Chuck Harvey - Wed December 20, 2017
UC Merced in Second Year of $1.3B Expansion
Construction crews are in their second year of a massive four-year $1.3 billion expansion of the University of California campus in Merced. The Merced 2020 Project will add about 1.2 million gross sq. ft....
Tue December 19, 2017
Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine to Open in 2021
A new medical school is coming to Utah County in 2021. Developed by Wasatch Educational, the Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine plans to begin admitting students in August 2021 and will enroll 150 students per year for the first four years and 175 students per year after that....
Wed December 13, 2017
ARTBA Foundation Announces Key 2018 Scholarship, Awards & Recognition Program Deadlines
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) has announced key deadlines for its 2018 scholarship, awards and recognition programs. They include:Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program — Application deadline: April 6Established in 1999, this first-of-its-kind scholarship fund provides post-high school financial assistance to the children of highway workers killed or permanently disabled on the job....
Emily Buenzle - Wed December 13, 2017
Students Put Engineering Skills Into Practice With Gingerbread Project
High school students at Greenwich Academy have been busy learning the ins and outs of home construction—with gingerbread. Students in the school's Engineering and Design Lab carefully planned their designs, first with sketches, and then with cardboard prototypes before going to work on the gingerbread itself, Greenwich Time reported....
Tue December 05, 2017
UA Hosts Topping-Off Ceremony for Health Sciences Building
The last steel beam in the construction of the new University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building has been hoisted into place. Covered with signatures and bedecked with U.S. and Arizona flags and a small ceremonial tree, the beam rose above the crowd that had gathered for the Nov....
Mon December 04, 2017
CIM Announces Donation of Second Concrete Mixer for World of Concrete Auction
The Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program – a business intensive program that awards students with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in concrete industry management – is pleased to announce that Kenworth and Kenworth of Central Florida have donated a T880S bridge formula truck chassis and Con-Tech Manufacturing has donated a Con-Tech BridgeKing 11-yard concrete mixer for the annual CIM Auction at World of Concrete....
Dan Holtmeyer - Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Mon December 04, 2017
Northwest Arkansas Businesses Partner With Schools
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) Northwest Arkansas industries need people who can fix and maintain increasingly complex machinery, and they're partnering with northwest Arkansas schools to get them. Pilgrim's Pride and Cargill have sent a few dozen workers through a year-old industrial maintenance apprentice training program at Northwest Technical Institute's Business and Industry Training Center....
Mon December 04, 2017
NTEA Announces Expanded Schedule for The Work Truck Show
NTEA — the Association for the Work Truck Industry — has announced The Work Truck Show 2018 schedule of events. The line-up features more than 60 educational opportunities, including Fleet Technical Congress, Green Truck Summit and special sessions on lean thinking; a two-day Ride-and-Drive; multiple networking opportunities; and an exhibit floor packed with the latest commercial vehicles, equipment and technology....
Emily Buenzle - Mon December 04, 2017
University Completes Replica of 11th Century Viking Home
Construction has wrapped up on a replica of an 11th century Viking house on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's campus. The project has been under construction for the past month, and now that it is complete, it has put UW-Green Bay on the map as one of the only campuses worldwide to boast such a structure, ABC 2 reported....
Mon November 27, 2017
King of Prussia Equipment Hosts MQ-Whiteman Seminar
King of Prussia Equipment Corp. and MQ-Whiteman held a one-day service seminar Nov. 4 for the Whiteman hydrostatic ride-on trowels. The service school started at 8 a.m. at King of Prussia Equipment's facility in King of Prussia, Pa., with coffee and donuts....
