Construction earnings data illustrates value of BCT education

Construction earnings data illustrates value of BCT education

by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed
A recently published interactive chart by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution illustrates earnings data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The earnings profiles are separated by educational major and broken out as annual earnings and lifetime earnings. This set of charts (in part shown in the image above) illustrates quite nicely the earnings benefit in general of a bachelors degree and in particular of choosing a construction major. As shown in the image, a construction-related major's 50th percentile income is 36% higher than the average across all undergrad majors. This increases even further if a graduate degree is pursued. You can explore the data interactively for yourself here: http://hamiltonproject.org/earnings_by_major/...
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An Internship as a Drafter in Engineered Wood for Boise Cascade, LLC.

An Internship as a Drafter in Engineered Wood for Boise Cascade, LLC.

by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed
Student: Tanya Favorite Faculty Sponsor: Peggi Clouston Project Type: Independent Study Year: 2005 Introduction: Boise Cascade, LLC is a distributor and manufacturer of wood products, paper, and packaging. Boise is made up of four divisions, one of which is the Building Solutions and Distribution Division. There are 29 distribution locations, which has over $2 Billion in sales in 2003. Boise is the second largest supplier of Engineered Wood Products in the United States. My internship with Boise took place at their Westfield, MA branch. The internship was 40 hours a week during the summer and 21 hours a week during the Fall semester. The Westfield branch services the New England, New York, and New York City areas. The branch has about 75 employees, 9 of which are in the Engineered Wood Department. In order to be placed in this internship, a prior knowledge of many of the topics covered in the Building Materials and Wood Technology major were needed. Ttopics were covered in BMATWT classes such as: Light...
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