Construction & Architecture Articles

Jared B. Houseknecht stands before sandstone grandeur in Utah's Arches National Park The shimmering Gateway Arch on the St. Louis skyline. Breathtaking beauty in Sedona, Ariz.

ABC National Chairman Greg Hoberock joins a team of blue-clad Penn College construction management students, from left: Charles J. Lutz, of Reading; Benjamin S. Stover, of Hershey; Nicholas S. Tomaine, of Lafayette Hill; Everett J. Zaluski, of Warrington; and Preston K. Nelson, of New Tripoli.

Penn College students got a closer look at industrial-sized cooling systems during a tour of Air Management Technologies in Lewisburg. Juniors in the Advanced HVAC Design class traveled to Air Management Technologies in Lewisburg on Wednesday to experience the workings of a typical mechanical contractor. The visit was arranged by James R.

Students from construction majors and several other disciplines skillfully represented Pennsylvania College of Technology during competition at the National Association of Home Builders International Builders’ Show recently held in Las Vegas.

Construction management instructor Jason E. Krick joins classmates Preston K. Nelson and Benjamin J. Stover in talking with students and industry professionals at ACE-Frederick. Representatives of the four-year construction management major were again out in force recently to promote greater awareness of the nationally accredited bachelor-degree program at Penn College. Senior Benjamin J.

Wiring the wind turbine are, clockwise from left, Sam Courtney, installation supervisor for Wind Turbines of Ohio, LLC; Jon W. Hart, instructor of building automation technologies/HVAC/electrical; and Paul T. Jordan, a renewable energy technologies major from Williamsport. Sam Courtney checks the readout on the controller, inside a building adjacent to the 80-foot turbine tower, with Wayne E.

About 50 architecture students from The Pennsylvania State University visited Penn College's masonry lab Wednesday, gaining hands-on experience and a heightened appreciation of  the relationship between design and construction.

Seniors open others' eyes to job potential in construction management. In their ongoing efforts to attract students to Penn College's four-year construction management major, seniors Benjamin J. Stover (left) and David S. Price attended the ACE Mentor Program’s College Fair held Tuesday afternoon at the John Wanamaker Building in Philadelphia.

The burgeoning career field of building automation technology is explored in the latest video added to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s YouTube Channel. The three-minute video highlights the bachelor-degree major through the eyes of Adam J. Yoder, of Allensville, a 2011 Penn College graduate.

Paul Zell Sr. Services were at the convenience of the family for Paul J. Zell Sr., a retired Penn College faculty member, who died Saturday, Nov. 24. Zell taught plumbing from August 1975-August 1986 in the college's Construction Technology Division (now the School of Construction and Design Technologies).