STL Events
Guest Speakers Visit Local School
At this month's CCDI visit to North Tech, guest speakers spoke to the Construction Innovation senior class in preparation for the upcoming job fair on March 7th. A huge thank you to Mike Shepard and Reggie Willis from Collins & Hermann, Tommy Davis II from TD4 Electrical, and Luke Siebert from Heitkamp Masonry for taking the time to talk with the students and help prepare for the job fair interviews!
Eagle Scout Project
CCDI student Brandon completed his Eagle Scout project for Buder Elementary School just in time for the holidays. He built a convertible bench that transforms into a picnic table for the children to have a place to sit and relax. Thank you to Paynecrest Electric for giving Brandon access to the workshop!
North Tech Visit
Guest speakers Ron Bond from Wil-Bond Construction, Dave McNamee from PM Leach, and Dave Nolan and Daryl Muhammad from SCI Engineering joined CCDI for a visit to North Tech High School. The guest speakers talked with the Senior Construction Innovation Program at North Tech in preparation for the upcoming job fair. CCDI appreciates the time, support and continued commitment our volunteers have given to our program.
Eagle Scout Project
CCDI student Brandon is working to complete his Eagle Scout project at Paynecrest Electric. In their workshop, he is building a convertible bench that transforms into a picnic table. He is planning on donating his project to Buder Elementary School. Brandon attended Buder Elementary School and sayd he would love to give the children there a place to sit and relax.
Construction Academy: November
At the latest CCDI Construction Academy class, students focused on the Clayco trait of "Courage" and how it translates into the daily tasks that happen in construction. Lennel Hunter and Dominic Norton of Clayco took the students through Virtual Design Construction and how VDC helps the construction process. Students then broke up into teams to practice some design and construction with a marshmallows and toothpick exercise that challenged them see which team could build the highest standing structure. The class finished with the students polishing up their leadership skills by identifying and defining core values, and creating elevator pitches. Students
Construction Academy: October
CCDI teamed up with North Tech High School and the Construction Innovations program for our October Construction Academy. The Clayco trait of the day was “Teamwork.” The North Tech seniors lead the discussion on safety and how to use hand tools before they broke off into groups to complete a team building carpentry project. We had special visitors from the Nine Network of Public Media who filmed our students in action. CCDI and North Tech are proud to be partners with the American Graduate program. Big thank you to Mr. Hanneken and the North Tech seniors for all their preparation,