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LITES Podcast E12 - The NCCCO Foundation Study: Virtual Reality's Role in Crane Operator Certification Testing

CEO of the NCCCO Foundation, Graham Brent, and PhD& CEO of Authentic Testing, Wallace Judd, join ITI President/CEO, Zack Parnell, to discuss the NCCCO Foundation's recent study on how virtual reality...

LITES Podcast E11 - Bechtel & Barnhart Alumni Rigging Engineers on Cranes, Construction, and Training

ITI CEO Zack Parnell sits down with Chief Rigging Engineer for Bechtel, Keith Anderson alongside former SVP of Engineering & Technical Services at Barnhart, Jim Yates and ITI Founder Mike Parnell for...

LITES Podcast E10 - Tallo.com co-founders discuss their digital platform for connecting students, schools, and businesses

How can a tech savvy student find a path to a good paying job in Heavy Industry? How are companies evolving to connect with the next generation of workers? Tallo was created to connect the dots...

LITES Podcast E09 - RealWear Founder Andy Lowery on His Company's Advanced Knowledge Transfer Device

How can heavy industry employees get real-time answers to all of their on-the-job-site questions? How are companies evolving to accommodate the incoming millennial workforce? RealWear devices can...

LITES Podcast E08 - xAPI Inventor & SCORM Innovator Mike Rustici on Learning Management Systems

How are companies building learning management systems to train their employees? xAPI and SCORM help companies design eLearning courses for their employees so that they can do their best work on the...

LITES Podcast E07 - Safety and Training in the Nuclear Industry at the Electric Power Research Institute

How does the nuclear power industry ensure the safety of their employees at nuclear power plants? Programs like the HRCUG, Gen Ed, and STE are helping educate industrial workers of today and the...

LITES Podcast E06 - Workforce Development and Training for the Future at the Energy Innovation Center in Pittsburgh

How are energy companies supporting sustainable workforce development while bringing innovation and technology forward? We took a closer look at how companies in a city that is considered to be a...

LITES Podcast E05 - $150B is Spent on Workforce Training & Development. Is It a Waste?

When over $150 billion is spent on training and development in the US every year, we ask ourselves if there is any evidence that this time and money spent is contributing to the business' overall...

Join Us for VR Crane & Equipment Simulation Demo Day & Happy Hour

June 20, 2018 LITES is set to host an open house at the Energy Innovation Center on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Event logistics and free registration is now available at www.lites.org.

LITES Podcast E04 - President of Bechtel Equipment, Jim Nolan, On Construction Management & Innovation

How can the implementation of technology effect construction job-sites all over the world? Bechtel Corporation uses applied data and analytics to solve large-scale construction issues involving...

LITES Podcast E03 - United Rentals’ Advanced Solutions Group Takes On Productivity In The Construction Industry

How can United Rentals create a safer and more efficient working environment for people in the construction industry? Employees within the company are answering this question by meeting every Tuesday...

LITES Podcast E02 - Bechtel Innovation Chief on Construction Innovation at 120yo Behemoth

Inflatable scaffolding? Artificial clouds? These are some of the radical ideas that Bechtel Corporation employees have created that could help solve problems or provide safety benefits to working on...