Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

By Larry Cormicle, ASC coach

Iowa State design/build and heavy highway teams competed at the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) / Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America National Student Competition held in Irving, Texas, on April 5–7, 2006.

Neither team placed in the top three but performed very well. The judges commented that only a few percentage points separated each team.

Projects

The design/build team responded to a mock request for proposals for a $7.1 million Larimer County Office Building located in Loveland, Colorado.

Along with their 35-page proposal, the team produced eight architectural design computer drawings and built a scale model of the building.

The heavy highway team responded to a mock request for proposals for a $2.9 million Eisenhower Drive Roadway Expansion and Drainage Project in La Quinta, California. The project consisted of widening a highway along a golf course with very tight site and scheduling constraints.

Team Members

The design/build team members were

• Andrew Rotta (team captain),
• Jason Bersch,
• Jon Lewton,
• Gina Riesberg,
• Cory McDermott, and
• Derek Stoltz (architecture).

The heavy highway team members were

• Nels Overgaard (team captain),
• Scott Cornelius,
• Ken Dittus,
• Jesse Werner,
• Mike Grim, and
• Nick Andersen.

Twenty-one student teams from 18 universities competed, representing construction engineering and management programs from seven regions within the United States.