| Myers Lawson School of Construction at Virginia Tech

11.09.09

Dust control research leads to a NIOSH grant to facilitate adoption by construction industry

Deborah Young-Corbett is the principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant (RO1)In the construction industry, respiratory disease, often leading to disability or an increased risk of cancer, is a major public health concern. Studies led by Deborah Young-Corbett, a faculty member in

Deborah Young-Corbett is the principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant (RO1)

Deborah Young-Corbett, is the principal investigator on a National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant (RO1)

11.03.09

Virginia Tech Researchers, Collaborators Receive Award From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Virginia Tech researchers and their collaborators from five leading institutions will soon engage in new construction safety and health research made possible by a recent award of more than $7 million over a five-year period from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

10.08.09

Student Organization Serves the Community

The Constructor's Consortium student organization spent Saturday, October 3rd serving our local community. The group supplied tools, organized, and built a 50 foot wheelchair ramp for the Twigg residence in Montgomery County, Virginia.

The finished ramp that will provide access to the Twigg's residence

Placing boards for ramp

Volunteers from the Constructor’s Consortium

Members of the Constructor’s Consortium cut boards to form the handicap access ramp.

Solar Decathlon