Mortenson Construction Center
The Construction Center completes multiple projects throughout the day to benefit JA BizTown - building items for JA BizTown, designing and constructing a model of a new building using construction process and design, and investigating alternative energy options.
You may enjoy working here if you like:
- Building projects
- Numbers
- Energy conservation
- Project management
- Attention to detail
Explore real life careers at Mortenson
The Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Experiential Learning Lab
209 Entrepreneurship Lane
JA BizTown, MN 55104
- Obtains bank loan
- Supervises employees and oversees business operations
- Signs paychecks
- Meets with other businesses to purchase insurance, renewable energy, and health insurance
- Helps other employees with their work, and stands in for them on their breaks
- Inputs and submits business loan to the bank
- Creates and prints paychecks
- Signs paychecks if CEO is not available
- Pays online bills sent to business
- Monitors money coming into the business
- Deposits money from sales to Bank
- Leads a Safety Meeting with the construction team
- Communicates all building steps
- Inspects project sites to monitor progress and safety
- Makes sure all building projects run smoothly
- Sends invoices for completed building projects
- Assists with construction projects
- Build projects as efficiently as possible without getting injured
- Set up a safe job site
- Follow building instructions to create quality building projects
- Build a Wind Turbine
- Learn why a wind turbine is a good source of renewable energy
- Wire a city model to run on renewable energy
Students in Action
