The Construction Users Roundtable Announces its 2022 Construction Industry Workforce Development Award Winners
The Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) announced its fourteenth annual Construction Industry Workforce Development (CIWD) Awards and called upon the industry to continue its progress in promoting construction workforce training and recruitment across the United States and Canada. CURT is committed to giving significant national/international recognition to companies and organizations implementing effective recruitment and training programs that develop first-class craft workers and managers.
CURT is an association of leading corporations in the United States and Canada dedicated to promoting cost-effective construction methods. CURT members recognize that training, education, and recruitment are essential to excellence in construction project delivery. As a result, CURT founded the CIWD Awards to recognize companies and organizations for extraordinary, exemplary, and innovative recruitment, training, and education programs, encouraging people to pursue construction careers.
Applications were received representing national trade associations, contractors, unions, local labor-management associations, owners, educational institutions, and public school systems. Thanks to the CURT Construction Industry Workforce Development Awards Committee, chaired by Eddie Clayton, Contracting & Workforce Development Strategies Manager, Southern Company.
The selected winners for 2022 are as follows:
- ABC Ohio Valley TOOLS Program
- BCPC Career Signing Day Program
- The Urban Workforce Development Initiative
- Worley
Receiving the $5,000 scholarship provided by CURT, IMPACT, and NCCER:
- Brazoria County Petrochemical Council BCPC Career Signing Day Program
CURT announced these prestigious awards and made the presentations at its 2022 Awards of Excellence Celebration held in Tucson, Arizona, on November 15, 2022.