Week of October 14

CM Department News

This week, I get the honor of joining Alyssa Zayas, Kim Braga, Mark Oliveira, Nate Boyer, Rob Clark and Preston Tziouvaras (I spelled that without looking it up, a first for me) to Chicago for the ASC Region 3 Healthcare competition.  The team has been working tirelessly to prepare for the competition in a tradition that's customary to Sac State CM. 

In case you didn't hear, another Sac State CM team, consisting of Alyssa, Nick Staykow, Javier Mederos and Neil Devlin won the Western Pacific Division of the DBIA competition.  They're off in a few weeks to compete for the national championship.  

Sac State CM is already a western powerhouse.  Soon, we'll be a national powerhouse.  That benefits all of us.

Wish both teams luck!

Job Leads

Overaa:  Overaa is looking for interns for the Water Treatment Plant that is right next to Sac State (probably the easiest commute you'll ever have).  For more on Overaa, click here.  For more on the position, talk to me or Mike Anderson.

Firms Hiring CM Grads Coming to Campus: hiring season is still in full effect.  For more info on interviews at Sac State, click here.  A summary of upcoming  campus visits is below:

• W.L. Butler (October 16)
• Performance Contracting Group (October 22)*
• Pan-Pacific Mechanical (October 24 & 25)
• Kiewit (October 29)*
• XL Construction (November 7)*
• The Build Group (November 14)*

*Companies with openings for interns

Steve P. Rados: This just came hot off the presses from Sac State alum Russell "Big Cat" Bonnifield.  Rados, a heavy civil company, is looking for interns.  For more info on Rados, click here.  Send resumes to Russell at [email protected].  You gotta love the Sac State CM network!

Director of Field Operations: This position is for a more experienced person looking to for something not strictly construction management.  I have a former student that is the VP of Operations at Sungevity.  Sungevity, a residential solar sales and installation program looking for Director of Field Ops to oversee our installation and service operations. Solar installs closely mirror construction in how it requires multiple phases, permits, roof construction.  Let me know if you are interested or know someone who is.

Capital Commercial Flooring Inc.: CCF is a commercial flooring company based in Sacramento with annual sales over $10 million with over 50 installers.  They are looking for an intern to help with submittals, LEED information, safety, takeoffs/estimating, writing proposals purchasing materials and scheduling.  This is a great opportunity to work with a specialty subcontractor and you will experience many aspect of managing construction work. If interested, contact me.

What's Going On In Classes

CM 121:  This week, you're free of me.  That said, there's a lot to do.  I have posted an assignment to SacCT.  It's a spreadsheet that I want you to fill out with estimate data from Goodyear.  MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.  It's due for both lab section on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

When you're done with the lab assignment, start studying for the exam on October 22.

CM 126: We only have class on Monday.  Our presenters are Nik Brenich and Vitaliy Leshchik.  I will round out the rest of the class with some of the most valuable information you will ever learn.  Either that or I'll rant about how much I hate the Red Sox.  Either way, you'll be entertained.