These Teens Had Just 2 Days To Design And Build A Tiny Home. Then They Gifted It To The Homeless

These Teens Had Just 2 Days To Design And Build A Tiny Home. Then They Gifted It To The Homeless

These Teens Had Just 2 Days To Design And Build A Tiny Home. Then They Gifted It To The Homeless Every year, the Construction Industry Education Foundation hosts tiny home building competitions throughout Texas, Indiana, California, and Oregon. The challenge? Task high schoolers with designing and building a 96+ square foot structure that meets industry standards — in just 2 days.  In March, more than 185 students, on 13 teams, traveled from across Texas to attend the Design Build Competition in Houston.  “High school students arrived ready to build, problem-solve, and work as a team in a real-world jobsite environment at Lone Star College — North Harris — and they delivered,” The CIE Foundation wrote on Instagram this past April.  “These students didn’t just learn about careers in construction — they experienced them.”  Of the 13 teams, students from Nacogdoches High School’s Career Technical Education program stood out in the competition.  Although they placed second in the contest, fallin…