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Demo Day lights the spark in people who dig construction careers
The work was light and the mood even lighter at Demo Day, a first-time event staged by the recently formed North Dakota Construction Leadership Council. The demonstration day, designed to raise public awareness about the perks of construction-related occupations, attracted about 15 high school students and 50 adults. 4:44 pm, Apr. 29, 2021 ×
Central Cass (N.D.) High School student Garrett Gehrke drops a basketball into a bucket 13 seconds after lifting it from a construction cone during Demo Day, Thursday, April 29, 2021, General Equipment & Supplies, Inc., in Horace. High school students and adults were able to test drive an excavator, remote-controlled skid steer, bulldozer and crane during the event sponsored by the Associated General Contractors of North Dakota to generate interest in the work.
Wanna drive a dozer? Public can operate construction equipment at Demo Day
Attendees who are interested in construction careers will have a chance to operate a Komatsu loader, excavator or dozer, a remote-controlled Bobcat skidsteer or a mobile crane during Demo Day April 29, presented by the North Dakota Construction Leadership Council. 9:03 am, Apr. 21, 2021 ×
Makenzie Lako, RDO service technician, talks about how she supports and deploys navigation beacons to construction sites at RDO Equipment, 2960 34th St. S., Moorhead, March 3. The construction industry has grown more diverse and inclusive in recent years.
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HORACE, N.D. Anyone who has longed to drive a dozer, steer a skidsteer or control a crane can now do so by attending Demo Day Thursday, April 29, in Horace.