CAWP hosted the 5th Annual CAWP Student Estimating Competition virtually February 24-26, 2021. Seven teams from four universities participated in this competition, which was developed to showcase the benefits and opportunities the heavy-highway construction industry has to offer. It was an exciting two days with teams from Carnegie Mellon University, Penn State University – University Park, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown participating in the competition.
The competition began with the student teams receiving initial competition instructions and information on Wednesday night both in hard copy and digitally. On Thursday, the teams were given pre-job documents and attended a virtual pre-bid meeting. The teams then spent the day preparing their bids and schedule. There was a race to the finish as teams submitted their bid forms at 5:00 p.m. and supporting documents by 6:00 p.m. On Friday, the teams were allotted 30 minutes to present their process and an explanation of how they arrived at their final bid to a panel of judges. At the end of the day, scores from both the actual bid and the presentation were combined to determine the winning teams of the competition.
Carnegie Mellon University
Penn State University
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
The Nature Boys
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
| Brock Fisher |
| Dominic Greives |
| Chris Joseph |
| John Maugher |
| Austin Uric |
Minor Leaguers
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
| Brock Bowers |
| Jacob Diehl |
| Benjamin Eckenrode |
| Robert Quinn |
| Juliah Seymour |
| Yan (Brian) Hsu |
| Ziyu Dai |
| Yaqi Fan |
| Ana Maria Mafla Arcila |
| Paul Amicucci |
| James Clark |
| Anthony Gansor |
| Mason Hill |
| Pierce O’Dowd |
| Jerry Wiernusz |
| Brock Bowers |
| Jacob Diehl |
| Benjamin Eckenrode |
| Robert Quinn |
| Juliah Seymour |
| Brock Fisher |
| Dominic Greives |
| Chris Joseph |
| John Maugher |
| Austin Uric |
| Brandon Anglemyer |
| Blaine Brophy |
| Derrick Halula |
| Marie Schmitzer |
| Ryan Stelitano |
| David Taglieri |
| Caitlin Habeck |
| Carmen Melocchi |
| Sophia Melocchi |
| Andrea Mendez-Aranda |
| Gabriel Puchalsky |
| Andrew Seitam |
| George Aivaliotis |
| Russell Jacobs |
| Daniel Klopfer |
| Aaron Mitch |
| Mary Grace Mooney |
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Thank you to the following team advisors, who put in weeks of work behind the scenes and with the student teams in preparation for this event.
Carnegie Mellon University
Kevin Duris, Trumbull Corporation
Penn State University – University Park
Evan Ring, Brayman Construction Corporation
University of Pittsburgh
Dan Bruener, Kurt Karanovich, Sylvia Wolfe, Joseph B. Fay Co.
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Josh Fetcko, Plum Contracting, Inc.
Thank you to the following competition judges for volunteering their time and expertise to evaluate the student teams in their presentations.
Justin Fox, Independence Excavating, Inc.
Harry Hardman, Trumbull Corporation
Paul Hartley, Fay
Russ Hathaway, Michael Facchiano Contracting, Inc.
Chris Konopka, Mascaro Contracting, LP
Rich Mannarino, Brayman Construction Corporation
Brian Miller, Plum Contracting, Inc.
Thank you to Steve Reed, Mekis Construction Corporation
for selecting one of Mekis Construction Corporation’s jobs for the student teams to bid on, and for presenting the project to the teams and judges.
Thank you to Katie Banks, Trumbull Corporation for preparing the vast amount of competition materials needed for the teams to compete, as well as assisting behind the scenes in the preparation leading up to the competition.
A special thank you to John Maffeo, Trumbull Corporation
for leading the planning, preparation, and execution of the competition and being an invaluable resource to the Association.
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