Construction & Architecture Articles

The School of Construction & Design Technologies' concrete science technology major was well-represented by students and faculty at a trio of industry gatherings during the Fall 2019 semester. Joseph F. DiBucci, of Glenshaw, an applied technology studies student and founder/president of the college's ConCreate Design Club, attended all three: the American Concrete Institute convention, Oct.

A New Year’s tradition – Pennsylvania College of Technology’s eye-opening participation in the nation’s largest indoor agricultural attraction – is about to be renewed. Knowledgeable students and employees will busily represent the college at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center, 2300 N.

Eric J. Fino, a 2016 civil engineering technology graduate, is included among Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal's Top 20 Under 40. “Throughout my high school career, I tinkered with everything I could get my hands on, from working on cars to helping put together stage equipment for my high school’s Christmas play,” Fino said. “I learned early that I was a hands-on learner.

ACH112 students, during a pause in their walking tour Students in Rob A. Wozniak's Architectural History course, an art elective that attracts students from a variety of majors, recently closed out the semester with a brisk stroll among downtown Williamsport's rich selection of buildings and styles.

Two alumni of Penn College's four-year construction management major – Brian J. Fish and Matthew R. Sarver – are included among the 20 Top Young Professionals in Engineering News-Record's Mid-Atlantic Region. Fish, a 2002 graduate, is a general superintendent with Hensel Phelps; Sarver, Class of 2004, is an area manager at Gilbane Building Co.

Six-member teams of Pennsylvania College of Technology construction management students brought home first- and fifth-place honors from the 30th annual Associated Schools of Construction Region 1 Student Competition held Nov. 8-10 in Albany, New York.

Markley (left) listens as Howard Wilt, a Marine veteran of the Korean War and chair of the memorial commission, reads the award inscription. Lugg and Reed accept plaques on behalf of the college's role in the veterans memorial. A memorial brick casts in stone the institution's timeless commitment to veterans.

Classmates stand outside the Peter Herdic House Restaurant, among the impressive Victorian structures that form Williamsport's Millionaires' Row. An architectural detail catches the camera's eye.

Regina M. Peluzzo, characterized by a faculty member as “the model student for civil engineering technology,” has been chosen as October's “Student of the Month” at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Lehigh Hanson's massive horizontal rotary kilns were among the highlights of a plant visit by concrete science students and faculty. Penn College students and faculty were recently invited by Doug Cassatt, of the Lehigh Hanson Heidleberg Cement Group, to tour the company's Fleetwood Cement Manufacturing facility.