ALACHUA, Fla. — For the fourth consecutive year, NCCER is sponsoring the SkillsUSA Carpentry Competition at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Mo. on June 24—28. For the first time this year, NCCER will also sponsor the SkillsUSA Masonry Competition. These competitions showcase the construction industry and demonstrate the rewarding career paths and opportunities available in today’s high school and technical college programs. The contests are planned by technical committees made up of industry representatives and are designed to test the skills needed for successful entry level performance in given occupational fields. Due to their tremendous … Read more

CHICAGO, Ill. — With sustainable building becoming a trend in the architecture, engineering and construction industry, a growing number of jobsite hazards associated with their design elements have been identified, according to Sustainable Buildings — Applying Prevention Through Design, a peer-reviewed feature in the June issue of the American Society of Safety Engineers’ journal, Professional Safety. The most recognized sustainable building initiative is the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a certification that evaluates the potential environmental performance of a building over its life cycle. However, research has found that LEED-certified projects incur higher OSHA-recordable injury … Read more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A new state-of-the-art research facility at Argonne National Laboratory is using dynamic glass from SAGE to save energy and improve the way people experience daylight in the building. The project is one of the first commercial buildings to incorporate electrochromic glass from SAGE’s new high-volume manufacturing facility. Located next to its global headquarters in Minnesota, SAGE’s new facility is able to produce dynamic glass in high volumes and in larger commercial, architectural sizes at an affordable cost. The Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility at Argonne will provide researchers with the most advanced technology for protein science experiments in … Read more

TOLEDO, Ohio — SSOE Group, an engineering, procurement and construction management firm, along with their client, Volkswagen Group of America, announced that it has received one of eight Grand Awards for engineering excellence at the 47th Annual Engineering Excellence Awards — a national juried competition sponsored by the American Council of Engineering Companies . The award, presented in honor of the new Volkswagen assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., was presented to SSOE and Volkswagen representatives at an award gala in Washington D.C. on April 23. A panel of 25 to 30 judges representing industry, government, academia and media gather for … Read more