October 18, 2010
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Home Builders Institute
Small North Carolina Builder Selected for Student Construction Contest

Dave Tucker, owner of Sedgewick Homes, has announced that his company will serve as the project model for this year’s NAHB Student Chapters Residential Construction Management Competition.

The construction design simulation competition is challenging Student Chapter teams to develop a complete set of working drawings, a materials estimate and a construction schedule for home plans on behalf of the North Carolina builder, which is a member of the Wilkes County Home Builders Association. This is the first time that the competition has been conducted for a small-volume builder.

All teams are required to demonstrate their knowledge of the home building process from start to finish. It is anticipated that this year’s competition will attract approximately 70 teams from schools across the country in three divisions: four-year universities, two-year colleges and secondary schools.

“This annual competition gives students real-life construction project problems to solve and then present their solutions to a judging panel of residential construction industry experts,” said Tucker, who will serve as a judge. “These students are the future leaders of the home building industry and we look forward to reviewing their proposals that incorporate technical and green innovations for this model construction project.”

Student teams began their projects in September and will submit their written work to the judges in December. The teams will spend the weeks leading up to the Jan. 12, 2011 start of the NAHB International Builders' Show (IBS) in Orlando preparing presentations for the judging panels, which are comprised of project managers from NAHB-member companies.

At IBS, the judges will hear the team presentations and challenge the students to defend their work, much like they would have to do in a real construction project presentation.

Winners of the competition will be announced on Jan. 14 at an awards ceremony at IBS. Awards will also be given for Outstanding Student Chapter, Outstanding Educator, Outstanding Junior Faculty and Outstanding Students.

For more information about the RCMC, visit www.nahb.org/rcmc.

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