ACE Mission Engage, excite and enlighten high school students to pursue careers in the integrated construction industry through mentoring Support their continued advancement in the industry through scholarships and grants
ACE Cleveland Board of Directors Tom Laird Gilbane Building Company Board Chair Eric Gordon Cleveland Metropolitan School District Vice Chair Pat Sweeney Thompson & Hine, LLC Treasurer Ken Hale Cuyahoga Community College Secretary Crandall Miller University Hospitals Chris Ronayne University Circle, Inc. Sandra English Cleveland State University Sonya Pryor-Jones Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland John Sanner Regency Construction Services, Inc. Tari Rivera Regency Construction Services, Inc. Beth Bilek-Golias Kent State University Jason Jones Turner Construction Co. Mark Rader Oswald Companies Lynn Bayer ThenDesign Architecture, Ltd Chris Smith ThenDesign Architecture, Ltd
Supporting Organizations AKA Construction Management ARC Arcadis Array Architects Barber Hoffman Bialosky & Partners Team Meeting CEC Consulting Chas E. Phipps Company Cleveland Metropolitan Schools Cleveland State University Coleman Spohn College Now Greater Cleveland Cuyahoga Community College CT Consultants Gardiner Trane Gilbane Building Company Herschman Architects Johnson Controls KA Architecture Kent State University Marous Brothers Michael Benza & Associates Divide & Cnquer Moody Nolan NEO Green Building Day Council of Oswald Companies Ozanne Construction Co. Panzica Construction Co. Project and Construction Services PSI Regency Construction Services, Inc. RL Hill Management SE Blueprint Skanska Shook Stantec ThenDesign Architecture, Ltd. Thompson Hine Tremco Turner Construction Company University Hospitals Van Auken Akins Architects, Ltd. VIP Restoration
New ACE Advisory Council AIA American Institute of Architects ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers BOMA Building Owners and Managers Association CEA/AGC - Construction Employer s Divide & Cnquer Assoc./Associated General Contractors Cuyahoga Community College City of Cleveland CES Cleveland Engineering Society Cleveland Hopkins International Airport Cleveland Public Power Cleveland State University CREW Commercial Real Estate Women Kent State University NAIOP National Association of Industrial and Office Properties NAWIC National Association of Women in Construction NEORSD Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Day of NOSHE Northern Ohio Society for Healthcare Engineering SMPS Society for Marketing Professional Services VIP Restoration Wire-Net
How ACE Works Board of Directors Advisory Council Affiliate Coordinators Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Owner Owner Owner Owner Architect/Landscape Architect/Landscape Architect/Landscape Architect/Landscape Civil Civil Civil Civil Structural Structural Structural Structural MEP Engineers MEP Engineers MEP Engineers MEP Engineers GC / CM GC / CM GC / CM GC / CM
ACE Mentor Teams ACE Cleveland Affiliate Teams & Lead Firms John Hay Juniors Lead Firm: ThenDesign Architecture John Hay Seniors Lead Firm: Gilbane Building Company James Rhodes Lead Firm: Turner Construction Company New Tech East Lead Firm: Herschman Architects New Tech West Lead Firm: Regency Construction Services, Inc. Max Hayes Lead Firm: Ozanne Construction Company
Weeks 1-5 How ACE Works Learn about what all the ACE teams are doing and get new ideas for session Possible construction site tour Weeks 6-14 30 minute lesson or activity 90 minutes of final design project support Mentor office visit, college day, mock interviews Week 15 May Finalize design project presentations Scholarship dinner for family and friends
Typical Lesson How ACE Works Two hours (i.e. 3:30-5:30 immediately after school) 5 minute homework overview/icebreaker 15 minute discussion about a discipline/review activity 70-80 minute hands-on activity/student presentation Pizza break! Lead Mentor Responsibility Per Lesson Plan the lesson for your assigned weeks (2-3 a year) Supply the resources/materials and people for the activity
Icebreaker: The Great ACE Race Team Meeting Divide & Cnquer Day of Document
Estimating/Scheduling
The Final Design Project Request for Proposal The assignment is given to the students in the form of a RFP Mentor volunteers to work as a task force to develop Introduce to Students Introduce RFP to students after they return from Christmas Break Mentoring sessions throughout the year should be tied in some way to the project Reinforce project components at every lesson Student Organization Each class teams together as a company, they will develop company names, logos, mission statements Operate as construction project team How it Works
The Final Design Project Community Building Past Projects Key Elements: Public area with functional space for large groups, administration office, lavatories, mechanical room, circulation and connecting space New Tech West Students A Cuyahoga Valley Museum of Transportation and Industry located at Steelyard Commons Key Elements: museum galleries, sustainable elements, LEED, transportation hub Pedestrian Bridge student chose from various locations: Flats, John Hay Campus, Cleveland Metorparks Zoo John Hay Seniors Key Elements: designed with public in mind, unique designs, mindful about budgets and disruption to existing traffic and pedestrian flow
Final Presentation Night
Scholarship Awards Final Presentation Night & Scholarship Awards Banquet ACE Cleveland has awarded more than $227,500 in scholarships since 2009!
Scholarship Awards Scholarship Partners
How to Get Involved Serve on a mentor team for the upcoming school year Serve as a guest speaker to multiple teams Donate money for scholarships Provide co-op opportunity during holiday break in December 2013 or Summer break 2014 Assist with event planning Scholarship Dinner (May) Golf Outing (August) Serve as a mock interview volunteer Provide a space to host a meeting, office tour, construction tour Serve as an imentor to scholarship winners during college years