On the Scene: Texas & Louisiana Industry Events for December 2017
The Construction Contractors’ College in Houston celebrated its most recent graduating class on Nov. 14. Personnel from Skanska USA participated with the college as instructors. Bill Brown, at left, a senior project manager with Skanska USA Building, addressed graduates. Skanska also joined Capital One as a leading sponsor of the program, which is part of the Entrepreneurs’ Learning Center at the Kingdom Builders’ Center. Brown, who had served as an instructor in the 19-week curriculum, surprised the up-and-coming entrepreneurs when he announced that Skanska had purchased iPads for the entire graduating class to help familiarize them with the latest technology in the field. The college also recognized Brown and Skanska for their support of the program and recognized Skanska’s Carlos Alvarez for serving as a safety instructor for the class.
Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Gulf Coast hard at the end of August, devastating the city of Rockport and many other small towns in the area. State Service Co. in Ingleside, Texas, was on the frontline of destruction that the storm left behind. Global Diving & Salvage was contracted to recover boats that sank in the wake of the storm surge and asked State Service to help. The two companies worked together throughout Rockport, Aransas Pass, Ingleside and Port Aransas to recover 87 sunken vessels.