Construction & Architecture Articles

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology construction majors are among 10 students sharing $18,000 in scholarships from the Merit Shop Training and Research Center, presented during a recent meeting of the Keystone Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. board of directors. Caleb M. Wise, a building automation technology student from Manheim, received $2,500, and Cody A.

A donation from PPL Corp. will go toward purchase of equipment for Pennsylvania College of Technology’s electrical technology majors. Teri MacBride, PPL’s regional community relations director, recently delivered a $3,000 check to the college’s Institutional Advancement Office to buy 20 new oscilloscopes for the School of Construction and Design Technologies.

An associate professor of HVAC at Pennsylvania College of Technology was honored as “Instructor of the Year” at a recent industry banquet in Providence, R.I. Richard C.

Five students in Penn College's four-year heating, ventilation and air conditioning design technology major attended a recent meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers. In addition to presenting their senior capstone projects at the chapter's April 18 "Student Night" in Harrisburg, two of the students Thomas J.

Daisy Troop 60303 and Brownie Troop 60142, based at Cochran Elementary School in Williamsport, visited the School of Construction and Design Technologies on Wednesday evening, working with Penn College Construction Association students and adviser Barney A. Kahn IV, instructor of building construction technology, to build birdhouses in support of their Earth Day patches. Photos by Lisa J.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student has been awarded one of only six $5,000 scholarships from the National Association of Oil and Energy Service Professionals. Zachary R.

Senior Kyle S. Baker and junior David S. Price traveled to Wohlsen Construction in Lancaster on Tuesday as part of a continuing outreach effort on behalf of their four-year construction management major. After a project manager explained what construction management is, the Penn College students joined by building construction management instructor Brad M.

Green careers are the focus of the latest episode of "degrees that work.tv," an award-winning documentary series produced by Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA Public Media. Rewarding career possibilities in energy efficiency and renewable energy are explored during the show, which premieres throughout northeastern and northcentral Pennsylvania on April 12 at 8 p.m. on WVIA-TV.

The longtime partnership between Penn College and the West Branch Susquehanna Builders Association continued at the organization's annual Home Show, held March 16-18 at the Lycoming College Recreation Center. Representing the School of Construction and Design Technologies at the college's booth are, from left, Benjamin L. Thayer, of Hampton, N.J.; Thomas M. Whitehouse, of Bethlehem; Clifford J.

From March 3-11, the School of Construction and Design Technologies participated in the Pennsylvania Home Show at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg. The venue offered a twofold opportunity: to showcase Penn College majors to prospective students and their families, and to network with alumni visitors and contractors.