Last spring, UMaine Construction Engineering Technology students started construction of a model fire house for an antique fire truck in Old Town. Modeling the original fire house from 1917, CET student Samantha Perro designed and budgeted the building with Student Construction Association (SCA) President Samuel Neil. Professor Amber Killip‘s Introduction to Estimating and Planning Class […]
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Senior Construction Engineering Technology students recently finished relocating a 16′ x 32′ war canoe shelter at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge. As their capstone project, the students spent several weeks last spring planning the project. This fall, they managed and executed the actual construction themselves.
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Senior Construction Engineering Technology students recently finished a road realignment and parking expansion at Leonard’s Mills in Bradley. As their capstone project, the students spent several weeks last spring planning the project. This fall, they managed the actual construction. Students did all the work themselves, with generous equipment and material donations from Central Equipment, Sargent […]
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The house in Old Town (Maine) that CET seniors worked on last fall semester was finished last week. The capstone project included a lot of demo, reframing the roof, roofing, foundation repairs, new layout and interior walls, windows, doors, insulation and siding. The new owner worked with us throughout the fall semester, and just moved […]
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In the Intro to Estimating class, taught by Professor Amber Killip, second year CET students recently built Kestrel boxes for the Bangor Land Trust. It was good practice for plan reading, developing and executing a construction plan. The finished boxes will be going to the Penjajawoc Marsh in Bangor. It’s recognized as an important bird area […]
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On a couple of recent beautiful fall days, senior students in CET 458: Management of Construction replaced the metal roof on the old Lombard shop at Leonard’s Mills in Bradley, Maine. The team of 21 students removed the old roof, replaced all the 2×4 purlins, fixed some truss damage and installed a new metal roof. […]
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CET seniors built phase I of the Hirundo Wildlife Refuge “Trail of the Senses” last fall semester (2016). The dedication of the 800-foot “Loop Trail” recently made the news on WABI Channel 5 and Fox news 22. The construction included clearing, excavation, drainage layers, a culvert, finish grading an observation platform, and guiding posts. The finished […]
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Senior students in CET 458: Management of Construction are managing the renovation of a house in Old Town for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Bangor. Construction was supposed to start today, except for he late discovery of a 24″ sewer interceptor. The City of Old Town has delayed the project while the sewer line is evaluated. […]
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Senior Construction Engineering Technology students recently installed a new cedar shingled roof on the sawmill building at Leonard’s Mills, complete with a new roof extension over the water wheel. As the focus of the senior capstone course, the fifteen students working on the project spent several weeks planning the details of the work, followed by actually […]
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