News Release
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February 23, 2006
Boise State Construction Management Student Teams Take First
and Second at Regional Competition
First place team in Heavy Civil Division advances to national competition
in Dallas
Student teams from Boise State University’s Department of Construction
Management took first and second place at the Associated Schools of
Construction (ASC) Inter-Scholastic Regional Competition and Conference held
recently in Reno, Nev.
Boise State took first place in the Heavy Civil Division and second place in
the Commercial Division. In addition, Sonny Williamson, a sophomore majoring
in Construction Management, received the best presenter award in the
Mechanical Division.
Students from the Heavy Civil Division team will now advance to the national
competition to be held in April in Dallas, Texas.
“We’re proud of all our students who put forth significant time and effort
above and beyond their normal coursework to participate in this extremely
competitive event,” said Rebecca Mirsky, chair of the Department of
Construction Management.
This year’s competition was the 19th consecutive running of the largest
competition for construction students in the world. More than 450 students
from 14 universities attended, along with 90 faculty who participated in
conference proceedings while students were working on their problem
solutions. Universities represented included Colorado State, Arizona State,
the Air Force Academy, Brigham Young University and a number of others.
“The competition provides opportunities for students to demonstrate their
knowledge before industry professionals and it gives educators a chance to
network with industry,” said Charlie Gains, a construction management
professor at Boise State and ASC vice president.
According to Gains, each six-member student team comes to the competition
prepared with the tools of a real construction company including cost and
materials reference books, computers with construction software, and most
importantly, their own construction process knowledge.
At 6 a.m. all the teams get the specifications, plans, data, proposal rules
and problem statement. The students then have 18 hours to develop their
solutions, methods, planning, costs, and proposal to proceed with the
project. The construction industry judges review the students’ written
solutions and oral presentations to decide which team has presented the most
feasible solution.
Winning Team members are:
Heavy Civil (1st Place, ASC Region VI)
John Stevenson (Team Captain), Jared Rodarte, Mark Standerfer, James
Newhouse, Ryan Mulberry, Jay Stone
Alternate: Aaron Trimm
Faculty Coach: Tom Woodall, PE
Commercial (2nd Place, ASC Region VI)
Nick Ploetz (Team Captain), Sean Steichen, Cameron Vibbert, Evan Waters,
Emmy Guthrie, Beth Munson
Alternate: Mike Marozzo
Faculty Coach: Marv Gabert, PE
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Contact: Rebecca Mirsky, Department of Construction Management, (208)
426-3256,
rebeccamirsky@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Janelle Brown, University Communications, (208)
426-1790, jbrown2@boisestate.edu
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undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and technical degrees are offered within
eight colleges. A metropolitan university located in the capital city, Boise
State is committed to life-enhancing research, teaching excellence and
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Last reviewed on Wednesday, January 03, 2007