Students from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering will be volunteering to help build a house this Saturday, November 17th for Habitat for Humanity. Yassir AbdelRazig, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the college has invited his students from his Construction Engineering class to get real world construction experience.
“This is a very good cause,” AbdelRazig says. “Our students will get a chance to help a family in the community while learning to synthesize and apply the concepts they learn in this course for actual experience.”
In the classroom, the students will play the role of a real construction management company, developing a company profile, letter of intent and management proposal as well as developing a cost estimate for the project. AbdelRazig believes that their participation in the actual construction process on Saturday will greatly compliment the classroom project with real-world experience.
This is his first collaboration with Habitat for Humanity and AbdelRazig anticipates a plan for the future to incorporate this project as an integral part of his Construction Engineering course curriculum.
Any interested engineering student may volunteer for this project or similar projects with Habitat for Humanity. No prior construction experience is required.
“This project will showcase our commitment as a college to demonstrate how engineering experiences to help the local community,”AbdelRazig said.
Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. For more information: https://www.habitat.org
For information on volunteering for this project, contact Dr. AbdelRazig.