The Roofing Alliance will host its 11th Annual Construction Management Student Competition this February at the International Roofing Expo® in San Antonio, Texas. This hallmark event introduces students to roofing as a career path and offers valuable networking opportunities with peers, faculty, and Roofing Alliance members.
This year’s competition project, provided by Beldon Roofing Co. in San Antonio, challenges teams to develop a comprehensive bid proposal for the Embassy Suites by Hilton San Antonio Airport Hotel. Each team will work with a contractor mentor to prepare a bid package, showcasing their project management, estimating, and safety skills.
The competition will take place on February 20, 2025, at the International Roofing Expo®, with the five finalist teams announced in January 2025.
Each year, Roofing Alliance leaders select a roofing project in the city where the International Roofing Expo® will be held. Teams research the chosen project, submit a qualified bid package proposal, and complete an oral presentation to illustrate their roofing, project management, estimating and safety knowledge. After receiving project details, each team is assigned a roofing contractor mentor who will provide guidance while students craft their written proposal. Proposals are reviewed and scored by a panel of industry judges.
The top teams will be invited to attend the International Roofing Expo to present their proposals to the judges. Finalist teams also are invited to attend the Roofing Alliance’s Welcome Reception, tour the project, and attend NRCA’s Industry Awards Ceremony where winning teams will be recognized onstage.
Each team member must be an undergraduate enrolled in the college or university he or she represents during the written proposal and oral presentation portions of the competition.
Registration for the 2024-25 Construction Management Student Competition is now closed.
The first-place team:
Wins a trophy, $5,000 L. B. Conway scholarship for the
winning school and
individual trophies for each team member.
The second-place team:
Wins a trophy, $2,500 Fred C. Good scholarship for
the
winning school and
individual trophies for each team member.
The third-place team:
Scholarship for the winning school and individual trophies for each
team member.
The first-place Best Individual Student Presenter:
Wins a $300 American
Express
gift card
The second-place Best Individual Student Presenter:
Wins a $200 American
Express
gift card
All winners:
Will be recognized in press releases sent to local and national media and roofing
industry trade press, acknowledged in Professional Roofing magazine and listed on the
Roofing Alliance website.
The Roofing Alliance is proud to announce the top three schools and the best individual presenters:
First place: University of Florida
Team members left to right: Will Eison (team alternate), Grayson Johnston, Rachel
Deal,
Nick Hanson (team captain) & Davis Lunger; faculty advisor is Jim Sullivan, team
mentor
is Caleb Stauss, Big D Roofing Services, Ocala, Fla.
Second place: Colorado State University
Team members left to right: Dennis Sispera (team alternate), Caleb Borton, Ryan Schmick,
William Macguire (team captain) & Carson Stevens; faculty advisor is Nick Rubino, team
mentor is Kent Nelson, Front Range Roofing Systems LLC, Greeley, Colo.
Third place: TIE – Auburn University and Bradley University
Team members from left to right: Kyle Shaull, Jack Armstrong, Mary Madalyn Massengale
(team captain), Braxton Bauer (team alternate) & Arjun Varadhan; faculty advisor is
Kenneth Sands, team mentor is Paige Harvill, Nations Roof, Mobile, Ala.
Third place: TIE – Auburn University and Bradley University
Team members from left to right: Tyler Pilon, Uriel De La Torre (team alternate), Tadgh
S. Spillane, Attilio Levato, Adam Wascher (team captain); faculty advisor is Souhail
Elhouar, team mentor is Doug Duncan, Nations Roof, Villa Park, Ill.
Nick Hanson | University of Florida
John Falavolito | Texas A&M University
Questions? Please contact Jessica Priske, Roofing Alliance director, at jpriske@roofingalliance.net.
