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Future Electrician Learns Fundamentals in High School Program
Stephen Fincher learned the fundamentals of his future trade while a student at Jordan Vocational High School Construction Academy, which offers training in several trades such as plumbing, masonry, carpentry, and metals.
Industry Leaders Travel to KC to Observe SkillsUSA National Championships
Local construction industry leaders traveled to Kansas City last month to observe the nation’s best construction students competing in the SkillsUSA National Championships.
Georgia Branch, AGC Young Leadership Program Sponsors SkillsUSA Georgia Champions
When 13 young men represent Georgia at the SkillsUSA National Championships next month, there’s one thing they will not have to worry about: Their travel expenses.
Holder Associates Present General Contracting to High School Students
What is a GC? Students at Booker T. Washington High School learned all about it recently, thanks to three associates from Holder Construction Company.
Gainesville High Grad Rises to Safety Engineer at Pizzagalli Construction
Even as a child in Mexico, Sinue Tinoco wanted to work in construction when he grew up. His family immigrated to Gainesville, and when he got to middle school he got to take a class in construction. He continued learning about the field as a student at Gainesville High School.
Expo Attendee Finds Career Direction with Hardin Construction Co.
Cameron Newell stands in front of the almost-completed Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center near the intersection of I-75 and I-285 in Atlanta. “I am so fortunate to have worked on this job,” said Cameron in a recent interview.
Gainesville Grad Follows Brother to Pizzagalli Construction
Aldo Tinoco works as a carpenter for Pizzagalli Construction Company. He is assigned to a water treatment plan in Gainesville, a $46 million reconstruction project that is nearing completion. Next, he will work at a $250 million water treatment project in Gwinnett County, a project expected to last five to seven years. Tinoco followed his older brother, Sinue, into the construction business.
High School Students Build Construction Careers One Brick at a Time
For a trio of DeKalb County high school seniors, knowledge and commitment are qualities just as important in pursuing a career in masonry as they are in the ancient construction craft itself.
DeKalb High Grad Finds Rewarding Career with BBH Electric
“I wanted a trade and an opportunity to make good money," says Quincy Quarles on what motivated him to get into construction. Quincy has fulfilled both of his goals at the tender age of 25 years old, by making $25.75 an hour as a journeymen electrician at Brooks-Berry-Haynie & Associates, Inc., an electrical contractor based in Mableton GA.
CEFGA, AGC Members Support Existing Construction Programs; look to Establish New Construction Programs in Bibb County
Chris Sheridan, president of Chris R. Sheridan & Co. General Contractors, didn’t mince words. “We need people,” he said in a February 21 meeting with Bibb County Superintendent of Schools Sharon Patterson.
Maxwell High School Grad Settles Into Career with Precision Concrete
Growing up in Gwinnett County, Greg Miller attended Maxwell High School of Technology his senior year for three hours each day. The training he received in the construction program at Maxwell High School changed his career path.
19-year-old Discovers Construction Career through CEFGA Intern Program
Construction was not a career Kyle Dalton had considered until his high school counselor suggested an internship through CEFGA. “She found out that I liked building things and told me about the program. I filled out the application and got a couple of job offers,” said Dalton.
25-year-old Gainesville High Grad Proud, Focused with Daleco Group
Today, Matthew Magnus is realizing his dream, working as a project manager with Daleco Group, Inc., a full-service general contracting firm specializing in commercial, industrial, multi-family and retail construction.
Already a Foreman at 24, Beasley Finds Calling at Andrews Excavation Beasley was hired by Andrews Excavation to be a ditch man. That’s the guy down in the trench who helps position the pipes and holds the tape measure to make sure the trench is deep enough. Talk about starting at the bottom!
AGC Members Support Local High School Construction Programs
Greene & Associates’ Chris Burkhalter says there is one thing keeping his Macon-based plumbing and mechanical firm from doubling, maybe tripling its annual revenue.
“The skilled workers are just not there,” says Burkhalter, a project manager with the company. “I would like to see us have the ability to grow, but we always hit a brick wall when it comes to finding new talent.”
Study Hard or You'll Get Stuck in Construction
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry captured national attention earlier this week, saying that if you don’t study hard in school, you’ll get stuck in the military.
It was a wrong-headed statement and symptomatic of a wrong-headed bias in our country. Kerry accidentally let it slip out of his mouth. The bias is this: The only acceptable path to success for 'smart' people is to study hard in high school; do well on the SAT; and attend a four-year college (preferably an Ivy League one).
Brasfield & Gorrie Super Impressed with 18-year-old Intern
James Gilreath and Brian Seymour have a lot in common, with one exception: James has been a builder for 32 years. Brian is just getting started.
GA Branch, AGC Members Get Active in Central GA Construction Schools
High school students in central Georgia will be getting an up-close look at the construction industry in the next few weeks, thanks to a group of AGC members in the Macon area.
CEFGA Executive Director Featured in Atlanta Business Chronicle
At last April's Construction Career Expo, more than 2,000 high school students from across Georgia got to try their hand at everything from laying bricks to operating a crane. But what really put a smile on Scott Shelar's face was hearing that a number of these students hooked up with construction companies and got jobs. Shelar is the executive director of the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA), which organizes the event. "That's what keeps me going every day," he said.
Flowery Branch Grad Finds Career with Art Plumbing
Jose Moreno walked into the Construction Career Expo 2005 wondering what he was going to do when he graduated from high school. He walked out on his way to a solid career.
Shaun Fitzgerald on Fast Track for Career in Masonry
Shaun Fitzgerald drives race cars. Almost every weekend you’ll find him at the Senoia, Lanier, or Atlanta Motor Speedway. He drove his first race in a Quarter Midget at age 4½. These days he has two race cars, a 1934 Ford coupe and a 1937 Ford sedan, both of which he races in the Pro Division – Legends Category. Not bad for an 18-year-old, but being a race car driver is not Fitzgerald’s only ambition.
24-Year-Old Superintendent Shines at Rogers Construction Company
When strangers walk onto the Rogers Construction Company jobsite in Jefferson, GA, and ask to see the superintendent, they’re in for a surprise. Superintendents are grizzled veterans of many construction projects with gray hair and lots of battle scars, right? Not this one. He’s 24 year-old Nick Mercer. He really only looks about 19. Maybe.
Manhattan Shares School ‘in Progress’ with McEachern High Students
Manhattan's Jason Osterberg made the tour even more interesting by telling the students stories about the “behind the scenes” things that one never sees when the building is complete. “I had no idea that the planning was so complex,” said student Michelle Fraser. “There is so much that we got to see that goes unseen when the building is complete.”
Cameron Newell knows he is going to be a part of something magnificent. He stands on a plot of land where the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center will soon rise up from the ground.
Turner Takes High School Students on Eye-Opening Jobsite Tour
William Pullium was interested to learn that fireproof sheetrock was used throughout the building. Pullium, a second-year construction student, was also quite impressed by the description of a waterproof membrane used to seal all outside wall joints. “I’m going to go into construction as a career,” Pullium said. “There is so much to learn. I want to see that membrane being applied one day.”
Southside High School’s Chavez doing ‘a first-class job’ at Affordable
Adrian Chavez is not your ordinary sprinkler fitter. He took construction classes at Southside High School in the Atlanta School System and is in the Georgia Fire Sprinkler Association apprenticeship program. Chavez also was a Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA) summer intern with Affordable for two summers while he was still in high school.
Webb Finds Great Career in Plumbing, Straight out of High School
Ten years ago, Brad Webb was doing an electrical wiring project in the construction lab at Maxwell High School of Technology in Gwinnett County. When he turned on the power to test his circuit, he blew out the breakers for a whole wing of the school. Webb decided to go into plumbing.
Holder/Manhattan
Impressed with CEFGA High School Intern
Summer vacation was just beginning. Some rising seniors were hanging out at home. Some were flipping burgers. Some were bagging groceries at the local supermarket. George Brown made a different choice.
19-year-old
apprentice ‘well on his way’ at Wayne Griffin
Electric
The giant light poles lie all around the Floyd College parking
lot, under construction in Cartersville, GA. They
are waiting for someone to stand them up and do the electrical
wiring.
‘Wherever
I am, I’m going to be building something…’
Jennifer Smith’s mom was both amused and a little concerned.
Amused because five-year-old Jennifer had taken apart every
toy she owned to see how it worked---and put them back together,
too.
New
South’s Jeff Brown Happy He's not stuck in an Office.
“I didn’t want an office job. I like to be outside.
I like to build things,” Brown said as he was checking
on the progress of work at the construction site of West Cobb
Middle School.
John
Goldy -
Most 18 year-olds can't even read a blueprint.
John Goldy looks at a set of electrical drawings and asks, "What were they thinking?" Or not thinking, as the case may
be.
21-year-old
Bailey Places Third in National ABC Championships
An
all-expense paid trip to Orlando; accommodations at Disney's
Swan and Dolphin Resort; a steak dinner with the boss at Don
Shula's Steakhouse.
Powers
a Model Employee at Magbee Contractors Supply
Hyatt
a 'rising, shining star' at Dixie Electric
Georgia
Tech Valedictorian Excels at Art Plumbing
The
transcript from Camden County High School has three years
of construction courses listed. The Georgia Tech diploma on
the wall says that Scott Garrett graduated "With Highest Honors" four years later.
Lane
Excels with West Star Electric
The
last person Andy Lane expected to see on the jobsite was his
high school technology teacher. But there the two met.
Sprinkler
Fitting a Good Fit for 18-Year-Old Kelly
Elizabeth Kelly proudly explains she's a third-generation
sprinkler fitter.
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