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A group of about 100 London high school students got some first-hand construction experience while lending a hand to help with <London’s response to homelessness.
CBC News reports that for three days, students from different high schools helped build three temporary shelters in a partnership with Fanshawe College’s construction engineering technology program.
Students from the Thames Valley District Board, the London District Council School Board and London Christian High School got to work under the direction of Fanshawe instructors in partnership with the London and District Construction Association (LDCA) at the Level Up! Career Fair.
The students took the eight-by-12-foot shelters through each stage of construction, from framing and siding to electrical and flooring.
The LDCA’s Mike Carter said the students became so invested in the builds that they stayed late after Day 1 and arrived early the next day to finish the job.
The shelters were hammered together over the three days at the J-AAR Expo Centre at the Western Fair District.
The shelters are simple structures intended to provide temporary emergency accommodation through winter.
Some of the students who took part are already studying construction in their high schools.The shelter project gave them an early taste of working on a job site bedore they decide whether or not they want to enter post-secondary trade schools.
