graduated magna cum laude from Wentworth Institute of Technology

Andrew Meade, graduated magna cum laude from Wentworth Institute of Technology in May 2009. He received a bachelor of science degree in construction management.

A 2004 graduate of Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, he son of Donna Meade of New Bedford.

Meade successfully completed a rigorous course load including construction project management, control and scheduling, advanced estimating and bid analysis, construction safety and risk management, construction business and finance, law and government regulations, materials and methods of construction I and II, electrical and mechanical building systems, surveying I, structural design I, II, and III, materials testing and quality control, and labor relations.

His training included work with the LEED/BIM seminar, Habitat for Humanity, ASC/AGC Northeast regional student competition, CMAA National conferences, AGC mentor program, ASCE workshop for student chapter leaders, the electronic total station, electronic theodolite, automatic level, and CNC/manual machining. He is also trained in software including Primavera, On-Screen Takeoff, Prolog Manager, Timberline, AutoCAD, iBidPro, Revit, BID2WIN, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, SolidWorks, Mastercam, and PC/Mac operating systems.

Meade has been certified in 10/30-hour OSHA, CPR/FA/AED, and has received his Class 1C/2A hoisting engineer license.

While at Wentworth, Meade was the president of the Sigma Lambda Chi International Construction Honor Society and vice president of the Wentworth Construction Management Club. He was also a member of the Associated General Contractors of America, the Omicron IV Chapter of Sigma Lambda Chi International Honor Society, the Massachusetts Alpha Chapter of Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Construction Management Association of America.

He has also been awarded the CMAA Education and Research Foundation National Scholarship, the Edward T. Kirkpatrick Cooperative Education Award, the Massachusetts Construction Advancement Program Scholarship, the AGC Education and Research Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship and, most recently, the Wentworth Alumni Association Graduate Recognition.

Meade is currently employed by Hensel Phelps Construction Company in Fayettville, NC. Previously, he worked as an assistant project engineer for Gilbane Building Company and as an assistant superintendent for P.J. Keating Company.