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The National Center for Construction Education and Research has been recognized as a DEWALT Grow the Trades Grant recipient for its efforts to provide career and technical education programs and industry-recognized credentials to students through the High School Builder Program.

The nation’s failure to invest in construction workforce education and training programs is having a real, measurable impact on the country’s ability to build infrastructure and other construction projects, according to the results of a workforce survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America and Arcoro, the leading HR technology company supporting the construction industry.

The National Center for Construction Education and Research has published the second edition of its Drywall Level 1 curriculum, featuring the craft’s most current tools and best practices in a revised format.

Purdue University Professor Bryan Hubbard was named outstanding educator of 2023 in the field of construction education, the Associated General Contractors of America announced April 17.

The National Center for Construction Education and Research is proud to announce its 2023 board of trustees executive committee and new board members. The board of trustees is instrumental in guiding NCCER’s purpose-driven mission to provide rigorous and relevant workforce development solutions that create opportunities for individual career advancement and support industry growth.

The National Center for Construction Education and Research is pleased to announce its first ever podcast, The Builders’ Table, is now available for download.

The National Center for Construction Education and Research is pleased to announce its partnership with Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading global provider of construction management software.

Cal Poly construction management students earned top honors and took home more trophies than any other university at the Associated Schools of Construction competition in Reno, Nevada.

Construction trades had the largest percentage increase in enrollment at four-year institutions between spring 2016 and spring 2017 – 26.4 percent – according to a recent report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. 

As the nation’s construction industry becomes more complex, with highly skilled managers in short supply, Ball State has created a center to prepare its students for the rapidly expanding field.