ACE students of the South Shore neighborhoods are invited for a third and final tour of the new SS High School, currently under construction and set to open in 2011. The tour, which is open to invited South-side students, will depart from the corner of 76th street and South Jeffrey at 3:30pm on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Please dress […]
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What is Construction Management all about? Well last week we met for our second meeting at the office of Bovis Lend Lease to find out. Mentors explained what the roles of construction managers are and the processes they go through in order to get a building constructed on time and under budget. Students learned the differences
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Tomorrow night will be College Night, We’ve put together a survey that we would like the students to fill out to get them started thinking about college and also to give the mentors a little background on how where the students are in the process. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YVZFSPD There are also a few websites that
ACE Team 7’s first session was the ever popular Spaghetti & Marshmallow Towers.
Every tower safely survived the Seismic Test, though there are rumors that some towers had more intense friction between continetal plates than others despite all being sited on the same chicago city block.
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Students had the chance to visit the construction site of Ogden International School of Chicago! Team 3 was split into two groups and the Turner Construction mentors gave a little tour of the site. They learned about key aspects of construction and also discussed structural and mechanical elements in the building. Several key words were
This week students met at Turner Construction. They played a Career Match Game Show to learn more about ACE professions. By asking three mentors a few questions about their field, students figured out which one was an architect, engineer, and construction manager. The design project was introduced and students brainstormed ideas for the program. This year’s design
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Welcome to ACE Team 5! We met for the ACE student orientation this week at the School of the Art Institute. Students were introduced to the ACE program and found out what fun things are in store for them this year! This year we will be taking a tour of a construction site here in Chicago, learn
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