General info about the 2017 ASC student competition

The Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Regions 6 & 7 student competition in Sparks, Nevada from Feb 8-11 is kind of a big deal.  Here are the stats as of Friday, Feb 3, 2017 (5 days before the event starts):

 

Participating Universities = 45

Number of States = 16

Total Teams = 182

Number of Students on a Team = 1092

Number of Alternates = 248

Number of Student Volunteers = 22

Total Number of Students = 1362

Faculty and Faculty Coaches = 160

Companies Participating in the Job Fair = 83

Companies Attending = 130

Registered Industry Attendees = 984

And they are still counting…

 

If you're not sure what the competition is all about, here's a video that will give you a good introduction:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmRaPy0x_Hk

 

Boise State University has five teams participating this year, with 37 students involved.  The categories we are competing in this year are:

Heavy Civil (region 6)

Commercial (region 6)

Design-Build (region 6)

Sustainability (open category)

Concrete Solutions (open category)

 

If you're interested, more info about the competition is available here: http://www.asc67.org/competition.html