BYC Trains Over 100 Ambassadors How to Conduct Virtual Construction Outreach at Recent Summits

BYC Trains Over 100 Ambassadors How to Conduct Virtual Construction Outreach at Recent Summits Build Your Career recently hosted our last of two virtual Ambassador Summit meetings for 2020.  Almost 100 BYC Ambassadors representing 42 Carolinas AGC member companies and over a dozen industry partners attended these online meetings to learn how they can continue safely and virtually promoting construction …

“Be Pro, Be Proud SC” Mobile Skilled Trades Workshop to Launch This Fall!

“Be Pro, Be Proud SC” Mobile Skilled Trades Workshop to Launch This Fall! Carolinas AGC  is proud to be the only commercial construction association involved in successfully pushing for state funding for a critical skilled trades initiative. It won’t be long before South Carolinians begin to see a tricked-out 18-wheeler that serves as a mobile skilled trades workshop, rolling down …

Wanted: CAGC Member SME Contributors to GroundBreak Carolinas Newsletter

Wanted: CAGC Member SME Contributors to GroundBreak Carolinas Newsletter GroundBreak Carolinas, a Build Your Career and CAGC industry resource partner, has kicked off a new series of short Guest Commentaries for its bi-weekly e-newsletter. They are inviting our members from across the Carolinas construction community to respond to a question related to Workforce Development and those answers will then be featured …

NAWIC Celebrates Women in Construction Week!

NAWIC Celebrates Women in Construction Week! The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) is gearing up to celebrate Women in Construction Week, March 7th through March 13th, 2021.  The focus of WIC Week is to highlight women as visible and viable components of the construction industry. WIC Week also provides an occasion for NAWIC’s thousands of members across the …

CAGC Members Pledge Nearly $123,000 at Convention to Support New BYC 50/50 Program!

CAGC Members Pledge Nearly $123,000 at Convention to Support New BYC 50/50 Program! At the recent Carolinas AGC Annual Convention in Aruba, our attending members enjoyed hot, sun-filled Caribbean days, cold island drinks, delicious local Aruban cuisine and a jam-packed, yet very entertaining, agenda.  We had much to celebrate in this tropical paradise—the 100th anniversary of CAGC, our prestigious 2019 …

Congrats to the BYC Biltmore Experience Raffle Winner, Mike Hall of Hall Contracting Corporation!

January 27, 2020:  Build Your Career recently held an end-of-year holiday fundraiser raffle online where our members and supporters had the opportunity to purchase tickets to enter a raffle drawing for a chance to win a fabulous customizable Biltmore experience valued at $1,550.  Up for grabs in the BYC holiday fundraiser raffle as the prize was a $1,250 gift card …

BYC Nov ’19 Contractors in the Classroom Profile: Trident Construction

BYC Nov ’19 Contractors in the Classroom Profile: Trident Construction Build Your Career recently had the opportunity to participate in a Contractors in the Classroom presentation, partnering with CAGC member and active BYC Ambassadors, Trident Construction, to lead a construction career awareness workshop for a dozen students at Fort Dorchester High School in North Charleston, SC.  Topics discussed included general …

BYC Needs a Sponsor!

BYC NEEDS A RAFFLE SPONSOR!!   Build Your Career is hosting an end of year fundraising raffle and we need your help as a sponsor!  From November 20th through December 23rd 2019, BYC will be conducting an online fundraising raffle where entrants can purchase tickets for a chance to win an awesome, customizable vacation at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, …

Support BYC & Enter our Raffle for a Chance to Win an Awesome Biltmore Experience!

“Support BYC and Have a Chance to Win an Awesome Biltmore Experience!! Build Your Career wants to help you put the FUN back in fundraising this holiday season by letting you design your own fabulous weekend vacation to the beautiful western North Carolina mountain area in Asheville!  Support local construction industry workforce development efforts here in the Carolinas and enter …

BYC Oct ’19 “Contractors in the Classroom” Profile: Customized Ambassador Orientations a HUGE Hit With CAGC Members!

BYC Oct ’19 “Contractors in the Classroom” Profile: Customized Ambassador Orientations a HUGE Hit With CAGC Members! In last month’s edition of Workforce Windup, BYC announced the option for our members to register to obtain a customized, onsite Contractors in the Classroom orientation (read last month’s article here).  The goals of these sessions are to get our CAGC member company …