April 2019 Vol. 74 No. 4
Business News
HCSS
Construction software developer HCSS celebrated the close of its annual Construction Intern Award program by presenting Kent Beecham with a $10,000 Intern of the Year scholarship check.
Beecham has a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management and is currently working toward receiving his MBA at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. He interned with general engineering contractor, John Madonna Construction, San Luis Obispo, Calif., as an operating engineer on the Highway 1 landslide project in Big Sur. He was a dozer-excavator operator.
The fourth-annual Construction Intern Awards also featured three $4,000 scholarship finalists and 12 weekly $2,000 scholarships. The program was open to students enrolled in a construction-related internship lasting at least two months during the January 201 to August 2018 school year.
The weekly scholarship winners were selected by online popular votes plus an internal HCSS judging committee. Registrants for the
grand prize Intern of the Year competition were judged by a panel
of industry experts.
Three $4,000 finalist scholarships were:
- Harrison Hayworth, Texas A&M University, interning with Austin Bridge & Road
- Jessica Francis, West Virginia University, interning with Crown Castle
- Andrea Diaz, University of South Florida, interning with Granite Construction
The remaining $28,000 in scholarships was awarded to:
- Sydney Gravitt, The Ohio State University, interning with Corna Kokosing
- Cassidy Lecours, University of Georgia, interning with E.R. Snell Contractor Inc.
- Andrew Jehle, Missouri State University, interning with JM Marschuetz Construction Company
- Hannah Miller, Millersville University, interning with Allen Meyers
- Justin Brinkley, Washington State University, interning with Skanska USA
- Brody Gill, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, interning with Allen Gill Construction
- Preston Thomas, Texas A&M University, interning with Curran Contracting
- Hailey Edlebeck, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, interning with Michels Corporation
- Tasia Millward, Georgia Southern University, interning with E.R. Snell Contractor Inc.
- Harrison Hayworth, Texas A&M University, interning with Austin Bridge & Road
- Reupena-James Moors, Utah Valley University, interning with Sundt Construction Inc.
Submissions for the 2019 Construction Intern Awards program will open in summer 2019. Visit constructioninternawards.com to learn more.
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