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2016 Student Competition

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The Roofing Alliance is hosting its first ever Construction Management Student Competition.

The teams were asked to bid on installing a roof system on the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

Teams had to submit written proposals and all supporting documents in December 2015. The second part of the competition was the oral presentation before a panel of judges (acting as the general contractors selecting the roofing contracting company to hire), which took place during NRCA's 129th Annual Convention and the 2016 International Roofing Expo® in Orlando. Each team had a maximum of 15 minutes to summarize its proposal and management concepts. The judges then conducted a brief question-and-answer period following each presentation.

Following the program, the teams had the opportunity to meet with representatives from Springer-Peterson Roofing and PCL Construction Services Inc., the roofing contracting company and the general contractor involved with the project. Then, the teams went on the roof of the convention center to see the actual work that had been performed.

2016 Student Competition winners:

University of Florida
M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction

Team members from left to right are: Drew Winant, Nick Loewenthal, James Sullivan (faculty advisory), Caleb Stauss and Eddie San Juan (team captain)

The team developed a reroofing proposal that included a new mechanically attached standing-seam aluminum roof system with self-adhering underlayment on one roof area and PVC roof systems with polyisocyanurate insulation and DensDeck cover boards on the remaining 15 roof areas.

The teams of the 2016 Student Competition:

Auburn University

Team members from left to right are: Jim Johnson, Grant Dohrenwend, Ben Coode, Oscar Iniguez

Louisiana State University

Team members left to right are: Aaron Cherry, Tucker Attaway, Blake Johnson (alternate), Nate Duxbury, Meghan Brunet

University of Florida

Team members left to right are: Eddie San Juan, Nick Loewenthal, Caleb Strauss, Drew Winant

Questions about the competition can be directed to: Jessica Priske (847) 299-9070, ext. 7517; jpriske@roofingalliance.net