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MISS FIX IT
During the week of March 1-7, 2009, the National Association of Women in Construction celebrated its 12th annual Women in Construction (WIC) Week. The purpose of WIC Week is to raise awareness of the possibilities the construction industry holds. In celebration of WIC week, chapters host various events aimed at enhancing the success of women in the construction
industry. Some examples of WIC week programs include Block Kids, Ms. Fix It workshops, and Construction Career Days.
Many of today’s women professionals have memories of being an active member of a Girl Scout troop in their local community as a young girl. As Girl Scouts, young girls are given the opportunity to obtain a variety of skills and knowledge through troop activities, volunteering, camping, and earning badges and awards.
On Saturday March 7, 2009, the National Association of Women in Construction Las Vegas Chapter 74 (NAWIC) collaborated with the Girl Scouts of Frontier Council. NAWIC and the Girl Scouts of Frontier Council hosted workshops to educate the girls on careers in construction, along with assisting them to earn their “Ms. Fix It “badge.
The workshops included:
- Painting Pros hosted by Cal /Pac Painting of Nevada, Inc.
- Doorlock Warlock hosted by LF Harris and Company, Inc.
- Brick Chick hosted by Par 3 Landscape and Maintenance, Inc.
- Safety Scouts hosted by McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
- Pictured Squared hosted by M-Truss & Components.
- CADdy Kids hosted by Young Electric Sign Company.
Thank you to all the companies who participated.
  
  
BLOCK KIDS
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Block Kids is a national building competition, which is sponsored by local NAWIC Chapters and other community organizations. The program introduces children to the construction industry, while educating the children and generating excitement about the career opportunities available in the industry.
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On Saturday, February 21, 2009, the NAWIC - Las Vegas Chapter held its annual Block Kids event. The event was held at the Donald Reynolds Boys and Girls Club in Henderson, Nevada. Thirty-five girls and thirty-three boys participated in the event.
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| The chapter’s winner was Dallas Reed a 2nd grader from Andrew J. Mitchell Elementary. Dallas recently lost his dog, Rex, and when he asked his mother to have a funeral she told him there was not place for a funeral. Dallas has an older brother that is serving in Iraq, when he asked his mother for a place to have a party when he left she told him there was no place. The project Dallas built was a Memorial / Events building to hold funerals for pets and a place to honor military people. Dallas wants to grow up and work at Leggo Land building life-size models for people to enjoy. |
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Event sponsors this year were M-Truss & Components LLC, LF Harris and Company, Inc., Cal/Pac Painting of Nevada, Inc., Innova Technologies, Construction Notebook, SR Construction, MLS Solutions, The Mahoney Group, Complete Contractor Services, Party Rentals Direct.com, Davidson Associates, Bekaz Art, and Barton Racing. |
NAWIC CAD 2009
"Russell Watters, Winner"& "Andrea Wasser, CAD Design Chair"
CAD Design is one of our Community educational events already on the web, which needs to be updated. You may leave some of the information, but here is the update for 2009.
2009 CAD Design competition was held at Associated General Contractors facility on Saturday, March 28, 2009 and was the most difficult of all design problems. It was a new home in Goshen, CT with site plans, elevations, expansion plans on a lake with all green related materials. It required 2 children's bathrooms, a new kitchen, master suite and a place outside to store boats, bikes, etc.
54 11th & 12th grade participants came from 3 different high schools: Foothill High School in Henderson, NV, Advanced Technologies Academy, and NV Northwest Career & Technical Academy. Three local winners from Advanced Technologies Academy were awarded cash prizes. Additionally 1st place winner, Russell Watters, won 1st place in the Region 12 competition and 2nd place in the NAWIC National competition. Watters has been accepted to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and will enroll in the Architecture program.
Judges were professional in the construction industry and local companies that participated included Perini, Martin Harris, Dynalectric, Clark Construction, CCSD, and SR Construction.
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