RCS students show off construction skills

February 3, 2025

By BARTON HENLEY
Rutherford County Schools

The MTSU School of Concrete and Construction Management hosted students from Oakland, Rockvale and Smyrna and Cannon County high schools in a construction skills competition. The competition allowed students to showcase their knowledge and skills in electricity, conduit bending, concrete mixing, plumbing and truss building.

Roscoe Brown, S&W Contracting, Sadler Engineering and Watson Metals sponsored the events and judged the results.

The results of the competition are as follows: 

 

Electrical:

1st Place Smyrna, Alain Villafuerte

2nd Place Smyrna , Randall Blanck

3rd Place Smyrna, Larry Andrews

 

Conduit Bending:

1st Place Smyrna, Luis Ayala

2nd Place Smyrna , Gabriel Sutherland

3rd Place Smyrna, Jackson Stanulis

 

Plumbing:

1st Place Smyrna, Jose Gomez

2nd Place Smyrna , Landon Campbell

3rd Place Smyrna, Manuel Rodriguez

 

Truss Building: 

1st place Oakland, Tristan Garbison

2nd Place Smyrna, Zoe Majano

3rd Place Smyrna, Daniel Rivas

 

Photos courtesy of MTSU School of CCM.