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Above: The NAHB Competition Team for 2005 The NAHB Competition is a national competition sponsored by Centex Homes with the help of many other high profile national residential builders. The competition is held in conjunction with the International Builders Show usually in the first part of January alternating venues between the Las Vegas and Orlando Convention Centers. The competition caters to approximately thirty 4-year construction management programs annually, with North Dakota State University participating nearly since the competition’s existence some 15 or so years ago. The University has a proud tradition that it would like to keep going for years to come. We receive the problem sets including the plans and specifications for the competition sometime in early October and are usually required to have our finish packet postmarked by the end of December. This may seem like a long time to put this project together but the amount of information required in this packet is quite extensive and many long hours are put into its preparation as any past team members will admit. The overall outline to the packet is basically a feasibility study of a residential development that has been constructed or is currently in the construction process. Things that are included in the packet include: • Market
Research Also every year we are presented with unique project specific problem to overcome. For instance last year we were faced with overcoming a permit issue. The city in which we were building in would only allow an allotted number of permits per quarter, which in turn was much less than our expected production rate. While we weren’t
preparing or presenting our proposal we had the opportunity of attending
the International Builders Show consisting of thousands of vendors
and new product. Also during the convention we were able to explore
career opportunities at the career fair which housed many of the
nations largest builders interested in hiring college students. |
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