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Videos About Construction Laborers
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Construction Craft Laborer
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According to Meredith Watassek, Director of Career and Technical Education at Fort Bend Independent School District, “A sustainable workforce starts by educating the middle and high school student and their parents and counselors to the viable career options in construction and other career and technical trades.” [node:read-more:link]
Interview with Ronnie White, a construction project manager for Force Corporation, an industrial construction company that provides Construction, Railroad and Maintenance services in TX and LA.
Last week a group of construction professionals from MAREK once again volunteered their time to instruct high school students in drywall installation at their new state-of-the-art Pasadena Independent School District facility. Houston area construction firms such as MAREK have partnered with Pasadena ISD in the past to enhance the programs offered to students looking for careers in construction. [node:read-more:link]
Earlier this month I had a chance to speak with Miguel Lopez, Roofing and Sheet Metal Superintendent at Chamberlin Roofing and Waterproofing. I wanted to learn about his craft and how he learned about the trade. Before he came to Chamberlin, Miguel worked installing track for a railroad company, but did not see a future for himself in that line of work. There were no opportunities for advancement, so when the work at the railroad company began to slow down, Miguel looked for something different. Miguel’s brother-in-law worked at Chamberlin and told Miguel about the opportunities there. [node:read-more:link]
“This is Joe.” That is the way Joe Vaughn answered the phone, whether it was a customer, a captain or a carpenter calling. Joe, who founded Vaughn Construction, died January 16, 2014 at age 70. He was as genuine and authentic a man as you will ever know. Big and imposing, blunt and straightforward, smart and decisive and, above all, caring and witty, were his hallmarks. He was the epitome of a construction man, the absolute “best of breed” of builders.
Joe was from the field and for the field. He had started in the industry at age 12 and served as a carpenter, ironworker, laborer, engineer and superintendent, before becoming an operations manager and ultimately an owner/CEO. He created a builders’ culture at Vaughn. He respected field craftsman and revered field superintendents. The Vaughn lobby is full of candid pictures of superintendents in action at their jobsites. And at his service in the St Thomas High School Assembly Hall, converted to a chapel to handle the huge crowd, it was poignant, moving and so fitting, that his casket was carried in by six superintendents in their Vaughn field shirts. He was their hero and they were his. [node:read-more:link]
