Students get sampling of construction industry

Mark Chaloupecky, of Esterly Schneider & Associates, tells Study students about the business of architecture.

Springfield Contractors Association members were in the community during Salute to Design & Construction Week. Pictured here is one session of teaching. Mark Chaloupecky, an architect with Esterly Schneider & Associates, and Tim Wilson, of Kirberg Roofing Inc., visited a Study Middle School class. Students of the eighth-grade technology and living class, taught by Dennah Tummons and Tony Baets, are pictured.

Students work as a team to construct a building from paper during a class exercise. Pictured from left are Teerah Loux, Bob McDaniel and Rafael Najera.

Tim Wilson tells students that good communication is key in the construction industry.