and the out look is bright and sunny for anybody in the construction industry. the contractors are the employers, the web corps the turners, the kay hills, and without them, we could not employ our students, so with that strong support, that is how we have 23 students already placed. so a strong shout out for them as well. [ applause ] and the last partnership that makes the goal are all of the colleagues within the city family that help us in a number of ways including funding, support, and we work with them to identify the projects, that places the students on to just about every department that has anything to do with construction is involved in city build. the port, the airport, the public utilities commission, muni dpw, parks and rec, they are all vital contributers to city bill as well and make this thing go and additional and a new relationship that we started that we hope will be fruitful is our relationship with the san francisco unified school district. as we contin
chance will go a long ways. yes preparedness is easy it s a state of mind. once you have a plan in place your calm and, make better choices you will be needing this. wow. who what caused it out age. still think it was an alien synevaluation. wow. did you see that? [ applause ] we are back, i think that the mayor will speak to this, but we are back coming back, very strong from a deep recession that the country experienced the last few years, san francisco has come back strong. we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, you can see it by all the cranes represented in the sky these days. and the out look is bright and sunny for anybody in the construction industry. the contractors are the employers, the web corps the turners, the kay hills, and without them, we could not employ our students, so with that strong support, that is how we have 23 students already placed. so a strong shout out for them as well. [ applause ] and the last partne
mayor s office. the entire lyman family here, ramon, jesus and joseph scott. and eddie, from bright line, where are you? you talked to me earlier. and let s see, dave teritan with operating engineers. [ applause ] and anthony arebina with the sheet metal workers. i saw him around here earlier. and all right, and oracady standing in the doorway over here. and the next person that i would like to introduce is gary capa. he is the president and chief and executive officer of consolidating engineer laboratories. he has been a long time leader in this industry. for more than 25 years, basically they called gary in when the things need to get done. so with further adieu, no further adieu, i would like to introduce gary. well, thank you for that eloquent introduction. first of all, congratulations to the graduates in this room. and it is really exciting to see some of you guys walking around with vests on already. and that tells me that you work today, and you earn a living