Region IV - North Central

2004 News Update on the North Central Region IV of the Association Schools of Construction

On October 28-30, 2004, the North Central Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) - Region IV met in Nebraska City, Nebraska for its annual conference.  Eleven of the fifteen universities in the seven state region were represented.  In attendance were 19 faculty and 184 students. Events included this year were the midyear meeting, Career Fair and annual Student Management Competitions.  Students, faculty and industry met for lunch during the Career Fair.  This year’s fair sported the influx of 18 representatives from 9 different construction firms.  Companies in attendance at the conference were

A big sponsor this year was the Associated General Contractors from our seven state region.  They came together this year to financially help us support students attending the conference and competition.  They were a visible part of this year’s events.  The ASC membership would like to thank the following chapters and individuals:

Associated General Contractors (AGC)

Nebraska chapter – Building: Walt Broer, President; Heavy Highway: Terry King

South Dakota chapter – Larry Zikmund

Kansas chapter – Corey Peterson

The Student Management Competition was the highlight of all of the ASC events. It is still the largest competition of the kind in the United States. Twenty-nine Construction Management teams from eleven different universities competed in the Commercial, Heavy Civil, Design Build, and Residential divisions.  They used real plans and specifications from projects that have already been constructed. The overall intent is to place students in the “real life” project management situations.  They must schedule, estimate, run cost analysis, and anticipate issues that will arise as the project is being built.  A panel of judges from industry review student submission of their proposed plan for managing and constructing the project.  Students are asked to prepare and present their proposed ideas to the panel of judges.  This part of the competition brings to light student’s knowledge and ability to work together in an active environment that closely emulates project management reality.  In order to facilitate such an environment, the judging panel is comprised of representatives from all facets of the construction industry.  This includes the owners, architects, contractors, and engineers. 

Schools competing this year were Central Missouri State, Kansas State University, Iowa State University, North Dakota State University, Minnesota State University at Moorhead, South Dakota State, Southwest Missouri State University, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, University of Nebraska – Lincoln at Omaha, and University of Northern Iowa.

The 2004 competition winners are as follows:

Design Build

 Sponsored by Lusardi Construction; Assisted by Hensel Phelps

Commercial

Sponsored by Mortenson

Heavy Highway

Sponsored by Peter Kiewit & Sons

Residential

Sponsored by Pulte Homes

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