My Fellow BYC Ambassadors and CAGC Members,The summer season is is quickly nearing its end and before we know it, school will be back in session. Now is the perfect time to begin planning your Contractors in the Classroom visits for the Fall 2019 school semester! Over this past year, BYC has been building relationships with K-12 schools and their …
On Tuesday July 9th, 2019, BYC Director Tammy Ford had the opportunity to participate in the Johnakin Middle School Summer Camp in Marion, SC where she led a “Construction Career Day” for a group of almost 20 attending students. The 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders ranged in age from 10-13 and the group of students proved to be a …
In previously released Workforce Windup newsletters, Build Your Career announced a newly formed partnership with REEMERGE, a Midlands, SC area reintegration and employment placement program for the formerly incarcerated, in direct affiliation with SC Works with grant funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce (read full article here). REEMERGE is a 6 – 12 month comprehensive reintegration program that uses coaching and …
BYC Updates & Announcements: Build Your Career has a few updates to announce: Last month BYC announced our inaugural “Ambassador of the Month,” Meghan Ketterman of Contract Construction. We will now be announcing an “Ambassador of the Quarter” moving forward for the rest of 2019 and into 2020. The quarters will run: *For more information on the BYC Ambassador of …
Carolinas AGC President & CEO, Dave Simpson, got to spend the day working at Young & McQueen Grading Company! (Check out the video evidence here) The agenda for the day included Dave Simpson, and BYC Director, Tammy Ford, arriving at the Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministry (ABCCM) building site on June 5th after the Western District Luncheon held earlier that day. …
In last month’s May BYC newsletter, Build Your Career announced an exciting new partnership with the REEMERGE prison reintegration program—a strategic solution geared toward providing educational and employment opportunities to formerly incarcerated individuals in the Midlands, South Carolina area (read the full article here). The program is in direct partnership with SCWorks and is funded by a U.S. Department of …
This month’s BYC “Spotlight Series” shines on CT Wilson, Carolinas AGC members since 1955. CT Wilson, founded in Durham, NC in 1952, is a third-generation, family-owned commercial general contracting firm and provides construction services throughout the state, with offices in Durham and Greensboro, North Carolina. Since it was founded, CT Wilson has been deeply involved in countless community-based outreach initiatives …
If you weren’t at the 98th Annual CAGC Convention down in Charleston earlier this year, then you truly missed out. Dave Simpson, President & CEO of CAGC (and our fearless leader), was auctioned off to the highest bidders in a huge fundraising effort to benefit the Build Your Career workforce development initiative! The evening began with the help of Marty …
Recently BYC Ambassador James Kirkpatrick from SIA Group spent two days speaking to 6th graders at Kiser Middle School in Greensboro, NC. James went armed with blueprints and trade career cards to play a couple of games that were received well by the students. He also took them sunshades, wristbands and cups supplied by Build Your Career. The teacher Nicole Penn …
Thanks to Tyler Turnbull and Scott Pelin of Catalyst Surety Partners for a fun social event promoting Build Your Career. On top of a generous donation Tyler and Scott also asked all their clients and business associates to join in supporting Build Your Career when they invited them to the reception. “What wonderful out-of-the-box thinking” said Ed Paat, Carolinas AGC’s …
