Construction Forum Recognizes SDOW

Construction Forum Recognizes School District of Washington for BUILD Academy
Posted on 04/01/2021
Construction Forum Recognizes SDOWConstruction Forum St. Louis has recognized the School District of Washington and the Four Rivers Career Center for the development of BUILD Academy.

BUILD Academy (Building Unique and Innovative Learning by Design) is held at Four Rivers Career Center. It offers an authentic project based learning experience to over 100 sixth-grade students from the SDOW. This project based learning model exposes students to possible careers that they may not even knew exist before they enter the BUILD Academy.

The end project is a dog house. However, the true learning occurs when these students use every day standards by means of developing a business plan, designing business logos, drafting the dog house design from scratch and applying math and measuring skills to the actual building of the doghouse.

Construction Forum recently presented its sixth annual “Building Tomorrow Awards.”

The Building Tomorrow Awards recognize individuals or organizations who/that have made contributions in alignment with the values and initiatives espoused by the Forum’s new strategic plan. Construction Forum’s mission under that plan is, “to facilitate the collaboration of all the stakeholders in the St. Louis Region’s built environment in creating inclusive, robust employment and economic growth.”

Nominations were received from the industry at large. Nominating the BUILD Academy was Scott Byrne of the St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council.

Recipients were selected by the Forum’s board of directors. Five awards were presented. Four aligned with the components of the Forum’s strategic plan, and an additional award recognized an Emerging Leader.

The School District of Washington received the Knowledge Lab Award. The award is presented to an individual or organization who/which supported innovations that moved the work of workforce and economic development stakeholders forward.

Diana Wilhold, Deputy Executive Director of Construction Forum, visited the Four Rivers Career Center on Tuesday, March 30, to present the award to FRCC Director Andy Robinson.

Construction Forum Award
Construction Forum St. Louis presented the School District of Washington and the Four Rivers Career Center its Knowledge Lab Award for the development of BUILD Academy. Presenting the award to FRCC Director Andy Robinson is Diana Wilhold, Deputy Executive Director of Construction Forum.

Construction Forum Award
Construction Forum St. Louis presented the School District of Washington and the Four Rivers Career Center its Knowledge Lab Award for the development of BUILD Academy. Presenting the award to FRCC Director Andy Robinson is Diana Wilhold, Deputy Executive Director of Construction Forum.