Each year six teams of BCN students are selected by the previous year's team and faculty members to compete against other construction program students in regional and national competitions. The teams each consist of six students, who begin preparing for the competition during the semester before the competition.
The teams travel to
competition locations where 24 hours are allotted to complete an assigned
task. Traditionally, the University of Florida building construction teams
place among the top in the nation. Team member application dates are posted
in the spring. Professor Michael Cook is the faculty coach for the commercial
construction management team, Dr. Rick Smailes is the faculty coach for the
residential construction management team, Dr. Kevin Grosskopf is the faculty
coach for the design-build team, Dr. Ajay Shanker is the faculty coach for
the heavy/civil team, Dr. James Sullivan is the faculty coach for LEED team,
and Dr. Raymond Issa is the faculty coach for graduate students team.