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BCT’s Spring 2018 Job Fair is Next Week

February 20, 2018February 16, 2018 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

The Building and Construction Technology spring job fair for jobs in construction, project management, green building, materials, building systems, and related fields is coming up on Wednesday, February 28th from 10am to 3pm. Like last time, we will be holding it in the beautiful John W. Olver Design Building. This event is free for all UMass and other students. Just dress up, bring your resumes and come! The most up-to date listing of participating companies is on our calendar entry page: https://www.umass.edu/bct/event/bct-spring-2018-job-fair/ Like last time, this event is co-organized and heavily supported by the great folks in our NAHB student group. Looking forward to seeing you all at the job fair! ...

UMass RCMC Team Takes 11th Place at International Builders Show

February 5, 2018March 12, 2018 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

BCT's National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) student chapter worked relentlessly through the 2017 Fall semester on their submission of the Residential Construction Management Competition (RCMC) proposal. The 26-student team broke top 11 out of 35 schools in this national competition, after presenting their project at the International Builders Show (IBS) in Orlando, FL. Each year, the NAHB holds the RCMC competition, in which 2-year and 4-year college teams are given an open-ended problem statement that serves the basis of their proposal and presentation at the International Builders Show. This year’s problem statement offered a 7-lot site in Okemos, MI of which teams had to develop and assess the feasible profitability. The team decided to develop 151 houses and declared that the project would ultimately be profitable. The proposal included sections on market analysis, sales, project management, sustainability, design, finance, and estimating. The UMass team consisted of architecture, BCT, civil, real estate, and marketing majors, and each student brought unique strengths to...

Bring your Resumes! BCT is Hosting Fall Job Fair on October 20th

October 11, 2017October 16, 2017 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

The Building and Construction Technology program and our NAHB* student group are organizing a job fair for the first time in fall 2017 for jobs in construction, project management, green building, materials, building systems, and related fields. This job fair is free and open to all UMass Students. Just dress up, bring your resumes and come to the Design Building! *National Association of Home Builders By the way: After the job fair, stay for the BCT alumni party (RSVP here)! Company Exhibitor List (updated: 10/16) All States Materials Group asmg.com Arcadis www.arcadis.com Aspen Square Management www.aspensquare.com Boise Cascade www.bc.com Center for EcoTechnology www.cetonline.org CLEAResult www.clearesult.com CMC Design Build Inc. cmcdesign-build.com Consigli Construction careers.consigli.com Cowls Building Supply, Inc. cowlsbuildingsupply.com Crown Castle www.crowncastle.com Dimeo Construction Company www.dimeo.com Ed Herrington, Inc. www.herringtons.com Gaston Electrical gastonelectrical.com Gilbane Building Company www.gilbaneco.com Hill International Inc. www.Hillintl.com HireElements / A.W. Hastings hireelements.com J.C Cannistraro, LLC www.cannistraro.com Lee Kennedy Co., Inc. www.leekennedy.com Mid-Cape Home Centers www.midcape.net National Lumber www.national-lumber.com Pella Windows and Doors www.pellaofhaverhill.com Rex Lumber Co. rexlumber.com Sanford and Hawley Inc. sanhaw.com The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co www.whiting-turner.com Trimble www.trimble.com Turner Construction turnerconstruction.com Walsh Brothers, Inc. www.walshbrothers.com Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc. www.waynejgriffinelectric.com Wolf Home Products www.wolfhomeproducts.com Employers: Interested in exhibiting at this fair? We may still have space. Register here!...

2016-2017 BCT Awards and Scholarships Given Out

May 4, 2017 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

At the end of every academic year, BCT is proud to hand out several student scholarships and awards at the ECO departmental awards picnic in Hadley to our best and most promising students. This year we were joined by Gail Hanny and Dianne Zottoli who have been longtime BCT supporters and who are sponsoring the Henry E. Zottoli Memorial Scholarship in memory of their father. As a special treat, food was this year provided by our very own NAHB student group. The 2016-2017 awards and scholarships go to the following students. Congratulations to them all!!! BCT Outstanding Senior Award Greg Connery Evan Tarbox Donald Hyde Memorial Scholarship Fund Hoo-Hoo Award Sam Brodeur Elise Fabbri Oscar Hansen Thomas Jiang Congke Li Kenny Nguyen Sam Schale Jake Schick Henry E. Zottoli Memorial Scholarship Zachary Deguzman Kathleen O'Connor Gallery...

BCT’s NAHB student group in the news with competition prep

January 13, 2016March 12, 2018 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

BCT's NAHB student group made the news yesterday on local TV-station WWLP with a report about their competition participation at the upcoming International Builders' Show in Las Vegas. As part of the Residential Construction Management Competition, they will get to practice the managerial and technical skills they developed while studying at UMass. (Source: http://wwlp.com/2016/01/12/umass-students-to-compete-in-national-building-competition/) We wish them all the best and good luck! If you would like to learn more about the NAHB student group, visit their page on our site or contact their BCT faculty advisor, Ben Weil....