NJSCC trainees recognized.Thirty-three new trainees representing 27 construction firms were recognized at a graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. ceremony here this evening for successfully completing the Fall 2004 Northern Region Contractor Training Program sponsored by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation The New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation (NJSCC or SCC) is a public agency in New Jersey that is responsible for implementing an $8.6 billion overhaul of the educational infrastructure of hundreds of schools in districts throughout all 21 counties of the State . The free eight-week training program, funded by SCC SCC - strongly connected component and conducted by the Regional Alliance for Small Contractors (RASC RASC Royal Astronomical Society of Canada RASC Reconfigurable Application Specific Computing RASC Royal Army Service Corps (British) RASC Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth (UK) ), is designed to teach small, minority, and women-owned firms about good business management practices in order to assist them in competing for SCC school building contracts. SCC is responsible for school construction projects throughout the State of New Jersey. The $8.6 billion program is the largest public construction program ever undertaken by New Jersey and represents one of the largest programs of its type in the nation. John F. Spencer, SCC Chief Executive Officer, said the goal of the Fall 2004 Northern Region Contractor Training Program is to lead the participants to new contracting opportunities in Bergen, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties Warren County is the name of fourteen counties in the USA. They are named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War:
"This initiative is part of the ongoing effort of the SCC to improve small, minority and women-owned business participation in school construction projects across New Jersey," Spencer said, noting that similar training programs will be held throughout the state. |
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