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Training and Recruitment Suffolk Hosts Girl Scouts as Part of ‘Rebuild the Ratio’ Partnership
Boston – Suffolk recently hosted 16 Girl Scouts at the firm’s Roxbury headquarters for a day of learning about the world of construction and the importance of female representation in the industry. The visit was part of Suffolk’s 10-year “Rebuild the Ratio” partnership with Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA). Following an introduction to Suffolk and its nearby Roxbury Prep Charter School construction project, the girls toured headquarters, participated in a hands-on STEM-related activity, and viewed the Roxbury Prep topping-out.
The Junior Scouts watched the final steel beam hoisted and secured to the top of the structure from a Suffolk balcony. The Suffolk and GSEMA partnership
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includes the development of the “Juniors Who Build” STEM-based curriculum and patch program, which launched in March 2023. Juniors Who Build takes Girl Scouts through a five-step process of building a treehouse, with options to choose an activity for each step. The program is designed to arm the Girl Scouts with knowledge of design and coordination, cost and estimation, planning, site management and safety, and trades. All of the Girl Scouts who visited Suffolk achieved their
curriculum with their participation in the STEM activity at Suffolk and received their patches at the conclusion of their visit. Representatives of Suffolk say its Rebuild the Ratio partnership with GSEMA exemplifies the company’s commitment to increasing the number of women in the construction industry, which includes Suffolk recently becoming an initial signatory on the U.S Department of Commerce’s Million Women in Construction Community Pledge.
AGC MA Concludes Externship Wellesley, MA — For the fourth consecutive year, The Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts (AGC MA) hosted a weeklong Building Advancement Externship (BAE) for high school educators and administrators. “The AGC MA externship program is designed to ensure that academic leaders who support and advise students on future career paths are aware of all of dynamic roles within the construction sector today,” said John Ferrante, AGC MA CEO. “Our success as an industry depends on these future professionals, and the Building Advancement Externship has proven to be a highly effective method of reaching them.” The 2024 program kicked off with a welcoming reception and Woo Sox baseball game at Polar Park in Worcester on Aug. 4. Participating externs included:
• David Brueshaber, South Hadley High School • John Caouette, Fitchburg High School • Kerrie Carrelas, Randolph High School • Dominic Copeland, Lynn English High School • Gilbert DaSilva, Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School
• John-Henry Davis, Blue Hills Regional Technical High School • Josselyn Guzman, Lynn Vocational Technical Institute • Michele Harney, Somerville High School • Corey Heath, Lee Middle and High Schools • Jarrod Lussier, Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School • Jim McCue, Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School •V erena Niederhoefer, YouthBuild Boston • Scott Pineo, Doherty Memorial High School • Johanna Smith, Lynn Vocational Technical Institute • Livingston Williams, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School The weeklong agenda featured jobsite visits and interactive presentations from leadership at Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology; Bond Brothers; Carpenters Union Training Center; Colantonio Inc.; Columbia; Consigli Construction Co., Inc; Dimeo Construction; Erland Construction; Fontaine Bros. Inc.; Lamoreaux Pagano Associates|Architects; Turner Construction Company; Walsh Brothers, Inc.; and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.