GNTC Construction Management & Building Science

03/18/2026

Shredder & The Video Machine. Spring Fling 2026

03/18/2026

Shredder & the video machine.

03/05/2026

TeamWorks wins! Next stop….National Competition in June!

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students excelled at the 2026 SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference, Feb. 19-21, in Atlanta.

GNTC competed in seven categories and took home two gold medals, four silver medals and one bronze.

“I am so proud of the accomplishments of our students, they work hard and are provided excellent guidance from their instructors,” said Missy McLain, SkillsUSA advisor for GNTC. “Their success is truly a testament of the great education they are being provided here at GNTC and I am honored to be able to celebrate these successes with them.”

State gold medal winners will represent GNTC and the State of Georgia in the national contest, June 1-5, in Atlanta.

The students tested their abilities in trade, technical, skilled service and health occupations. GNTC sent two teams to the competition; most GNTC contestants competed in individual events. twenty students represented GNTC at the competition.

According to SkillsUSA, the organization serves more than 440,000 career and technical education students and instructors annually and has served 15 million members since 1965. The organization has chapters in middle schools, high schools and college/postsecondary institutions nationally.

SkillsUSA 2026 TeamWorks

Listed below are the gold, silver and bronze medalists including the student’s name, competition and city of residence. Team competitions are listed with the competition name first:

Gold

Janie Ruiz, Customer Service, Rome
TeamWorks: Caleb Greeson, Dalton; Jonah Nuckolls, Summerville; Connor Rowell, Rome; and Jackson Woodard, Calhoun

Silver

Bryan Hernandez, Dalton, Carpentry, Dalton
Alexander Monroy, Dalton, Masonry
Timothy Mashburn, Welding, Ringgold
Welding Fabrication: Hunter Pickle, Chatsworth; Brady Pierce, Chatsworth; and Parker Shepherd, Dalton

Bronze

Alisha Moss: Job Interview, Cartersville

03/05/2026

A HUGE shout out to Milwaukee Tool & Sidney Haugabrook for always supporting our program and students here at GNTC! They provided Milwaukee ear buds for our State of Georgia SkillsUSA Champs in TeamWorks. Pictured (L to R) Connor Rowell, Jonah Nuckolls, Caleb Greeson, & Jackson Woodard.

02/20/2026

SkillsUSA Georgia State Competition. GNTC represented well these last two days with TeamWorks, Carpentry and Masonry competitions. Winners here will move on to represent Georgia at the National Competition later in June. Results tomorrow at the awards ceremony.

01/30/2026

Several Region 1 high school students, who will be going to the State SkillsUSA Competitin later in February, were all here today on our Gordon County Campus for a “Mock” competition. The top 3 finalists from the region in 6 contests, got a chance to compete and practice fine tuning their skills to make a good showing in Atlanta in a few weeks. We had Cabinetmaking, Carpentry, Plumbing, Electrical Wiring, Masonry & TeamWorks. They all did a great job and look forward to seeing them compete at State. Thank you to Construction Ready for providing food for everyone and continual support!

12/23/2025

We hosted a "GNTC Construction Management Preview Day" back on 12-10-25 to several area high schools here in NW Georgia. They all brought students who are interested in the program after graduation. We had different stations set up in print reading, wall layout, scissor lift obstacle course, site layout and a mini-excavator challenge. We started the day with a presentation on the program, highlighting the classes they will take. We spent some time talking about success stories from former graduates who have gone on and started successful careers in construction. It was a great day for these possible, future students as they begin their decision making about life after graduation.

11/14/2025

More hip roof framing today. Learn by repetition.

10/28/2025

Attention Students: (and anyone else) I want to ask favor from you all and to come together to help support this food drive to support our food pantry at different campuses of GNTC. Please bring the food in on Wednesday in Dalton (October 29) or Thursday in Calhoun (October 30). I wanted to make a strong showing for our Construction Management program! Your help in this will be greatly appreciated. Bring one can or 10, all will be appreciated!! I will be at the Whitfield Campus on Wednesday to help collect any food that you could bring in. See you then!

10/25/2025

Roof framing this week in the shop. Measuring and cutting rafters is the best! !

10/24/2025

Today we highlight Francisco Triana. Francisco graduated from GNTC in May 2025. He is the Project Engineer for Reeves Young on the Water Treatment Plant - Chemical System Improvements project for Dalton Utilities.

Francisco is responsible for all the material and equipment submittals, RFI's (Request for Information) to the architect, coordination and scheduling for the subcontractors on site and making sure everything is being built to the plans and specs.

Congrats, Francisco, on a great career in Construction!