Welcome to the Construction Trades Foundation

The CTF is a nonprofit foundation established cooperatively by the Montgomery County business and professional community and Montgomery County Public Schools to provide a unique method of training high school students for skilled positions in the construction field: the Young American Design/Build Project. Each year, students design and construct a house, which is then placed on the market for sale.

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Check out the Construction Trades Foundation video that overviews the CTF programs.


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News & Announcements

MCPS Bulletin Story on YA 44

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CTF Donations

Help us  ensure that we are able to provide top-notch, authentic, real-life experiences to our MCPS CTF students. Consider donating to the CTF in order to help us acquire land for our student designed and student built home projects.  https://go.rallyup.com/ctf

YA 43 Student Designed and Student Built Home Celebration

National Association of Women in Construction Summer Camp 2022 @ Edison High School- Register Now!

Videos from the House Site

Join our instructors as they walk you through some projects on YA42.  Miter Vs Coping Cuts

Watch the MCPS Moment about our 41st Student-Designed and Student-Built Home

Watch the "MCPS Moment" about our 41st Student-Designed and Student-Built Home Watch the Video of the 40th Young American House Cornerstone Ceremony Tuesday, May 24th at 6:30 p.m.