ConstructConnect Blog

The year 2020 has been nothing short of a pandemic-sized surprise. “Normal” has been redefined to include mask apparel, social distancing, and a rewrite on what public life looks like. Despite limitations, there are organizations that continue to cross the divide and care for their own. Such is true for AIA Detroit, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

“Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother [and sister] in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.” - Abraham Lincoln 

Time, talent, treasure. These are the core tenets of ConstructConnect’s outreach efforts. We believe that each person is suited differently to give differently. That’s why we recognize a variety of options, empowering the organization, both on a corporate level and as individual team members, to give “the three” away.  

It’s not unusual to find companies that encourage their employees to volunteer in the community. But it’s exciting to work for one that not only talks the talk but helps its team members walk the walk. 

ConstructConnect partnered with the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Hanley Wood Media and industry volunteers to revitalize the Jacquelyn House at the Santa Maria Hostel in Houston, Texas as part of AEC Cares’ eighth annual “blitz build.”

A month from today, more than 100 volunteers will gather together to renovate and refurbish the Santa Maria Hostel’s Jacquelyn House in Houston, Texas. The women’s substance abuse treatment center was chosen for projectHouston, AEC Cares’ eighth annual blitz build, to provide a much-needed makeover to one of their facilities.

For the seventh straight year, AEC Cares took on the Herculean task of renovating a building serving a local community in a single day. This year’s “blitz build,” dubbed projectOrlando, saw the revitalization of the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida’s Center for Women and Families (CWF).

Can you make a positive, lasting impact on a local community in just one day? That’s the goal when AEC Cares holds its blitz build each year in the host city for the AIA Conference on Architecture. AEC Cares will be tackling their 7th Annual Blitz Build in Orlando on April 26, 2017.