Build a career.
Build a future.
Build San Diego.
From the first classroom workshop to the first paycheck, we connect San Diegans to real construction careers and the employers ready to hire them.
Open the door.
Help us raise $35,000 by December 31 for San Diego's next builders.
One foundation. Three ways in.
Whether you are a student, a career changer or a contractor who needs crews, there is a door here for you.
Explore construction
Hands-on construction career education from TK through high school, and scholarships for the next step.
- Building Tomorrow™ workshops: 1,000+ students across 9 school sites
- High school X Block, CTE and student internships
- Workforce Bridge Scholarship™ and Employer Directed Scholarship Funds like the Hazard Construction Family Scholarship
Get trained & hired
A credential, a case manager and a path into a paid construction career.
- Construction Field Ready Certificate Program, a collaboration between AGC San Diego Education and Build San Diego Foundation
- Veterans & community outreach, creating a truly collaborative San Diego with trade and community associations and partners
- San Diego County Construction Hiring Fairs that match the skilled and ready with active employers, on the spot and in person
Hire & partner
Meet trained and ready candidates to build the workforce your projects and company need.
- Recruit at our county-wide Construction Hiring Fairs
- Small Business & Veterans Initiative for SBA small business, DVBE and DBE firms
- Establish industry visibility and become an official resource partner by sponsoring a Hiring Fair, a Build Golf sponsor slot or a named scholarship
One pipeline, TK through career.
Every BSDF program feeds the next, with the Construction Field Ready Certificate Program at the center.
Building Tomorrow™
TK to 12th grade workshops, X Block and CTE.
Pre-apprenticeship
The bridge from high school into a credential.
Field Ready Certificate
AGC San Diego Education delivers the training. BSDF assists with recruitment, case management and job placement.
Apprenticeship
AGC San Diego Apprenticeship: paid, no-cost training.
Construction careers
Jobs with San Diego County contractors, tracked at 90, 180 and 365 days.
Building San Diego's workforce.
Built together.
Schools, agencies, veterans organizations and industry partners who open doors with us across San Diego County.
Open the door for the next builder.
Every gift trains, equips and places a San Diegan in a construction career. Build San Diego Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 20-1800690.
Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.