The Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange (SRBX)-the region's oldest and largest building industry-related association -awarded scholarships to eight students enrolled in the Construction Management Programs at Sacramento State and Chico State Universities in the last week. These students represent some of the brightest and most committed students in their programs and will make outstanding additions to the construction workforce.

The students were awarded scholarships after a process which involved written applications and oral interviews before a panel of industry experts. These experts included representatives from: local general and subcontractors, architects, engineers, suppliers, and other industry-related professions. Criteria which made the basis for awarding the scholarship included: community involvement, academic achievement, school involvement, future goals, letters of reference, and industry knowledge.

Past awardees of the scholarship have gone onto work in high profile positions within the greater Sacramento construction industry. “It was a great pleasure interviewing such a strong group of SRBX construction management scholarship candidates. It is refreshing to see that our industry will be in the hands of these capable and dynamic individuals”. Said Frank Lindsay, of Roebbelen Contracting, Inc and the SRBX Education Committee Chair.

The Construction Management Scholarship Program of the Builders Exchange was launched in 1982. In the last decade, over $100,000 has been awarded to Construction Management students to help further their careers in the construction industry. The students receiving scholarships this year were: Meghan Bowman, David Corona, Danielle VanLente, and Robert Goddard from Chico State, and Stacy Wilson, Kevin Cannon, Jacob White and Jose Buenrostro from Sacramento State.

These scholarships are supported through SRBX and the Construction Industry Education Foundation (CIEF). CIEF was created by the SRBX in 2004. CIEF was established to support industry educational programs throughout our seven-county region. The prime focus is helping to develop the next generation of our design and construction industry workforce by stimulating, supporting and promoting educational programs that significantly benefit industry organizations, employees and the communities they serve.