Since its unveiling in late September, the Procon Innovation Center in Virginia Tech’s Hitt Hall has attracted media attention ranging from industry outlets like ENR and Construction Dive to various local news stations.
In Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering Fall Magazine, the lead story, Constructing Tomorrow, takes readers back to the Blacksburg campus during the early dot com era where Procon’s co-founders Mark and Kyu were finalizing their business plan. The story follows Mark and Kyu’s journey from VT graduate students to construction leaders and mentors. Inspired by their VT professors and an immersive graduate curriculum, Mark and Kyu established a construction management consulting firm with a focus on technology and innovation. Now, students at Virginia Tech will have the opportunity to leverage cutting edge technology to solve A/E/C industry challenges and create smarter, more sustainable solutions for the built environment. In addition to fostering tomorrow’s leaders, the lab space is another way that Procon is partnering with academia to bridge the gap between research and industry.
