Congratulations to another awesome year and to all of the teams for meeting the rigorous requirements of the internship experience!

1st Place:
Harmony Magnet Academy
Porterville Unified School District

2nd Place:
Paradygm
Mission Oak High School  |  Tulare Joint Union High School District

3rd Place:
Cardinal Construction
Lindsay High School  |  Lindsay Unified School District


Lindsay Builders
Lindsay High School  |  Lindsay Unified School District


A-G Designs
Mission Oak High School  |  Tulare Joint Union High School District
Intuition Designs
Mission Oak High School  |  Tulare Joint Union High School District


Team CLS
Mission Oak High School  |  Tulare Joint Union High School District
PROJECT DELIVERABLES
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Education Specifications
Provide the requirements for each of the Masterplan, Exhibition Space, and Welcome Center as described below.
  • Describe the clients (Army Corps of Engineers and Elementary School Students) including their philosophy, culture, and mission.
  • Describe the users’ specific spatial needs including the various spaces, number of users per space, size of spaces, spatial relationships, and environmental requirements.
  • Make the connection of education and science through research and program analysis.
 
Masterplan Design
Develop a 10 year Masterplan for the 40 Acres of land for the Army Corps of Engineers Educational Facility.
  • Each exhibition space shall provide learning opportunities on a single relevant subject.
  • The nature trail shall connect all of the exhibition spaces and shall meet current California accessibility standards, per the 2016 California Building Code.
  • Existing environmental conditions shall be incorporated into the Masterplan.
 
Exhibition Space Design
Design one exhibition space from the Masterplan.
  • Must meet the design requirements of the Masterplan.
  • Sustainable structure that responds appropriately to its natural environment.
  • Functions as an educational learning space for one particular subject.
  • Must meet current California structure, accessibility, and fire/life safety building code standards, per the 2016 California Building Code.
 
Welcome Center Design
Provide a space that will be used to greet guests to the Army Corps of Engineers Education Facility.
  • Must meet the design requirements of the Education Specifications.
  • Must meet current California structure, accessibility, and fire/life safety building code standards, per the 2016 California Building Code.
  • Provide a space that overlooks the 40 acre educational facility.
 
Exhibition Space Construction
Build a full-scale Exhibition Space using materials of your choice.
  • Must meet be built to the exact requirements of the Exhibition Space design.
  • Structure shall not be permanent and must be deconstructable after the final event.
  • All construction materials must be transported from the Welcome Center to the selected site by the team members without the aid of any motorized vehicle.
 
INDUSTRY OUTCOMES
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Each of these industry outcomes shall be used to evaluate your project throughout the course of the internship program.  Specific evaluation scorecards will be created using the following criteria.
 
Education
  • Understand a complex problem through research and critical thinking
  • Define and illustrate the thought process of several strategies and solutions
  • Understand the significance of learning a topic and the application of its practice
 
Science
  • Understand the human sensory nervous system’s effect on learning and behavior
  • Understand the human’s neurological connections with new and existing information
  • Understand the environment’s influences on learning and behavior
 
Design
  • Understand the client’s goals and needs
  • Use imagination and concepts to represent those needs
  • Develop a project that does not negatively impact its natural environment
  • Design the project to minimize its dependency on mechanical systems and public utilities
  • Demonstrate the project’s structural integrity
  • Demonstrate and document the entire design process of developing a solution
  • Make the connection to a learning space
 
Construction
  • Develop a project budget
  • Demonstrate constructability of design
  • Provide and demonstrate a construction schedule
 
Business
  • Facilitate the problem solving process through collaboration
  • Effectively communicate ideas with each other and to the client
  • Maximize efficiency through effective project and time management
  • Demonstrate leadership from entire team
 
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MILESTONE MEETINGS
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Project Kick-Off Meeting  |  December 1, 2017 
Jim Vidak Education Center  |  6200 S. Mooney Blvd., Visalia
  • 3:00 pm - 3:20pm          Introductions
  • 3:20 pm - 4:00pm          Design Challenge
  • 4:00 pm - 4:30pm          Review RFP design criteria
  • 4:30 pm - 5:00pm          Questions
 

Site Visit and Program Meeting  |  January 19, 2018
US Army Corps of Engineers  |  29330 State Highway 190, Porterville
  • 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm          Introductions
  • 2:15 pm - 3:00pm           US Army Corps of Engineers Panel Presentation
  • 3:00 pm - 4:00pm         US Army Corps of Engineers Q&A
  • 4:00 pm - 5:00pm         Site Walk

Cal Poly Design Charrette  |  January 26, 2018
California Polytechnic State University  |  1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo
  • 5:00 am                              Depart High School Campus
  • 8:30 am                              Meet in front of Cal Poly Performing Arts
  • 9:30 am - 11:30am           College of Architecture and Environmental Design Campus Tour
  • 11:30 am - 12:50pm          Lunch (on your own)
  • 1:00 pm - 5:00pm          Design Collaboration with Architecture Students
  • 5:30 pm                              Depart Cal Poly
  • 7:00 pm                             Arrive at Kettleman City for dinner (on your own)
  • 8:00 pm                             Depart Kettleman City
  • 9:30 pm                              Arrive at High School Campus

Design Lab  |  February 23, 2018
Jim Vidak Education Center  |  6200 S. Mooney Blvd., Visalia
  • 3:00 pm                             Introductions
  • 3:15 pm                               Design Lab
  • 5:00 pm - 5:20pm          Group Discussion


Construction Lab  |  March 16, 2018
Harmony Magnet Academy, Multi-Use Building  |  19429 Road 228, Strathmore
  • 1:30 pm                             Project Review
  • 2:00 pm                            Structural Engineering Lecture
  • 2:30 pm                             Mini Structural Engineering Project
  • 3:00 pm                            Construction Lab
  • 5:00 pm - 5:30pm         Group Discussion


Cal Poly Final Presentations  |  April 13, 2018
California Polytechnic State University  |  1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo
  • 12:00 pm - 1:00pm        Set up Presentations at Architecture Building
  • 1:00 pm - 4:00pm         Presentations


RFP Interviews  |  April 27, 2018
US Army Corps of Engineers  |  29330 State Highway 190, Porterville
  • 8:00 am - 12:00pm      Set up Presentations and Build Full-Scale Mock-Up Structures
  • 12:00 pm - 1:30pm        Lunch Provided
  • 1:30 pm - 3:30pm          Presentations


INTERNNECT Design Village  |  May 4, 2018
US Army Corps of Engineers  |  29330 State Highway 190, Porterville
  • 5:00 pm - 7:00pm



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