Sixteen students from the eighth grade fundamentals of engineering class from Duluth’s Coleman Middle School were recently given a very unique experience.
In celebration of National Engineer’s Week, Duluth-based Columbia Engineering and Services, Inc. hosted the students for a full day, hands-on civil engineering experience. The program day was a fast-paced day of learning about land planning, topography, parking lot design, land surveys, water structures, AutoCAD, AutoTURN, creating a site design, and pulling together a plan for presenting their final designs to a panel of judges — all between 9:45 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Twenty-five of Columbia’s staff participated in working with students and providing guidance throughout the day. This is Columbia’s fifth annual event to host the students. Columbia officials said they were honored to have the school’s namesake, Brooks Coleman, as a guest for the early part of the day.
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