Articles Tagged with ''education''

The Educational Foundation of the International Furnishings and Design Association is pleased to announce its design student scholarship winners for 2022. Since the early years of this 75-year-old global design industry alliance, EF has awarded scholarships to high-achieving design students.

KEEN Utility, the work boot division of KEEN Inc. (KEEN), launched the She Builds Grant Program to champion the next generation of tradeswomen.

AGC and Procore Technologies, Inc. announced that they have met their initial fundraising goal of $500,000 for a new scholarship to support minority students studying construction at the nation’s Historically Black Colleges & Universities. Students will begin receiving the scholarship starting in the 2022-23 school year.

Publisher Jill Bloom is joined by the executive director of the Northwest Wall & Ceiling Bureau (NWCB), Terri Kastner, and NWCB director of communications at events, Tiina Freeman to discuss the upcoming Wall and Ceiling Conference & Trade Show.

Simpson Strong-Tie has created curriculum resources including online courses, educational videos and Simpson Strong-Tie software and technology, along with relevant industry associations.

Without question, the building and construction industry has been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Approximately 1.1 million construction jobs were eliminated in the first two months of the pandemic prior to the industry’s designation as “essential.” While the industry has recouped nearly 80 percent of its workforce since then, companies will need to hire another 1 million workers over the next two years to meet the country’s insatiable demand for new home construction and improvement.

ATAS International has a new education course on Hanley Wood University. “Using Technologically Advanced Metal Building Products in LEED, Net Zero, and Passive Buildings” is approved by the AIA (for one LU/HSW) and GBCI (for one continuing education hour).

ATAS is pleased to announce a new course being offered to architects and designers: “Designing with Metal Wall Panels."

Recent KAI new hire Chris Upton, AIA brings a unique perspective to his position as Education Practice Leader in the firm’s Dallas-Fort Worth office, having previously managed construction for Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District in Grapevine, Texas.