March 25, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Allan Hauck
805-756-1323
ahauck@calpoly.edu

Construction Management Teams Score High at Regional ASC Student Competition

SAN LUIS OBISPO ‑ Two Cal Poly Construction Management Teams took first place at the Associated Schools of Construction’s regional Student Competition. Presented February 16, in Sparks, Nev., the awards were given in the Heavy Civil and LEED categories.

Each year, Construction Management students from 34 western universities compete in the event, where teams of six students and one coach are challenged to design projects that simulate the real-life bidding process. Projects must be completed in 16 hours and are judged on presentation skills, creativity, construction technique, and methodology.

Additional Cal Poly teams also performed well, garnering second place awards in the Commercial Building and National Preconstruction categories, and third place awards in the Residential, National Mechanical, and Building Information Modeling divisions.

First place team members in the Heavy Civil category include Geoffrey Acosta, Stephanie Ishler, Brandon Para, Bryan Peters, Michael Van Groningen, and Team Coach Barry Jones. Members of the first place award-winning National LEED category are Luigi Angelucci, Jamie Bond, Justin Cook, Eunji Kim, Tom Noonan, Stephanie Simonds, and Team Coach Mike Montoya.

The Associated Schools of Construction represent the interests of both academic and industry professionals who are interested in institutional construction education.

For more information, visit http://www.ascweb.org

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