News and Events2019-02-26T17:53:54+00:00

Construction Academy: April 2023

Thank you to ARCO/Murray for hosting a Saturday Academy session this past weekend at the Topgolf Midtown project! Our CCDI students had the opportunity to learn about ARCO/Murray from Mr. Jeff Schnoebelen, Project Manager and Mr. Ty Kent, GSP, Safety Supervisor, as well as the various subcontractors who are working on this awesome project. After the presentation, the students geared up to go on a tour of the site to see the progress and learn all about the unique design and build. Thank you to the ARCO/Murray team for outfitting the students with swag bags and for volunteering your time on a Saturday to provide this valuable learning experience for our students #BuildingTheFoundationForChange
April 5th, 2023|

Jobsite Tour: R&R Marketplace

In partnership with CCDI – Construction Career Development Initiative, Brinkmann invited construction students from North Technical High School to tour our job site at Refuge & Restoration NPO (R&R) Marketplace. This experience allowed students to view our work firsthand and learn more about careers in the construction industry. We are excited to network with the next generation of construction leaders and look forward to future community engagement opportunities. | #InsightBeyondMeasure #BrinkmannLife #Construction #FutureLeaders #Engineering #Learning

April 1st, 2023|

Construction Academy: February 2023

Thank you to Keeley Companies for hosting a Saturday Academy session this weekend at the #OliveCrossings project! Our CCDI students had the opportunity to learn about the Keeley’n culture and career opportunities from Mr. Brian Peter, Vice President of Building and Mr. Brian Pate, Superintendent. After the presentation, the students geared up in PPE and got an in-depth tour of the project where they learned more about the subcontracting companies on the job and saw first hand how tradespeople all have to work together to get these awesome projects built safely! Thank you, Mr. Peter & Mr. Pate, for volunteering your time on a Saturday to provide this valuable learning experience to our students. We are excited for CCDI senior student, McKenzie Hughes, to possibly be a future Keeley’n after graduation in May! Thanks for helping to #BuildTheFoundationForChange in St. Louis!
February 27th, 2023|

Annual Bowling Night

The Skye on 6th team is spreading holiday cheer! Huge shout out to the Clayco Phoenix office and subcontracting partners who recently raised close to $5,000 to make this a Christmas to remember for our students at Phoenix Union Bioscience High School. Last Thursday, the CCDI students came to visit Skye on 6th for their monthly tour, project update and lunch on site. At the end of their visit, the team surprised each student with a $250 gift card for Christmas which definitely made their spirits a little brighter!! Thank you Skye on 6th for going #BeyondTheseWalls to make a difference in the Phoenix community! Happy Holidays! #BuildingTheFoundationForChange

December 14th, 2022|

Construction Academy: November 2022

CCDI held our November Saturday Academy session at North Technical High School this past weekend and had an awesome turnout of 43 students and 12 program alumni come out to participate in “Trades Day”. This annual session is an opportunity for students to engage in different trade related demonstration stations each taught by former graduates of the CCDI program who work in those career pathways. Huge thank you to Mr. Patrick Hanneken for coordinating and planning all the activities! Special thanks to the subcontractors, Flooring Systems Inc. and Wies Drywall and Construction Corp. that donated materials for the demo stations and to all the CCDI Alumni who took time out of their Saturday to teach the next generation of trades men and women! It was an awesome event with our biggest turnout of students yet to date! #BuildingTheFoundationForChange

November 21st, 2022|

Construction Academy: October 2022

CCDI hosted our monthly Saturday Academy today at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Multidisciplinary Cancer Center construction project! 30 high school students had the opportunity to meet the team and tour the site where they spoke to several different tradesmen and got to see construction in action. Special thanks to Clayco’s team- Matt Amrhein, Rick Moeckel, Jimmy Kisner, Tom Sieckhaus and Jesse Sanders for leading the tour. Thank you, as always, to Patrick Hanneken for being the best teacher and for encouraging students to attend! It takes a village, but we certainly have a great group of students this year! Come out to our next academy on November 19th to meet them! #BuildingTheFoundationForChange #WUSM
October 29th, 2022|