This last week, Streetman Homes was lucky enough to be given a chance to meet with some Boy Scouts attempting to earn a badge. Here is a picture and story from one of the Streetman Employee's!
Belinda (Our Highland Horizon New Home Professional) was approached a month ago from a scout master who was trying to find a way for their Cub Scouts to earn their engineering badge. They asked if someone could show them around a jobsite and teach them about engineering and finding property pins. I scheduled it with the scout master (Monica Nelson) and met them in Highland Horizon.
I showed them how to find property pins from looking at a plat map. I explained how water, sewer and electric get in and out of the house. After we left that jobsite we went over to a frame and I explained how the architectural and engineering drawings are used to build a home. They also got lucky because the a/c guy was there running the ductwork. They were able to see how the a/c gets distributed to each room.
They helped measure the lot and find the property pins. I showed them what the foundation looks like before the concrete is poured. They looked at the engineering plans and saw how the framing was installed per the plans.
I think they understood how things worked for the most part. I tried to keep it as simple as possible and compare looking at the plans to looking at a map on a video game. I think their generation can understand spatial references better because of video games and having that background. Looking at a map on a video game is similar to looking at a floor plan and "walking" through it on the plans. They really enjoyed going through a two story frame and were excited to be able to go upstairs. They also enjoyed wearing a hard hat.
Ben
