February 25, 2021
A Washington State University student team took first place in the recent Associated Schools of Construction competition, the largest construction management competition in the U.S.
Despite impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and a virtual format, almost 1,100 students from 47 universities and 19 states participated. The competition requires that students solve two rounds of problems in two, ten-hour days that included virtual meetings with the problem sponsor.
A WSU team, coached by Jason Peschel, scholarly associate professor in the School of Design and Construction and sponsored by Howard S. Wright Construction, won first place in the commercial category competing against 12 other teams. The students used construction management skills such as scheduling, estimating, site logistics, site safety, and technical writing to develop a proposal for a real-life construction problem. The student team included Meghan Smith, Hunter Hohman, Kali Saueressig, Cory Condon, A