The results have been a classic supply and demand squeeze with the text book result of pushing up starting salaries for engineers fresh out of school. But strong recruiting efforts by industry employers at the schools may be starting to pay off. A study of enrollment patterns by AAES's Engineering Workforce Commission indicates that more students are going into engineering. Still, it is not all about money for some students. Grace David just graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and joined hntb in San Francisco.
Construction needs more diversity and it is making some gains.
This is occurring in the sweet spot where we most need people to generate profits. When Joe Majewski looks around meetings of the American Society of Professional Estimators, he sees a lot of gray hair. ASPE hopes to turn things around with a new a four-year program it is proposing for California's San Jose State University. It would launch the nation's first construction management degree with an estimating major, Majewski claims. That's the latest in a long line of industry options.