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M
For almost 20 years,
Primera has hosted
eighth-grade students
from Chicago's Francisco
Madero Middle School.
The students spend
the day learning about
careers in engineering
and architecture.
D UP
BY CALVIN HENNICK
ore than 20 years ago, Primera Engineers began working
with Francisco Madero Middle
School in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. That was the
beginning of a special connection
between the school and the firm,
as Madero was the first school client for which Primera completed
"ground-up" architecture and
engineering work. Primera's thenowners were also impressed by the
level of community involvement in the project.
Though the architecture and engineering work was completed in 1996, the firm still finds ways to stay involved with
the school.
And it's just one of the Chicago-based firm's wide-ranging
efforts-many of which revolve around education and getting
kids excited about STEM fields-to give back in the communities in which it works and beyond.
"We became very involved with the neighborhood as part of
the design and construction process," says Lourdes Gonzalez,
a senior vice president for Primera. "They had public meetings
before we designed the building, and the community was very
invested in the success of this school."
Since then, the firm has hosted a group of Madero eighthgraders four times each year, talking to the kids about the
importance of education, leading them through hands-on
activities and introducing them to architecture and engineering
as potential future career fields. Additionally, Primera employees have visited the school to judge science fairs.
Even though Primera's ownership has changed, the Madero
partnership continues.
"We're constantly trying to recruit engineers," says Erin
Inman, Primera's CEO, who purchased the firm from its cofounders in 2016. "We're finding that you go to colleges, and
there are 30 or 40 firms fighting over new graduates. We're
trying to get kids interested in engineering, architecture and
construction management. As the baby boomers retire, it's going
to be even more of a crunch."
Primera electrical
designer Louis DeAlba,
(right) instructs students
from the ACE Program
through the ceiling in a
box activity, which shows
the complications and
coordination that go into
above ceiling space in an
MEP project.
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