WHO is the instructor?

If enthusiasm is what you are looking for, you are sure to find it in Mr. Lee Greenacre, instructor in the Building Construction program. "Everything about construction is fun--from the very beginning, when there is no foundation, until you open the door on the finished building," says Mr. Greenacre.  Mr. Greenacre certainly knows about construction!  Because his family is in the residential construction business, he has been building things and pounding nails for a very long time.

Mr. Greenacre has combined his passion for the constuction industry with his passion for teaching so that he can give the very best to his students. While his students are learning the construction trade, Mr. Greenacre strives to help the students understand the need to work hard to achieve success and the need to incorporated personal management and employability skills into their lives too.

In his spare time, Mr. Greenacre can be found utilizing his fine woodworking skills as he builds cabinetry and wooden fixtures to complete the insides of the homes he builds or while building furniture for gifts or for special orders.

WHAT special clubs or student organizations is the program involved with?

Skills USA-The goal of the SkillsUSA organization is to develop employability, participatory and quality skills to complement the occupational skills developed by students in technical education classrooms or work-based learning sites. Students are able to demonstrate their skills in competitive events at the local, state, and national levels. The photo to the left shows students during an acutal SkillsUSA competition.

Four talented young men, who are enrolled in the Building Construction and Electricity programs at the Saginaw Career Complex , demonstrated their preparation for employment in residential construction with a winning project in both the Regional and State SkillsUSA TeamWorks Competitions.

Although each student is multi-talented, during the competitions each student had a specific role:   Eric, a junior at Nouvel Catholic Central High School, was the plumber; Scott, a St. Charles High School junior, fulfilled the role of an electrician; Matt, a senior at Nouvel Catholic Central High School, contributed his skills as a carpenter; and Victor, a junior at Saginaw High School, added his ability in the masonry area.   The combination of their technical talents, analysis of the project drawing, plan of action, presentation, timeliness of completion, proper ordering and inventory of tools and equipment, and team efforts produced a winning project.  

Congratulations on a job well done!

Nathaniel, a student enrolled in the Building Construction program at

the Saginaw Career Complex, demonstrated his technical mathematical skills and became a

Third Place winner at the Regional SkillsUSA Competitions in the Related Technical Math category.

Nathan, a junior at Arthur Hill High School, performed skills required to solve mathematical problems commonly found in the skilled trades and professional and technical occupations.   Skills demonstrated include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions and decimals, applied word problems, percentages, ratio and proportions, averages, area, volume, metric measures and traditional (Imperial) measures and trigonometry.  

.Habitat For Humanity- Students will utilize skills learned in class to construct a home for Habitat For Humanity.

Students constructed the home pictured here.

WHAT certifications can I achieve or work toward in the Building Construction program?

Students may enter into the Carpenter's Apprenticeship program while in high school, which may help to reduce the length of the apprenticeship program.

Students may begin preparation for their State Builder's License.

Students may earn a Marketable Skills Certificate. The marketable skills certification process provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate, document, and defend their achievement of employer validated standards and competencies. Achievement of the marketable skills certification should improve the likelihood of success in future employment and/or a continuing educational program.

WHAT college credits can I earn in the Building Construction program?