Two Philadelphia teams - Team 4 led by Tim Stringfellow (Torcon) and Team 6 led by Tom Saldutti (JMT) - recently got a sneak peek at Villanova’s massive student housing project. Stringfellow, the project’s manager, provided an extensive tour during which he discussed the construction process, highlighted features and challenges of the project, and provided...
Although site visits to completed projects provide students with a wealth of knowledge, when ACE Mentor Program team leaders have the opportunity to take their students to an active job site in order to see the construction process in action, they jump on it! Vanessa Hejnas (O’Donnell & Naccarato), Team 7’s Leader, recently learned of an...
Ahhh Wawa! The amazing store where you can get coffee, hoagies, and sometimes even gas! We all know it, we all love it, but have we ever given any thought into why it is such a beloved institution? Hint – it’s not an accident; careful planning goes into each and every one of those buildings...
Steve Cromity (Daltile, ACE Advisory Council Member) and Eric Huefner (Langan Engineering), leaders of team #3, have been doing an amazing job keeping their team engaged and actively working on a variety of A/C/E related lessons. In one of their first sessions, students built 3D shapes out of marshmallows & toothpicks as well as paper towers...