Teen career development program grows 42% in 2024 with 38
students working across Company's US markets
REDWOOD
CITY, Calif., July 17,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- DPR Construction, one of
the nation's top technical builders, has welcomed 38 participants
to its Build Up High School Intern Program, the largest cohort
since the program began in 2017 and a 42% increase in participation
compared to 2023.
The program gives eligible high school juniors and seniors the
opportunity to spend their summers working side by side with
skilled project teams on major construction projects. Participants
get the same experience as college-aged interns, learning about
managing multi-million-dollar projects, the technology powering
construction planning, schedule and design while also learning
about the variety of roles and career paths in construction. Build
Up is an eight-week program that pays participants weekly at hourly
rates. Out of 154 participants in the program to date, five have
been hired as full time DPR employees and 25% have continued with
the company as college interns.
"In my first Build Up internship, I worked with project
engineers, superintendents, safety managers and more on a
Seattle project," said Selome
Muruts, a returning Seattle-based
DPR Build Up intern. "I initiated conversations with these people,
not knowing what to expect, but I received willing mentorship. It's
clear DPR's values run deep, and I wanted to return to experience
that dynamic on the office-side. This summer, I am back for my
second internship working with Preconstruction and Virtual Design
and Construction teams. I applied for the DPR internship out of
curiosity for the industry, but I came back because of my
admiration for the company."
"Build Up is designed as a program to help broaden possibilities
for talented high schoolers who are often going to be the first in
their families to go to college," said Diane Shelton, DPR's community initiatives
leader. "Participant cohorts are also more diverse than our
industry as a whole, which we hope will contribute to a shift as we
welcome a new generation into AEC. They can help the construction
workforce of the future look more like the communities we
serve."
Build Up interns are in every DPR location in the United States. The success of the program
is featured in DPR's first Global Social Responsibility (GSR)
annual report, highlighting the company's philanthropy and progress
toward sustainability and diversity goals, including efforts to
increase supplier diversity.
About DPR Construction
DPR Construction is a
forward-thinking, self-performing general contractor and
construction manager specializing in technically complex and
sustainable projects for the advanced technology, life sciences,
healthcare, higher education and commercial markets. DPR's
portfolio of work ranges from large-scale new construction to small
tenant improvements and special projects. Founded in 1990, DPR is a
great story of entrepreneurial success as a private, employee-owned
company that has grown to a multi-billion-dollar organization with
offices around the world. The company is strategically focused on
delivering more predictable outcomes through applications of
virtual design & construction, prefabrication, its team of
self-perform craft, and leveraging data to learn and improve from.
DPR consistently ranks among the top building contractors and
employs approximately 11,000 professionals across its family of
companies. For more information, visit http://www.dpr.com.
For more information, please contact:
Jay Weisberger
DPR Construction
pr@dpr.com
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