From curiosity to careers: Students get pipeline to construction jobs at Career Days event Pensacola News Journal | By Edward Bunch II When Brayden Ruschmeier checked out Construction Career Days last year, it was as a curious student. When he returned this year, it was as a representative of Neel-Schaffer Engineering. Ruschmeier landed a full-time position…
DetailsBay Area high school students get hands-on introduction to construction industry Fox 13 Tampa Bay | By Aaron Mesmer TAMPA – An estimated 1,000 high school students experienced a hands-on glimpse into the construction industry during Tampa Bay Construction Career Day at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds on Thursday. During the event, students operated heavy machinery and learned about bridge construction, paving,…
DetailsLakes Park Hurricane Ian Remembrance & Children’s Engineering Garden opened WGCU | By WGCU Staff Senator Jonathan Martin and professional engineers from across Florida gathered at Lakes Park on Saturday morning for a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the Hurricane Ian Remembrance and Children’s Engineering Garden. A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday officially opened the Hurricane…
DetailsConstruction Career Days at Volusia Fairgrounds draws over 3,000 students By Brenno Carillo – Daytona Beach News-Journal A career in construction may not be the path most students take in their higher education journey, but last week more than 3,000 students across Central Florida explored the possibility. The Central Florida Construction Career Days event, hosted…
DetailsTampa Bay engineers build bunk beds for kids in need By Trevor Pettiford | Bay News 9 TAMPA, Fla. — Dozens of Tampa Bay children have a better place to sleep, thanks to bunk beds built by local engineers. What You Need To Know Group hopes to deliver 150 beds by the end of the…
DetailsFlorida condo dwellers might be in for sticker shock, but it’s for a good reason | Opinion By the Miami Herald Editorial Board Florida lawmakers made a choice after the 2021 Surfside building collapse: to protect human life instead of continuing to allow condominiums to defer important maintenance that could put more people at risk.…
DetailsIt’s time for a statewide plan to address Florida’s water issues by Dominic M. Calabro – Palm Beach Post Being in a state bound by oceans, it can be tempting to take water for granted. But as Floridians, we know better. Clean water is essential to maintaining our public health. And it is also at…
DetailsFSU to Recognize Esteemed Graduates During Homecoming Weekend by Community News Releases Florida State University will recognize 10 distinguished alumni during the annual Alumni Awards event on Friday, Oct. 20, and three Grads Made Good Award recipients at the Homecoming Breakfast on Saturday, Oct. 21. The Reubin O’D. Askew Young Alumni Award is the highest honor bestowed…
DetailsArdmore Roderick’s Jimenez Awarded 2023 Engineer of the Year by FES DXC News ORLANDO, FL — Eric M. Jimenez, PE, Vice President and Director of Southeast Operations of Ardmore Roderick, was awarded the 2023 Engineer of the Year Award by Florida Engineering Society (FES). The Engineer of the Year Award is given annually to a member of FES who…
DetailsSurfside condo collapse investigators reveal pool deck construction ‘deviated from design requirements’ Building collapse in June 2021 killed 98 people in Florida By Greg Norman Fox News Federal investigators examining the deadly collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside, Florida, have revealed that the construction of the property’s pool deck “deviated from design requirements.” The changes…
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