UA Little Rock Students Earn Third Place in Heavy Civil Engineering Competition
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock construction engineering team took third place at the 2024 TEXO/Associated Schools of Construction Region 5 Student Competition held Feb. 19 in Hurst, Texas.
The team, led by Faculty Coach Stuart Scheiderer, represented the UA Little Rock Department of Construction Management and Civil and Construction Engineering.
UA Little Rock students Matthew O’Gary, Cade McWilliams, Daniel Park, Cheyenne Smock, Matthew Terry, and Cameron Webb represented UA Little Rock in the Heavy Civil Division.
Student teams were presented with the plans and specifications for a construction project and had to deliver a cost estimate, schedule, and oral presentation. The project presented was a 4.5-mile road construction project built by Austin Bridge & Road, the heavy civil division sponsor, who provided six judges for the competition.
The UA Little Rock team submitted the closest bid of $9.4 million to the actual contractor estimate of $9.3 million, with the closest three teams bidding within $100,000 of the contractor’s estimate. The team finished third based on the schedule, selection of subcontractors, and oral presentation.
A second UA Little Rock team, led by Faculty Coach Gozde Gursoy, also competed in the Design/Build category. UA Little Rock students who competed include Brayan Arias, Brian Barnes, Taylor Long, Tevin Mosley, Will Shelton, and Claire Swinney. The students created a cost estimate, schedule, and oral presentation for a building designed to house the homeless. The students were tasked with designing a high-density, mixed use building to provide amenities and housing for 450 people on an 11.2-acre lot.
