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YSU Students Ready for Builders’ Competition
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Eight veterans of the construction community will put their proteges to the test this week at the annual Builders Association Construction Estimating Competition. On Friday, 22 of those Youngstown State University students will divide into three teams and be given a real-life construction project to analyze and then prepare a construction bid just as if they were working in the industry.
For months, mentors have met with civil engineering and civil and construction engineering technology students from YSU to nurture the students’ estimating skills. The team who most accurately completes the entire bid will be crowned the 2013 champs.
“This annual event is highly anticipated by the students, and our members are always happy to get involved because they see the value in mentoring the next generation of construction professionals for this region,” Kevin Reilly, association executive vice president, said in a prepared statement.
Builders members and construction professionals who volunteer as mentors are:
Howard Agueda, Jack Gibson Construction Co.; Jim Bayer, DeSalvo Construction Co. Inc.; Dave Wendell, Adolph Johnson & Son Co.; Ed Stevens, Stevens Masonry Construction Inc.; Chris White, Boak and Sons Inc.; Kyle Leonard, Imperial Glazing Concepts Inc.; Dave Collins, Diamond Steel Construction Co. Inc.; and Dan Terreri, Daniel A. Terreri & Sons Inc.
Each team is steered by a student captain. This year, two of the three captains were on the 2012 winning team. Team No. 1 is led by past winner, A.J. Silvers. Members are Pat Circelli, Carson Sharbaugh, Kyle Monceaux, Greg Mezzara, Louis Coppola and Justin Bliss.
Team No. 2 is led by past winner Jeremy Fox. Members are Dave Porterfield, Dave Hollabaugh, Mike Squibbs, Kayle Zurcher, Anthony Miaoulis, Nathan Kujawa and Ray Voelker.
Team No. 3 is Brett Cash, Scott Kreefer, Matt Wagner, Matt Totin, Aaron Cessna, George West and Ricky Root.
The featured project will be an actual job that was awarded to -- and built by -- a member of The Builders. The competition will be launched, judged, and based in room 2400 of the YSU College of Education. Each team will get a set of plans and specifications, a partially complete bid worksheet, labor costs, and unit costs. Teams must present a written, complete estimate, including takeoffs, pricing, quote sheets, among other items. Teams will have a 20 minutes tp defend their bids with a panel of judges (additional Builders members and construction executives).
Judging this year’s competition are Dan Terreri, Daniel A. Terreri & Sons Inc.; Craig Fauvie, Jack Gibson Construction Co.; Joe DeSalvo, DeSalvo Construction Co. Inc.; Ken Black, Connell Inc.; and Ed Van Dusen, Van Dusen Construction Co.
The annual event began in 2009 and is student-driven. Each year, The Builders awards scholarships to YSU students studying for a career in construction. At the 2008 awards ceremony, scholarship recipients expressed a desire to work on an actual building project, and The Builders created the event.
Students participating in this year’s competition who are 2012 Builders scholarship winners are Mike Squibbs, Ricky Root, Aaron Cessna, AJ Silvers, and Scott Kreefer. Dave Porterfield won the scholarship in 2011.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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