((PKG)) RESTORATION ARTS COLLEGE
((Banner: The Art of Restoration))
((Reporter: Julie Taboh))
((Camera: Adam Greenbaum))
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki))
((Map: Charleston, South Carolina))
((NATS))
((Courtesy: NOAA))
((Popup Banner: Hurricane Hugo tore through historic
Charleston, South Carolina in 1989))
((Retired Lt. General Colby Broadwater, President, American
College of Building Arts))
After Hurricane Hugo, the city had a lot of damage that had to be
repaired and there were not enough craftsmen and skilled
artisans to do it. More damage is said to have been done by the
bad repairs than done by the storm itself. So, some interested
citizens decided something needed to be done about that and it
gave birth to what, at the time, was called The School of the
Building Arts which was basically workshops and then in 2004,
got a license from the state of South Carolina to open a college
and they started classes here in 2005.
((NATS))
((Steven Fancsali, Student, American College of Building
Arts))
I saw the school on a TV show and my thought was, well, I wish I
had known about this 10 years ago when I was actually looking at
schools and I decided to just make a change and come here.
((NATS))
((Retired Lt. General Colby Broadwater, President, American
College of Building Arts))
It's different and unique because we have blended a liberal arts
education, you know, the critical thinking aspect of that with a skill
set that we teach six different skilled areas, so that a student
leaves here with the art and the science of either preservation,
quality construction and the skills to be able to do it when they
leave here.
((NATS))
((April Magill, Instructor, American College of Building Arts))
So we are building with a method called Rammed Earth which is
a sustainable building method that goes back 7,000 years. The
class is a hands-on building course where we try to give back to
the community.
((NATS))
((Retired Lt. General Colby Broadwater, President, American
College of Building Arts))
We touch so many places and so many people, public projects
that enhance the beauty of this city or state. The students are
proud of actually producing something. That's why they came
here and so they can sit there and say, “I made that.”
((NATS))
((Simeon Warren, Instructor, American College of Building
Arts))
You're working on 250-year old monuments. The value and worth
of that means you don't want to make any mistakes. That sense
of worth for a person, I think, to actually know that their work is
going to survive hundreds of years.
((NATS))
((Leigh Yarbough, Student, American College of Building
Arts))
I actually already got a job offer last week. And he was like, “Let
me know if anyone else is interested in hiring you because I'll be
competitive”. So, there’s just a lot of opportunities after this.
((NATS))
((Banner: The Art of Restoration))
((Reporter: Julie Taboh))
((Camera: Adam Greenbaum))
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki))
((Map: Charleston, South Carolina))
((NATS))
((Courtesy: NOAA))
((Popup Banner: Hurricane Hugo tore through historic
Charleston, South Carolina in 1989))
((Retired Lt. General Colby Broadwater, President, American
College of Building Arts))
After Hurricane Hugo, the city had a lot of damage that had to be
repaired and there were not enough craftsmen and skilled
artisans to do it. More damage is said to have been done by the
bad repairs than done by the storm itself. So, some interested
citizens decided something needed to be done about that and it
gave birth to what, at the time, was called The School of the
Building Arts which was basically workshops and then in 2004,
got a license from the state of South Carolina to open a college
and they started classes here in 2005.
((NATS))
((Steven Fancsali, Student, American College of Building
Arts))
I saw the school on a TV show and my thought was, well, I wish I
had known about this 10 years ago when I was actually looking at
schools and I decided to just make a change and come here.
((NATS))
((Retired Lt. General Colby Broadwater, President, American
College of Building Arts))
It's different and unique because we have blended a liberal arts
education, you know, the critical thinking aspect of that with a skill
set that we teach six different skilled areas, so that a student
leaves here with the art and the science of either preservation,
quality construction and the skills to be able to do it when they
leave here.
((NATS))
((April Magill, Instructor, American College of Building Arts))
So we are building with a method called Rammed Earth which is
a sustainable building method that goes back 7,000 years. The
class is a hands-on building course where we try to give back to
the community.
((NATS))
((Retired Lt. General Colby Broadwater, President, American
College of Building Arts))
We touch so many places and so many people, public projects
that enhance the beauty of this city or state. The students are
proud of actually producing something. That's why they came
here and so they can sit there and say, “I made that.”
((NATS))
((Simeon Warren, Instructor, American College of Building
Arts))
You're working on 250-year old monuments. The value and worth
of that means you don't want to make any mistakes. That sense
of worth for a person, I think, to actually know that their work is
going to survive hundreds of years.
((NATS))
((Leigh Yarbough, Student, American College of Building
Arts))
I actually already got a job offer last week. And he was like, “Let
me know if anyone else is interested in hiring you because I'll be
competitive”. So, there’s just a lot of opportunities after this.
((NATS))
