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Construction Career Center’s New Student Foremen
Carsten Taylor and Christian Webb, students at the Construction Career Center, have been selected as Shop Foremen by their CTE instructor, Travis Olinger. The selection was made through a formal process where students who applied had to submit a resume and...
Meet Matt Stoddard with Lee Company
Lee Company is a 3rd generation, family-owned and operated mechanical engineering, facilities, and home services company. With $300 million in sales and more than 1,600 employees, Lee Company is one the largest MEP contractors in Tennessee. To help boost its...
Tough job vacancies in construction
In a survey to members in the AGC America, 91% of the contractors had heartache trying to find people to work both in the field and in construction manager. The survey showed that companies had the most challenge finding millwrights (87%), carpenters (85%), plumbers...
Our New Member, Clean Vapor
What do you do if your site is contaminated with radon, methane, or other hazardous vapors? Clean Vapor, a vapor intrusion mitigation company, can come to the rescue. This 16-year-old New Jersey-based company has a simple mission ... to keep places where people work...
AGC of America Releases 2023 Economic Outlook for Construction
AGC of America's 2023 Economic Forecasts shows that contractors are predicting that the looming presence of a recession will have a negative impact on private-sector development, but are feeling bullish on infrastructure and public-sector construction. The reports...
Construction Career Center Student Launches Wood-Making Business
19-year-old Christian Webb, a student at the Construction Career Center (CCC), is turning his passion for artistic wood-working into the business of his dreams. Webb is evolving into a young part-time entrepreneur as demand for his hand-crafted, wooden charcuterie...
Rave Review on Construction Career Center Student
This past Christmas, several high school students from the Construction Career Center were placed in seasonal jobs with AGC members. Ever Garcia, a student from Howard High School, took a position with H&H Brown. Below is a letter we received from his...