“I attended Construction Career Days as a high school student in 2016. My class was made up of all juniors and seniors, just starting to seriously think about our future careers. As a high school student, it was hard committing to a career because there was no way to know what that career would actually look like day to day. That’s why I am so glad we had the opportunity to go to Construction Career Day, it let me visualize my future and made me excited about the construction/engineering field. One of the labs I was most interested in was a bridge designing lab, 7 years later I am now a Structural Engineer at WGI specializing in bridge design!”The three-day event hosted over 2,600 students from across FDOT's District 2, which includes 58 schools and 18 counties in Northeast Florida. WGI's chaperones for the event helped guide different student groups through the learning labs and career exhibits that were on display. David John worked tirelessly as WGI's sole representative on the CCD Committee, which works to put on successful CCD events year in and year out. This year, WGI participated in Northeast Florida's 10th annual CCD. Some of our awesome associates volunteered their time to provide students with engaging construction and engineering activities such as the ever-popular bucket trucks! Contractors brought in heavy machinery and equipment for students to see what it's like behind the wheel while moving cones and dirt with the use of excavators!
