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2025 BCT Awards and Scholarships Announced

May 21, 2025May 21, 2025 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

The annual Environmental Conservation picnic is traditionally where we honor the current year’s group of BCT award and scholarship recipients. This is always an exciting part of the academic year because we can shine a light on outstanding student achievements and provide scholarship support for our well-deserving students. The complete list of the 2024-25 award and scholarship winners is shown below the image and more pictures from the event can be found here. Congratulations to all the recipients!!! We are tremendously proud of you all!!! Some of our awardees (as well as Prof. Schreyer and Department Head Paige Warren) at the annual awards picnic 2024-25 Award Recipients BCT Outstanding Senior Award Cyp Zulawnik Associated General Contractors of Western Massachusetts: Building and Construction Technology Endowment Karrington Dowe, Ana Guaman, Tom Peti, Anupama Sriram Building and Construction Technology Alumni Scholarship for Academic Merit Brennan Ibbitson, Anupama Sriram Building and Construction Technology Alumni Scholarship for Leadership Mariah Chuong Harry L. Folsom Award from the Donald B. Hyde Memorial Scholarship Fund Emily L’Etalien Harry and Virginia Braconier Scholarship Mariah Chuong, Karrington Dowe,...

Congratulations to BCT’s Class of 2025!

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

Congratulations to our newly minted Building and Construction Technology graduates in the #UMassAmherst #ClassOf2025! As graduates of the BCT program at UMass Amherst, you have demonstrated resilience, creativity, and a deep commitment to sustainable and innovative practices in the built environment. Your hard work, both in the classroom and out in the field, has prepared you to take on the challenges of a rapidly evolving industry. We are proud to have been part of your journey and excited to see the impact you will make as professionals, leaders, and changemakers. Congratulations, Class of 2025!!! And welcome to our ever-growing network of alumni. For more images and a full class listing, visit the page linked below. We also have more images and videos posted on Facebook. https://www.umass.edu/bct/for-students/bct-alumni/graduating-class/bct-class-of-2025/...

Enroll Now in Our Summer 2025 Online Courses

March 5, 2025May 13, 2025 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

Our BCT Summer 2025 online courses are now available on UMass University+. These are open to you whether you are a matriculated student or not and can provide valuable skills as well as credits towards your major or minor. Want to complete a BCT Minor? You can use these courses for that. Available Courses: Sustainability in the Built Environment (BCT 150) We will explore the issues of sustainability from the perspective of the built environment, our history of construction and expansion, and buildings and how they interact with the natural environment. Students will be exposed to issues of human impacts on natural systems through the built environment and the variety of disciplines that are working to create a more sustainable future. (Gen.Ed. I) Construction Estimating (BCT 314) Any successful building construction project relies on accurate and consistent cost estimates. This course provides students with the skills and background to perform construction estimating, bidding, and cost management. Lectures will cover quantity take-off from construction documents and estimate costs for...

Spring 2025 BCT Lecture Series Announced

February 3, 2025January 31, 2025 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

The start of a new semester brings with it a new series of public lectures. We are happy to announce the four speakers mentioned below, who will present on various current topics in the built environment as part of our Spring 2025 BCT Lecture Series. All lectures are open to the public and are held on Mondays from 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm in the Olver Design Building Room 170. Attendees can get continuing education credits (AIA/USGBC). Zoom options will be available, too. Want to get notified when these are? Sign up for our email list. Speakers Residential Construction: It’s Not Like Other JobsPatrick McCombe, Senior Editor, Fine Homebuilding Magazine02.10.25 | 4:00-5:15pm | John W. Olver Design Building Room 170 (or Zoom) The Pretty Good House: Simplifying High Performance HomesDan Kolbert, General Contractor03.03.25 | 4:00-5:15pm | John W. Olver Design Building Room 170 (or Zoom) Manage Energy & Moisture with Equal IntensityPeter Yost, Building-Wright03.31.25 | 4:00-5:15pm | John W. Olver Design Building Room 170 (or Zoom) Locally Grown Homes: Buildings As A Climate SolutionGreg...

Sign up now for our Summer 2025 Pre-College Programs: BCT’s Building Lab & BCT’s Sustainability Lab

January 29, 2025February 7, 2025 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

BCT is this year again offering summer pre-college programs for high-schoolers that are interested in construction and in finding out how to make buildings sustainable! Rising 10th–12th graders get a feel for what college is like while earning two (2) college credits that can be applied towards the Building Construction Technology Program (BCT) at UMass, or others. Enroll NOW to save your child’s spot in these exciting programs! NEW this year: We are now offering TWO PROGRAMS. Both are two-week courses that can be taken as residential (including housing) or commuter options. The BCT BuildingLab is a two-week immersive pre-college program for high school students interested in exploring construction, building science, sustainability, engineering, building design, technology, and discovering related career paths. This program includes build projects, use of emergent technologies (drones, infrared cameras, air quality testing, AR/VR), and construction site tours.This program is offered July 13 – 26, 2025. The BCT SustainabilityLab is a two-week program on the UMass Amherst campus dedicated to investigating sustainability...