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Dionne Kelly graduated from Portland Community College’s Building Construction Technology (BCT) Program in June and already is seeing the rewards as she builds a customer base for her business, which is focused on remodeling homes and making spaces safer and more functional.

‘Discovery’ class empowers students  to dream big “The beauty of welding is that you can travel the world,” said Juanita Lopez-Escobar. “You can work anywhere if you’re a welder.” Lopez-Escobar, who lives in Forest Grove, found her true passion for ...

Giovanni Beccaria had served nearly three decades in prison and was taking transition classes in finance, renter’s law and tenant’s rights when he met Marcus Ball, job developer for Constructing Hope.

With a growing number of apprentices seeking to work in outside line construction and powerline clearance tree trimming, the Northwest Line Joint Apprenticeship Training Center (NW Line JATC) needed to expand its capacity to provide that education and training.

Construction is expected to begin this December on substantial upgrades to a workforce development center that serves teens and young adults in Central Oregon.

Women account for more than half of the population in the United States, but they account for only 10 percent of jobs in the construction industry.

Oregon Tradeswomen held its signature Career Fair again for the first time since 2019, and Girls Build has enrolled the most summer campers in its history as the two organizations ramp up efforts to introduce girls and young women to careers in the construction industry.

Home Builders Foundation Project Manager Chris McDowell manned the tractor as it gingerly moved two large sheds into the small backyard behind Project Homeless Connect in Hillsboro.

Construction training programs that were forced to go virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic are celebrating a return to in-person classes and career events, though others have been postponed until next year when conditions hopefully will be a bit more certain.