The ACE Mentor Program of Connecticut was featured in an article in the Hartford Business Journal acknowledging a new partnership with the US Green Building Council.
The article by HBJ writer Brad Kane states... "As the workforce of the architecture, construction and engineering industries ages and shrinks with each passing year, those responsible for developing and recruiting workers are making their programming greener to match the next generation’s priorities."
The ACE program started in 1995 in New York City and expanded into Connecticut in 1998. ACE now has five Connecticut chapters in Hartford, Waterbury, New Haven, Bridgeport/Stratford and Stamford.
The Construction Institute has been an active participant in ACE CT since its inception and regards ACE as an integral part of CI's "future of the Workforce" initiatives. CI Member firms are highly involved as Mentors, sponsors and Board members. CI staff are members of both the Hartford and State ACE Advisory Boards and the Institute along with the University of Hartford has hosted the Hartford Student presentations for the last several years.
ACE Connecticut was awarded the Institute's first ever "Special Industry Achievement Award" in 2008, and ACE founder Charles Thornton was honored in 2005 with CI's "Distinguished Achievement Award", in part for his efforts in creating the ACE Mentor Program.
Construction Institute Executive Director, Bill Cianci was quoted in the article, commenting on the need for well educated young people to enter the design and construction workforce and the role that ACE can play... "The negative perceptions in the construction industry start with the notion that it is manual labor for less educated people. This image problem has led the industry to undertake initiatives to get young people to enter trades such as electrical or plumbing, or simply realize the complexity of a modern building"
Read Brad Kane's complete Hartford Business Journal article by clicking the link below...
Mentor Program Developing Future Construction Trades Workforce
