The award-winning Fuente Bonita designed and built by students of the Furr High School construction academy.
The Houston Chapter AGC presented E.L. Furr High School’s Academy of Construction, Art, Science and Technology (CAST) with a special award at its APEX 8 Awards Gala recently. The CAST Construction Career Academy received the APEX Award for Project Excellence for the Fuente Bonita (Beautiful Fountain).
The chapter has worked with the Houston Independent School District for several years to get the CAST program up and running. It is an integrated-curriculum construction career academy.
Fuente Bonita was constructed on the campus of E. L. Furr High School, and was the first project to be completed by the students in the CAST program. Using industry support, the Fuente Bonita was conceived, designed, and built by students in this program.
Held bi-annually, the APEX Awards Gala recognizes and honors firms for their excellence in construction, their valuable contributions to the community and their demonstrated commitment to skill, integrity, and responsibility. Projects entered for APEX awards represent the vision, creativity, and hard work of developers and owners, architects, engineers and consultants and general and specialty contractors.
AGC of America congratulates the CAST students who worked so hard to design and then build the fountain, and the chapter and its members, which provided funding, technical support, materials and labor for the finished project.
