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Congratulations to Project Manager Scott Kinkade, who recently completed the nine-week Construction Leadership Institute, an Executive Education program developed by SIUE School of Business and the Department of Construction in the School of Engineering.

Josh Frye and Ellie Kasparie sat down to talk about resume and interview best practices. 

Through O’Shea Builders’ Mentor-Protégé Partnership, our team works alongside owners of minority-owned, construction-related businesses to help them position their businesses for success. Our recent partnership with Solid Ground Solutions, a minority-owned general contracting, demolition and construction cleaning company, highlights the benefits of this program. 

O’Shea Builders has earned global recognition as a leader in employee training and development. Training magazine has announced its Training APEX (Training Top 100) awards for 2022. O’Shea Builders is one of only 100 organizations in the world to be named an APEX Top 100 Training organization. It is the most elite ranking among national and international companies for training and learning development.

In September, O’Shea Builders and Solid Ground Solutions embarked on a Minority Workforce Networking pilot initiative to “cross-connect” networks of the minority community with networks of the construction industry.

Zack Hogan and John Kovalan took to the stage in late July to present at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Conference.

In April, O’Shea hosted the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Engineering Explorers (EE) Post #6 program in O’Shea University. The program is a part of the Boy Scouts of America Learning for Life, and it introduces students from high school freshmen through college freshmen to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) topics/activities and other engineering-related fields.

During their visit to O’Shea, the students listened to a presentation from Mike Sunley, senior project manager, Janelle Fanning, project manager, and Adam Schmidt, project engineer. The group learned about how engineering relates to construction. Mike, Janelle, and Adam also highlighted a few of their projects successes and challenges throughout their O’Shea careers.