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Civil Eng. Students Second in Region
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NOVEMBER 4, 2004 -- Michigan Tech placed second in the ASC Great Lakes Region III Heavy/Civil Division bid competition held in Downers Grove, Ill. There were six teams competing in Heavy/Civil division, and the winner was a team from Cincinnati that has won the last seven events.
The competition requires teams of six students, while essentially locked in their hotel room for 16 hours, to estimate the cost to construct a project. This year’s project was an airport reconstruction in Southern California. The competition simulates the real world pressures of analyzing a project, identifying the risks and then realistically pricing it.
Additionally, the students must look at the cash flow of the project, create a schedule, perform quantity takeoff, correctly complete the bid requirements, compare subcontractor quotes, determine equipment production, and complete numerous other tasks.
This year’s team consisted of six civil engineering students in the Pavement Enterprise, Mike Momont, Mike Phelps, Dan Larson, Adam Tilly, Erron Peuse and Rob Greene, who met weekly to prepare for the event.
After arriving in Downers Grove on Wednesday, the van that they had driven broke down. Being Michigan Tech students, they almost had it fixed before it was towed to the garage. Their last minute preparations also included a bit of UP relaxation as they took a sauna.
Without the financial assistance of Kiewit Western Construction Co., Rieth Riley Construction Co., Yalmer Mattila Contracting, Inc., the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Pavement Enterprise, this success would not have been possible. The sponsor of the heavy/civil competition was Granite Construction of Watsonville, Calif.
Special thanks go to Jeff Netsch of Kiewit Engineering who spent an evening with the students making suggestions on how to approach heavy/civil projects.
“It is extremely gratifying for me to have the opportunity to be involved with students such as these and to compete in an event such as this. They certainly represented the university well,” said Associate Professor Kris Mattila, the team’s advisor.
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