Gridley is currently one of 8 other high school-built sheds still vying for the “People’s Choice Award”

GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) – The Gridley high school Ag Department and their Ag Fabrication Team recently participated in the Construction Industry Education Foundation (CIEF) Design Build Program, which promotes awareness of the construction industry and careers available in the field to high school students.

This year, they brought back their Design and Build Competition, but things looked a little different. Ag instructor Nick Dreesmann says that typically, the design and build challenge is held at American River College and students from various high schools are provided with the same stack of materials and asked to build the same project. “They set it up like a real construction site, there’s a foreman, there’s a safety monitor, they go through all proper PPE’s, and what to do…. all that stuff.” Says Dreesmann. “This year, what was different, was they just dropped off the materials (at the GHS campus) and a set of plans and said “Build it to specs. We’ll be back in a few days!”

Gridley’s Ag Fabrication Team did just that. A beautiful 8’x 12’ shed with a 4/12 pitch roof was constructed by Ag students in just a few days and was sold at the FFA Rib Feed for $1,500! The new owners had to wait until after April 27^th to take it home, to give CIEF Officials time to complete judging.  Judges inspected the build, asked safety monitor Julian Ramos a multitude of questions and selected Gridley as a finalist.

Gridley has yet to officially learn their placement but is currently one of 8 other high school-built sheds still vying for the “People’s Choice Award”. Voting is open to the public but ends at 3:00 Wednesday, May 5^th. Final results will be announced on Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 12:15 pm for category and scholarship winners. No matter what place, Gridley’s AG Fabrication Team is still a winner!