{"id":5840,"date":"2017-02-01T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roofingmagazine.com\/?p=5840"},"modified":"2017-02-01T12:58:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T17:58:57","slug":"roofing-industry-alliance-progress-hosts-construction-management-student-competition-ire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roofingmagazine.com\/roofing-industry-alliance-progress-hosts-construction-management-student-competition-ire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress Hosts Construction Management Student Competition at IRE"},"content":{"rendered":"
Teams from six undergraduate universities are scheduled to compete in the third annual Construction Management Student Competition, hosted by The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress<\/a>. This marks the largest group to compete in the competition, which promotes careers in construction management. This year\u2019s event will culminate with presentations at NRCA\u2019s 130th Annual Convention<\/a> and the 2017 International Roofing Expo (IRE)<\/a> in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n According to the Alliance, the competition is part of an educational partnership with six schools of construction management: McWhorter School of Building Sciences at Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.; Department of Construction Management at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.; M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.; Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala.; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.; and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. <\/p>\n Teams participating in the 2017 Construction Management Student Competition were presented with a challenging problem: create a company to bid on installing a roof system on the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.\u00a0Each team was required to research the project, review the plans and specifications, and assemble an estimate and proposal to submit a qualified bid package.\u00a0Goals included finding a competitive edge in their estimate to beat their competition while still maintaining a reasonable profit margin. For this project, it was important to decide on the correct application methods, show overall roofing knowledge, and illustrate a company team is prepared to undertake the project.<\/p>\n Oral presentations are scheduled to take place March 2 from 7:45 to 11:15 a.m. at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center (North Hall) Islander I. The winning team will be announced during NRCA\u2019s Industry Awards Ceremony and Cocktail Reception held on March 2 and will receive a team trophy and a $5,000 L.B. Conway scholarship for their school. Members of the winning team also receive individual awards and recognition in Professional Roofing magazine, among other promotions.<\/p>\n For more information about the student competition, call Bennett Judson, the executive director of the Alliance<\/a>, at (800) 323-9545, ext. 7513, or email him at bjudson@roofingindustryalliance.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Teams from six undergraduate universities are scheduled to compete in the third annual Construction Management Student Competition, hosted by The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The #RoofingIndustryAllianceforProgress @AlisonNRCA Hosts #ConstructionManagement #StudentCompetition at @RoofingExpo","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[8],"tags":[6799,1808,4,958,6800],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n