Civil Engineering Technology

In addition to enjoying a round of golf on June 22, participants in the 2021 Anthony S. Santaro Scholarship Golf Classic at Turning Stone Resort Casino were also able to learn more about Alfred State College’s Doc Bruce Campaign at a post-event reception.

Held each year in June at the golf course at Turning Stone in Verona, the Golf Classic attracts more than 350 participants, according to a description of the event on the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of New York State website. The AGC presents the Golf Classic each year.

According to an article by Buffalo Business First, Alfred State College alumnus Kyle Brent and his brother, Tyler, are embarking on a $12.6 million expansion of their business, Brent Industries.

Ashley Weakland, a 2017 graduate of Alfred State’s surveying engineering technology program, recently made history when she became the first woman ever appointed as assistant Hornell Department of Public Works (DPW) superintendent.

According to an article by The Spectator, Weakland worked as a roofer and at a sheet metal company in Connecticut before joining Hornell’s DPW as an engineering aide in February 2014.

LeChase Construction Services, LLC has announced that Alfred State College alum Laird Updyke has been promoted to project executive in the Syracuse office.

Updyke earned a bachelor’s degree in construction management and an associate degree in architectural technology, both from Alfred State.

Check out the full story on LeChase’s website here.
 

Alfred State College (ASC) is pleased to announce that it has received a $50,000 grant from the National Fuel Gas Company Foundation. This grant will benefit ASC’s heavy equipment operations program, as well as the college’s Doc Bruce Fundraising Campaign that aims to bolster the construction management program.

The grant is divided into two years, with $25,000 being used in the first year to acquire through lease new models of an excavator and a backhoe that will provide heavy equipment operations students with tools they’ll use on the job.

Alfred State senior construction management students fared extremely well when putting their skills and knowledge to the test recently during the eight-hour Associate Constructor (AC) Exam.

The exam is the first level of certification in the Constructor Certification Program. This level of certification is ideal for recent graduates of four-year construction management programs or those transitioning into construction management from other industries. Associate constructors are individuals who have a high level of skill and knowledge in managing the process of construction.

Alfred State College’s own Abigail Campbell and Justin Campbell, both of Geneseo, were recently awarded scholarship grants from the Construction Advancement Institute (CAI).

Altogether, CAI awarded $45,000 in grants to nine regional undergraduate students who are enrolled in engineering, architecture, construction technology, construction management, or other related programs this fall.

Check out the full story here.

Nine students were recently installed in the Zeta V Chapter of the Sigma Lambda Chi (SLC) honor society at Alfred State.

Civil Engineering Technology Associate Professor Timothy Piotrowski is the adviser to the newly installed student members, all of whom are construction management majors. They include Ryan Schiffman (North Collins), Robert Sturtz (Marion), Jon Weaver (Palmyra), Nicholas Wilder (Eden), Douglas Horbachewski (Hamburg), Luke Podyma (Eden), Andrew Ball (Tonawanda), Zebadiah Hoffmann (Hamburg), and Ashton Roberts (Holland Patent).

Alfred State College's construction management program was the focus of a recent article featured on FUEL, a website run by "word-toting construction junkies who build articles and drill into the details of construction."

Titled "NY College Helps Create Construction Professionals," the article highlights Alfred State's teams that competed in the Associated Schools of Construction Region 1 competition, and mentions that the college's construction management program is "feeding a hungry labor market."