Congratulations to the 2015 Build Your Future Scholarship Recipients
Ten students pursuing craft professional training in the construction industry were awarded the first annual Build Your Future scholarships through ABC’s Trimmer Construction Education Foundation. The scholarships are given to the top 10 students attending an NCCER-accredited program or a state/federally approved apprenticeship program in a merit-shop training facility. The 2015 winners are: Dylan Bruening […]
School Construction Brings Students Closer to Careers
Building a school renovation project during the teaching year can be a logistical nightmare for educators, students and contractors. At one project in Manchester, Massachusetts, school administrators at the Brookwood School and a local construction firm created an innovative learning environment that exposed students to careers in construction. Because they were able to be in the school […]
Construction Training & CTE Support from NASCAR’s David Starr
NASCAR veteran David Starr has been a major partner of the Build Your Future program and it’s mission to improve the image of construction industry careers. David is a product of Career and Technical Education and spends countless hours speaking with students across the country about the benefits of CTE. Check out David discussing the pride of […]
Working with Build Your Future to Showcase Careers in Construction
In the last few months, high school students in Texas and Louisiana have spoken with construction industry professionals, employers and associations to learn about the options available with a career in construction. All of these events took place with the help of NCCER’s Build Your Future (BYF) initiative. By working with BYF to offer local […]
Education Professionals and Construction Industry Collaborate on Career Pathways
As a response to Harvard’s 2011 Pathways to Prosperity report, national leaders from the construction industry joined forces with educators this week during the Construction Career Pathways Conference. Hosted by NCCER in conjunction with the Association for Career and Technical Education VISION2014 conference, the program highlighted examples of some of the highest performing career pathways in the […]
Finding Success and Satisfaction in a Career in Construction
How do you define success? Is it facing a new adventure every day; seeing the world or just making sure you’re continuing to grow as a person? In the third video in Build Your Future’s video series “What If” you can see how choosing a career in construction just might help you or someone you […]
New Video Shows How Choosing Construction Builds More Than a Career
The steps that lead you to where you want to be can only be built by you. That’s the message Build Your Future (BYF) is sending in this second video “Building You” from the three-part “What If?” series. The video captures the pride a craft professional feels when they walk away from a challenging project, knowing […]
Build Your Future Releases New Video Series
In an effort to recruit the next generation of craft professionals, NCCER’s Build Your Future (BYF) initiative has debuted a video series that establishes an emotional connection with the construction industry.
NCCER and ABC Working Together to Promote Careers in Construction
NCCER announced in a press release on Aug. 27, that the organization is partnering with Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Trimmer Construction Education Foundation to offer the Build Your Future (BYF) scholarship to students interested in pursuing a career in construction. The partnership amounts to $100,000 in scholarships for the next five years to individuals […]
Construction Industry Pledges to Hire 100,000 Veterans
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Feb. 10 joined construction industry leaders from more than 100 companies in support of their pledge to employ 100,000 veterans in the next five years—a commitment that was made during the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Veterans’ Employment in Construction National Symposium. “ABC believes in supporting our troops by providing […]
