Management construction students to present service learning projects
About 35 students in University of Maine professor Will Manion’s CET 458 Management of Construction course will present service learning projects on Friday, Nov. 4.
This fall, two teams planned and managed projects at Leonard’s Mills in Bradley and Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Alton. The teams will present both projects to the UMaine Industrial Advisory Committee at 11 a.m. in the Machine Tool Lab, Room 106.
At Leonard’s Mills, the students were tasked with replacing a cedar-shingled roof on the sawmill building, which houses one of the only wooden-geared, water-powered operating sawmills in existence. In addition to safely replacing the roof, the team was asked to evaluate and analyze a section of the building’s foundation that leaks, causing wood deterioration on the floor.
Students at Hirundo worked to build the first part of the ADA-compliant “Trail of the Senses.” The 2,400-acre nature preserve is creating the trail to attract more visitors and provide better connections and experiences with nature.
The first phase of the project is approximately 0.15 miles long and will include two sections of trail through the woods and field. Interpretive stations will be located along the trail, including a proposed observation platform in the field. The students were asked to design and build the first phase of the trail, including the observation platform.
For both projects, the primary objective of the UMaine teams was to provide planning and construction management services for volunteers, while also executing as much of the construction as they can.