Building Construction Articles

All lined up and ready to work Work completed, safety restored Spring projects are in full bloom for Pennsylvania College of Technology's concrete science and building construction technology students, who recently completed several improvements at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood and the institution's General Services building along Reach Road.

Seven students and two faculty members from Pennsylvania College of Technology recently attended World of Concrete 2022, the only annual international event dedicated to commercial concrete and masonry construction industries.

Jason W. Killinger (left), assistant professor of HVAC technology, leads the group on a Carl Building Technologies Center lab tour. Appropriately pausing for photos outside the Lycoming Engines Metal Trades Center, home to the college's welding labs, are (from left) Loni N.

Pennsylvania College of Technology presented Kevin L. Imes with a Distinguished Alumni Award at Fall 2021 Commencement. Imes, of Palmyra, a construction project manager at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, earned an associate degree in building construction technology and a bachelor’s degree in construction management from Penn College in 2003 and 2007, respectively.

For Madison L. Kistler, being on the Penn College women’s soccer team is like having a second family. The camaraderie and chemistry she shares with her teammates is nothing short of special, and gave her the confidence to get involved on campus.

Members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's ConCreate Design Club recently completed cosmetic repairs to the base of the massive Global Conflicts for Peace and Freedom monument at the Lycoming County Veterans Memorial Park on the corner of Wahoo Drive and West Fourth Street in Williamsport.

Faculty members Garret L. Graff (standing, third from left) and Clifford J. Jones (standing, third from right), along with student Daun Williamson (standing, second from left), gather with classmates during their recent professional development opportunity.

With an eye toward snow removal, even on a sunny fall day, concrete science widen and improve an SASC sidewalk. Building construction technology instructor Franklin H. Reber Jr. and students were on the job again Monday, furthering their skills in yet another concrete improvement project.

Among those gathering in the PDC on Friday are (from left): Sandra M. Gallick, an architecture and sustainable design student from Linden; Dorothy J. Gerring, associate professor of architectural technology; Lester; Bartoldus; Christine A.

Students improve the mall, a heavily traveled north-south thoroughfare through the heart of campus. New sidewalk adorns future "green space" at the site of a torn-down home recently purchased by the college. Reber (left) and students unfurl the paper stencil. The crew rolls the stencil into place for an attractively imprinted finish ... ... made even more so by a dash of uniquely applied color.