ACE helps Virginia high school students discover the many exciting and rewarding career opportunities available to them in the building design and construction industry.
Students work with local architects, engineers and contractors from top firms who serve as mentors to guide them through team design projects. In addition, they often visit mentors’ firms to see first-hand what it’s like to work in that part of the industry.
They also tour major construction sites to explore the wide range of professional skills needed in today’s dynamic building industry. Through these experiences, many students make valuable contacts that can help them along their personal educational and career paths.
High school students in the Richmond area can now benefit from a nationwide program designed to introduce them to the wide range of career opportunities open to young people in architecture, construction, engineering, and related areas of the building design and construction industry.
At weekly meetings, student teams work directly with professionals from leading area firms, who volunteer their time to mentor the teams as they design hypothetical projects, tour local construction sites, and visit architectural, engineering and construction offices.
For students, it’s a unique chance to discover and develop new skills, solidify future goals and get on track to exciting, rewarding careers. In addition, many students form positive relationships with industry professionals who can provide important references for obtaining college admissions, scholarships, internships and full-time employment.
North Carolina’s ACE affiliates are in Charlotte and Raleigh. These affiliates offer high school young people an opportunity to explore potential careers in architecture, construction and engineering. Under the guidance of professionals from local firms who serve as mentors, student teams take field trips and work on projects that simulate “real-life” building industry situations.
This approach gives students a practical way to learn about the rewards and satisfactions available through a career in our industry.
High school students in the Durham area can now benefit from a nationwide program designed to introduce them to the wide range of career opportunities open to young people in architecture, construction, engineering, and related areas of the building design and construction industry.
At weekly meetings, student teams work directly with professionals from leading area firms, who volunteer their time to mentor the teams as they design hypothetical projects, tour local construction sites, and visit architectural, engineering and construction offices.
For students, it’s a unique chance to discover and develop new skills, solidify future goals and get on track to exciting, rewarding careers. In addition, many students form positive relationships with industry professionals who can provide important references for obtaining college admissions, scholarships, internships and full-time employment.
Founded in 1995, the national ACE mentoring program started as a single affiliate in New York. Today, our affiliates continue to offer high school students a chance to discover the many rewards available through a career in architecture, engineering and/or construction.
Volunteer mentors from many of the industry’s top firms assist student teams as they take on challenging construction design assignments similar to the ones professionals work on every day.
In addition, students get hands-on experience using advanced technologies to plan, schedule and estimate their projects. Many also visit construction sites, professional firms, and schools and colleges to learn what makes projects and careers alike succeed.
To cap off the experience, students present their design solutions during special events attended by mentors, families and teachers. ACE affiliates may also award college scholarships, and all are ready to help students find a fulfilling career in the building industry.
Founded in 2001, the ACE Mentor Program of Upstate New York helps high school students from Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse better understand the significant benefits and positive rewards available through careers in architecture, construction and engineering.
Every other week from November through May, experienced professionals from local building industry firms mentor student teams as they pursue projects similar to those the mentors themselves work on every day.
Students also visit professional offices, tour construction sites, and take other informative and exciting field trips. In addition, program participants who decide to pursue a career in the building industry are eligible for both national and local scholarships.
Over the past six years, we’ve awarded over $30,000 in scholarships to students attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Vassar, Carnegie-Mellon, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Hudson Valley Community College and other post-high school academic programs.
The ACE Mentor Program of New Jersey is the third oldest affiliate in the country, starting in 1999 with two teams in Newark. This year, we anticipate having ACE teams in Newark (3), East Orange, Jersey City, Middlesex County, Paterson, Camden, Cumberland County, Trenton and Atlantic City.
The ACE Mentor Program of New Jersey is the third oldest affiliate in the country, starting in 1999 with two teams in Newark. This year, we anticipate having ACE teams in Newark (3), East Orange, Jersey City, Middlesex County, Paterson, Camden, Cumberland County, Trenton and Atlantic City.
Each of the teams follows the same model:
- Mentors from architectural, construction management, and engineering firms meet with teams of 20-25 students fifteen times after school between October and March
- At these sessions, students learn what architects, construction managers and engineers do from mentor presentations and hands-on activities
- The sessions are “project driven” and just as would happen in a real world design/construction project, all members of the team participate in developing the project
- Other “real world” activities include field trips to construction sites and apprenticeship facilities.
- At the end of the ACE season, all our teams are brought together at a final presentations night and given the opportunity to “present” their projects
- The program culminates with a fund-raising breakfast at which scholarships are awarded to deserving graduates of the program.
Note: Since it began awarding scholarships in June of 2000, ACE New Jersey has awarded $255,500 in scholarships to 174 deserving graduates of the program.
ACE helps New Hampshire high school students discover the many exciting and rewarding career opportunities available to them in the building design and construction industry.
Students work with local architects, engineers and contractors from top firms who serve as mentors to guide them through team design projects. In addition, they often visit mentors’ firms to see first-hand what it’s like to work in that part of the industry.
They also tour major construction sites to explore the wide range of professional skills needed in today’s dynamic building industry. Through these experiences, many students make valuable contacts that can help them along their personal educational and career paths.
High school students in the Manchester area can now benefit from a nationwide program designed to introduce them to the wide range of career opportunities open to young people in architecture, construction, engineering, and related areas of the building design and construction industry.
At weekly meetings, student teams work directly with professionals from leading area firms, who volunteer their time to mentor the teams as they design hypothetical projects, tour local construction sites, and visit architectural, engineering and construction offices.
For students, it’s a unique chance to discover and develop new skills, solidify future goals and get on track to exciting, rewarding careers. In addition, many students form positive relationships with industry professionals who can provide important references for obtaining college admissions, scholarships, internships and full-time employment.
A+DEN is a program of the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the American
Architectural Foundation, and the American Institute of Architects
