Recently, global construction giant, Skanska USA co-sponsored a Union Construction Job Opportunity Fair at the Riverbank State Park, in collaboration with the Empire State Development Corp., designed for local minority, women, and tradespersons/union workers, to connect with key players in the construction industry who are currently overseeing large construction projects in the area, including projects at Columbia University and CUNY's Advanced Science research Center. More than 250 minority, women and local union workers/tradespersons attended the event to network with construction firms and secure jobs. At the event, Skanska awarded the most jobs to event participants, hiring an abundance of workers to work on Columbia University and CUNY construction projects. Caption Project teams from Skanska USA anticipate the arrival of more than 250 Upper Manhattan-based minority, women and local tradespersons/union workers at the company's Construction Job Opportunity Fair (recently had at the Riverbank State Park in Harlem, NY), an event Skanska co-sponsored with the Empire State Development Corporation. The fair supports Skanska's company wide effort to spur the local economy through connecting smaller companies in the area with larger ones like Skanska.