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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