Construction Contracting

  Purpose: To provide an opportunity for vocational students of the building trades to gain practical "hands on" experience under a controlled environment while at the same time providing cost effective construction to Christian mission organizations.

In our construction contracting firm, students are able to learn all aspects of for profit contracting. Specific skills and preferences are honed for electrical, plumbing, steel work, masonry, and tile setting. At the same time business aspects of planning, purchasing, and record keeping are taught.

Since many mission projects include assistance from foreign work teams, cross cultural exchange broadens the perspective of the students and enhances their level of confidence.

Very few missionaries are gifted in the skills of construction. Yet most every mission at some time or another encounters a construction project. The results are often not those desired in workmanship or the ability to get the project completed in a timely fashion. Missions contracting relieves the missionaries of an added work load while at the same time training young Guatemalans in the trades and paying for their housing and training expenses.