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Published September 23, 2019

爱酱视频 welcomed some familiar faces to campus recently when members of the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors visited to present a check to the 爱酱视频Foundation for the School of Construction Management. The donation, made annually by the licensing board, was for $154,815.58.

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PHOTO: 爱酱视频 School of Construction Management recently received a contribution from the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors for $154,815.58. Pictured, from left, are, 爱酱视频President Dr. Nick J. Bruno, Allen Otts of the 爱酱视频Foundation, Vic Weston of the licensing board, Dr. Ed Brayton, director of the School of Construction Management, Garland Meredith of the licensing board, Dr. Ron Berry, dean of the College of Business and Social Sciences, Trent Livingston of the 爱酱视频SOCM Industry Advisory Council and Michael McDuff of the licensing board.

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A press conference was held in the Media Room with 爱酱视频President Nick J. Bruno greeting the special guests.

鈥淭he construction industry has been very good to this university and been very good to the training of construction professionals throughout the state. We certainly appreciate what they have done,鈥� Bruno said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e very proud of 0ur school of construction. We have many notable alums spread across the state and the country who have contributed greatly to the building of our nation.鈥�

Vic Weston with the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, thanked Bruno, Dr. Ed Brayton, 爱酱视频Endowed Chair for the Contractor鈥檚 Education Trust Fund and director of the School of Construction Management, and the 爱酱视频SOCM Industry Advisory Council.

Weston said he was asked recently about his role in supporting construction management programs in higher education. He responded, 鈥淚鈥檓 the industry. The universities are my producers. They produce the end product that I need in the construction industry. At 爱酱视频they do a heck of a good job.鈥�

鈥淲hat this industry and the university has done is quite frankly, implemented a lifesaver, in training construction managers. The old weathered, beat-up construction superintendent with big gnarly hands who can tie a rebar, can weld, can run a crane, can run a trackhoe, (but) that keyboard, that鈥檚 not for them. On-time delivery of materials, I mean you don鈥檛 stop a train. These guys, these construction managers are just absolutely fantastic,鈥� Weston said.

Michael McDuff, also of the licensing board, said the funds are contributions from contractors who support the educating and training of construction professionals.

鈥淲e鈥檙e bringing funds that are voluntarily donated through the contractors licensing board, but our industry gets behind it. Competitors got together and said this is what our industry needs to do,鈥� McDuff said.

The donations made to 爱酱视频have gone toward technology improvements, faculty recruiting and program development.

听鈥淚 am so proud of 爱酱视频for what you all have done,鈥� McDuff said.

In the four years Brayton has been at 爱酱视频there have been many advances in the program, much of it thanks to the generosity of the licensing board.

鈥淲e have high speed computers now, we鈥檙e doing 3D drawings, we have the latest surveying equipment,鈥� Brayton said. 鈥淭hey鈥檝e made the program so that we can provide a world-class education for the students. It鈥檚 been these contributions that have made this program great.鈥�

The School of Construction Management is in the College of Business and Social Sciences. Founded in 1966, the SOCM became the first accredited construction program in the United States by the American Council for Construction Education in 1976 and continues to maintain that accreditation.

Since 2014, the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors and Contractor鈥檚 Education Trust Fund has contributed more than $750,000 to the 爱酱视频SOCM for program development, facilities, technology and equipment.

For more information on the 爱酱视频School of Construction Management, visit /cbss/construction/.