Sean Ross scanned the room, taking in the students milling around, gripping their resumes. Some wore suits; others wore button-ups and ties. Ross took a deep breath and approached his first company booth of the day. Little did he know the conversations he would have that day would lead to a full-time job offer. This […]
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Cal Poly Administration delays library opening to 2038 to focus efforts on big letters
The Cal Poly Administrative Board held a vote Tuesday to determine whether to expedite the construction of the Kennedy Library or build more big letters. The ultimate vote was unanimous in favor of big letters.
10 Cal Poly students compete in the Electrical Contractors Innovation Challenge
As the sizzle of pancakes and smell of bacon drifted through the house of construction management junior Jake Weiss, his team of 10 students gathered around the living room. Sipping on orange juice, Weiss laid out the prompt of this year’s Electrical Contractors Innovation Challenge: to submit an electrical contractor’s proposal as if they are […]
Construction management students take home 6 first place prizes in national competition
Cal Poly construction management students set two school records for most first place wins and most teams placed at the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) competition Feb. 5 through 8 in Sparks, Nevada.
Breaking barriers: Construction management sees increase in freshman female classes
For years, only 10 to 15 percent of the seats in incoming freshmen Cal Poly classes in construction management were filled by women. The numbers over the past two years have increased to 25 percent.
Cal Poly receives the most awards at national construction management student competition
The Construction Management teams from Cal Poly took home numerous awards from a national college contest in Reno last month. Cal Poly attended the 2019 Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) regional competition from Feb. 6 to 9 and won more awards than any of the other 49 universities in attendance. Out of 12 total teams […]
Cal Poly unit cap agreement reached
All the majors Cal Poly requested to go over 180 units were approved.
Construction jobs sparse post-grad
Typical construction management students should expect four to five job offers at graduation this spring, construction management head Allan Hauck said. The economy this year is not like the days before the recession of 2008 hit, Hauck said.
Construction management reducing units to graduate
The construction management department is renovating the number of units in its curriculum to follow Cal Poly policies and have students graduate in four years or fewer, construction management head Allan Hauck said. University policies now require that all programs go to 180 units to graduate, Hauck said. The construction management curriculum is currently at […]
Cal Poly constructs success
The Cal Poly construction management team took home seven awards at the Associated Schools of Construction Reno competition last week, the most of any university at the event. Cal Poly, which risk management team captain and construction management senior Deanna Alexander said is a “heavy hitter” in construction management, sent the most delegates to the […]
Cal Poly students rock the house in building competition
A team of Cal Poly construction management students won first place at the Home Building Institute’s (HBI) Residential Construction Management Competition, in association with the National Association of Home Builders, on Jan. 15. The students acted like custom homebuilders when submitting a funding proposal for the construction of three model homes.
