The Spring Village Residential Construction Site is a unique, community-based, construction technologies program in Fairfax County. This construction site, located in Springfield, Virginia, provides students with the opportunity to build single-family homes in a residential community. Students receive classroom instruction on-site and apply their knowledge directly to the house under construction. In addition, students gained valuable experience and knowledge about the construction industry as they worked closely with various sub-constructors in specific trade areas.

Previously known as the Spring Hill Residential Construction Site located in McLean, Virginia the Residential Construction Site program completed sixteen single family homes in Condon Manor 1 & 2. The homes ranged in size from 2,800 sq. ft. to greater than 6,300 sq. ft. with sale prices starting at $180,000 in the 1970’s and toping 2.1 million in 2005. 

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in June 2006 to officially kick off the new project known as Spring Village. Spring Village will be a community of 18 single family homes built in partnership between FATE, FCPS, and construction industry leaders helping students realize there career goals in the construction industry. The new site is located at the intersection of the Franconia-Springfield Parkway and Spring Village Drive.

The 2006 summer program helped to complete the transition to Spring Village by setting up the office and classroom trailers, in addition to building a deck as a staging area and putting a fence up around trailers.

The 06-07 students helped with the foundation forms, and then learned how to layout the "ground work" (first step in the plumbing installation) for the first home at Spring Village, working alongside industry professionals.

Another first, was for the framing to be done utilizing a "framing package". By using panelized walls, and a TGI flooring system the students were exposed to a more modern, industry accepted way of framing the house. They also had the opportunity to stick frame the interior non load bearing walls.

The summer class of 2007 accomplished the goals that were set, framing the interior second floor walls, and installing all of the windows and exterior doors. All in all the 2007 school year finish on a high note meeting with the expected goals.

By February 2010, the students had completed all of the construction elements of the first lot in Spring Village and had completed the site work and setup of the first court in the neighborhood.  The home was listed and went under contract within two months.  The sale price for Lot 1 was $750,000 for a 3,600 s.q. f.t. home on just under half an acre in Springfield. 

Students begun work on Lot 2 in September 2009, and worked side by side with Lot 1 learning about rough carpentry then finish carpentry as they worked between to two houses under construction.  After the sale of Lot 1 the students quickly focused their attention to Lot 2 and completed the home in the winter of 2011.  The home was listed in March for $775,000 and subsequently sold for $775,000 in July 2011. 

The current construction model has two homes under construction so that students are able to see all aspects of residential construction in a school year.  One of the homes will be in rough carpentry while the second home will be in finish carpentry.  This model provides the students the opportunity to move between the two phases while being able to be a part of the entire construction process.  One day the students are framing a while and the next they are trimming out the closet in the house next door.  The students are able to draw direct connections from what they learn and understand that each aspect of home construction is reliant on the previous step. 

Work is currently being done to complete Lots 3 and 4 with an expected listing date for Lot 3 to be February 2012, and February 2013, for Lot 4.