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
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.
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 Myers-Lawson School of Construction is proud to partner with Virginia Tech's respected Pamplin College of Business to offer a new simultaneous-degree option at the master's level. Students now have the opportunity to earn both an MBA and an MS in either Construction Engineering/Managements or Building Construction in two years.
Call it another canary in the infrastructure coalmine—hundreds of thousands of commuters in Chicago lurching to work on subway trains that run at times no faster than a brisk walk.
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