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BCT/BMATWT Alumni Reception in June with Architecture and LARP: “The Integrated Design Building”

March 25, 2015May 28, 2015 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

Join fellow alumni and friends of the Building and Construction Technology program (formerly Building Materials and Wood Technology – BMATWT) and our friends in Architecture and Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning (LARP) on Saturday, June 6 at 2 pm during Alumni Weekend to hear about plans for our new building and current developments in our program. Light refreshments will be provided. The event will take place in the Studio Arts Building, Second Floor Atrium. All are welcome. No cost to attend. Please register at the following link: http://umassalumni.com/s/1640/alumni/interior-2col.aspx?sid=1640&gid=2&pgid=1789&content_id=1465 For more information about Alumni Weekend: http://umassalumni.com/AlumniWeekend You can also download this event to your calendar here: https://www.umass.edu/bct/event/bct-architecture-and-larp-alumni-reception-the-integrated-design-building/...

2014 BCT Alumni & Friends Newsletter: Season’s Greetings!

December 11, 2014December 7, 2016 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

A Message from the BCT Program Director As we conclude another successful semester in the BCT program, we are very proud to now have close to 200 undergraduate students and 10 graduate students including several PhDs. This year brought some changes to our program: With Dave Damery retiring (more on that below), I have taken over as program director. We also have a new faculty member, Dr. Ho-Sung Kim (see also below) and we will embark on a search for a replacement for Dave Damery soon. We are also very excited about a new building that will soon be our home - the “Integrated Design Building”. This state-of-the-art building will encompass many sustainable features (like an engineered wood structure) and will offer us better spaces for teaching, collaboration, labs, shops, and computer facilities. More on this below. If you haven’t done so yet, I would encourage you to join the new BCT student and alumni LinkedIn group. It is a great way to stay...

The BCT Team at Next Step Living

December 9, 2014January 2, 2015 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

We love hearing about our successful BCT alumni. It is especially exciting when several of them work at the same company. That's why this picture, which Bob Hastings (the guy in the center) just sent through is so cool! Our five BCT alumni at Next Step Living are Edison Dika, Nick Celularo, Bob Hastings, Chris Kennedy, and Andy Truong. Not pictured is Chris Haringa. About the company: Next Step Living is a one-stop resource for informed advice, expert workmanship and guidance about available incentives and rebates, Next Step Living partners with more than 400 municipalities, civic organizations and leading corporations to deliver energy-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions. Those solutions include: Home energy evaluations Weatherization work (air sealing and insulation) Roofing and windows Heating and cooling (ductless mini splits, HVAC systems) Solar panel installation Named to the Inc. 500 list of fast-growing companies, the 2014 Global Cleantech 100 and recognized by the New England Clean Energy Council as an employer of the year, Next Step Living has more than 800 employees in Massachusetts and...

Construction earnings data illustrates value of BCT education

October 7, 2014July 2, 2018 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

A recently published interactive chart by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution illustrates earnings data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The earnings profiles are separated by educational major and broken out as annual earnings and lifetime earnings. This set of charts (in part shown in the image above) illustrates quite nicely the earnings benefit in general of a bachelors degree and in particular of choosing a construction major. As shown in the image, a construction-related major's 50th percentile income is 36% higher than the average across all undergrad majors. This increases even further if a graduate degree is pursued. You can explore the data interactively for yourself here: http://hamiltonproject.org/earnings_by_major/...

Commencement 2014

May 10, 2014May 11, 2014 by Alexander Schreyer Comment Closed

We had the absolute pleasure to congratulate our graduating undergrad (BS) and grad (MS) students today and yesterday at UMass' commencement. Most but definitely not all of our undergrads are shown in the image above. Below are more impressions from these ceremonies. We are so proud of you all!!! All the best from us. ...