SIUE Engineering Students and Alums Assist with Community Service Project
SIUE School of Engineering students and alums played a significant role when the Associated General Contractor’s (AGC) of St. Louis’ Construction Leadership Council volunteered to work on fixing a severe drainage issue Saturday, May 31, at the Epworth Children & Family Services Center on North Elm Ave. in St. Louis.
Three construction management students from SIUE’s Constructor’s Club within the School of Engineering were among the volunteers: Andrea Horn, Cody Keller and Mason Musick.
Three SIUE construction management alums were involved in the leadership team. S.M. Wilson’s Ryan Perryman (2004) led the effort, while Oliver Coulson (2007) of Tarlton Corp. and Nick Rothe (2005) from Budrovich, pitched in, too.
The project involved solving an erosion issue that was depositing soil on a basketball court and rendering it unusable at one end. The erosion was also a problem for a nearby swimming pool.
The volunteer team installed new drainage lines on both sides of the building, graded the slope leading toward the basketball court and filled in a hole by the swimming pool. The team weeded and seeded the slope, added mulch, and power-washed the basketball court.
According to Epworth Volunteer Coordinator Margaret Mahan, the group not only remedied the problem, but also made the area visibly pleasant.
The project totaled 68 hours of volunteer labor in addition to the equipment and materials donated.
The leadership team also included Stacey Lampe from Castle Contracting, Matt Lanahan from ICON Mechanical and Kenny Flowers from Hillsdale Fabricators. Lanahan and Flowers are graduates of SIUE’s Construction Leadership Institute.
