UMaine Construction Industry Day Feb. 26
The University of Maine will hold a Construction Industry Day on Friday, Feb. 26 to foster and facilitate interactions between the industry and students.
The day will consist of a summer construction job fair, keynote presentation and student construction management competition.
All students in UMaine’s Construction Engineering Technology (CET) program are encouraged to attend and learn about the many potential career options. In addition, students from other related majors, such as surveying engineering technology, civil and environmental engineering and mechanical engineering technology are invited to attend, as well as students from Eastern Maine Community College.
The summer construction job fair will be held in the Hill Auditorium lobby from 8:30–10:45 a.m. and noon–1 p.m. Many construction industry representatives will bring equipment or software demonstrations.
Motivational safety speaker Eric Giguere, who survived a trench cave-in while on the job, will deliver the keynote address at 11 a.m. in Neville Hall, Room 101.
The construction management competition will feature about 65 CET students. Teams will compete in two divisions: infrastructure, sponsored by Cianbro; and commercial building, sponsored by Gilbane Building Co. The contractors will coordinate and evaluate the student bid proposal presentations.
The competition takes place from 8–9 a.m. and 9:15–10:50 a.m. in Hill Auditorium for the infrastructure division and Barrows Hall, Room 133 for commercial building. Students who are not competing are welcome to observe the presentations.
After completing evaluations, Cianbro and Gilbane will present a debriefing and assessment of the student teams’ performances. The top teams in both divisions will be presented with awards beginning at 1 p.m. in Neville Hall, Room 101.
Following the competition project debriefings and awards, job interviews can be scheduled with industry representatives.
To register for the career fair, contact Will Manion at wmanion@maine.edu, 581.2184 or 852.4203.