Balfour Beatty Awarded for Excellence in Construction

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Balfour Beatty Construction was recently honored with three Eagle Awards at the Associated Builders and Contractors’ 23rd Annual Excellence in Construction Awards in Fort Lauderdale.

The firm, headquartered in Dallas, was recognized for their excellence in the construction of the Florida Atlantic University Football Stadium, Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) Research Laboratory Building II and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Campus East.

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An Event Designed Around Educational Solutions

SARASOTA, Fla. — The 12th Education Facilities Management Forum, an educational networking event for senior education facilities executives, takes place in Atlanta April 29-30. The forum is part of Forum Networking Events long list of meetings that include, but are not limited to health care and education markets. The upcoming event is unlike any other “trade show” in comparison.

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STEM Schools Look to Grow in New York

NEW YORK — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) schools are becoming increasingly popular throughout the country, and New York looks to lead the pack with a recent education plan on the table.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is proposing to establish 10 new programs modeled on Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH), an IBM-backed school in Brooklyn that takes students through high school and two years of college with the goal of meeting the demand for workers with the right skills for high-tech jobs.

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Darren A. Petersen

The Montvale Board of Education appointed Dr. Darren A. Petersen as superintendent of the Montvale Public Schools. Currently,the principal and curriculum director of the Harding Township School District in New Jersey, Petersen began his career as a social studies teacher at Hackensack High School in 2000 and eventually became an assistant principal at Haledon School District eight years later.

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