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All Things Jobs … Experience, Participation, Opportunities and Scholarships in Tunneling and Underground
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For the up-and-comers and young engineers who are entering the tunneling and underground construction world — or for those looking to find and hire such motivated future employees — the UCA, a Division of SME, provides opportunities and resources not to be missed. Whether it’s scholarships, the new UCA Career Center job website or the Down For That initiative, the focus is to support members in numerous ways in finding not just a job, but a lasting and meaningful career in the industry. Read more about how the UCA is working hard to align its resources for young members, which ultimately impacts the industry at large.
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"Tunneling excited me and I never turned back."
Everett Litton, UCA member since 2014, says he most enjoys that the underground industry allows him to contribute to projects with grand ambition and projects that provide tangible benefits to the environment or community. Are you #DownForThat?
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RETC 2021 | June 13-16, Las Vegas, Nevada
Mark your calendar to attend the nation’s leading tunneling conference. Join us in Las Vegas in June for the Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference (RETC) and stay on top of new trends and technologies as well as innovative concepts, new equipment, materials, management, financing, and design challenges. For more information and to sign up for news and announcements, visit www.retc.org
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Find the Resources you need at the UCA Career Center
Post Your Resume to the UCA Career Center. Embark on a career that takes you beyond the desk and lets you to get your hands dirty. Check out the job seeker resources available on the UCA Career Center. Connect your talent with opportunity, set up alerts, and search for jobs and internships.
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Paving the Way with Scholarship Opportunities
Find support to further your education and launch a career underground engineering. Learn more about three scholarships now accepting applications: RETC attendance scholarship, UCA Young Members Conference Scholarship and RETC Executive Committee Scholarship (academic support scholarship) today. Submit your application by May 1.
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What to get done: Work or Fun? Buy a Raffle Ticket
Make your decision easy and you can do both! Buy your tickets today for a chance to win a 2021 Cat® CUV82 Utility Vehicle (UTV) with a trailer package – valued at $19,071. Will you be the winner? Watch the live-streamed drawing on Friday, March 5. Generously sponsored by Wagner CAT.
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Calling all Photographers – SAVE THE DATE!
The annual UCA Photo Contest will be accepting submissions beginning March 1, 2021. Winners receive a cash prize and one year of UCA membership! Free to enter, need not be a member to submit. Deadline is April 5, 2021. Good luck!
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Industry Partners Join DFT
UCA’s Down for That workforce initiative is attracting the support of other industry partners including DFI, ASCE’s Geo-Institute, The Beavers, and The Moles. New industry resources for students and professors were added with more coming online. To contribute to Down for That visit undergroundcareers.org and learn more.
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Focus on Your Professional Development in 2021
As the year picks up steam it’s easy to lose track of your professional development goals. Take advantage of the on-demand webinar resources at UCA to learn when and where you want. Find full conference content or single sessions from NATWeek, Cutting Edge 2020 and George Fox (being added this month).
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Connect with Professional Colleagues Worldwide
Join your peers at the MINEXCHANGE 2021, March 1 - 5, 2021. Participate in the technical sessions and events that mean the most to you in a fresh and vibrant virtual format. Your attendance will support important initiatives to move tunneling and underground construction forward.
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ITACET Announces Online Lecture Series
ITACET will be hosting short lecture series on the second Tuesday of every month. The series is organized jointly by the ITACET Foundation, ITA-CET Committee and ITA. It will bring together top professionals from the ITA’s Working Groups and Committees, as well as industry representatives and project owners. The link to register each month will be on the ITACET Foundation website, on the ‘Forthcoming sessions’ page: www.itacet.org/sessions/forthcoming and you’ll also find the link on the ITACET Foundation LinkedIn page and posts.
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Other Industry News
Santa Clara VTA releases RFQ for tunnel and trackwork on BART Phase II
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to identify potential contractors that qualify to compete for award of the progressive design-build tunnel and trackwork contract for the largest infrastructure project in Santa Clara County, Calif. For more information and to submit a response, visit VTA’s vendor portal https://secure.procurenow.com/portal/vta.
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Other Industry News
Big year ahead for Fort Wayne Tunnel Project
The new year figures to be an important one as the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana, presses toward completion of a deeprock tunnel that will greatly reduce river pollution."MamaJo," the Tunnel Boring Machine (whose name is derived from the three rivers that flow through the city), has now drilled its way more than three miles on its nearly five-mile course. Completion of the tunnel boring later this year does not mark the end of the project. The intricate connection to the many neighborhood sewers is scheduled to take place thereafter, with the tunnel going operational in 2023.
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