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iBuild Central Florida hosting trade competition, job fair

CCR Magazine

The event features a construction job fair where participants can meet potential employers, followed by a skills competition highlighting trades such as carpentry, HVAC, and electrical work. The event is open to the public, but everyone can register here. It utilizes book work, hands-on learning and virtual reality components.

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Rhode Island’s curved timber bridge fabricated with special carpentry technique

Construction Specifier

The Van Leesten Memorial Bridge, connecting eastern and western Providence, was crafted by a specialized carpentry technique used to shape dense timber into curved form. Given the challenge of working with dense woods that are resistant to steam-bending, the fabrication team employed kerfing.

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Gary Horstmann, the super

The Korte Company

During his tenure, he oversaw the construction of almost 50 projects, working in a variety of environments, from hospitals and distribution centers to military bases around the country. Gary had already left the concrete game to work with a friend on spec houses and decided to help out Dad as a bookkeeper.

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Younger Professionals are Snubbing Construction Careers — What Your Firm can do to Change Their Minds

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Others say the this extends into the public education systems in junior high and high schools as well, as curriculums are deemphasizing trade skills like carpentry. Of those, 48% indicated they wanted a less physically demanding career and 32% felt that construction work was too difficult.

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Tremco CPG launching Rising Stars Program in Cleveland

CCR Magazine

Led by industry veterans, the curriculum includes seminars and hands-on training in carpentry, project management, solar panel installation, roofing, construction management and architecture. It included tours of Tremco CPG’s innovative Building Science Laboratory and Cleveland Heights High School.

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ConstructReach: ‘Show Me Progress’ in St. Louis

CCR Magazine

The event invites hundreds of high school students aged 16-18 years from neighboring school districts to learn more about the construction and manufacturing industry and participate in hands-on activities related to carpentry, fixturing, design and technology, mechanical, and plumbing. has come home to St. I built this!’

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Breaking Down Perceptions in the Construction Industry

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The industry already has many incredible construction professionals who are breaking down misconceptions about what it means to work in construction. Milanka ( @milankabee ), a 25-year-old geologist who’s now working in construction, offers a great example of how to accomplish this. The good news?