Ramtech was honored to be invited to the ribbon cutting for the new gymnasium and storm shelter facility that we constructed on the campus of North Texas Collegiate Academy in Little Elm. Matt Slataper and Randy Van Zandt were on hand as special guests of the charter school as the building was dedicated in front of students and staff members.

The construction of a permanent classroom facility that Ramtech completed last year came with a condition that the school also develop a storm shelter facility to protect students and staff from the dangers of formidable storms. North Texas collegiate Academy opted to build a gymnasium with an attached storm shelter to meet the code requirement to accommodate all of the students and faculty at the school. The storm shelter section is comprised of four separate rooms with an occupancy rating of 428 people. The building includes an inverter system to power emergency lights and air and water systems if the power happens to be cut.

The gymnasium has a UIL approved full-size basketball court with retractable goals and collapsible bleachers along one side. Ramtech was also responsible for the site development and utilities, including a twelve-inch fire loop, two vaults for the fire sprinkler and backflow preventers, and the installation of a new fire hydrant. The surrounding area was also landscaped with an irrigation system to accommodate the watering of the grass sod and 58 new trees and 359 shrubs.

As a design-build construction company Ramtech has developed many keys to our success since we began operations in 1982. Our experience in providing all the elements of design, manufacturing, and construction services has allowed us to build a reputation as the premier commercial modular construction company in the Southwest.

Now in our 43^rd year with a resume approaching 5,000 successfully completed projects, Ramtech continues to be an industry innovator in the development of high quality relocatable buildings and permanent modular construction. This success would not have been possible without the dedicated effort and longevity of many of our current team members, some of whom have been with us for most of their professional lives.

We’d like to take a moment to recognize the following team members that celebrated their Ramtech anniversary during the fourth quarter of 2024:

25 Years: Lee Helland

10 Years: Melissa Miles

From all of us, thank you all for your years of dedicated service in helping make Ramtech Building Systems one of the industry leaders in commercial modular construction.

In December Ramtech had the opportunity Ramtech to continue contributing in our annual investment in sponsoring grants to the Mansfield Independent School District Education Foundation. This year two donations were given for the ‘I Can Code That!’ grant program at two of the district’s schools.

At D. P. Morris Elementary, teachers. Ms. Madison Chandlee, Ms. Sarah Moore, Ms. Anallely Beranza, Ms. Veronica Talamantes, Ms. Jocelyn Serrato, and Ms. Alma Helbert collaborated on the program Light Up OUR Learning! The grant will allow them to purchase a light table and manipulatives for both literacy and math stations to allow students to explore shapes, colors, letters to build words and support fine motor skill development while they trace, draw, and manipulate objects.

At Roberta Tipps Academy where Ms. Camie Wlaker, Ms. Shea Stapleton, Ms. Jennifer Perez, and Ms. Sarah Williams wrote a grant for I Can Code That! This grant will build STEM skills at an early age and spark an interest for our students! With this grant, the students will learn the basic concepts of coding through simple LEGO building kits.

In making the grants, Matt Slataper expressed Ramtech’s commitment to the program by stating, “We were grateful for the opportunity to support the teachers and young scholars through the MISD Foundation’s grants program this year. We’re blessed to be able to invest in the next generation through a foundation we’ve held dear for more than 20 years.”