Make a Difference
Look around. Unless you’re standing in the middle of the woods or on the deck of a boat miles from shore, you’re looking at someone’s legacy. Men and women working in the construction industry designed and built the roads, bridges and buildings that you use every day. Men and women working at all levels of education and experience built this country, and they continue to do so.
Want to make a difference that lasts? Work in construction.
Do More
Environmental, economic, political, and social pressures continuously influence and shape the way we live. The construction field is in the middle of everything. Environmental concerns are leading to sustainable building practices, challenging economic times are leading to creative public and private partnerships, highway congestion around cities is leading to intelligent transportation systems.
Want variety? Work in construction.
Use Technology
Concrete that bends, wood that doesn’t rot, equipment guided by satellites, and roads that communicate with cars all exist in the field of construction. Whether you want to work behind the controls of a $150,000 GPS-guided excavator or in a lab coat designing a better pavement for our roads, the construction industry is for you.
Want to work with high-tech stuff? Work in construction.
Work Anywhere
Construction is hot across the U.S. and around the world. Roads and bridges, hospitals and high-tech manufacturing facilities, homes and apartment buildings, airports, harbors, rail yards, factories and warehouses are being built in every state and on every continent. Wherever you want to live, a job in construction can get you there.
Want steady work? Work in construction.
Start Here
Michigan Construction Career Days is coming to the Ingham County Fairgrounds in Mason, Michigan on April 15-16, 2008.
See, feel, and experience construction work up-close using real tools, equipment, and materials. Talk to real construction workers at all levels of education and experience. Learn how you can take a step toward a future career in construction.
For information about attending, talk to your teacher or career counselor, or click here to contact us. |
