Peppa Pig might have said, “It’s impossible!” but for University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning alumni Keith Carr (BSBC ’07), Timothy Wagoner (MARCH ’95) and Steve Boyington (BDES ’79), building the world’s first Peppa Pig Theme Park is becoming a reality.
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The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning mourns the loss of one of its former faculty members: Dr. Leon “Doc” Wetherington, Lecturer Emeritus in the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management. Wetherington passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 29. He was 81.
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What defines a legacy? For Col. Arthur G. Witters (BSBC ’41), his legacy lasts generations. A member of the first graduating class of the University of Florida M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management (known at the time as the Building Construction program), and a United States Air Force veteran, Witters was literally one of the first to leave a Rinker Legacy. Producing a Gator graduate family tree that includes three of his children and three more grandchildren, his legacy in Gainesville continues to this day.
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Construction project manager Sabah Corso (BDES ’05, MARCH ’08) and her company First Florida recently broke ground on their latest affordable housing project entitled, “Lil Abner,” which is set to be a senior living apartment complex located in Sweetwater, Fla. Lil Abner will be an eight-story building containing 244 units, housing residents aged 55 and older.
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A dozen residential building companies made up of mostly University of Florida graduates convened inside the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Tuesday afternoon for the inaugural Residential Building Summit. The event, held on the eve of the annual M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management Career Fair, was designed to encourage students to pursue a career in the residential construction industry.
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Col. Jack W. Martin and Wayne S. McCall were inducted into the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management Hall of Fame this past Saturday on the campus of the University of Florida. The Hall of Fame honors those who have truly distinguished themselves in the construction profession.
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Since 1927, Barr & Barr has built a reputation as one of the nation’s premiere construction managers thanks to a consistent pipeline of graduates from the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management. Their newest Gator employee is Jeremy Knickrehm, who currently serves as a project management intern in Tampa. The Spring 2023 graduate has been blown away with many things since arriving at the internship, first of which was the warm welcome he received from those that have already created a Rinker legacy.
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For the third-consecutive year, the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning had more than 20 alumni-owned companies on the Gator100, the UF Alumni Association announced Friday.
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M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management Assistant Professor Masoud Gheisari was presented with the 2021 Associated Schools of Construction International Outstanding Researcher Award earlier this month at the annual ASC International Conference. The award, given annually to a research faculty member at a four-year ASC member school, recognizes the faculty member’s quality of research, contribution to the dissemination of scholarly work within the ASC community and service to the ASC.
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University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning alumni Tim Hoeft (BDES ’04, MARCH ’06) and Paul Jones (BSBC ’05) were two of a select group of Gator graduates named to this year’s prestigious “40 Gators Under 40.”
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