# Richard Olguin on Gates & Sons’ Construction Products By Engineering And Construction · Published 2024-03-05 · Updated 2026-03-25 · Education Technology on MarketScale Canonical: https://www.marketscale.com/industries/education-technology/richard-olguin-construction-products > Vocational programs that teach real-world construction products better equip students for immediate workplace success ## Key points - Vocational programs that teach real-world construction products better equip students for immediate workplace success Block Field How does the integration of industry-specific products and methods into vocational education impact the preparedness of [students](https://marketscale.com/industries/engineering-and-construction/importance-of-trades-education/) entering the construction workforce? In an insightful interview, [Jim Huscroft](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-huscroft-06293747/), the President of [Gates & Sons](https://gatesconcreteforms.com/), speaks with **Richard Olguin**, a Project Manager at [Baca Construction](https://www.bacaconstructionllc.com/about-1), about Olguin's experience incorporating **Gates**'s construction products into the building construction program he led, emphasizing the product's reliability and versatility as key teaching tools. "I knew how versatile, how reliable it was," Olguin said. "It lasts. This product, I have forms that I've had for they're probably getting close to forty years old. And I'm just now trying to get to the end of my road, and I wanna sell them, and they're still good enough where they're saleable. There's very little lamination; you have to take care of them, oil them. But I just truly believe in this product from the commercial side to the residential. Rods, cam locks, they just work." > I just truly believe in this product from the commercial side to the residential. Rods, cam locks, they just work. > *— Richard Olguin, Project Manager at Baca Construction* Tags: Baca Construction, construction products, construction training programs, Gates & Sons, Jim Huscroft, Richard Olguin --- Source: MarketScale, https://www.marketscale.com/industries/education-technology/richard-olguin-construction-products. Published for AI indexing and citation; cite the canonical URL. Site guide for agents: https://www.marketscale.com/llms.txt