Creating a work ready employement for carier in engineering, design pool and construction
1 day
50 Activities
Awesome Speakers
Attended By Drug Free High
Performing Students With
Skilled Craft Attitude or Interes
1 day
50 Activities
Awesome Speakers
Creating a work ready employement pool for carier in engineering, design& construction
1 day
50 Activities
Awesome Speakers

When

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
9:00am – 2:00pm

Rotating locations

About The Conference Event

The Annual Construction Science Expo is a component of the school-based “Navigation to Success Program”; the largest Life Skills program in Michigan. Attending students must complete 15 evidence-based Life Skills modules, pledge to be drug and violence free and engage in either a “Safe Routes”, “Drug Free Homes” or “Healthy Arts (poetry, spoken word, dramatic, drawing or painting) Community Service Exercise. Attendance at the Expo while exposing students to craft and career opportunities also qualifies them for potential Summer Employment, Co-op employment opportunities and merit-based college scholarships.

50

Activities

25

Industry Professionals

12000

Students Invited

17

Event Sponsors

EVENTS TIMELINE

Conference Schedule

SKILLS

LIST OF SKILLS THAT WILL DEMONSTRATED

Civil Engineering Skills
Land Surveying Skills
Excavation Skills
Road & Bridge Design
Project Management Skills
Heavy Machine Operation Skills
Carpentry Skills

Hauling & Trucking Skills
Demolition Skills
Horticulture & Landscape Skills
Pre, Post and Project Labor Skills
Traffic Management Skills
Electric Wiring Skills
Cement Production Skills

Asphalt Production Skills
Brick Masonry Skills
Utility Location Skills
Power Distribution
Maintenance Skills
…and more

Chairman KB Stallworth
BCF Co-Founder & Retired Utility Services of America CEO
Whether it’s engineering, whether it’s skill trades, there are shortages across the board. We have to get young people excited so that they can continue to live that American DREAM.
Professor Nicole T. Stallworth
Michigan Black Caucus of MI (BCF)
Operations & Training Executive
Whether it’s engineering, whether it’s skill trades, there are shortages across the board. We have to get young people excited so that they can continue to live that American DREAM.
Mayor Mike Duggan
City of Detroit
Skill trades is like college without the debt. You can make a great living and have a great career. You can ultimately own your own contracting company.