Mobile workshop hits the road to build labor pipeline

The useful part

A workshop on wheels could do something good to reshape how students view careers in construction. Coppell this week.Students can step inside and connect with advanced virtual reality and augmented reality simulators to see real-world construction scenarios. By exposing students to careers in construction, the hope is they'll want to join a field where there is a critical need for talent.

How it works

• "So right out of high school, 18, and you graduate high school, you can go to work for one of these employers and they'll pay for your training.
• Then you get on the job skills." In its first six months, TEXO will get the Be Pro Be Proud mobile workshop to high schools in Dallas-Fort Worth and engage more than 1,500 stude...