Simpson Strong-Tie hosted nearly 400 high school students for its Trades Day events held the first and third weeks of October. The company partnered with nonprofits ACE Mentor Program and Construction Industry Education Foundation to bring students within the vicinity of the company’s Stockton, Calif., Riverside, Calif., and McKinney, Texas, facilities to learn more about a career in the construction trades, as well as about Simpson Strong-Tie and its manufacturing capabilities. 

The Trades Days provided high school students from across the country the opportunity to learn more about the building industry and Simpson Strong-Tie manufacturing, R&D and testing. As part of the all-expenses-paid visit to Simpson Strong-Tie facilities, the students toured the company’s labs and manufacturing floors. They also heard from Simpson Strong-Tie employees about their career paths and tried out the company’s products with hands-on demonstrations.

For many students, it was their first opportunity to learn more about a well-paying, stable career in the construction trades. The Trades Day events provided Simpson Strong-Tie an opportunity to make good on its key social impact priority “to contribute to the quality of construction trades education and the promotion and advancement of the trades.”

Watch a video of the events here.