Donation of undisclosed amount is set to help prepare students to deliver complex infrastructure with a focus on the “full scope of how projects are planned, built and sustained,” a top school official said.
Students Martin Soros and Wes Buonerba said they applied backgrounds in civil engineering and architecture, respectively, to create the Gothic-style structure.
Kiewit Corp. Chairman and former CEO Bruce Grewcock, a Mines alumnus, has pledged that the EPC giant would hire “every one of this program’s graduates.”
The success of a construction project depends on the people involved and how they function as a team. From a project’s earliest stages to completion, strong leadership is essential to getting the job done and getting it done right.
With Gen Z’s growing interest in the trades and shifting opinions about the value a traditional college degree offers all learners seeking continuing education, there are many opportunities to embrace alternative pathways to higher education.
Would a student who has never seen a tunnel under construction envision a tunneling career? The Moles, a heavy construction leadership group with its roots in tunneling, thinks the answer is “not likely.”
A Chicago infrastructure engineering firm is partnering with an elementary school to encourage students to love math and science and foster a new generation of engineers.