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Students finish No. 6 in National Residential Construction Management competition

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Five students from North Dakota State College of Science recently traveled to Orlando, Fla., to compete in the Residential Construction Management Competition hosted by the National Association of Home Builders. The team finished in sixth place out of twelve teams.

Students completed a management project/proposal and submitted it to a group of construction company executives for judging. At the convention, students were able to defend their proposals to the judges in front of an audience.

“When we arrived for the competition, most of our work had been completed. The only thing left was our presentation to the judges,” said Kyle Nelson, an Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology student from Casselton, N.D. “This competition provides experiences that are difficult to grasp in the classroom. One of the best parts was seeing struggles and success other schools had and comparing it to those of our own,” said Nelson.

Joining Nelson in Orlando were Casey Johnson, an Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology and Construction Management Technology student from Grafton, N.D., Bailey Tennant an Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology student from Glendive, Mont., Ron Rudser, a Building Construction Technology student from Minot, N.D., and Tiffany Ahmann, an Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology student from Mahnomen, Minn.

Also, Alex Palmer, an Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology student from Glendive, Mont., and Adam Schneider, an Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology student from Dickinson, N.D., assisted the team with preparation work before the competition.

This marks the fourth time NDSCS students have competed in the Residential Construction Management Competition.  NDSCS was the only two-year college from North Dakota in the competition. Other schools competing were: Brigham Young University (Idaho), Cincinnati State (Ohio), Delgado Community College (Louisiana), Dunwoody College of Technology (Minnesota), Jefferson State Community College (Alabama), Linn State Technical College (Missouri), Montgomery College (Maryland), Northcentral Technical College (Wisconsin), Pennsylvania College of Technology, Santa Fe College (Florida) and Tarrant County College Southeast (Texas).

NDSCS students to compete in National Residential Construction Management competition

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Seven students from North Dakota State College of Science will travel to Orlando, Fla., to compete in the Residential Construction Management Competition hosted by the National Association of Home Builders.

The competition will be held on Thursday, Feb. 9 during the International Builders’ show.  Students have the opportunity to apply skills learned in the classroom to a real construction company by completing a management project/proposal. Proposals are submitted to a group of construction company executives who act as judges. During the convention, students defend their proposals to the judges in front of an audience. The NDSCS team will have ten minutes of prep time, ten minutes to present and ten minutes to answer questions.

“This competition is a great real-world opportunity for our students to showcase the skills they have acquired at NDSCS. It also gives the students a chance to meet and network with industry members, and possibly to find a job offer,” said Shannon Mehrer, building construction technology program coordinator. “These students have shown great dedication to this project. The work is done outside of the classroom on their own time.”

Students who were interested in participating were interviewed and went through a faculty selection process. The follow students were selected to compete: Casey Johnson, an Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology and Construction Management Technology student from Grafton, N.D., Bailey Tennant an Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology student from Glendive, Mont., Ron Rudser, a Building Construction Technology student from Minot, N.D., Kyle Nelson, an Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology student from Casselton, N.D., and Tiffany Ahmann, an Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology student from Mahnomen, Minn.

Also, Alex Palmer, a Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology student from Glendive, Mont., and Adam Schneider, an Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology student from Dickinson, N.D., have been assisting the team.

The group has done some fundraising to off-set trip costs, such as a 50/50 raffle through the local Home Builders Association Club on campus. The North Dakota Home Builder’s Association of Bismarck donated $750 and the group received a $1,400 travel scholarship from the National Housing Endowment. The cost is approximately $550 per student.

This is the fourth time NDSCS students have competed in the Residential Construction Management Competition.  NDSCS is the only two-year college from North Dakota in the competition.

For more information about the competition, go to www.nahb.com/rcmc or contact Shannon Mehrer at 701-671-2229 or shannon.mehrer@ndscs.edu.