Welcome to the Construction Center of Excellence
Throughout the state of Washington there are 11 colleges that have
been designated
Centers of Excellence. Each Center focuses
on a targeted industry which is defined as one that is strategic to the economic
growth of a region or state.
Renton Technical College is designated by the State Board for Community
and Technical College as Washington’s Construction Center of Excellence (CCE). The
CCE is Washington’s innovation hub for education and training, a premiere resource
for industry, educators, and colleges, and convenes a statewide construction workforce
network.
Washington's
Green Building Sector is a Bright Spot in the Current Economic Downturn.
As the construction industry nationwide has struggled, the market for green
building has continued to grow, resulting in keeping jobs and creating new ones.
Opportunities within green building, both environmentally and economically, are
highlighted in a new video project created by the Construction Center of
Excellence, Washington Department of Ecology, and the Department of General
Administration. The video project is titled "Green
Building: Jobs of the Future"
(for best results, right-click the link and save to your computer
before playing. Note, the file size is 90mb).