Afterschool program High school students interested in AEC

§After-school program §High school students interested in A/E/C careers §Mimics a design/construction project §Team of mentors with complimentary skills §Each team “adopts” group of students for school year §Students can get scholarships and can participate in an informal internship program

§Dedicated professionals passionate about what they do! §Common goal of introducing career opportunities to high school students §Work on biggest projects in their communities §All volunteer

/National Sponsor §All disciplines §Top regional firms §Top national firms §Local firms

/Local Mentors Architects Contractors Engineers LS 3 P Rodgers Builders Mc. Kenneys Neighboring Concepts Turner Construction Optima Schrader Design Balfour Beatty Fitzpatrick Engineering Morris Berg Architects Edifice, Inc. Syska Hennessy Little RT Dooley Elm Engineering Landscape Architects Myers and Chapman Others Land. Design Bank of America Cole Jenest and Stone Center City Partners Ruppert Landscape Crescent Little Intelligent Buildings UNC Charlotte

NATIONAL STATISTICS § 64% are minorities § 97% graduate high school (73. 4% nationally) § 94% enroll in college (68% nationally) § 29% of graduates pursuing engineering are female (15% nationally) § 10% of all freshmen enrolling in architecture programs are involved in ACE § 66% continue in professions related to A/E/C

1991 – New York City §Vision of Charles Thornton §Introduction of professions §Grow next generation of professionals §Began as one team § 15 students § 5 mentors

YEAR CITIES TEAMS STUDENTS MENTORS 1995 -97 1 6 300 48 1998 2 12 320 110 1999 3 16 460 160 2000 9 30 810 260 2001 21 42 1, 420 390 2002 36 57 1, 980 460 2003 55 98 2, 730 792 2004 64 103 2, 939 806 2005 73 116 3, 106 1, 010 2006 77 142 5, 467 1, 780 2007 91 168 7, 367 2, 114 2008 100 196 9, 178 2, 286 2009 111 224 10, 989 2, 458

Department of Labor §Construction listed as one of six industries for growth §Second highest contributor to GDP §More than 1. 3 million job openings by 2018 (+15%) §Prediction excludes natural disasters §Demand far exceeds supply

TEAM 1 TEAM 2 TEAM 3, etc

Greater Charlotte Affiliate Current High Schools §Independence High School §Myers Park High School §West Charlotte High School 2010 -2011 Expansion §South Mecklenburg High School §Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology Future Expansion §Addition of two high schools every 1 -2 years §All CMS high schools by 2015 §Surrounding counties after 2015 – Greater Charlotte affiliate

§May to August – Mentor recruitment and training, development of curriculum §August to September – Student recruitment and registration §September to May – Mentoring sessions

2008 -2010 Fieldtrips §NASCAR Hall of Fame §One Bank of America Center §UNC Charlotte §Carowinds §Little Sugar Creek §Client and Jobsite meetings §Time Warner Cable Arena §Professionals office

Projects §Fall – mini projects §Team building §Collaboration §Internal competitions §Spring – Semester project §Interest to students §Relevant to real world §External competition

§Local goal is to raise $35 K each year §Scholarships Awards Banquet §School expenses CANstruction §Transportation Food and beverages §Scholarships - given to seniors pursuing careers in related professions §Awards banquet - held each spring, students present final projects §Keynote speaker – City officials, education officials, industry spokesperson

Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Baker Concrete Construction Turner Construction Balfour Beatty Bank of America CBRE Environamics Charlotte Pipe and Foundry RT Dooley Rodgers Builders Optima Engineering Bonitz Flooring Group Inc. Bat Masonry Company Binswanger Glass Edifice, Inc. Horus Cook and Boardman Irvine Access Floors Clancy and Theys The MCC Group Charlotte Glass Mc. Kenney’s Sun Glass and Door Co. South. End Specialties Shields Incorporated Baring Indistries Ruppert Landscape Poyner Spruill

§Career Guidance §Challenges §Encouragement §Enhanced Skills §Networking §Transition to workplace §Summer internships §Scholarships

§Chance to “give back” §Company image §Networking §Future employees §Provides leadership training for mentors §Outlet / relief from work related stress

To Get Involved Tell Others §Potential students, mentors, or donors Mentor §Independence, Myers Park, West Charlotte, South Meck, Phillip O. Berry §Need at least 40 mentors for upcoming year Sponsor §Donate §Sponsor a scholarship §Purchase a table §Adopt-a-school

Find Out More Visit §www. acementor. org Mentor §Contact Heth Kendrick – Land. Design §hkendrick@landdesign. com § 704. 333. 0325 Sponsor §Contact Josh Vallimont §josh. vallimont@rtdooley. com § 704. 295. 4725