Education

For Derek Robbins, becoming an HVAC director and sheet metal instructor was never part of the plan. “Teaching kind of found me. Looking back now, that road seems like a no-brainer for me,” he says. While the road to discovering his passion for teaching was under construction for...

“Hey, let’s roll.” This is what Sarah Wallace—a military spouse, mother of three and wife to ABC’s 2025 Young Professional of the Year, Ray Wallace—said in 2021 when she learned her family would be moving…again. The couple, who married following Wallace’s second deployment, have ...

Construction-themed children’s books have been hitting the scene in recent years, aiming to introduce young people to the wonders of the industry. The National Association of Women in Construction Philadelphia Foundation took that trend one step further. With an interactive spin ...

The two-year-old Dirt World Summit, started in 2023 by BuildWitt and sponsored by Ariat, is taking the construction workforce by storm in all the best ways. Debuting with an attendance of 750 registrants—including exhibitors, speakers and audience members—Dirt World nearly double...

Forney Independent School District in Forney, Texas, is giving a whole new meaning to career and technical education—and a whole new building in which to learn. Sitting just east of Dallas, Kaufman County, in which Forney is located, grew 7.6% in 2022-2023, making it the fastest-...

"We’ve got to turn this into a T.V. show.” That is what John Montgomery, co-executive director of the Skilled Careers Coalition, said when he attended SkillsUSA, a national skilled-trades competition for teens, in 2021. But well before television, the first federal law in the Uni...

In an industry known more for bricks than pixels, Suffolk recognized a need to innovate in the early 2000s, investing heavily in data and technology to drive productivity and efficiency and support complex projects. For five years now, a handful of Suffolk employees have partici...

For skilled-trades workers, continuous learning is a career necessity which opens doors to new opportunities by future-proofing their skills—and as construction companies are beginning to embrace digital transformation, it’s more important than ever for their workers to continue ...

The construction industry is rapidly evolving, with skilled-labor shortages being a large pain point for companies across the United States. As the demand for construction and engineering projects continues to rise, qualified skilled trades workers are becoming fewer and farther ...

The building construction and service industry is ripe for disruption and further digital innovation. As the field evolves, it’s becoming increasingly complex, requiring workers to have advanced skills and knowledge of modern equipment and technology, such as digital building aut...