The WSU construction management student team brought home the first place trophy in the Associated Schools of Construction competition in February.
The ASC competition is the largest construction management competition in the United States, with 47 schools and more than a thousand students competing.
This is the third time in the last decade that WSU has placed first in the commercial construction category of the competition, according to WSU Insider.
The competition takes place over two days, with a 20-minute presentation the next day, said Meghan Smith, co-captain and junior construction major. This year the competition was held virtually for the first time because of COVID-19 restrictions.
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