“It was a completed building but we tore all the walls off it,” Howard said. “We are rehabbing it, putting on a new roof, metal siding and a metal ceiling.”
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Howard said the students were also responsible for putting up new lightening inside the building, to complete the transformation.
The project is part of a continuing partnership between CTC and the fairgrounds, which allows students in construction classes to gain hands-on experience working on projects at legitimate construction sites.
“They take a lot of pride in this,” Howard said. “It gives them a lot of real work experience, unlike what you get at a lot of other schools.”
Now that the building has been completed, Howard said the building will continue to help CTC students.
“We have a food truck at our school that is run by students, that will be parked here next to this building during the fair and during other events,” Howard said. “It will be a place for picnic tables and a place for people to eat.”
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Allison Schuiler, a student at CTC, said she feels like the project helped her become more experienced when it comes to construction work.
“I learned how to saw things and learned how to nail certain things,” Schuiler said.
Schuiler said she has learned a lot while working on the shelter, but she said she still has a lot more to learn and experience before starting her career.
“I’m still looking forward to working with the nail gun,” Schuiler said.
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