees from 11 different companies from the United States and Canada were hosted by Tim Houchens, Flint's integrated solutions manager, and John Deere training staff members from John Deere WorkSight technology solutions, based in Davenport, Iowa....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 08, 2018
Georgia Southern's $33.6M IAB to Be Complete in June
Georgia Southern University's $33.6 million Interdisciplinary Academic Building (IAB) is expected to be completed this June as Charles Perry Partners Inc. LLP (CPPI) and crews from Lavender Construction and other subcontractors are meeting their scheduled benchmarks....
Wed March 07, 2018
mikeroweWORKS Provides Travel Scholarships for SkillsUSA Members
The mikeroweWORKS Foundation has contributed $50,000 to a SkillsUSA scholarship fund for students competing in the world's largest showcase of career and technical education at the 2018 National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Ky....
Thu March 01, 2018
SLCC's Westpointe Receives $400K Donation from Kenworth Sales Company
Kenworth Sales Company President Kyle Treadway was on a tour of Salt Lake Community College's new Westpointe Workforce Training & Education Center when he decided his company needed to invest in the students who will soon be training within the Westpointe diesel technician program....
Thu March 01, 2018
URI Engineering Students Make Case for Composite Use
You probably know that composite materials are used in bicycles, tennis rackets, hockey sticks and boats, but three University of Rhode Island graduate engineering students showed 40 government, research and industry leaders last week that they could be a remedy for Rhode Island's and the nation's deteriorating bridges....
Tue February 27, 2018
Del Mar Grows Workforce
CM Labs Simulations, developer of Vortex training simulators, is helping Del Mar College's Division of Workforce and Economic Development to narrow the skilled labor gap by implementing a Vortex Advantage simulator in its heavy equipment operator training....
