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Quality Housing Activity Your group will be organized into a construction company producing residential housing. Houses will be constructed from 35 cards, fastened with cellophane tape and decorated with felt-tip markers. You will be competing with other companies to attain the highest levels of profitability. You will work in two phases: Phase I: Planning. Your team will (a) develop a design for the houses you will produce and (b) plan how you will organize and manage production of houses during Phase ll. Your team will have 20 minutes to plan, test prototypes, and divide the labor of producing the houses. Your cost during this phase is $500 for any cards that are bent, folded, taped or marked during planning, and such cards may not be used for production. At the end of the planning phase, count the number of cards used and record on your worksheet. Phase ll: Production: Your team will have 20 minutes to produce houses. Your only cost is $500.00 for each card which is bent, folded, altered, or used in producing a house. Costs of tape, markers and labor are considered equivalent for all companies, and are ignored. Profit equals total revenues less cost of cards. Houses must meet the following specifications to be sold: 1. Cards cannot be cut, but may be bent or folded. Nothing other than cards, tape and markers may be used in constructing houses. 2. The main floor must be enclosed on a minimum of three sides. It must have a floor, a minimum of one door and one window, and an area of not less than 28 sq. inches (two 35 cards, less allowance for overlap). 3. Upper stories must have a floor and at least two windows. 4. All houses must have a peaked roof. 5. Houses must pass a test of durability: ability to sustain a drop from twelve inches above a hard surface without sustaining damage