San Diego
About Us
In 2003, a group of local architects, engineers and contractors, led by Hines, one of the world’s largest real estate developers, founded ACE Mentor San Diego.
This program gives high school students an inside look at the wealth of career opportunities available to them in the building industry.
In our first year, volunteer mentors from Hines and other industry partners recruited and guided three teams of students. Now in our ninth year, mentors from more than 50 companies are working with ten student teams. In addition, the NewSchool of Architecture and Design has made a significant commitment to ACE by offering full scholarships on a competitive basis for their five-year undergraduate program.
Our Projects
Under the expert tutelage of ACE mentors, San Diego students have undertaken a variety of planning and design projects. These have ranged from parks and lakeside resorts to school activities buildings and regional airport expansions.
During the
2011-2012 school year, students are using a typical request-for-proposal project to explore the tools, technologies and skills routinely employed by professional architects, engineers and construction managers.
As in past years, we will complete the program year by awarding scholarships to promising students choosing to pursue an academic course of study leading to a career in the building industry.
In the first eight years of our program, we’ve presented scholarships with a total value of $631,500.
Participate in ACE!
If you’d like to experience ACE’s challenges, opportunities and rewards for yourself, just contact the ACE leader listed in the upper right-hand corner of this page.
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