Originally posted on Marekbros.com.The Build Your Future (BYF) initiative along with various industry partners are excited to announce that they have teamed up in San Antonio to...
Awareness and Recruiting
Are schools, organizations and media portraying the richness, variety and vitality of construction careers? Recruiting and renewing a sustainable work force means embracing a positive image for our industry, reinforcing it with our education and industry partners and fulfilling its promise through socially responsible industry practices.
I created the Mobilization 2 Completion initiative as a means to address the growing need for a sustainable skilled construction workforce. Research has shown that the...
First 15 students complete four-year apprenticeship program in sheet metalOn January 16, fourteen men and one woman were celebrated by their friends, families, instructors, and...
The Construction Citizen team has long held the position that any good faith effort to try to close the skills gap in America should be welcomed with open arms. The players on...
The following is a blog written by a student at John Jay Science and Engineering Academy in San Antonio, who took part in the ACE (Architecture, Construction, and Engineering...
“It’s a ‘which comes first: the chicken or the egg’ issue.” That is how Pete Dawson, Senior Vice President of Facilities Services for Texas Children’s Hospital, expressed...
Originally posted by Katrina Kersch on MarekBros.com.As our workforce program has grown in depth, scope and experience, I would like to pause and reflect on what workforce...
Recent reports and studies have found that public education’s focus on 4-year college degrees has led to diminished emphasis on Career and Technical Education (CTE). But...
According to Giles Lamberston in a recent post for Construction Equipment Guide, the recent AGC study on workforce studies points to both a short and long term need for more...
