Tech-forward facility will play a crucial role in shaping future of construction by empowering next generation of industry leaders with cutting-edge tools and resources
Procon Consulting, one of the region’s premier tech-focused construction management firms, is empowering the next generation of construction industry leaders with the establishment of the Procon Innovation Center at Virginia Tech, the alma mater of Procon’s Co-founders Mark Ilich and Kyu Jung. Located inside the newly constructed Hitt Hall at the university’s Blacksburg, Virginia campus, the cutting-edge facility fosters hands-on learning and collaboration for students in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction and College of Engineering.
The Procon Innovation Center is an advanced facility designed to support large-scale, student-led projects and experiential learning. Equipped with cutting-edge resources, like robotics and 3D concrete printers, students in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction will partner with industry in the development of new tech-driven solutions and approaches that have the potential to transform building construction.
Childhood friends from Richmond, VA, who both graduated from Virginia Tech, Jung and Ilich founded Procon with a focus on using innovation to disrupt the AEC industry. Leveraging their backgrounds in engineering and technology, combined with their entrepreneurial spirit,Procon continues to provide clients with unmatched construction management services and custom solutions to some of the nation’s most complex build and infrastructure projects. Ahead of the company’s 25th anniversary in 2025, the business partners sponsored the Procon Innovation Center to give back to the university that fostered their success, investing in facilities and resources that will drive the next generation to progress the construction management industry.
