General Photographs (click on thumbnail to view a larger picture)
A student designed and built a dog food
display for a local hardware store
Students show their final product to the
customer and ask for questions or comments
Students have an option to take welding
for a couple of weeks or estimating class
Students lay out a window and
prepare to cut it into the wall
The class of 2001 remodeled the
administration building in Estherville
We use modern tools such as this sheetrock
jack to make work quicker and easier on the body
Two students are building a
see-through birdhouse
Skills-USA VICA Competition 2001, Team
Build competition
Skills-USA VICA Team Build competition -
Iowa Lakes students construct a kitchen with full plumbing and
electrical
The class of 2002 sides the house
they built for a family employed by the college
Students learn how to install kitchen
cabinets in the home they built
The class experiences new technologies in
the Construction field such as this cement pump truck which can pump
cement from about 80 feet away
The class of 2002 holds an open house to
the public in the home they built
The class of 2001 took a trip to West Des
Moines to see a home being built by Wolf Construction
Students chose to build a utility building
for a raffle to raise money for the class
The class of 2001 designed the roof of the
home they built to fit under electrical lines while traveling on the
road. The peak of the roof was installed when the home was set on its
foundation in Estherville
Students are shown here wearing their safety fall
protection while sheeting the roof
Progress
is made quickly, students shown here start to shingle
while others finish sheeting the roof
After
the roof is on and shingled, students start to drywall
the ceiling using a sheetrock jack
The
sheetrock jack lifts and holds the sheet in place
allowing you to easily screw the sheet in place
Students
get experience using a vibrating screed to level the
cement for the floor of the duplex they are building
Stair
construction is a crucial part in building a home
Students in the class of 2004 are shown here putting up
rafters and using 2x4’s for temporary spacers until the
roof sheeting is later installed
