Expo Gives Missouri Students Construction Experiences

Some 900 Highschool college students from 28 Mid-Missouri schools tried their palms at numerous enchancment enterprise practices On the Construct My Future profession expo held On the Jefferson Metropolis, Missouri, Jaycees Fairgrounds.

Sponsored by the Associated Widespread Contractors of Missouri and The house Constructers Affiliation of Central Missouri, the event gave college students The prospect to spend a day Inside The enchancment enterprise, that consists of instructional shows, gear operations, and studying labs with huge and small enchancment gear from 41 enterprise exhibitors.

Detailed in a report by the Jefferson Metropolis Information Tribune, college students participated in about 5 hours of palms-on actions, Similar to carpentry, surveying, welding, stamping concrete, mixing concrete and asphalt, drilling, hammering, stapling, framing, developing pc parts, constructing hearth pits, and ending a residential enchancment impediment course.

Students additionally operated heavy gear, using it To choose up tennis balls, place basketballs in trash cans, maneuver round cones, knock down bowling pins, and scoop up gravel and bricks.

Supply Jefferson Metropolis Information Tribune