2017 Student Competition - Roofing Alliance

The Roofing Industry Alliance for Progress hosted its third Construction Management Student Competition.

The teams were asked to submit a qualified bid package for installing a roof system on the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The teams were judged on the overall quality of their written proposals, project management and organization; feasibility of construction and program schedules; accuracy/feasibility of conceptual costs; quality of safety and quality control/quality assurance plans; supplemental materials; overall quality of their oral presentations; feasibility of project management, organization and schedule; accuracy and completeness of project costs; and answers to questions.

A total of six teams participated.

2017 Student Competition winners:

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

Team members from left to right are: Will Foster, Schaffer Weeks, Dennis Conway (NRCA chairman of the board), Kyle Thomas (co-chairman of the Alliance Construction Management Schools Initiative Committee), Caleb Stauss (team captain) and Forrest Wilson

The teams of the 2017 Student Competition:

Auburn University

Team members from left to right: Turner Eastbrook, Jordan Lake, Joseph Passtino and Hunter Whitten (team captain)

Colorado State University

Team members from left to right: Bill Alten, alternate, Joshua Clarke, Grant Frevert, Ty Eberhardt (team captain) and Cody Ade

Louisiana State University

Team members from left to right are: Aaron Cherry (team captain), Nate Duxbury, Blake Johnson, Erin Mitchell and Drew Bennett (alternate)

Tuskegee University

Team members from left to right are: Terry Heaton (alternate), Aleeyah Sanders, Quinton Stewart (team captain), Rochelle Richardson and Quintez Long

University of Cincinnati

Team members left to right are: Matt Hudak, Brian Mallernee (team captain), Daniel Kurtz and Michael Kadash

University of Florida

Team members left to right are: Caleb Stauss (team captain), William Foster, Schaffer Weeks and Forrest Wilson

The teams gave oral presentations before a panel of seven judges (acting as the building owner and general contractor selecting a roofing company for the project). This year's panel of judges included Mitch Bernard, project executive for The PENTA Building Group Inc.,Las Vegas; John Geary, industry consultant, Indianapolis; Helene Hardy-Pierce, vice president of technical services, codes and industry relations for GAF, Parsippany, N.J.; Henry Jojola, quality assurance/quality control manager for The PENTA Building Group,; Scott Kawulok, executive project manager for B& MRoofing, Frederick, Colo.; Todd Nathan, director of technical services for Johns Manville, Denver; and Bob Pringle, vice president of Evans Roofing Company Inc., Elmira, N.Y.

Each team was assigned a roofing contractor in their area to serve as their mentor. Auburn University was mentored by Kyle Thomas, vice president of Thomas Roofing Co. Inc., Mobile, Ala.; Colorado State was mentored by Pat Wolack, executive vice president of Douglass Colony Group, Commerce City, Colo.; Louisiana State University was mentored by Tupac De La Cruz, owner of Roofing Solutions LLC, Prairieville, La.; Tuskegee University was mentored by Bruce McCrory, operations/business development manager, Nations Roof, Mobile, Ala., and Rich Nugent, president, Nations Roof, Lithia Springs, Ga.; the University of Cincinnati was mentored by Paul Novak, project manager, Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal, Lewis Center, Ohio; and the University of Florida was mentored by Rob Springer, president, Springer-Peterson Roofing and Sheet Metal Inc., Eaton Park, Fla.

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