CAD DRAFTING COMPETITION SUMMARY REPORT

The NAWIC (NEF) CAD/Drafting Competition was held on Friday, April 16^th at the new office of DPR Construction.  Eight CAD competitors were able to take the day off from school and enjoyed an educational and entertaining field trip.  Students heard a brief presentation on the history of LEED and what it takes to become a LEED Platinum building.  Then members of the DPR staff treated students, parents, NAWIC volunteers and even a judge or two to a tour of their new building.  They pointed out the different materials used in the building to secure LEED Platinum status – everything from using recycled trench plates for doorframes to state of the art Solatube lighting.  Student competitors represented Santana High School , Lincoln High School , La Costa Canyon High and Construction Tech Academy .

Many thanks go to our panel of distinguished judges:          

Tim Umbarger, Good & Roberts

Martin Flores, Director of Urban Design/Planning
Rick Engineering Company

John Horan, Accurate Engineering

Patty Sprotte, Sprotte + Watson Architecture and Planning

Eric Soldau, AIA, LEED AP, Architects Mosher Drew Watson Ferguson

David Freedman, Echo Pacific Construction

Everyone enjoyed a great lunch sponsored by Accurate Engineering.  A BIG THANK YOU goes to Accurate Engineering, University Mechanical, Sillman & Wright, Morley Builders, Certified Air Conditioning and Harper Builders for their generous donations in support of the competition and cash prizes.  Thanks to DPR Construction for hosting the event the very week that they moved into their new building!  In addition, every attendee received a large gift bag of pencils, pencils, t-shirts, rulers, note pads and many more items donated by other companies.  Everyone left feeling like a winner and we could not do it without our sponsors.

 Student winners and teachers will be honored at the May NAWIC meeting on May 11^th. 

Submitted by Sherry J. Yarbrough, CIT and Myrna Smith, CIT, CAD/Drafting Co-Chairs